Wokou Monk

"A Monk with keen senses. Good against infantry."

—In-game description

The Wokou Monk is a Chinese outlaw in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. It is available on the Yellow River map.

Overview Edit

The Wokou Monk has similar stats to the Skirmisher, but a higher population and coin cost, meaning that there is rarely a use for it, therefore it is not a recommended unit to use. One niche use for it could be the harassment of enemy villagers due to the Monk's large multiplier against them.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, villagers
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Wild West (+35%, Europeans only) Compunction (+35%, Asians only)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack) Wild West (+35%, Europeans only) Compunction (+35%, Asians only)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)

Home City Cards Edit

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE amount of times All Edit Card Description Age HC level Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Japanese, and Ottomans. Asians Edit Card Description Age HC level Atonement The Monastery can train Iron Troopers/Jat Lancers/Yojimbo and outlaws use -2 population (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Chinese Edit Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Europeans Edit Card Description Age HC level Dance Hall Upgrades the Saloon to the Dance Hall which can train Ronin and outlaws use -2 population 1 French Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry gets +15% attack 10 Indians Edit 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 Iroquois Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Japanese Edit Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry gets +33% siege attack 40 Russians Edit Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry gets +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History Edit

"The term "wokou" is a combination of the Chinese word “wo,” referring to Japanese, and "kou,” meaning bandit or invasion.

Beginning in the thirteenth century, no group of sailors was as feared or as mighty as the plundering wokou pirates, a clan of Japanese raiders and smugglers who terrified the Chinese and Korean coasts. The first attacks occurred in 1223, triggering immediate calls for the Kamakura shogunate of Japan to corral these scoundrels and prevent further attacks on the Korean coast. In 1227, as a show of strength, the shogun had ninety suspected pirates decapitated before the visiting Korean envoy.

During the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, wokou attacks fell, most likely due to a heightened military preparedness on the part of both the Japanese and Korean governments. But this did not last. In the late fourteenth century, as central authority in Japan weakened, the wokou took full advantage, even branching out to initiate attacks along the coast of China. They profited highly from a severe trade embargo forced on Japan by the Qin and then Ming Dynasties of China, reaping rewards as black markets flourished. The wokou experienced periods of rise and decline, even attacking China with a makeshift fleet in 1419, but ultimately became obsolete, aided by the sword hunt.

At its peak, the wokou culture was enough to threaten even the most powerful Asian ruler, and to appeal to the most ordinary of citizenry. Many men left behind their lives to seek fortunes at sea. Chinese merchants, militiamen, and smugglers, Korean pirates, Portuguese sailors, traders, and even missionaries joined up with the notorious wokou pirates."

Blind Monk Edit

The Blind Monk is the treasure guardian version of the Wokou Monk with more hit points but no multipliers. Like the Wokou Monk, it's not the most useful unit in the game.

He appears on many East Asian themed maps, such as Honshu and Yellow River. Most notably, they compose the guardians of the Trading Posts at the Silk Road, where they must be defeated in order to claim it.

History Edit

"This blind monk is a wandering Chinese holy man. He is a master of the bow and arrow despite his inability to see. His faith guides his aim."

Gallery Edit

Blind Monk stats

All outlaw ground units, inc. Blind Monk (the first one to the left)

Wokou Monk stats

An in-game Wokou Monk

A Blind Monk under white background

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