Units

Daimyo Mototada

Daimyo Mototada is Japanese heavy cavalry that combines combat strength with treasure claiming, Japanese unit training and Home City shipment access. Those abilities make him a mobile command unit as well as a mounted fighter.

APPLIES TO The Asian Dynasties (2007); also in Definitive Edition
Daimyo Mototada in Age of Empires III
Daimyo Mototada
IN-GAME VALUES

Recorded values

Durability & mobility
1,100 hit points · 40% ranged resistance · 7.5 speed · 24 line of sight
Hand attack
45 damage · 1.5 attack interval
Siege attack
14 damage · 6 range · 3.0 attack interval
Trample attack
30 damage · 2.0 attack interval
Ability
Claims treasures; Trains Japanese infantry and cavalry; Receives Home City shipments

Role, availability & values

He has 1,100 hit points, moves at 7.5 speed and has 40% ranged resistance. His attacks deal 45 hand, 14 siege and 30 trample damage. Mototada can claim Treasures, train Japanese infantry and cavalry, and receive Home City shipments; protect him as a hero and as a source of production.

Matchup & timing

Keep Mototada behind the first line so he can train reinforcements or receive a shipment without being trapped in a charge. Use his mobility to claim safe Treasures and establish forward production only where it can be defended. Pull back when anti-cavalry can surround him.

Use mobility without exposing the commander

Mototada has 1,100 hit points, 7.5 movement speed, and 40% ranged resistance. His attacks deal 45 hand, 14 siege, and 30 trample damage. He can claim Treasures, train Japanese infantry and cavalry, and receive Home City shipments. Keep him protected while he performs these command functions; mobility does not prevent anti-cavalry from punishing an exposed charge.