GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Leitis armor-breaking cavalry strike
Leitis combine heavy-cavalry mobility with attacks that bypass armor, making them valuable against heavily armored targets that reduce ordinary strikes. Their speed also gives them more freedom to choose when a fight begins.
Overview
Leitis combine heavy-cavalry mobility with attacks that bypass armor, making them valuable against heavily armored targets that reduce ordinary strikes. Their speed also gives them more freedom to choose when a fight begins.
Plan and execution
Use Leitis to flank or intercept high-armor units while a separate screen handles Spearmen and ranged threats. Preserve the group through the Castle Age and add the appropriate upgrades before using them as the main Imperial Age strike force. Their movement lets them change targets quickly when a fight turns unfavorable.
Risks and adaptation
They have less armor and fewer hit points than some comparable heavy cavalry, so direct charges into anti-cavalry units or concentrated ranged fire are costly. Keep a retreat route and use a different line when the enemy can screen the targets you want to reach.
- Focus
- High-armor target selection
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies