Cavalry Archers do considerably less damage than a Dragoon but attack faster, they resist 30% melee damage as well as having more hit points, so they are more capable of fighting against hand infantry and can take some of them down with them, though it is still not recommended to attack any hand infantry with them. They have multipliers against artillery, as well as cavalry, and paired with their high hit points, they can easily take down most cannons. Normally ranged cavalry do half damage to villagers, but the Ottomans' IrregularsHome City Card allow them to gain an attack bonus against villagers making them an effective unit for slowing down the enemy's economy. They can also be used to lure enemies into a trap using guerilla tactics.
As the Cavalry Archer can only be trained by Ottomans and Russians, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.
Russian Royal Guard Cavalry Archers are named after the Tatar people (also known as Tartar, after the Tartary region where the Tatars came from) who are renowned for their fierce horse archers.
The Loyalist part of their upgrade's name refers to the Golden Horde from which the majority of Tatar khanates later conquered by the Russian Empire originates, as the in-game history section states.
"Nomadic cavalry archers roamed with their herds in eastern and southern Russia. They raided, traveled, and conquered into what would become Russia and eastern Europe. The Europeans called these fierce cavalrymen the Tartars, though the Tartars were only one of a conglomeration of many distinct nomadic tribes and people. Their colorful tents earned them a more poetic name, the "Golden Horde." The Golden Horde, united under Tokhtamysh, sacked Moscow, but was soon wracked by a civil war that splintered the Horde into several Khanates. The new Russian nation of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, allied with some of the splinter groups, while the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II allied with others.
Cavalry Archers wore light clothes - baggy pants, vests, long coats, and furred hats. Blue and red were popular colors, and embroidery a popular decoration to garments. Soldiers carried a variety of arms, primarily bows, but also swords, spears, and later, firearms. Though the Tartars are most commonly thought of as cavalry, they were competent infantry as well."
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Guard Cavalry Archers
Imperial Cavalry Archers
Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers)
Seminole Bowyer (+25%)
Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%)
Yoga (+5%)
Town Watch (+2)
Comanche Mustangs (+10%)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Mass Cavalry (-50%)
Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%)
Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Westernization (grants Veteran upgrade, Russians only)
Petrine Reforms (grants Royal Guard upgrade, Russians only)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
5 Cavalry Archers
8 Cavalry Archers
9 Cavalry Archers
Cavalry Combat
Riding School
TEAM Cavalry Attack
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades
Irregulars
TEAM Early Dragoons
7 Cavalry Archers
TEAM Cavalry Scouts
TEAM Inquisition
