GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Imperial Skirmisher archer-counter reserve
Imperial Skirmisher: Imperial Skirmishers are a low-gold answer to archer-heavy armies and can help maintain defense when gold is scarce. Their role is narrow: they trade poorly with most units outside ranged targets.
Overview
Imperial Skirmisher: Imperial Skirmishers are a low-gold answer to archer-heavy armies and can help maintain defense when gold is scarce. Their role is narrow: they trade poorly with most units outside ranged targets.
Plan and execution
Keep a reserve behind the frontline and send it to the lane where enemy Archers are concentrating. Add production as the opponent commits to ranged units, then protect the Skirmishers from cavalry and infantry with another line.
Risks and adaptation
Their weak attack and minimum range make them poor against most infantry or cavalry. Do not leave them alone on the map or continue producing them after the opponent transitions away from Archers.
- Focus
- Trash-unit ranged defense
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies