Composite Bowman

Overview

Armenian archers whose arrows ignore a portion of enemy pierce armor.

Availability and investment

Composite Bowman becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Armenians. The listed cost is 35 Wood, 45 Gold and the training time is 12 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: 4
• Hit points: 40
• Melee armor: 1
• Pierce armor: 0
• Ranged attack: 4
• Range: 4
• Line of sight: 7
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 0.96
• Accuracy: 100%

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
• Composite Bowman deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Spearman class

Related unit plan: Composite Bowman armor-bypass firing line

Composite Bowman: Composite Bowmen pressure armored land units because their attack bypasses pierce armor. This makes them a useful ranged core against targets that normally shrug off ordinary Archer damage Form a protected firing line and focus armored infantry or other durable land units while a screen blocks cavalry. Maintain the group’s upgrades and reposition to keep the army at useful range; use another unit line for targets that are protected by the Composite Bowman’s exceptions Skirmishers and ranged siege still threaten foot archers even when armor bypass is relevant. Do not treat the Composite Bowman as immune to archer counters or fire into a position controlled by Mangonels