Talk:Arambai/@comment-72.185.204.171-20170406022935/@comment-27726014-20190906125704

"However since most units are wearing armor, it would not work like it does in the game, the darts would be stopped even by worst armor."

Absolutely not. 15th century guns can't really penetrate much armor since the bullets have so little weight. In the late medieval age the armor piercing weapon of choice was the crossbow. A stone lever or an atlatl would be quite effective at short range. In Europe it wasn't used often as the longer range, greater accuracy and faster reload rate of the bow was more preferable. However in some other areas like the jungles of south-east Asia they were quite common.

Their biggest advantage is their enormous amount of power. Unless it's a really good shot people can fight on with an arrow somewhere for a few minutes. If it hits them somewhere non-lethal like their leg or arm they can fight on the entire battle. The stone thrower will almost certainly knock them out in one hit. The bow is essentially a rifle and the stone thrower is essentially a shotgun.

This is different from the slingers of the Inca. They throw small stones at very high speed while the Arambai throw heavy stones at much slower speeds.