GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Paladin decisive-charge plan
Paladin: Paladins can deliver a powerful mobile strike when a large force is ready, but their food and gold cost makes each engagement consequential. Use them to break a weak flank or reach a key objective, not as disposable scouts.
Overview
Paladin: Paladins can deliver a powerful mobile strike when a large force is ready, but their food and gold cost makes each engagement consequential. Use them to break a weak flank or reach a key objective, not as disposable scouts.
Plan and execution
Build the upgrade and supporting economy around a clear timing, then attack in a group with enough numbers to overwhelm the target before reinforcements arrive. Use Paladins to raid exposed economy or cover siege, and pull them back when the opponent gathers a counter force.
Risks and adaptation
Halberdiers and Heavy Camel Riders trade favorably against Paladins, while Monks threaten the expensive units through conversion. Do not judge a fight only by the number of enemy units killed; preserve the force when the exchange costs too much gold.
- Focus
- Imperial Age heavy cavalry
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies