Elephant Archer (Age of Empires)

Elephant Archer is a unit in Age of Empires. It is not an upgrade of any archer, nor does it require any technology. It is by far the strongest, most durable archer in the game. The Elephant Archer combines the hit points of the War Elephant and the attack strengh and range of the Composite Bowman

Age of Empires
The Elephant Archer is used for brute strengh and durability, but don't underestimate it by any means. It is a slow unit, but can take siege fire better than any archer, and when in large groups they are very dangerous. They do however cost a lot of food, and sometimes will drain your food all too fast. Another bad thing is because of their slow speed they are extremely susceptible to conversion from priests, and the Elephant Archer's attack is not nearly as good as Horse Archer's or Heavy Horse Archer's. I use this unit very sparingly, mostly substituted by faster units which are cheaper and have a better attack Horse Archers. However these units are not to be laughed at, because when playing Phoenician you get cheaper Elephant Archers. Persian Elephant Archers are a bit faster, but that difference in speed is not terribly noticable when using a ranged unit. Practical in some cases, but for many things they are just overkill. If you can afford them and the opponent isn't using priests or centurions, then I would recommend Elephant Archers as a backup unit. Range is 7.