Longbowman (Age of Empires II)

For other uses of Longbowman, see the disambiguation page.

The Longbowmen is a special unit for the Britons civilization and is available at the Castle. They can be upgraded to Elite Longbowman, which has a greater base range than any other archer.

In the Conquerors Expansion, a fully upgraded Elite Longbowman has 12 range, making a group of Longbowmen a passable (if time-consuming) siege option: the Teutonic Castle, Korean Towers and the Turkish Bombard Tower are the only defensive structures capable of returning fire. Longbowmen work best as a group. While a single longbowman doesn't present much of a threat, a group can be a deadly force.They have a higher resistance to Skirmishers than the conventional archers