| Clinicus | |||||||||
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| Roman Support Unit | |||||||||
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| Healing Rate | 30.00/s (24) | ||||||||
| Healing Range | 18 | ||||||||
| Hit Points | 140 (150) | ||||||||
| Speed | 6 (7) | ||||||||
| Sight Range | 20 | ||||||||
| Train Time | 20s | ||||||||
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The Clinicus is a Roman Support Unit in Age of Empires Online. PvP Values which are different are put in brackets ().
Overview[]
- He takes charge of healing units for the Roman civilization, while the
Pontifex does the conversion. - He is trained in the Forum in Silver Age.
- After researching Herbal Medicine, it grants 3.00 Healing Area.
Special Abilities[]
The Clinicus heals friendly units.
Equipment Slots[]
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| Holy Staff | Cloth Armor | Religious Item |
Upgrades[]
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| Scale | Shield Rim |
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| Chain | Shield Truss |
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| Herbal Medicine | Laminar Armor | Shield Boss |
Development[]
The Clinicus was first revealed in Weekly Blog #24: Clinicus, Stronghold Tower (Age IV), Keep Tower forum post on December 7th, 2019.
Clinicus Closeup
- In giving the Romans a medic-type Clinicus, it seems that the Devs were trying to use the Clinicus to signal that the Romans thematically were not just religious but also focused more on practical sciences than perhaps its neighbors such as the Celts, Greeks, and Egyptians. While most civs have a single Priest unit to perform both these roles, the Developers' intent appeared to be to split those roles for the Romans, and perhaps enhance them so as to give each unit additional gravitas to balance the additional clunkiness of requiring two specialized units
Clinicus Gear and Spotlight
- [The] intend for the Clinicus [is] to be a fairly powerful healer. This will be realized in three ways. First, he will be able to heal units in combat. Second, the Clinicus should be able to heal from a fairly long range (perhaps only after this Age 4 upgrade, subject to balancing considerations). Third, he will also be able to heal multiple units in an area of effect. To make up for his power and to further keep the Romans in check as a late-game powerhouse, the Clincius will arrive in Age 3. So the Romans will have no Age 2 healing whatsoever.
- We also needed to work out the actual mechanic of his healing. Since he did not appear to be religious, it did not square to have him raising his hands or shaking his staff to bless units. PF2K noticed all the bottles clanking around his cart and deduced that he was going to set up his cart and then start throwing potions at people. This seemed plausible, so we went with it. Months later, one of the Devs confirmed that P's intuition was exactly what they had in mind. So throwing potions it is.