GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Kipchak massed-raid formation
Kipchak: Kipchaks function as mobile ranged harassers and gain extra pressure from their secondary arrows. They are strongest in a group that can repeatedly fire at slower targets and move before melee units can close.
Overview
Kipchak: Kipchaks function as mobile ranged harassers and gain extra pressure from their secondary arrows. They are strongest in a group that can repeatedly fire at slower targets and move before melee units can close.
Plan and execution
Keep Kipchaks moving along open routes and focus one slow unit group at a time. Use their responsiveness to fire, retreat, and re-enter while a frontline keeps enemy cavalry occupied. Return to the main army when the opponent adds a counter rather than losing the mass in a deep raid.
Risks and adaptation
Their value falls when they are caught by fast melee units or forced to stand under defensive fire. Do not send a small number into a prepared base or let the formation become trapped by walls.
- Focus
- Cuman mounted archery
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies