GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Caravel line-damage fleet mass
Caravel: Caravels damage ships and shoreline targets in a line, so a group can punish clustered fleets more effectively than a lone ship. Their strength depends on lining up several targets and coordinating the approach.
Overview
Caravel: Caravels damage ships and shoreline targets in a line, so a group can punish clustered fleets more effectively than a lone ship. Their strength depends on lining up several targets and coordinating the approach.
Plan and execution
Use scouting ships to reveal the enemy formation, then bring Caravels together so their line attacks cross the densest part of the fleet. Protect them with supporting warships and target transports or ships gathered around a crossing.
Risks and adaptation
An isolated Caravel can lose a direct duel to stronger individual ships. Avoid sending one forward alone or firing into a scattered fleet where the line attack cannot reach multiple targets.
- Focus
- Portuguese naval formation
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies