Greta
Greta is a named ranged infantry unit in Age of Empires III with a special recorded profile and an unusually large health pool for a ranged fighter. Her listed ranged attack is strongest against Heavy Infantry; the scenario or mode determines how she becomes available.
Recorded values
- Durability & mobility
- 750 hit points · 10% hand resistance · 4.5 speed · 26 line of sight
- Hand attack
- 8 damage · 1.5 attack interval · bonuses: Same as ranged attack
- Ranged attack
- 17 damage · 4-18 range · 3.0 attack interval · bonuses: 2.0x vs. Heavy infantry
- Siege attack
- 10 damage · 6 range · 3.0 attack interval
Role, availability & values
Greta costs 30 Food and 60 Wood in the recorded profile. She has 750 hit points, 10% hand resistance, 4.5 speed and 26 line of sight. Her attacks deal 8 hand damage, 17 ranged damage at range 4–18 every 3 seconds, and 10 siege damage at range 6 every 3 seconds. Ranged damage is doubled against Heavy Infantry. Those values belong to Greta’s named profile and should not be generalized to an ordinary infantry roster.
Matchup & timing
Keep Greta in a protected firing position and focus on Heavy Infantry when they are present. Her health lets her survive more pressure than many ranged units, but her slower movement still makes a screen useful. Use her siege attack only when the situation allows it, and check the mission or mode rules for access before building a standard army plan around her.
High health does not remove the need for support
Greta’s 750 hit points are substantial, but her speed is 4.5 and the ranged attack fires every three seconds. Keep her where allies can prevent fast enemies from closing, then direct her fire at Heavy Infantry to use the listed bonus. Her profile is a special named unit, so compare it with other units only in the same scenario or ruleset.