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Mercenary Longbowmen are mercenary archers available to Brittany, Burgundy, and Guelders. They have high melee armor and no minumum range, allowing them to stand and fight when charged, a situation when most other ranged units would rout.

Unit Statistics

Vital

Available to: Brittany (with English Alliance), Burgundy (with English Alliance), Guelders

Trained at: Archery Guild

Century: 15th

Cost: 75 Florins

Combat

HP: 45

Attack: 7

Armor/Pierce Armor: 3/0

Range: 7

Special: +2 vs. spearmen.

Commentary/Strategy

Mercenary Longbowmen are pretty decent fighters, but what really makes them stand out is their ability to fire in the face of certain death--that is, if they're being attacked at close range. They also have very good melee armor and have pretty good range for a bowman.

The downside? Cost may be rather trivial with a good economy, but this notwithstanding, the disadvantages are more situational. Brittany has to give up Genoese Crossbowmen and better knights to use these--and they have good archers anyway. (Especially their mounted ones.) Burgundy would have to give up their Flemish mercenaries, though having a strong archer might outweigh this. And Guelders, although they receive this outright, has very durable (if slower) arbalesters.

Using this, then, depends on your civ. A Breton may not use this that often. A Burgundian will probably benefit the most from this, because they have bad archers, but the silver situation is a bit tricky. Guelders could use this as sort of a faster foot archer, but they too receive mounties. The best use for these would be for holding a position at all costs, since they won't buckle if the cavalry come.

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