Since they are so cheap, they can be hard to counter.
Swordsmen are very cheap and very strong against buildings and most units. This can be a deadly strategy if you can keep up the production regularly. Cavalry is excellent thanks to its speed, but only against small groups of archers. In the bronze age, also Hoplites can be good because of their pierce armor, bu they are very slow. Even elephants are good but you have to reach the Iron Age to have them. Pro tip: to counter large number of archers, make catapults and towers. This is why I mentioned that they are good only in large numbers. Moreover, they lack mobility, being much slower than cavalry. On the other side, they become not so useful in Iron Age, because there are many more powerful units in the field like Heavy Horse Archers, Centurions, Legionnaires, and Armored Elephants, so if you play with Minoans you should focus on attacking your opponents in Bronze Age, and remember to research Alchemy and Ballistics in the Government Center of course. Even if you are playing with other civilizations like Shang or Babylonians, composite bowmen are still good when massed, because they cost much less than chariot archers and are a great menace in large groups. The Iron Age composite bowmen for Minoans will have a 7+5 range, which can surpass the range of most of the other units. To keep up the production you should have at least 2 villagers on gold per each archery range. You should go for a fast bronze (12 minutes) and build at least 3 archery ranges, then research the wood cutting upgrades in the market and the upgrades to Improved Bow and Composite Bow in the Archery range.Īt that point, start producing as many archers as you can. This can be performed expecially with Minoans, their composite bowmen have a +2 range bonus.Ĭomposite bowmen are cheap and pretty effective when you have a lot of them.
Remember that not all civilizations have the Chariot Archers, and these units are countered by composite bowmen and cavalry.Ī good way to defend from a rush of Chariot Archers is to make towers in your base, while a good counter is making Camels. In short terms, the main advantage of this strategy is that you have a very good mobility for raiding and attacking from a distance. Most importantly, research Nobility because it will give your chariot archers more hitpoints. After that you can research the wood cutting upgrades, also in the market, and eventually the archer armor upgrade if you think you will fight against infantry or cavalry. Your goal should be a very fast bronze age (click up by 11-12 minutes game time) and research the wheel in the market as soon as possible. Probably the most common strategy, expecially with Hittites (+1 attack on archers) or Assyrians (archers fire 25% faster).
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