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Elite Bolas Rider

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UNIT · MAPUCHE

Elite Bolas Rider

An upgraded Bolas Rider with improved combat performance and its movement-slowing attack.

Elite Bolas Rider Age of Empires II unit icon
Elite Bolas Rider Age of Empires II unit icon

Overview

An upgraded Bolas Rider with improved combat performance and its movement-slowing attack.

Availability and investment

Elite 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 28 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.

    Field use

    Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.

    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.

    Battlefield role and use

    An upgraded Bolas Rider with improved combat performance and its movement-slowing attack. Available in the Castle Age. Training cost: 50 Wood, 55 Gold. Training time: 28 seconds. Its ranged role lets it contribute before melee units connect, but the army needs a screen and enough space to keep firing while it withdraws.

    Base unit statistics

    Cost
    50 Wood, 55 Gold
    Training time
    28 seconds
    Ranged attack
    5
    Range
    5
    Reload time
    2 seconds
    Movement speed
    1.5

    Base values before civilization bonuses or researched technologies.

    Signature / category
    Mapuche
    Release / context
    The Last Chieftains
    Region
    Mapuche
    Classification
    Units
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