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Arbalester

Arbalester

Archer

All-purpose Foot Archer.

Strong vs. units at long range

Weak vs. Skirmishers, Mangonel-line and units at close range

Upgrades

  • Blacksmithattack, range, armor
  • Archery Rangeaccuracy
  • Universityattack, accuracy
  • Castlecreation speed
  • Monasterymore resistant to Monks

Upgrade line

The shared promotion chain — each tier upgrades into the next at its training building.

  1. ArcherTier 1Archer
  2. CrossbowmanTier 2Crossbowman
  3. ArbalesterTier 3Arbalester

Stats

Hit points
40
Attack
6
Melee armor
0
Pierce armor
0
Range
5
Speed
0.96
Line of sight
7
Reload time
2s
Attack delay
0.342s
Accuracy
90%
Train time
27s
Cost
wood25woodgold45gold

Attack bonuses

  • vs Spearman+3

Armor classes

ArcherAnti-Leitis

Other units deal bonus damage to a unit through these classes — the basis of the counter system.

Counters

Derived from in-game bonus damage — each number is the bonus dealt through the named armor class. Pick your civilization to see only the units you can train.

Other Archer units

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