They also have few good answers to enemy rams, as their archers can get distracted by them and incapacitated. Their siege weapons are similarly lacking, missing the Siege Ram, Siege Onager, and Bombard Cannon, and while they do have Warwolf Trebuchets, the slow mobility of the latter means they can struggle to push a position when the player needs them to aid their other units.

The Britons have poor cavalry, lacking the Hussar and Paladin upgrades, any regional units, and Bloodlines. They also possess solid economic and defensive options. The Britons also excel in naval combat due to their nearly full dock technology tree, only missing Elite Cannon Galleon. Cavalry and Battering Rams are the main threats of Longbowmen, but the Britons have full infantry technology tree (apart from Gambesons) so they can build Halberdiers and Champions to provide close combat protection. Adding to this are their Warwolf Trebuchets, which deal blast damage and have 100% accuracy, the latter of which also makes them some of the best at Trebuchet vs Trebuchet combat. Their unique unit, the Longbowman, has the longest range of any archer, with 1 more than Arbalesters. If in a large enough group, they can be almost impossible to counter. Due to their range Longbowmen can cut down opposing forces before they can even get close. In total, with Yeomen, their foot archers gain +3 range, giving them the ability to outrange almost any unit, and making them very hard to approach. This bonus is especially useful against enemy Skirmishers and Mangonels, as they can micro around these units, unlike any other civilization. Their archers gain bonus range in the Castle and Imperial Age and are trained faster. 5.2 Disadvantages vs other civilizations.5 Compared advantages and disadvantages.make two ranges (make archers immediately and send to fight ASAP)Īdapt from here, usually with three TC's and aim to get ballistics. At this point you should have 4 on berries, 10 on wood, 3 on gold, 2 on straggler trees, and 1 making a barracks. Slowly take villagers from sheep and send 4 to wood (split so there is five on each lumber camp), 3 to gold, 1 to make a house and then a barracks, and the last 2 to straggler trees. As always, I am taking suggestions for the next build you would like to see so let me know.

Briton archers are one of my favorite units to play with so if you're the same, this build is for you. Here is a video guide for the 21 Pop Briton Archer Rush that I've had a lot of success with.

Age of empires 2 build order britons