GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Rattan Archer anti-ranged screen
Rattan Archer: Rattan Archers can withstand ranged fire better than many foot archers, so they are useful when the opponent relies on archers or defensive arrows. Their speed also helps them reposition between firing lanes.
Overview
Rattan Archer: Rattan Archers can withstand ranged fire better than many foot archers, so they are useful when the opponent relies on archers or defensive arrows. Their speed also helps them reposition between firing lanes.
Plan and execution
Keep Rattan Archers in a protected group and use them to contest enemy ranged units or hold a base approach. Let infantry screen cavalry, focus one enemy group at a time, and use their resilience to remain active while supporting a broader push.
Risks and adaptation
Skirmishers can still trade cost-effectively, while cavalry and siege threaten the formation in other ways. Do not mistake pierce armor for immunity or send the archers into a defended melee.
- Focus
- Vietnamese pierce-resistant archers
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies