Crossbowman (Age of Empires II)

Crossbowmen are an upgraded unit from the Archer and is faster, stronger, tougher and fires farther then the Archer. The Crossbowmen are useful in attacking Infantry and Villagers. It upgrades to an Arbalest.

Tactics
Creating Crossbowmen is a good choice as they are cheap to produce and provide good covering fire. Crossbowmen work especially well with infantry in this regard. It is better to put crossbowmen in a group of melee infantry as ranged attacks are weak against buildings.