UNIT · WILDLIFE
Tiger
Tiger is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed.
Overview
Tiger is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed.
Availability and investment
Tiger becomes available in Age of Empires II. It is associated with Wildlife (Predator). The listed cost is not separately recorded and the training time is not separately recorded. 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.
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.
Related unit plan: Tiger Cavalry archer-hunt plan
Tiger Cavalry are fast mounted attackers with strong pressure against archers and land siege. Their kill-triggered veterancy rewards finishing isolated targets before the opponent can regroup Use scouting or a second unit line to locate archers, then approach from a flank and focus one target group at a time. Follow retreating ranged troops only while the route remains safe, and use the cavalry to remove exposed siege when the enemy screen has moved away Spearmen and other anti-cavalry units can stop the pursuit, and prolonged combat against a prepared frontline wastes the unit’s mobility. Do not trade the Tiger Cavalry into a defended choke when a flank is available
Battlefield role and use
Tiger is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed. This is a map entity rather than an ordinary production choice. Its food, herd, or threat role depends on where it spawns and how nearby Villagers interact with it.
- Focus
- Wildlife · Predator
- Signature / category
- Predator
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II
- Region
- Wildlife
- Classification
- Animals