This article is about the archer units in Age of Mythology. For other uses, see Archer. |
Archer units are military units that fight on foot but use missile weapons to fight their enemies at a distance. This distinguishes them from infantry and cavalry units.
Archers are also human units, rather than the superhuman heroes or monstrous myth units. The units below are also considered archers because counter-archer units have an attack bonus against them and they benefit from Archer upgrades (i.e. Medium Archers etc.,) - though this is not true of the Atlantean heroes.
There are also a few units that, while mounted, are considered archers rather than cavalrymen as they fulfill the above criteria. The Norse were given a single archer unit, the Bogsveigir, in Tale of the Dragon, before which they had none.
Greeks[]
- Toxotes
- Peltast
- Gastraphetes ( Hades only)
- Sentinel (Hades only. A statue, but an archer nevertheless)
Egyptians[]
- Slinger
- Chariot Archer (mounted)
Norse[]
Atlanteans[]
- Arcus and Arcus (Hero)
- Turma (mounted) and Turma (Hero) (mounted)
Atlantean archer units retain their archer status when they are upgraded to heroes.
Chinese[]
- Chu Ko Nu
- Mounted Archer (mounted)
Brief comparison table[]
Some non-archer units were added for comparison purposes. They are marked in lightgrey.
Name | Age | Civ | Wood | Gold | Pop | PD | Range | HP | HA | PA | Spd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toxotes | Greeks | 55 | 35 | 2 | 6.5 | 15m | 60 | 15% | 15% | 4.0 | |
Peltast | 60 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 16m | 70 | 15% | 20% | 4.0 | ||
Gastraphetes | Hades | 120 | 80 | 3 | 8 | 24m | 60 | 15% | 15% | 3.8 | |
Slinger | Egyptians | 60 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 16m | 65 | 15% | 25% | 4.0 | |
Chariot Archer | 100 | 40 | 3 | 8.5 | 20m | 90 | 30% | 20% | 5.0 | ||
Bogsveigir | Norse | 80 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 18m | 80 | 20% | 20% | 4.2 | |
Arcus | Atlanteans | 60 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 20m | 60 | 15% | 15% | 3.75 | |
Turma | 50 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 12m | 80 | 5% | 30% | 5.0 | ||
Chu Ko Nu | Chinese | 60 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 14m | 60 | 15% | 15% | 4.0 | |
Mounted Archer | 75 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 15m | 100 | 15% | 15% | 5.3 | ||
Ballista | Norse | 150 | 150 | 3 | 9(ร3) | 30m | 85 | 20% | 80% | 2.4 | |
Cheiroballista | Atlanteans | 115 | 100 | 4 | 4(ร3) | 20m | 85 | 25% | 50% | 3.85 | |
Fire Lance | Chinese | 60 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 20m | 80 | 15% | 15% | 4.0 |
- Peltasts, Slingers and Turmas have +300% attack vs all Archers and +100% or +200% attack vs Throwing Axemen.
- Slingers also have +25% bonus against Axemen and Hypaspists.
- Mounted Archers have ร2 attack against cavalry.
- Toxotes, Arcus and Chu Ko Nu have -10% attack vs Raiding Cavalry.
- Among the Cheiroballista's many bonuses are: +150% vs infantry, +350% vs the Huskarl and +300% against the Destroyer.