Highlanders

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing -5% damage vs Light Cavalry and Heavy Cavalry. Missing +20% damage vs Heavy Infantry.

Highlanders
British Unique Gunpowder Infantry(Replaces Musketeers)
Base cost	70 Food 60 Timber
Ramping cost	1 Food 1 Timber
Build time	11 seconds (169 frames)
Hit points	142
Line of sight	11 tiles
Movement speed	24 (1.9 tiles/second)
Attack strength	20
Attack range	0-10 tiles
Attack speed	44 frames
Armor	2
Population points
Built at	Barracks
Prerequisites	Enlightenment Age
Hotkey (Barracks)	G
Upgrades from	Arquebusiers King's Yeomanry
Upgrades to	Black Watch
Special abilities	Can attack low-flying aircraft

Highlanders are the British unique Gunpowder Infantry of the Enlightenment Age that replaces the standard Musketeers.

Overview

Compared to Musketeers, Highlanders are statistically identical, but do +30% damage against infantry units.

Trivia

• The Highlanders are based on the 42nd Regiment of Foot, modeled after their Napoleonic era uniform.
• Highlanders have a slight accuracy drop-off with range (which Musketeers don't have), but their base accuracy is high enough to maintain perfect accuracy even at maximum range, so this difference has no practical effect.

See also

• Continental Marines
• Manchu Musketeers
• Royal Janissaries