Rattan Archer

Overview

A resilient foot archer with strong protection from arrows.

Availability and investment

Rattan Archer becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Vietnamese. The listed cost is 50 Wood, 45 Gold and the training time is not separately recorded. 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: 6
• Hit points: 42
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 4
• Ranged attack: 6
• Range: 4
• Line of sight: 6
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.1
• Accuracy: 80%

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
• Rattan Archer deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Spearman class

Related unit plan: 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 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 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