Talk:Longbowman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-14.172.139.149-20160201014740/@comment-169.139.251.254-20171010133354

> Eagle Warriors & Plumed Archers are the best choice

I disagree.

Mayan Elite Eagle Warriors are not very good against highly massed Elite Longbowmen. They die in only 34 shots; the longbows just gun down the eagles before the reach the longbows. The only eagles that work are Incan Elite Eagle Warriors which are actually very good in this situation.

If you want to use Plumed Archers, definitely make sure you either have Siege Rams in front to soak up arrowfire, or come in with a few Onagers. If you send in like 5 Onagers along with your Elite Plumed Archers, the Britons player will be forced to focus fire down the Onagers with the longbows, and that allows the plumes to come and get in range of the longbows and kill them from close up. If the Britons player does not focus down the Onagers, then they get flattened by Onager shots.