How to beat the longbow

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How to beat the longbow

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I send sepoy in, they end up dying to the longbow. Then I send in camelry which collapses to the longbow (they also send in pikemens). It's a tough situation. How to win?
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camels are shit lol buff camels
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Just sepoy lol
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use mahout elephants, they stomp those longbow archers to death
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Long bows are pretty scary when in mass, especially if they're behind a wall. They can sometimes charge straight at falconets and kill them. If he's behind a wall you might want to wait a bit and lure him out, so you can force a fight in a more favorable position. Skirmishers, cavalry, and artillery will do the best against them. Obviously avoid stuff that long bows counter, like musketeers. If you can't fight his army at the moment then remember that there are still things like hunts and TPs which can be harassed. The fact that long bows can't kite makes LB heavy armies pretty weak when trying to defend multiple parts of the map at the same time. I wish I could give more advice about actually killing LB, but tbh you just need a lot of stuff.
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yea the thing about LB is they are better at holding ground than taking it. In order to take ground the brits need something more powerful like musks or at least a lot of pikes.

therefore, do as Amsel said above, and also focus on digging in yourself, maybe getting up to fortress and getting some canons to blast them away. If he is using a ton of resources and villager seconds to make LB (because they cost a lot of wood) he is probably not going up to fortress before you if you are another civ. I'm no pro, but I figure a good timing push, or FF with falcs could beat a brit who is going to spam LB or is starting to mass them
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mirror him and make more longbows than him :!:
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Flail rush. There was a legend by the name of I believe , now forgive me If I'm spelling this wrong, Tedere12?. Said to be undefeated with the strat. 300w First card. Castle when you hit up, make 2 flail send 2 flail. Nothing beats these guys, Insane units.
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I am a fan of heavy hand infantry (dopps). If I know one thing about dopps it’s that they are good at killing buildings. If there is one thing I know it’s that arrows suck at burning buildings, seriously could you imagine trying to burn down a building with just a non flaming bow and arrow? Therefore I think the best counter is copious buildings. Watchtowers and forts
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I like making tiger claws vs them. Axelhit the pet tiger also does decent vs them.
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Well as India, sepoys actually work but behind a wall lbs are safe so kill the opponent before he walls. As India you should be able to prevent Brits from walling.
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Longbows in mass are deadly, if you're using musks to kill them make sure you pick off low hp lbs, prevent overkill, and know when/when not to commit bc retreating from lbs can net your opponent lots of free damage and kills

Also, brits shouldn't be outmassing you early on in colo as they usually start 1 rax and don't like to send military cards. Gotta take adv early and keep the adv against them
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I send sepoy in, they end up dying to the longbow


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evilcheadar wrote:pikemens

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Hidddy_ wrote:Longbows in mass are deadly, if you're using musks to kill them make sure you pick off low hp lbs, prevent overkill, and know when/when not to commit bc retreating from lbs can net your opponent lots of free damage and kills

Also, brits shouldn't be outmassing you early on in colo as they usually start 1 rax and don't like to send military cards. Gotta take adv early and keep the adv against them

we all know you want the whites to be outmassed
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I am a simple person: I see Bowman I make ponies.
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make ponies with bows, too
like Keshiks
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Or make some weird japanese horse unit with a bow that is so good as a melee weapon that even other melee horse riders are jealous.
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