What are cavalry archers good against?

Unit evolution Its high speed and ranged attack make it an excellent harasser, hit-and-runner, and a good counter for infantry units. With enough micromanagement, a small force of Cavalry Archers can take out whole contingents of foot-soldiers.

What upgrades affect Cavalry Archers?

Cavalry Archers use the ordinary archer upgrades, such as leather archer armour and bodkin arrow. Gunpowder units don’t get a damage blacksmith upgrade, but they are affected by archer armour upgrades.

Does thumb ring apply to cavalry archers?

Thumb Ring is a technology in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors available at the Archery Range upon reaching the Castle Age. Once researched, all archers (foot archers and Cavalry Archers) are able to fire faster and with 100% accuracy at non-moving targets (it does not affect gunpowder units).

Do skirmishers count as archers?

The Skirmisher is an anti-archer ranged unit in Age of Empires II that can be trained at the Archery Range. Skirmishers are similar to the Slinger in Age of Empires.

What happened to horse archers?

The typical Mongol archer shot from a sitting position when dismounted. Horse archers were eventually rendered obsolete by the maturity of firearm technology. In the 16th and subsequent centuries, various cavalry forces armed with firearms gradually started appearing.

Are horse archers effective?

Tactically, Mongol horse archers were deadly in battle. Their horses allowed them to stay out of reach of the enemy, while their composite bows allowed them to rain down accurate fire.

Does Thumb Ring affect skirmishers?

Actually Thumb Ring doesn’t affect skirmisher accuracy (it’s already 100%). It does affect everyone else, though, in the manner described by Atruejedi. Thumb Ring also increases the rate of fire of archer units by 10-20%, depending on the unit. (It’s 15% for arbalests, for instance, but only 10% for war wagons.)

Does Thumb Ring affect Cav archers aoe2?

Can anyone confirm whether it affects Cavalry Archers as well as Archers? Yes. If you go to the Tech Tree inside the game and hover over the Cavalry Archer, you’ll see the upgrades for it listed in italics.

Are Skirmishers jackals?

Description. Skirmishers are the same species as the more common, lightly built Jackals, but they are much faster, stronger, can jump higher and are more agile than any ordinary Kig-Yar. In addition, they sport manes of feathers rather than quills.

What are Skirmishers weak against?

Skirmishers are very weak to everything except archers. With a weak and slow attack, as well as a minimum range, they deal almost no damage to infantry and cavalry.