| Cretan Bowman | |||||||||
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| Roman Ranged Unit | |||||||||
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| Age Available |  Silver Age | ||||||||
| Damage | 11 (9.5) | ||||||||
| Damage Type | Pierce DPS | ||||||||
| Attack Range | 18 (15) | ||||||||
| Hit Points | 130 (140) | ||||||||
| Speed | 6 | ||||||||
| Sight Range | 20 | ||||||||
| Train Time | 12s | ||||||||
| Trained/Built from | Auxilia Camp | ||||||||
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| Bonus vs. infantry | 2.25 (2.0) | ||||||||
The Cretan Bowman is a Roman Ranged Unit in Age of Empires Online trained in the Auxilia Camp.
PvP Values which are different are put in brackets ().
Overview[]
- A basic archer, the Cretan Bowman deals massive damage from afar.
Equipment Slots[]
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| Bow | Arrows | Cloth Armor | Soldiers' Gear |
Upgrades[]
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| Sacramentum | Scale | Shield Rim | Barbed Arrows |
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| Patronage | Chain | Shield Truss | Broadhead Arrows |
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| Citizenship | Bodkin Arrows | Laminar Armor | Shield Boss | Cretan Bowman Champion |
Development[]
The Cretan Bowman design was first revealed in Weekly Blog #10: Forum, Cretan Bowman, Armory forum post on July 27th, 2019.
A squad of Cretan Bowmen ready to fire.
- The Cretan Bowman was widely requested this week, and we are absolutely thrilled with what [the development team] have done with him.
- It’s really amazing to see him looking so sharp on the field, because he almost didn’t make the team. And while he stands before you today victorious, it is not without consequence. Giving the Romans both a standard archer and the
game's 7th Spearman and killing off [the Veles] may not have been the most exciting decision we could have made, but for the viability of the entire tech tree, it was the most responsible one.
