Talk:Slinger (Age of Empires II)/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190709101709

Its a shame that the Inca team bonus wasn't sharing the Slinger like the Italian bonus of sharing the Condottiero, as the Britons (extra range), Ethopians (faster RoF) and Vietnamese (increased Health) would all train supurb Slingers. It'd even be worth it if the Slinger made training Hand Cannoneers impossible if one was allied with the Incas.

As things are, given their +10 bonus against infantry, standard range of 8 when FU, attack of 9 when FU and standard RoF of 2.03, Slingers can be used to take down Huskarls, Eagles and Malian Barracks units. The bonus accuracy from Thumb Ring as well as the accuracy from Ballistics makes them far more effective than Hand Cannoneers in hitting moving targets, and 8 Slingers can take down an Elite Huskarl in one volley assuming all of their projectiles hit. The downside of course is that should the units in question, especially Huskarls, catch up to the Slingers, they will rip them to shreads.