Talk:Cavalry Archer (Age of Empires III)/@comment-81.157.148.97-20180630193903/@comment-24.114.41.99-20180815201014

Cav archers are better as a meatshield against heavy Cav as they have so many hit points and meelee resist and absolutely tank where dragoons drop like flies (they are incredible against cuir spams) and the irregulars card makes them especially powerful raiders and they fire twice as fast as a dragoon. But dragoons hit harder (though do less damage per second) and can hit and run, move faster plus have range resist making them able to hold their own against musketeers. I generally find cav archers more useful in treaty or team games where holding a line is more important and dragoons better in 1v1 where mobility and hitting amd running is more important.