Manchu

The proud heirs of the Mongols, the Manchu remain feared throughout Central and Eastern Asia. Create your own Khanate to rival the glory of your forefathers, using your mobile armies to devastating effect until all the world trembles at the very sight of your hordes.

Spoken Language: Manchu

Architecture/Ship design: East Asian

Wonder: Bailin Temple

Civilisation Bonuses

• Cavalry armour upgrades are free

• Trebuchets are 30% cheaper

• Camels and gunpowder units resist 50% of bonus damage

• Imperial age is researched 200% faster

• Fortified walls are free

• Team bonus: Siege and gunpowder units have +2 line of sight

Unique Techs

Castle age: Kinematics - Mangonels and Nests of Wasps are affected by ballistics, 250 wood + 250 gold

Imperial age: Guazi Ma - Camels do blast damage, 700 food + 500 gold

Unique Unit

Nest of Wasps, description

Costs: 100 wood + 130 gold, Elite: 1000 food + 700 gold

Combat stats: 50(60) hp, 6(8) pierce, 6(7) projectiles, 7(8) range, 0/6(7) armour, 6 rof, 0% accuracy

Attack bonuses: +10 vs rams 

Hidden armour: none

Classification: siege weapon, unique unit

Other statistics: 0.8 movement speed, creates in 30(25) seconds, 0.75(1) blast radius, 7 projectile speed, 2 minimum range

Tech Tree

Archery Range

Arbalest, Parthian Tactics, Heavy Cav Archer, Elephant Archer

Barracks

Eagle Scout, Champion, Halberdier, Supplies

Stable

Battle Elephant

Siege Workshop

Onager, Armoured Elephant

Blacksmith

Plate mail

Dock

Shipwright, Dromon

University

Architecture, Keep, Heated shot, Arrowslits

Castle

None

Monastery

Block Printing, Atonement, Faith, Redemption

Eco

None