Best/Favourite Missile Unit

[MerlinusCDXX]

Syrian Archers? Don't they have only 4 missile attack? The purpose of an archer is first and foremost to provide strong missile support and Syrian archers don't have enough attack to effectively do that. Syrian archers are one of the weaker missile units in EB. As for their armour and melee capabilities (which are pretty high for an archer unit), you don't actually throw them into melee, do you? that would seem like a waste of talent to me. There is infantry for that.

In my opinion, they are underrated and the EB team should have given them 5 missile attack.

I agree, otherwise what's their real usefulness? (especially at their recruit price, which is comparable to the Kretikoi Toxotai)...but you could always change your EDU to give them 5 attack- just make sure you use a text editor like notepad++ (NOT windows notepad, it somehow messes up the formatting and causes CTDs)

Though I've been using them as they are and have had decent results with them, not great but not horrible. Their good armor helps them to survive archer duels, especially against horse archers, which is where they really shine if you're playing the AS (next time you play an AS campaign, try taking a few units out East with your army when you go fight the Pahlavans, you'll see a real difference).