Yumi Archer

Yumi Archer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer
Civilization	Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Daimyo Atakabune
Food	55
Wood	50
Training time	28 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	22
Population	1
XP train bounty	11
XP bounty	11
Melee attack
Damage	7
Multipliers	x2.0 vs. Light cavalry x2.0 vs. Eagle Runner Knight x1.5 vs. Heavy infantry x0.75 vs. Cavalry x0.75 vs. Coyote Runner
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	19
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	18
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	9
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Ranged infantry armed with the Japanese longbow. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Yumi Archer is an archer in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese and can be trained at Barracks and Atakabunes, and by Daimyos.

Overview

The Yumi Archer is a Japanese archer with a high cost and high attack that is good against heavy infantry and light cavalry, and has a slightly higher range than most archers. With the "Way of the Bow" Home City shipment, the Yumi Archer gets its range increased from 18 to 20.

It has an attack bonus as a card from the Home City, it has aura boosts from the Daimyo and Shogun, it can have the passive attack boost from the Japanese Consulate, and it can have the passive attack, hit points or speed boost from the Golden Pavilion, making it powerful in combat as it progresses through the Ages.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Disciplined Yumi	200 wood, 100 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Disciplined (+20% hit points and attack)
	Honored Yumi	600 wood, 600 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Honored (+30% hit points and attack); requires Disciplined Yumi
	Exalted Yumi	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Exalted (+50% hit points and attack); requires Honored Yumi

Further statistics

As Yumi Archers are unique to the Japanese, only technologies that the have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Hand Shock Infantry, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Yumi Archers are unique to the Japanese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Yumi Archer

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Red: Shipment that can be sent TWICE (Japanese only) Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Early Skirmishers Skirmishers, Cassadores, Forest Prowlers, Wakina Rifles, and Black Flag Army can be trained in the Commerce Age; Longbowman, Strelet, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, and Yumi Archer train time -20% 25 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level 5 Yumi Archers Ships 5 Yumi Archers 1 14 Yumi Archers Ships 14 Yumi Archers 1 9 Yumi Archers Ships 9 Yumi Archers 10 16 Yumi Archers Ships 16 Yumi Archers 25 Yumi Archer Attack Yumi Archers get +20% attack 10 Way of the Bow Yumi Archers get +15% hit points, +2 LOS, and +2 range 25 Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Archaic Soldier Training Pikeman, Crossbowman, Longbowman, Otontin Slinger, Aenna, Cetan Bow, and Yumi Archer train time -50%; Old Han Army, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -25% 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Trivia

• Yumi Archers are depicted inaccurately in the game. A close view shows that the bows of the in-game Yumi Archers are symmetric, however, the strongly asymmetric design is an important characteristic of the traditional yumi. Ironically, this fact is even mentioned in the game's history text but not implemented in the Yumi Archers' design.
• The Yumi Archer is a mix between a regular archer and a Skirmisher. Their ranged Rate of Fire is 3.0, as opposed to most other archers, whose Rate of Fire is 1.5. The Yumi (unlike other archers) fires immediately instead of having a long drawing animation. Because of that, they can be used for hit-and-run tactics much more effectively than other archers.

History

“

The word “yumi” means either a long or short bow used in kyudo, the ancient Japanese art of archery. The traditional yumi stands at over 6 feet fall, often dwarfing the archer, and is made from laminated bamboo, wood, and animal hide, in a process that is still the same today as it was two thousand years ago. The yumi’s unique asymmetric design, where the upper and lower curves differ, is a style that dates to around 250 BCE. It is believed the asymmetric shape was designed for use on horseback, so the bow could be switched from one side of the horse to the other with relative ease.

”

Gallery

An in-game Yumi Archer

An in-game Disciplined Yumi Archer

An in-game Honored/Exalted Yumi Archer

The Yumi Archer's history portrait

The Yumi Archer icon from the website