GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Slinger anti-infantry and ram defense
Slinger: Slingers give American civilizations a ranged option against infantry and Monks, with an additional role against slow, non-ranged siege. Their value is match-up specific: use them to answer a threat that the rest of the army would otherwise struggle to remove.
Overview
Slinger: Slingers give American civilizations a ranged option against infantry and Monks, with an additional role against slow, non-ranged siege. Their value is match-up specific: use them to answer a threat that the rest of the army would otherwise struggle to remove.
Plan and execution
Add a small Slinger group after scouting infantry or a ram push. Keep them behind a screen and focus fire on the exposed counter unit; against rams, escort the Slingers so cavalry or ranged siege cannot pick them off while they attack.
Risks and adaptation
Their attack and minimum range limit performance in some fights, and ranged siege can threaten them from outside their comfort zone. Do not use Slingers as a universal archer line or leave them exposed to cavalry.
- Focus
- American-civilization counter unit
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies