Gensui

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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The **Gensui** is a melee heavy cavalry unit in *Wars of Liberty* that is unique to the Japanese and can be shipped from the Home City, after which they can be retrained at the Shogunate wonder. It is a special unit that boasts several special abilities to bolster the Japanese military might.

There are five different Gensui in random map games, which only differs in appearance and name with the exception of Gensui Yamagata Aritomo which has superior stats and is only available in the Industrial Age along with Gensui Ito Hirobumi which is only available for the Koreans if they ally with the Japaneses Consulate; Gensui Nagaoka Gaishi, Gensui Oyama Iwao, Gensui Saigo Takamori, and Gensui Ito Hirobumi. Saigo Takamori, Oyama Iwao, and Yamagata Aritomo are shipped from the Home City, while Nagaoka Gaishi is given if the player uses the Shogunate wonder to advance into the Capital Age or higher. Unlike the other four Gensui, Ito Hirobumi is not available for the Japanese to recruit but instead can only be recruited through the **Japanese Brigade** Consulate improvement if a Korean player allies with the Japanese at the Consulate.

## Overview

The Gensui possesses the **Saburau Zeal** ability which boosts the attack of all nearby friendly units by 10% in a radius of 24 tiles, although the effect from multiple Gensui do not stack. They can also serve as a drop off-point for Home City shipments, allowing them to be brought to wherever he is on the map. Finally, the Gensui can also train Japanese infantry and cavalry in the field, giving the Japanese army the advantage of boosting its numbers in the middle of a fight; however, they must stand still while doing so, leaving them vulnerable to attacks.

The Gensui are very important to win a skirmish via conquest. The preferable method is building the Shogunate, where the player can retrain killed Gensui. The other way, the hardest, is keeping them out of battle with the help of the advance button commands, ordering him to not attack any unit with the No Attack stance.

The weakest point of the Gensui is their ability to train units, because they must stay still while they're producing the unit. So, if one is not aware of this and leave a Gensui alone, the Gensui can run the risk of being killed. The Gensui don't need to stand still when a Home City shipment arrives, but if the player doesn't choose their cards wisely, their shipped crates of resources may drop in enemy territories.

### Special Ability

* **Damage Aura** (passive): The Gensui increases the attack of friendly units in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.
* **Health Regeneration** (passive): The Gensui regenerates lost hitpoints with a rate of 0.25 hitpoints per second after a 3.5 second idle time.

### Units

The Gensui can train the following units individually with a maximum of 10 units per training queue:

### Upgrades

The Gensui is automatically upgraded in every Age up starting from the Capital Age.

* +20% hit points and attack
* +30% hit points and attack
* +50% hit points and attack

## Gensui Variants

* Nagaoka Gaishi
* Saigo Takamori
* Oyama Iwao
* Yamagata Aritomo
* Ito Hirobumi

## Unit Information

### Type

Hero
Cavalry
Shock Unit
Assault Unit

## Siege Attack

### RoF

3 seconds

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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**Gensui Nagaoka Gaishi** is a variant of the Gensui, which is available as an Age-Up reward if a Japanese player choose to advance in age with the Shogunate wonder. He is immediately available if the player chooses to advance to the Capital Age onwards, however if the player advances to the National Age using the Shogunate wonder, the player will only unlock the option to train him.

Gensui Nagaoka Gaishi receives the same abilities, units and upgrades as the standard Gensui.

## Unit Information

### Type

Hero
Cavalry
Shock Unit
Assault Unit

## Training

### Trained at

Shogunate  (Can only be recruited after sending his shipment from the Home City.)

## Siege Attack

### RoF

3 seconds

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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**Gensui Saigo Takamori** is a variant of the Gensui, which is available through a Home City shipment in National Age. After the player sends his shipment, he can be re-trained if he is killed at the Shogunate.

Gensui Saigo Takamori receives the same abilities, units, and upgrades as the standard Gensui.

## Unit Information

### Type

Hero
Cavalry
Shock Unit
Assault Unit

## Training

### Trained at

Shogunate  (Can only be recruited after sending his shipment from the Home City.)

## Siege Attack

### RoF

3 seconds

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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**Gensui Oyama Iwao** is a variant of the Gensui, which is available through a Home City shipment in Capital Age. After the player sends his shipment, he can be re-trained if he is killed at the Shogunate.

Gensui Oyama Iwao receives the same abilities, units and upgrades as the standard Gensui.

## Unit Information

### Type

Hero
Cavalry
Shock Unit
Assault Unit

## Training

### Trained at

Shogunate  (Can only be recruited after sending his shipment from the Home City.)

## Siege Attack

### RoF

3 seconds

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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**Gensui Yamagata Aritomo** is a variant of the Gensui, which is available through a Home City shipment in Industrial Age. After the player sends his shipment, he can be re-trained if he is killed at the Shogunate. He possesses much more hitpoints and attack compared to standard Gensui and costs more Coin to train. Unlike other Gensui, he boosts the hitpoints of nearby units instead of the damage of nearby allies.

Gensui Yamagata Aritomo receives the same units and upgrades as the standard Gensui.

### Special Abilities

* **Hitpoints Aura** (passive): The Gensui increases the attack of friendly units in a radius of 24 around him by 20%.

## Unit Information

### Type

Hero
Cavalry
Shock Unit
Assault Unit

## Training

### Trained at

Consulate  (Can only be recruited through the **Japanese Brigade** Imperial Age improvement.)

## Siege Attack

### RoF

3 seconds

> "*Japanese field marshal. Can train troops and receive Shipments.*"
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**Gensui Ito Hirobumi** is a variant of the Gensui, which is available through the Korean consulate in the Imperial Age and after the player researches the **Japanese Brigade** improvement in the Imperial Age (requires the player to ally with the Japanese first). Unlike other Gensui, he trains Japanese units in Expeditionary Groups that costs Exports instead of individual units.

Gensui Ito Hirobumi receives the same abilities and upgrades as the standard Gensui.

## Further Statistics

 **Weak vs.** | Heavy Infantry and Maneuver Units

## Home City Cards

As the Gensui is a unique Japanese unit, only shipments related to the Japanese and civilizations that can ally with the Japanese Consulate and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Gensui

TEAM Shipments are highlighted in **Green**

## Gallery

In-game model of Gensui Saigo takamoriIn-game model of Gensui Nagaoka GaishiIn-game model of Gensui Oyama IwaoIn-game model of Gensui Yamagata Aritomoin-game model of Gensui Ito Hirobumi
## See Also

* Legion Libertadora - Uruguayan counterpart that trains Immigrant Military Units