Cavalry Archer (Age of Empires III)

The Cavalry Archer is a ranged cavalry unit available in Age of Empires III. They are a mounted counter-cavalry unit. Only the Russians and Ottomans have access to Cavalry Archers.

Overview
Cavalry Archers function similar to Dragoons but have slower speeds than their counterpart unit. Cavalry Archers can be trained from the Stable in the Fortress Age. The Russians have the Tartar's Loyalist upgrade, making cavalry archers more effective.

Cavalry archers do considerably less damage than a Dragoon but attack faster, they resist 30% melee damage as well as having more HP so they are more capable of fighting against hand infantry and can take some of them down with them, though it still not recommended. They are also pretty good against artillery. Normally ranged cavalry do half damage to villagers, but with the Irregulars upgrade they gain an attack bonus against villagers making them an effective unit for slowing down the enemy's economy. They can also be used to lure enemies into a trap using guerilla tactics.

Shipments
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Russians

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