Mounted Archer

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.

Attack bonuses Edit

• Cavalry ×3

God bonuses and upgrades Edit

Specific Edit

• Houyi’s Bow (Chang'e) increases attack by 10%.

General Edit

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

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

Tale of the Dragon Edit

• 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

• 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

"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

Military units in Age of Mythology
Culture	Type	Units
Greeks	Infantry	Hoplite  · Hypaspist  · Myrmidon (Zeus) · Militia (Poseidon)
	Archer	Toxotes  · Peltast  · Gastraphetes (Hades)
	Cavalry	Hippikon  · Prodromos  · Hetairoi (Poseidon)
	Siege weapon	Petrobolos  · Helepolis
	Ship	Trireme  · Pentekonter  · Juggernaut
	Other	Kataskopos
Egyptians	Infantry	Spearman  · Axeman  · Mercenary  · Khopesh Swordsman
	Archer	Slinger  · Chariot Archer
	Cavalry	Camelry  · War Elephant  · Mercenary Cavalry
	Siege weapon	Catapult  · Siege Tower
	Ship	Kebenit  · Ramming Galley  · War Barge
Norse	Infantry	Ulfsark  · Throwing Axeman  · Huskarl
	Archer	Bogsveigir
	Cavalry	Raiding Cavalry  · Jarl
	Siege weapon	Portable Ram  · Ballista
	Ship	Longboat  · Drakkar  · Dragon Ship
Atlanteans	Infantry	Murmillo  · Katapeltes  · Destroyer  · Fanatic
	Archer	Arcus  · Turma
	Cavalry	Contarius
	Siege weapon	Cheiroballista  · Fire Siphon  · Onager
	Ship	Bireme  · Fireship  · Siege Bireme
	Other	Oracle
Chinese	Infantry	Halberdier
	Archer	Chu Ko Nu  · Mounted Archer
	Cavalry	Cataphract  · General  · Scout Cavalry  · War Chariot
	Siege weapon	Fire Lance  · Sitting Tiger
	Ship	Junk  · Fire Ship  · Siege Junk