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In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug.
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Heavy Fire Lances are the Chinese unique Gunpowder Infantry of the Gunpowder Age that replaces the standard Arquebusiers.
Overview[]
Compared to Arquebusiers, Heavy Fire Lances have +2 attack range, -7 attack speed and +2 line of sight. Unfortunately due to slow projectile speeds and long attack wind-up animations, their average DPS is not significantly higher than that of Arquebusiers against most targets despite their faster attack speed.[1]
Trivia[]
- Fire Lances, Heavy Fire Lances, Flaming Arrows, Heavy Flaming Arrows, and Flamethrowers are the only units that trigger a special burning death animation when killing enemy infantry units and civilians.
- Heavy Fire Lances actually have a higher base cost than the Manchu Musketeers which they upgrade to.