Winged Hussar (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. For the unit in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes, see Winged Hussar (Age of Empires II).

Winged Hussar
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Native warrior
Age	Fortress Age
Special ability	Winged Charge Attack
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Vasa palace Native Embassy
Food	250
Coin	100
Training time	50 seconds
Training limit	8 per House of Vasa palace
Statistics
Hit points	395
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	7
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	35
XP bounty	35
Melee attack
Damage	27.5 18.333333 (Trample mode)
Range	3.75
Area of Effect	1 3 (Trample mode)
Rate of Fire	1.5 2.0 (Trample mode)
Siege attack
Damage	25
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Fast heavy Polish elite cavalryman with extra attack range and a powerful Winged lance charge.	”
—In-game description

The Winged Hussar is a heavy cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a House of Vasa palace.

Overview

The Winged Hussar is a heavy cavalry unit similar to the Cuirassier, with high hit points and attack, but lacks melee multipliers. However, its attack causes splash damage which makes it effective against large groups of units, like Skirmishers or artillery, but it is vulnerable against heavy infantry and ranged cavalry.

In comparison with Cuirassiers, Winged Hussars have less hit points, slightly less Line of Sight and an increased food cost, but they have a slightly higher attack and speed, train 10 seconds faster, and have a reduced coin cost. Additionally, they have a slightly longer range than other melee cavalry units, making it easier for them to attack their targets.

Due to their build limit, Winged Hussars cannot be massed, but they are resistant units that can be combined with Skirmisher-type units to take down groups of infantry units more easily. Also, Hussars make a good combination to defeat groups of artillery units.

Special abilities

• Winged Charge Attack (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Winged Hussar charges at the enemy with his lance which deals 41.25 siege damage (30.9375 against Artillery), has a range of 2 and an AOE of 3.

Upgrades

The Winged Hussar starts at Veteran level, giving it +20% hit points and attack.

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Royal Guard Vasa	350 wood, 350 coin	Upgrades Royal Arquebusiers and Winged Hussars to Royal Guard (+40% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Vasa
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and attack)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ranged infantry, Shock Infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Horsemanship (+10%; Lakota only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+10%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Pillage (+25% siege attack) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Wind Horses (-10% ROF) Yoga (+5%)
Armor	Pancerni (+0.1 ranged resistance) Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% melee resistance)
Speed	Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-35%) Horse Secrets (-35%; Haudenosaunee only) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Quechuan Diet (-10%) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Koncerz (ships 5 Winged Hussars; Winged Hussars get +2 melee range and +1 AOE on Winged Charge Attack)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only)

Home City Cards

• Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
• Blue: Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		10
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack		10
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack		25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies	Native warrior train limit +30%		25
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already)		25
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +5% speed and train time -35%		N/A
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%		10

The Cavalry Combat card is available to Dutch, French Italians, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Lakota (at a level 25 Home City).

The Cavalry Damage card is available to Haudenosaunee (in the Fortress Age) and Lakota.

The Native Warriors card is not available to Chinese, Ethiopians, Hausa, Indians, Italians and Japanese.

The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee.

The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish.

The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Lakota.

The Liberation March card is available to Mexicans and Spanish

The Riding School card is not available to Aztecs, Chinese, Haudenosaunee, and Japanese.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		1
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		10
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25%		10

The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese.

The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese.

The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; Hero respawn time -15%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Acupuncture	Unit train time -20%		10

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack		10
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Heavy cavalry get +15% hit points		10
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points		25
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack		1

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Attack	The player's Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +15% attack; allied cavalry and Shock Infantry get +10%		10
Polish Winged Hussars	Ships 6 Winged Hussars		25
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed +4 Uhlans		25

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points		10

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; Mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack

Incas

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	All land military units get +10% speed
Couriers	Infantry, shock infantry and cavalry train time -45%
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10%

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 LOS and train units 15% faster; Banner army train time -10%; Land military unit train time -20%		25

Lakota

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Morning Star	Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures. Axe Riders can now loot treasures for double the resources or XP. Hand cavalry get an additional ×2.0 multiplier against Treasure Guardians		25
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry costs -10%		10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Center owned by the player; increases all unit hit points by 2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Casa Mata	[Plan] Turns all Dragoons into Chinacos; melee cavalry get +5% speed; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Chimayo Genizarios	Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings have their work rate increased by 400% and units have their speed increased by 10%

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and Shock Infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS		1

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Melee infantry and cavalry get +15% attack, except mercenaries which get +8%
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Melee infantry and cavalry get +15% hit points, except mercenaries which get +8%

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors; Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood

The Indian Friendship card ships 3 Winged Hussars if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Vasa palace.

In-game dialogue

The Winged Hussar speaks Polish using the Polish military units' dialogue files.

Trivia

• The Winged Hussar wields a kopia, a long lance made from fir and hollowed out to make it easier to wield.
  • Despite being its distinctive weapon, the kopia was used only for charge attacks and shatters on impact.
• While the Winged Hussar's uniform, lance, and ornamental wings match the player's color, real-life Winged Hussars actually used a red and white color scheme.
• Unlike its predecessor, the Winged Hussar from the Knights of the Mediterranean expansion is a heavy cavalry unit. Historically, the early Polish hussars were light cavalry units of exiled Balkan warriors, and Poland partially modelled them on the Hungarian hussars. Afterwards, they were adopted by the Polish army in 1570 following the reforms of Stephen Báthory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and were transformed into heavy shock cavalry units.

History

“

The House of Vasa ruled Sweden and much of Poland during the 16th and 17th centuries. During this time, medium cavalry called hussars dominated battlefields in Central and Eastern Europe. Although originally borrowed from regiments in Hungarian armies, the hussars of Poland became the most notable variant for their prowess on the battlefield and their flamboyant attire. Charging into battle with formidable armor and wings attached to them that created an ominous rattling sound, these horsemen struck fear into even the most hardened armies of the time.

”

Gallery

Winged Hussar image from the Compendium section

An in-game Winged Hussar