They cannot upgrade to the Halberdier which is a huge downside. In addition to the light and versatile Gbeto unit, Malians grant additional pierce armor to their infantry units per age, helping protect against archer fire. If you can afford it though, Druzhina will make your infantry armies particularly formidable. It does cost 1200 Food and 500 Gold, which is a heavy price to pay and severely affects this civilization’s rankings. However, Slavs have access to a powerful unique research that grants splash damage to all infantry units. Each civilization has unique bonuses for their infantry, while some are able to produce units quicker or have access to powerful unique infantry units.īoyar being the unique unit has nothing to do with infantry, instead it’s a heavy cavalry unit. Rankings are dependant on a number of factors. If you’re looking to sink your teeth into a civilization that utilises your favorite unit type, I’ll be going through the 10 best in Age of Empires 2.
Age of Empires 2 is no different, with a plethora of units available through the barracks or unique units. Infantry can be produced in large numbers for little resources.ĭue to this, infantry based civilizations are well received in most strategy games. Specialised units like archers and cavalry are powerful but costly. The following tags are not part of the counter system and are exclusively used for the purpose of technology (cards, arsenal, etc.Infantry is the core of any army found anywhere in the world.
The UI shows they have positive multiplier against Hand Cavalry, but it’s actually Heavy Cavalry, because Hand Cavalry is not part of the counter system. Note: Some units, such as the Carolean, appear in the UI with the wrong multiplier. The counter system is composed of the unit tags below (as they appear in the game files).ĪbstractLightInfantry (Shock Infantry in-game)ĪbstractCoyoteMan (Hand Shock Infantry in-game)ĪbstractLightCavalry (Light Ranged Cavalry in-game) For example, Musket Infantry has a positive damage multiplier against Cavalry, which means they are a hard counter to Cavalry. Most units in the game have positive or negative damage multipliers against other types of units. Click on it to enlarge and download it (if you want). Hope it’s useful for new and old players. So I’ve created this comprehensive image to make sense out of the complex unit tag system in the game. I have noticed that even veteran players sometimes get confused with unit classifications, especially in DE where many of them have changed or are constantly changing.
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