Guardia del Templo

The Temple Guard is a peculiar infantry unit. It has high hit points and a high attack, the reload time of which is reduced with each hit to its target. Temple Guards also have attack bonuses against cavalry units in general, putting this unit somewhere in between the Militia line and the Spearman line in its utility. Temple Guards are effective against units that either have high hit points or high melee armor, since their ability accelerates their attack speed when fighting those units, enabling them to be effective counters against elephant units, Boyars, Paladins, etc. However, Cataphracts remain as a major exception, as the Temple Guards' lower bonus attack against cavalry is entirely negated, and they are decisively defeated by them in pitched battles, especially with Logistica. Konniks are also another exception due to turning into their dismounted forms. They should avoid heavy infantry, since Temple Guards are shock infantry, and archers, since they have average movement speed. They are still effective against trash units and other shock infantry. Depending on positioning and micromanagement, Temple Guards can be effective against many siege weapons, such as rams, Siege Elephants, Trebuchets, Bombard Cannons, and Onagers, but must avoid masses of Scorpions. For dealing with siege weapons, the Muisca should generally use Champi Warriors, Slingers with Huaracas (gaining the same range as Onagers with Siege Engineers), and their excellent Monks instead. Temple Guards should be supported by Slingers for countering infantry, and Guecha Warriors, Champi Warriors, or Skirmishers for countering archers. Since the Muisca lack the Halberdier and Blast Furnace, the Temple Guard should be their cavalry-counter unit of choice, except in the cases when they run out of gold, which is an unlikely scenario until the very late game, due to their team bonus of natural gold sources (Gold Mines, Oysters, etc.) lasting longer. Temple Guards can also be trained at Monasteries, so in case the player needs to protect Relics, they can train this unit from the Monastery that holds the Relic, making it particularly useful for Capture the Relic or any game where the player aims for a Relic victory. The Muisca can perform a Temple Guard Rush in two ways. The first is to perform an early Champi rush in the Feudal Age and then incorporate Temple Guards upon reaching the Castle Age. Alternatively, they may perform a Fast Castle, followed by building many Monasteries and combine Temple Guards with Monks, which will help to heal them and convert enemies when possible. Temple Guards are also excellent against buildings, as their ability, high hit points, and bonus damage helps them to destroy buildings with ease. One useful tactic for this is to use either rams or Siege Towers to get close to buildings such as Castles and Town Centers.