Jaguar Slayer (Civ7)

Jaguar Slayer
Civilian unit of the Antiquity Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Unique to	Maya
Unique to	Maya
Replaces	Scout
Replaces	Scout
Cost
Production	30
Production	30
Stats
Movement	2
Movement	2
Strength	20
Strength	20
Sight	2
Sight	2
Notes
Scout that can initiate combat. Has 1 charge to place a Jaguar Trap. Ignores Movement penalties from Rough, Vegetated, and Wet Terrain.

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The Jaguar Slayer is an Antiquity Age Unique Civilian Unit of the Maya civilization in Civilization VII. It replaces the Scout.

• Attributes:
  • Has 20 Combat Strength and can initiate combat.
  • Ignores Movement penalties from Rough, Vegetated, and Wet Terrain.
  • Can Auto-Explore.
• Actions:
  • Jaguar Trap: The Jaguar Slayer creates a hidden trap that must be placed on a Flat or Vegetated tile that does not contain a Resource or River. The trap is invisible to enemy Units and triggers when one moves onto the tile, dealing 25 Damage and depleting all Movement. This action recharges after 5 turns, and the trap remains in place until triggered or when manually removed with the same action.
  • Lookout
  • Search
  • Disperse Independent
  • Fortify
  • Pillage
  • Plunder Trade Route
  • Pet the Dog

Strategy

When playing as the Maya, training 2-3 Jaguar Slayers early on provides you with both reconnaissance and Melee Units, which greatly helps early conquest attempts. They also receive +1 Movement and +1 Sight from Survey, a Social Policy that is unlocked by discovering Discipline.

The Jaguar Trap ability is situational, but can be useful when your Jaguar Slayers are being overwhelmed by stronger melee attackers and need to retreat. It not only deals damage to advancing enemies, but also gives your Hul'che another turn to inflict damage.

Civilopedia entry

The wolf, the bear, the lion, and the tiger are all symbols of nobility in the Old World, an effort to identify with beasts that seemed to rule the natural order. In the New World, that creature was the jaguar, the largest predator of the Mesoamerican jungles, renowned for its deadliness and its beauty. Jaguar-dressed warriors were a feature of the Aztec military, but Maya nobility also saw itself in that luxuriant orange fur. Like the jaguar, elite Maya warriors were adept at navigating dense jungles and relied on surprise and ambush over the rigid phalanx lines of ancient Old World armies.

In Maya mythology, jaguars represented hostile outside forces threatening civilization. They were mighty, but those who slayed them were mightier still. Yet the legendary jaguar slayers did not traditionally face the animals head-on. To overcome the physical disadvantages of humanity, hunters used tricks to outwit the jaguars. A key element of their toolkit was the jaguar trap, a deadfall set to drop a large boulder on approaching enemies. This trap was a powerful weapon against the jaguar and other foes, inflicting not only injury, but utter defeat.

Gallery

Jaguar Slayer in-game

Jaguar Trap in-game

Civilization VII Units [edit]
Antiquity	Civilian	Founder Merchant Sangdaedeung1 Vaishya Watonathi Migrant Scout Jaguar Slayer Tehina1 Settler Colonist1 Nagarika Trade Caravan Trade Ship Tankwa
	Commander	Army Commander Hazarapatis Legatus Turtanu1 Trung Nhi
	Land military	Archer Ballista Chariot Magarru1 Numidian Cavalry1 Purabhettarah Yuthahathi Foederati Horseman Phalanx Slinger Burning Arrow Chu-Ko-Nu Hul'che Hwarang1 Spearman Immortal Legion Warrior Hoplite Medjay
	Naval military	Galley Dhow Kalia1 Quadrireme
Exploration	Civilian	Merchant Mandarin Tajiro Migrant Missionary Hoceepkileni1 Kahuna Pedanda Physician Scout Chasqui Settler Quận Vương1 Sokeman Trade Caravan Trade Ship Treasure Convoy
	Commander	Army Commander Noyan Tarkhan1 Fleet Commander Buccaneer1 Ottru Trung Nhi
	Land military	Arquebusier Bombard Catapult Courser Bolyar1 Chevaler Mamluk Crossbowman Heavy Archer Keshig Voi Chiến1 Warak'aq Knight Lancer Man-At-Arms Pikeman Swordsman Gold Bangles Infantry Kispoko Nena’to1 Leiomano Tercio Xunleichong Trebuchet
	Naval military	Carrack Cog Cetbang Kalam Víkingr1 Corsair Galleon Privateer Sloop1
Modern	Civilian	Explorer Antiquarian1 Merchant Hangshang Migrant Prospector Scout Sherpa1 Settler Zamindar Trade Caravan Trade Ship
	Commander	Aerodrome Commander Aircraft Carrier Army Commander Mwami Sardār1 Fleet Commander Squadron Commander Trung Nhi
	Land military	Assault Gun AT Gun Cossack Cuirassier Gholām1 Field Cannon Chang Beun Field Gun Howitzer Katyusha Rocket Launcher Hussar Infantry Company Landship Line Infantry Abambowa Garde Impériale Gurkha1 Gusa Janissary1 Sepoy Soldaderas Mortar Partisan Rifle Infantry Marine Tank
	Naval military	Battleship Cruiser Destroyer Dreadnought Mikasa Revenge1 Ironclad Barbary Corsair1 Ship of the Line Submarine
	Air military	Biplane Zero Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter Heavy Bomber Trench Fighter Stuka
1 Requires DLC