Question about micro

[delpah]

Hi everyone, I have a question... How can I improve my micro using xbow + pikeman ? I lost playing German vs Russia, and I feel I lost because of a bad micro, he had strelet + cossack and I thought xbow + pikeman would be a good idea... well I lost but I had about 400 militars and he had 300... so I need some advices, someone? thanks !

PD: Sorry my english

[Kaiserklein]

Strelet + cossack is actually a good counter to xbow/pike. Basically cossacks will tank xbow shots and force the pikes to come in front to defend xbows, while strelets in the back will snipe down pikes. Your pikes will just dance a lot and die.
So it's not a surprise that you lost. Anyway, generally speaking when going bow pike, you want to be hit and running the cav and bringing your pikes last second to scare the cav away, then pulling them back. You can also put your pikes in cover mode while there's no cav to fight, so that they just tank twice as much at range.

[Gendarme]

You will be able to receive far more help if you post recorded games that we can watch. Make sure to record all your games.

[Hazza54321]

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