Best Archer in Vannila?

[devastating-d]

Sindar archers have the best attack, but low kill rate. Bardian marksman are excellent what is your opinion?

[WARdrobe]

Any of the ranger units. Love 'em

[Seleukos_I.]

Eldar Archers. If anything survives their volleys, they'll them in melee.

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well this is not really a opinion that someone can have - it is just a technical fact as you can see here.

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[Lioncross]

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well this is not really a opinion that someone can have - it is just a technical fact as you can see here.

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Wow, sweet! Thanks for gathering all the intel.

[jản]

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i didn't gather all this stats. it is a guide called "the Palantir"
a project from brandybarrel which i have posted as a link in the recent post.

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[devastating-d]

And the best looking archer unit? My vote goes to athala rangers

[axnsan]

Archer Militia

[KngGilgamesh]

Silvan Hvy Archers and Eldar Archers,
no doubt about it.

[son of romans]

Eldar arcers are the best but in most situations Sentinels of Woodland Realm are better because of their sharpened stakes,cavalry is only efectiv against this unit type and they simply die in this stakes.

[Rogal Dorn]

Those Orc Scouts and Snaga Archers look na-na-na-nasty. I bet they rip everyone up!

[Neptune7]

Sindar archers have the best attack, but low kill rate.

But how do you know they have a low kill rate?...I don't see a rate of fire number anywhere....

[devastating-d]

But how do you know they have a low kill rate?...I don't see a rate of fire number anywhere....

In battle statistic screen sindar archers always have the lowest casualty inflicted rate (because of the number of soldiers in the unit), even lower than light elven archers

[Baywatch]

In vanilla, without doubt I'd take any of the elven archers over any other faction's archers. Their range, accuracy, and missle attack is insane. In RC/RR any ranger takes the cake, best bang for your buck IMO.

[brownypoints]

Hmmm Depnds on what is "best"? I mean you have to take into account range/cost/availabilty as well, so the sentinels have a quite long range, 200 m i think, they are recruitable quite early compared to bardsmen or the third rank elite eleven archers. I dont know where one can find the actual number of arrows each unit has but I find Gondorian archers run out awfully quick.
The royal academy by Honga has some good comparison charts, its done for 1.41 but not with RR Rc mod.
With the RR Rc mod im liking the Mirkwood Rangers a lot, they have an amazing range and like elven archers they have a high defence skill rather than high armour which I prefer as it doesnt collapse when fighting melee with AP enemies(i could be wrong there), they have stakes too.

[wupwup]

Sindar archers have the best attack, but low kill rate. Bardian marksman are excellent what is your opinion?

sentinels of the woodland realms. they may not be the single best damage dealer but they look badass and there is nothing better for the money.

[Withwnar]

I always had a soft spot for Sindar Archers (bodyguard, right?). Their low numbers make them more special/eilte somehow. Very accurate too I think - good battlefield assassins. Plus they can get up and down walls faster than larger units and stand in that small gap above gates.

[Loki_999]

I have to go for Silvan Heavy Archers. While Eldar Archers have slightly better armour, the SHA have a charge bonus of 7 which is just insane for an archer unit. Just fire at your enemies until they are perhaps 5 seconds away from contact and then charge your archers (disable skirmish!) into the enemy ranks... lovely.

[Nicolaos]

Loke archers look SICK!

[devastating-d]

Loke archers look SICK!

I agree