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Genitour anti-archer cavalry screen
Genitour: Genitours are mobile archer counters with enough durability to keep pressure on ranged armies. They can also use hit-and-run movement against slower infantry when a safe route is available.
Overview
Genitour: Genitours are mobile archer counters with enough durability to keep pressure on ranged armies. They can also use hit-and-run movement against slower infantry when a safe route is available.
Plan and execution
Scout for Archers, then keep Genitours between the enemy ranged line and your Villagers or siege. Focus the archer mass and move away before infantry can pin the cavalry; use their speed to reinforce a second threatened flank.
Risks and adaptation
Genoese Crossbowmen and anti-cavalry units can threaten the line. Do not use Genitours as a general heavy-cavalry force or chase infantry into defensive fire.
- Focus
- Berber mounted skirmisher
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
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- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies