![]() ![]() As such, they have an ample cavalry tech tree with access to the rare fully upgraded Paladin. Trebuchets have +35% accuracy against units.Mounted archers are 10%/20% cheaper in the Castle/Imperial Age.Start the game with -100 wood, but with the population cap at the maximum.Atheism: Adds 100 years to Wonder and Relic victory countdowns and reduces enemy Relic resource generation by 50%.Marauders: Allows the creation of Tarkans at the Stable.A renowned woad raider was William Wallace of Scotland who rampaged through Northern England for a decade.Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Review Raiders painted with woad devastated the borderlands. The Celts often turned to guerrilla tactics, raiding English settlements and withdrawing before English armies arrived. When the English sought to conquer the Celts inhabiting Ireland, Wales, and Scotland during the Middle Ages, the Celts were at a great disadvantage against the English mounted knights. The Scots, for example, were originally Irish raiders who took lands from the Picts in north Britain that became Scotland. Celtic warriors had been raiding more developed areas of Britain and Europe since ancient times. Celtic warriors painted themselves with this pigment prior to battle to look more fearsome and unnerve their enemies. Woad is a plant found in the British Isles from which a blue pigment can be extracted. The (Elite) Woad Raider is tied with the Celtic Condottiero as the second fastest infantry unit in the game, only behind an Elite Eagle Warrior with Squires.Historically appropriate units would be either the kerns, light Medieval Irish infantry the gallowglasses, mercenary Norse-Gael heavy infantry from High Medieval Scotland or the light hobelar cavalry from Late Medieval Ireland.This unit is an anachronism, as the practice of using woad as face paint was done by the Picts roughly 1,000 years before the medieval period.There is one hero in the game with the appearance of a Woad Raider: With update 81058, Woad Raider (Elite) HP is 70 (85) and attack is 11 (14).With update 56005, Non-Elite Woad Raiders have 10 attack.Tracking removed all infantry now receive +2 LOS from the Feudal Age instead.Woad Raiders now move at a speed of 1.2.A team containing Teutons: Woad Raiders are more resistant to conversion.A team containing Portuguese: Upgrades that benefit Woad Raiders are researched 25% faster.A team containing Lithuanians: Faith and Heresy are researched 20% faster.A team containing Goths: Researching Arson is 20% faster.A team containing Bulgarians: Blacksmith upgrades are researched 80% faster.Woad Raiders can convert herdable animals even if enemy units are next to them. Stronghold (regenerate 30 HP/min when within 18 tiles square of a team Celts Castle) ![]() ![]() Skirmishers, Halberdiers, Eagle Warriors, buildings, Light CavalryĪrchers, Knights, Battle Elephants, Jaguar Warriors, Cataphracts, Boyars, War Elephants, Samurai, Berserks, Teutonic Knights, ObuchsĪrson (+2 attack against standard buildings) As infantry units, they also struggle against heavy cavalry and massed archers.Īge of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties ReviewĢ3 October 2007 Comparison in the Castle Age with similar units Ĭomparison in the Imperial Age with similar units Īs Woad Raiders are unique to the Celts, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table: They are somewhat fragile to other unique infantry, mainly Teutonic Knights, Samurai, Jaguar Warriors, Obuchs, Urumi Swordsmen and Legionaries. Unlike most heavy infantry, they have no base melee armor. They are also effective against siege weapons and are useful for destroying meddling Trebuchets. Apart from speed, the Woad Raiders generally cost slightly more gold and more food if Supplies is researched, but have more hit points and attack in both cases, though at the cost of 1 melee armor.ĭue to their high attack and HP they can hold their own against most infantry, though they pale in comparison to cavalry and stronger variants of infantry. The standard variant has fairly similar stats to the Long Swordsman the elite variant is most comparable to the Champion. Given that the main weakness of infantry is their inability to force fights, this is a very useful trait, especially as the Celts otherwise have few fast options. Because of this, they are very effective as a raiding unit. The Woad Raider is the second fastest infantry unit in the entire game, only outsped by Elite Eagle Warriors with Squires. 3 Comparison in the Imperial Age with similar units.2 Comparison in the Castle Age with similar units. ![]()
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