Guecha Warrior

Overview

Muisca javelineers who restore nearby Guecha Warriors when one falls.

Availability and investment

Guecha Warrior becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Muisca. The listed cost is 50 Wood, 60 Gold and the training time is 17 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Ranged attack: 6
• Hit points: 55
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 3
• Ranged attack: 6
• Range: 3
• Line of sight: 4
• Reload time: 3 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.15
• Accuracy: 90%

Field use

Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Unique unit
• Armor class: Archer
• Armor class: Skirmisher
• Guecha Warrior deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Spearman class
• Guecha Warrior deals +3 bonus damage to units in the Archer class
• Guecha Warrior deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Cavalry archer class

Related unit plan: Guecha Warrior mobile archer counter

Guecha Warrior: Guecha Warriors offer a mobile anti-archer option with more durability and attack than a conventional Skirmisher, but they give up range and pierce armor. Their speed lets them choose which fights to take Use Guechas to move around an archer formation and pressure its flank, then pull back before slower infantry can pin them. Group them so nearby units can benefit from their support ability, and pair them with a frontline that can hold targets in place Shorter range and lower pierce armor make prolonged exchanges against Archers dangerous. Do not use them as a stationary Skirmisher line or allow cavalry to trap them