The Wokou Ronin is a outlaw version of the Landsknecht, a heavy melee infantry with high hit points and an anti-cavalry damage bonus. Though the price is relatively expensive for an outlaw, its moderate hit points are even comparable to mercenaries. With outlaw-related Home City Cards and technologies (like "Theaters" or "Atonement" cards, Compunction or Folk Heroes), its population cost can be decreased by 2, and they receive combat boosts at every age-up, which are advantages that mercenaries do not have (mercenaries can get combat boosts from The Mercenary Contractor and some Home City Cards, but outlaws are also affected by them).
Iron Troops/Jat Lancers/Yojimbos can be trained at the Monastery and available one age early; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1) (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
With update 13.27885, Wokou Ronin cost 4 population, have 60 siege attack, and inflict x2.0 bonus damage against cavalry and x1.5 against shock infantry.
With update 13.58326, Wokou Ronin give 40 XP when trained or killed.
With update 15.59076, Wokou Ronin speed increased from 4.5 to 5.
A "ronin" was a masterless samurai warrior, and literally meant "drifting person." A samurai became masterless when his master was defeated, or after the samurai lost his master's favor. Since a ronin did not serve any lord, he ceased being a true samurai, as the word "samurai" came has its roots in "saburau," Japanese for "to serve." Becoming a ronin was incredibly undesirable. In fact, a samurai that lost his master was expected to commit seppuku or ritual suicide to retain his honor.
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 wokou pirates decapitated before the visiting Korean envoy.
During the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, wokou attacks fell in number, 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 they ultimately became obsolete.
At its peak, the wokou culture was enough to threaten even the most powerful Asian rulers, and to appeal to the most ordinary of citizenry. Many men left behind their lives to seek fortunes at sea. Chinese merchants, militiamen, smugglers, Korean pirates, Portuguese sailors, traders, and even missionaries joined up with the notorious wokou pirates.
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Masterless Samurai[]
The Masterless Samurai is the treasure guardian version of the Wokou Ronin. It is one of the more dangerous treasure guardians in the game.
Overview[]
The Haudenosaunee and Lakota can obtain the Masterless Samurai by using their War Chiefs' Recruit Guard ability. In this case, the Wild West technology affects the Masterless Samurai.
The Japanese can obtain Masterless Samurai after sending the Forty Seven Ronin Home City Card - all Villagers and Shrines become Masterless Samurai, who also receive infantry, heavy infantry, and hand infantry tags. In this case, the Masterless Samurai is affected by the Compunction technology, as well as all technologies and shipments that affect infantry, heavy infantry, and hand infantry, but reduce speed from 7 to 5.5.
History[]
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The samurai were members of the Japanese warrior aristocracy who embodied the bushido code, and rose to power during the rival clan wars of the twelfth century. This bushido belief system - "the way of the warrior" - emphasized an unwavering loyalty to a master, the act of self-sacrifice, and an indifference to pain. From the twelfth century to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, the samurai were the dominant social class in Japan, and many acted as knights in the service of the warring feudal lords.
A "ronin" was a masterless samurai warrior, and literally meant "drifting person." A samurai became masterless when his master was defeated, or after the samurai lost his master's favor. Since a ronin did not serve any lord, he ceased being a true samurai, as the word "samurai" has its roots in "saburau," Japanese for "to serve." Becoming a ronin was incredibly undesirable. In fact, a samurai that lost his master was expected to commit seppuku or ritual suicide to retain his honor.
+30% hit points and attack
Corselet (+25%; Spanish only)
Compunction (+20%; Asians only)
Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only)
Wild West (+20%; Americans only)
Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Master Lessons (+10%)
Yoga (+5%)
Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Town Watch (+3)
Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only)
Military Drummers (+10%)
Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only)
Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%)
Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Standing Army (-25%)
Immigrants (-10%)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Liberation March
Fencing School
Outlaw Band
Bandit Gang
Outlaw Combat
Atonement
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
Theaters
Wanderlust
Royal Fencing School
Witch Hammer
TEAM Scout Infantry
TEAM Inca Bridges
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Zamindars
Infantry Hitpoints
Schiavoni Swords
Onin War
TEAM Sengoku
Bakufu
Forty Seven Ronin
Recruit Wokou +2 Ronin
Moccasins
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Squires
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolás
Matrakci School
Ransack
Dueling School
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints
Archaic Infantry Combat
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack
TEAM House of Bernadotte
Dance Hall
TEAM Dueling School
