Bolas Rider

Overview

A Mapuche mounted archer whose bolas can slow the movement of enemy troops.

Availability and investment

Bolas Rider becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Mapuche. The listed cost is 50 Wood, 55 Gold and the training time is 34 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Ranged attack: 5
• Hit points: 55
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 1
• Ranged attack: 5
• Range: 4
• Line of sight: 7
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.5
• Accuracy: 90%

Field use

Preserve space between this unit and melee attackers so it can keep firing. Pair it with a screen, focus fire on reachable targets, and avoid letting a faster force surround it.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Unique unit
• Armor class: Archer
• Armor class: Cavalry
• Armor class: Cavalry archer
• Bolas Rider deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Cavalry class
• Bolas Rider deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Camel Units class
• Bolas Rider deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Ram class

Related unit plan: Bolas Rider snare-and-volley plan

Bolas Rider: Bolas Riders can slow targets so that slower melee units or foot archers have time to catch and damage them. Their control effect works best when attacks are spread across several targets rather than stacked onto one already-slowed unit Use attack-move or patrol with a medium group so each Bolas Rider pressures a different enemy. Pair them with infantry or foot archers that can exploit the slowed formation, then switch to hit-and-run raids when the opposing army is out of position. Keep moving to preserve the unit’s ranged-cavalry advantage Bolas Riders are less durable than many cavalry archers and do not benefit from every cavalry-archer upgrade. Avoid direct fights against a prepared ranged line or anti-cavalry screen, and do not waste the snare by focusing every rider on the same target