Zapotec Lightning Warrior

"Zapotec warrior armed with a shield and a sword."
—In-game description

The Zapotec Lightning Warrior is melee heavy infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Zapotec settlement which replaces the Aztecs in the expansion, thus the Zapotec Lightning Warrior acts as a replacement to the Aztec Jaguar Warrior.

Overview Edit

The Zapotec Lightning Warrior is a native version of the Pikeman, while costing 20 wood more than the Pikeman it has considerably more hit points. It's anti-building attack is only slightly less than a Pikeman, while it's speed is also slightly lower. It is better against buildings than cavalry when compared to a regular Pikeman.

Upgrades Edit

Upgrade	Cost	Effect
Zapotec Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Zapotec Lightning Warriors to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
Champion Zapotec	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Zapotec Lightning Warriors to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Zapotec Warrior Societies
Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Corselet (+25%, Spanish only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed, Spanish only)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Zapotec Lightning Warrior

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times

All Edit

Card	Description	HC level
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors	1
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
Fencing School	Infantry train time -40%	10

The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations.

The Native Treaties card ships 5 Zapotec Lightning Warriors if the player had built a Trading Post on a Zapotec settlement.

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

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

The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois, and Sioux.

The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Iroquois, Japanese, Ottomans, and Sioux.

Asians Edit

Card	Description	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.

Aztecs Edit

Card	Description	HC level
9 Zapotec Allies	Ships 9 Zapotec Lightning Warriors; costs 500 coin	1
24 Zapotec Allies	Ships 24 Zapotec Lightning Warriors and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin	10
30 Zapotec Allies	Ships 30 Zapotec Lightning Warriors and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 2,000 coin	40

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

French Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points		25
TEAM Improved Native Warriors	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack		1

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	HC level
Infantry Attack	Infantry gets +15% attack	10
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry gets +15% hit points	10
Infantry Combat	Infantry gets +15% hit points and attack	25
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry gets +8 LOS	10

Japanese Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry gets +33% siege attack		40
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

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

Sioux Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wind Runner	Infantry gets +10% speed		10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10

Spanish Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Melee infantry gets +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

Trivia Edit

The weapon used by the Zapotec Lightning Warrior is a Macuahuitl, or obsidian sword, similar to one used by the Jaguar Prowl Knight.

History Edit

"The Zapotec, a Mesoamerican people who developed an advanced civilization, inhabited cities as well as towns, their homes built from stones and mortar. They had an early written language system, which perhaps influenced other Mesoamerican writing systems developed as by the Aztec, Maya, and Mixtec.

One of the most powerful and sacred forces of nature to the Zapotec was lightning, personified by Cociyo or the Thunder God. Images of the Thunder God often reflected a serpentine nature, perhaps mirroring the undulating movements of lightning as it strikes the earth. Dressed for battle in lightweight yet sturdy cotton armor, the lightning warrior was an elite infantryman feared throughout Mesoamerica during the 1500s."

Age of Empires III
Native warriors in Age of Empires III
Aztecs	Aztec Eagle Warrior · Aztec Jaguar Warrior
Carib	Carib Blowgunner
Cherokee	Cherokee Rifleman
Comanche	Comanche Horse Archer
Cree	Cree Tracker
Inca	Incan Huaminca · Incan Bolas Warrior
Iroquois	Iroquois Tomahawk · Iroquois Mantlet
Lakota	Lakota Axe Rider · Lakota Dog Soldier
Maya	Maya Holcan Spearman
Nootka	Nootka Clubman · Nootka War Chief
Seminole	Seminole Sharktooth Bowman
Tupi	Tupi Blackwood Archer
The WarChiefs
Apache	Apache Cavalry
Cheyenne^L	Cheyenne Rider
Huron^I	Huron Mantlet
Klamath	Klamath Rifleman
Mapuche	Mapuche Ironwood Clubman
Navajo	Navajo Rifleman
Zapotec^A	Zapotec Lightning Warrior
The Asian Dynasties
Bhakti Temple	Tiger Claw
Jesuit Mission	Conquistador
Shaolin Temple	Rattan Shield
Sufi Mosque	War Elephant
Udasi Temple	Chakram
Zen Temple	Sohei
^A replaces the Aztecs ^I replaces the Iroquois ^L replaces the Lakota
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