When fully upgraded, halberdiers are a great unit capable of countering cavalry big time. These are created at the barracks and are used to counter cavalry. Unique technologies it benefits from: Yeomen, Atlatl, Andean Sling, Imperial Skirmisher (When teamed with Vietnamese)Ĭivilizations with good bonuses/Technologies for them: Britons, Vietnamese, Aztecs, Magyars, Byzantines, Spanish Other regular upgrades it benefits from: Thumbring, Conscription, Ballistics. They also counter the Spearman line well when massed.īlacksmith attack upgrades applicable: Fletching, Bodkin arrow, Bracerīlacksmith armor upgrades applicable : Padded Archer Armor, Leather Archer Armor, Ring Archer Armor

These are created at the archery range and are generally good to counter archer type units which includes hand cannoneers. Trash units are good as both a meat shield and also, as the main units when you’re out of gold.This generally happens in 1v1 games when all the gold on the map has been mined and relics are too slow to generate gold. They’re generally not great fighters (except against the units that they are supposed to counter). Trash units are units that cost no gold and are usually meant to overwhelm your opponent with quantity rather than quality.

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