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Heavy Cavalry Archer kiting formation
Heavy Cavalry Archer: Heavy Cavalry Archers are strongest as an upgraded group rather than as isolated units. Their mobility lets them apply repeated ranged pressure while avoiding direct contact, but their full potential requires a meaningful investment in upgrades and production.
Overview
Heavy Cavalry Archer: Heavy Cavalry Archers are strongest as an upgraded group rather than as isolated units. Their mobility lets them apply repeated ranged pressure while avoiding direct contact, but their full potential requires a meaningful investment in upgrades and production.
Plan and execution
Mass the units behind a screen, then use short volleys and retreats to wear down slower infantry or siege support. Keep enough space to turn away from cavalry and use a second control group to protect the retreat path. Invest in the key ranged and cavalry upgrades when the force is large enough to benefit.
Risks and adaptation
The line is resource- and technology-intensive, and a small unupgraded group is easy to contain. Do not let melee cavalry close the gap or keep kiting into a corner with no safe route.
- Focus
- Mounted ranged-unit mass
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies