best archer

[aem91]

Hi, i was wondering what you guys think is the "best" archer. Archers seem to get overlooked sometimes, but i partcularly like them. There are lots of differnt criteria as to what best is, so maybe favorite would be better. Mine are the syrian archers, they have low dmg, but they have pretty good armor and can withstand enemy vollies well, and they look cool too

[Celtic_Punk]

cretens are my favourite. I am sure there is better... Indian longbowmen?

[Aemilius Paulus]

Cretans are the best archers, but personally, I do not use archers, unless they are mounted. Slingers is what I recruit, and I recruit a lot of them.

[penguinking]

Cretan archers are the best, but honorable mention must go to Persian archer-spearmen.

[tls5669]

Syrian archers, Cretan bows, Indian longbowmen, the roman archer auxila, heavy persian archers with their unbelievable range, saka archers, dacian elite archers, skythian archers, are all really good units.


But by far my favorite is the bosphoran archers

[aem91]

Ya, problem with cretans are their limited aor, and indian longbows are really good, but are so far east. In my seleucia campaign i brought an all indian army to destroy carthage, which it did, but that was for novelty more than neccessity. Heavy bosphorns are good too