Changes: Archer unit (Age of Mythology)

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This article is about the archer units in Age of Mythology. For archer units in other games of the series, see Archers.

Chu Ko Nu archers — A group of Chinese Chu Ko Nu

Archer units are military units that fight on foot but use missile weapons to fight their enemies at a distance. This distinguishes them from infantry and cavalry units.

Archers are also human units, rather than the superhuman heroes or monstrous myth units. The units below are also considered archers because counter-archer units have an attack bonus against them and they benefit from Archer upgrades (i.e. Medium Archers etc.,) - though this is not true of the Atlantean heroes.

There are also a few units that, while mounted, are considered archers rather than cavalrymen as they fulfill the above criteria. The Norse do not have any archer units. Note: This is no longer the case in the Tale of the Dragon expansion, as the Norse were given a single archer unit, the Bogsveigir.

Greeks

Toxotes
Peltast
Gastraphetes (Hades only)
Sentinel (Hades only. A statue, but an archer nevertheless)

Egyptians

Slinger
Chariot Archer (mounted)

Norse

Bogsveigir (in Tale of the Dragon)

Atlanteans

Arcus and Arcus Hero
Turma (mounted) and Turma Hero (mounted)

Atlantean archer units retain their archer status when they are upgraded to heroes.

Chinese

Brief comparison table

Some non-archer units were added for comparison purposes.

Name	Civ	Wood	Gold	Pop	P.Dmg	Range	HP	H.Armor	P.Armor	Spd
Toxotes	Greek	55	35	2	6.5	15m	60	15%	15%	4.0 m/s
Peltast	Greek	60	20	2	3	16m	70	15%	20%	4.0 m/s
Gastraphetes	Greek *	120	80	3	8	24m	60	15%	15%	3.8 m/s
Slinger	Egyptian	60	24	2	3	16m	65	15%	25%	4.0 m/s
Chariot Archer	Egyptian	100	40	3	8.5	20m	90	30%	20%	5.0 m/s
Bogsveigir	Norse	80	40	2	7	18m	80	20%	20%	4.2 m/s
Arcus	Atlantean	60	35	2	6	20m	60	15%	15%	3.75 m/s
Turma	Atlantean	50	45	2	4	12m	80	5%	30%	5.0 m/s
Chu Ko Nu	Chinese	60	40	2	4(×2)	16m	60	15%	15%	4.0 m/s
Mounted Archer	Chinese	80	60	2	7	15m	100	15%	15%	5.3 m/s
Ballista*	Norse	150	150	3	9(×3)	30m	85	20%	80%	2.4 m/s
Cheiroballista*	Atlantean	115	100	4	4(×3)	20m	85	25%	50%	3.85 m/s
Fire Lance*	Chinese	60	60	2	8	20m	80	15%	15%	4.0 m/s

Peltasts, Slingers and Turmas have +300% attack vs all Archers and +100% or +200% attack vs Throwing Axemen.
Slingers also have +25% bonus against Axemen and Hypaspists.
Mounted Archers have +25% attack against cavalry.
Toxotes, Arcus and Chu Ko Nu have -10% attack vs Raiding Cavalry.
Among the Cheiroballista's many bonuses are: +150% vs infantry, +350% vs the Huskarl and +300% against the Destroyer.

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 '''Archer units''' are military units that fight on foot but use missile weapons to fight their enemies at a distance. This distinguishes them from [[Infantry units (Age of Mythology)|infantry]] and [[Cavalry units (Age of Mythology)|cavalry units]].
-Archers are also [[Human unit|human units]], rather than the superhuman [[Hero (Age of Mythology)|heroes]] or monstrous [[Myth unit|myth units]]. The units below are also considered archers because counter-archer units have an attack bonus against them and they benefit from Archer upgrades (i.e. [[Medium Archers]] etc.,) - though this is not true of the [[Atlantean|Atlanteans]] heroes.
+Archers are also [[Human unit|human units]], rather than the superhuman [[Hero (Age of Mythology)|heroes]] or monstrous [[Myth unit|myth units]]. The units below are also considered archers because counter-archer units have an attack bonus against them and they benefit from Archer upgrades (i.e. [[Medium Archers]] etc.,) - though this is not true of the [[Atlanteans|Atlantean]] heroes.
 There are also a few units that, while mounted, are considered archers rather than cavalrymen as they fulfill the above criteria. The [[Norse]] do not have any archer units. ''Note: This is no longer the case in the [[Age of Mythology:Tale of the Dragon|Tale of the Dragon]] expansion, as the Norse were given a single archer unit, the [[Bogsveigir]].''
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 * Peltasts, Slingers and Turmas have +300% attack vs all Archers and +100% or +200% attack vs [[Throwing Axeman (Age of Mythology)|Throwing Axemen]].