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Specialized man at arms with high health and pierce armor.
Age of Empires IV description

The Wynguard Footman is a heavy melee infantry unit unique to the English in Age of Empires IV. It is produced in a batch of 6 as Wynguard Footmen at the Wynguard Palace. It is essentially a stronger Man-at-Arms.

Unit comparison[]

AoE4 EliteManAtArms Elite Man-at-Arms AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
Cost 100 food, 20 gold 50 food, 66.7 gold
Time 22.5 7.5
HP 180 280
Melee Attack 14 20
Rate of Fire 1.375 1.625
Melee Armor 5 3
Ranged Armor 6 6
Extra +5 attack vs cavalry

Tactics[]

The Wynguard Footman is a much more powerful alternative to the Man-at-Arms, and can be considered an upgrade to it. In total resource cost per unit, it is actually cheaper (and much faster) to make Wynguard Footmen, although their cost emphasizes gold much more heavily. Pound for pound, the Wynguard Footman is the most powerful heavy infantry unit, aside from the Gilded Man-at-Arms, with the second highest hit points and damage. Over a standard Man-at-Arms, they have +100 hit points and +6 attack. They also boast an attack bonus against cavalry. While they have 2 less melee armor, this is offset by the +2 from Armor Clad, granting them the same armor as a generic Man-at-Arms, though less than an English one. Resources allowing, it should always be preferred over Men-at-Arms.

While the Footman has the same weaknesses and strategies as the Man-at-Arms, the higher stats allow for several key advantages. Their much higher damage and bonus against cavalry make them a much bigger threat to enemy Horsemen and Knights, and can replace the need for the English to make Spearmen to protect Longbowmen. Supporting Footmen with Longbowmen or Wynguard Rangers can protect them from Crossbowmen, but the player should still be wary of siege weapons like Mangonels.

Further statistics[]

Technologies
Attack AoE4 Bloomery Bloomery (+1)
AoE4 Decarbonization Decarbonization (+1)
AoE4 DamascusSteel Damascus Steel (+1)
AoE4 EliteArmyTactics Elite Army Tactics (+20%)
Armor AoE4 FittedLeatherwork Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee)
AoE4 InsulatedHelm Insulated Helm (+1 melee)
AoE4 MasterSmiths Master Smiths (+1 melee)
AoE4 EliteArmyTactics Elite Army Tactics (+4 melee)
AoE4 IronUndermesh Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged)
AoE4 WedgeRivets Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged)
AoE4 AngledSurfaces Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged)
AoE4 ArmorClad Armor Clad (+2 melee and +2 ranged)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%)
Ability AoE4 SiegeEngineering Siege Engineering (Can build Battering Rams and Siege Towers)
Aura and ability enhancements
Damage resistance AoE4 WallDefense Wall Defense (-25% ranged, -50% siege)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed AoE4 NetworkOfCastles Network of Castles (+20%, or +40% with Network of Citadels)
Line of Sight AoE4 SetupCampBuff Set up Camp (+30%)

Dialogue lines[]

Wynguard Footmen share their dialogue lines with the Man-at-Arms.

Main article: Man-at-Arms (Age of Empires IV)/English dialogue lines

Changelog[]

  • Originally, Wynguard Footmen did not take bonus damage from anti-heavy units such as Crossbowmen or Musofadi Warriors. As of patch 6.1.130, they now correctly take extra damage from these units.
  • Originally, Wynguard Footmen cost 200 food, 500 gold and trained in 50 seconds. With patch 10.1.48, they cost 300 food, 400 gold and train in 45 seconds.
  • With patch 10.1.48, Wynguard Footmen no longer have the setup camp ability.
  • Originally, the Wynguard Footman had 5 ranged armor. With update 12.0.1974, it has 6.

Trivia[]

  • Despite being an Imperial Age unit, they wield a Kite shield. These were more frequently used in the Norman Era and had largely been replaced by the age of gunpowder and plate armor. They also wield the same two-handed axe model as the Holy Roman Empire Men-at-Arms do (after researching Two-Handed Weapons but not Heavy Maces) using only one hand.

Gallery[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager · AoE4 Trader Trader · AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat · AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship · AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship · AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman · AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman · AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer · AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman · AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout · AoE4 Horseman Horseman · AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower · AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram · AoE4 Springald Springald · AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel · AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet · AoE4 Bombard Bombard · AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin · AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider · AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg · AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher · AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman · AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer · AoE4 Dervish Dervish · AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam · AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract · AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard · AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon · AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei · AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar · AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant · AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant · AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant · AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman · AoE4 King King · AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger · AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate · AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune · AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk · AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman · AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai · AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha · AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha · AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu · AoE4 Samurai Samurai · AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi · AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest · AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan · AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman · AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru · AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion · AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider · AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon · Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant · AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms · AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter · AoE4 JdA Knight Knight · AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer · AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon · AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso · AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior · AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower · AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout · AoE4 Sofa Sofa · AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior · AoE4 Cattle Cattle · AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan · AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai · AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter · AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet · AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao · AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman · AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms · AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht · AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer · AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman · AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer · AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman · AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight · AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager · AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter · AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi · AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer · AoE4 Janissary Janissary · AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard · AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat · AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk · AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer · AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy · AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier · AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard · AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider · AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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