Eagle Warrior



EvDigg's Thoughts:

The Eagle Warrior is a bit of a confusing troop to consider. It is unlocked after Jaguar Warriors, and has marginally lower attack, defense, health and speed than Jaguar Warriors. They cost about the same and they both have counterattack.

So why would you want to use these troops rather than Jaguar Warriors? This is a good question.

As with most of the Aztec troops there is very little experience out there to go by since the Aztec civilization was just opened to the public 2 weeks ago and it is only available by reservation (limited number of players have been given access). I've started some simple tests against my other accounts to study them, but I haven't seen anyone use them in an actual battle and I'm not sure that anyone else has yet.

The one thing that jumps out at you when considering the value of these troops is their special skill, Leap. This allows the Eagle Warrior to leap over the unit that is in front of them. I assume this would be triggered in situations where any other troop would be prevented from advancing/attacking due to other troops on their side of the battle blocking their way. I could also see this as possibly allowing them to target ranged troops in the back line of the enemy battlefield when the enemy ranged troops would otherwise be protected from melee attack due to other troops on their side of the battle which remain in front of them.

The Eagle Warrior's skill upgrades aren't unlocked until 56 skills have been studied, and their Leap skill is one of the last of their skills available to study. It may be a while before I encounter someone with this skill who can confirm or reject these possible uses, so at this point this is merely conjecture.

Unless you plan on investing the time and/or money to get the Eagle Warrior upgrades up to and including the Leap skill, I'd suggest your effort is better spent focusing on the Jaguar Warriors instead.