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The Mounted Archer is a Chinese mounted archer unit in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon. Unlike most archers, it has an attack bonus against cavalry.
Contents
Attack bonuses[edit | edit source]
- Cavalry ×3
God bonuses and upgrades[edit | edit source]
Specific[edit | edit source]
Houyi’s Bow (Chang'e) increases attack by 10%.
General[edit | edit source]
Nü Wa reduces food and gold cost by 10%.
Medium Stable Soldiers,
Heavy Stable Soldiers, and
Champion Stable Soldiers all increase LOS by 1 and attack by 10%, and increase hit points by 10%, 15% and 20% respectively.
Levy Stable Soldiers and
Conscript Stable Soldiers decrease training time by 20%.
Copper Weapons,
Bronze Weapons, and
Iron Weapons increase attack by 10%.
Copper Mail,
Bronze Mail, and
Iron Mail decrease hack vulnerability by 10%.
Copper Shields,
Bronze Shields, and
Iron Shields decrease pierce vulnerability by 10%.
Burning Pitch gives triple damage to buildings and +50% damage to ships.
Jade Rabbit (Chang'e): increases movement speed by 10%.
Dragon Scales (Ao Kuang): increases hack armor by 10%.
Stirrup (Chongli) increases HP by 25%.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
The Mounted Archer is excellent for hit-and-run tactics against any relatively slow, non-ranged unit. Their speed and ranged attack enables them to keep up with targets trying to get away, even cavalry units. On the downside, it is technically classified as both an archer and a cavalry, and will take additional damage from counter-units of either type.
Changelog[edit | edit source]
Tale of the Dragon[edit | edit source]
- Initially, Mounted Archers have 7 pierce damage, deal 200% damage to cavalry, and cost 80 wood and 60 gold. With patch 2.7, they have 5 pierce damage, deal 300% damage to cavalry, and cost 75 wood and 55 gold
- Initially, Mounted Archers got +20% hit points from the Tusk of the Iron Boar Relic instead of +10%. This was fixed in patch 2.7.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Mounted Archers have Track Rating of only 5.0 m/s, so despite being counter cavalry, they are not able to hit most cavalry in movement (for example the Hippikon).
History[edit | edit source]
“ | King Wuling of Zhao revolutionized Chinese warfare during the Han dynasty when he officially adopted the tactics and equipment of the Xiongnu people of the steppes: instead of stationing archers in chariots, he enacted military reforms to adopt the use of more versatile cavalry archers. He succeeded in emulating the battlefield successes of the Xiongnu, taking many cities of the neighboring Wuhu state before abdicating in favor of his son in 299 BC. | ” |
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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