strategies for combat in forge of empires

Being an artillery unit, it has a range of 13 hexes. With the lowest attack, defence and movement in IA, the ballista only gains a small leap in its stats compared to the stone thrower. However, their low movement allows them to get sniped away at by both ranged and artillery classes. They also have the highest defence in IA, being a very good shield for other units. Gaining +2 attack and defence and defence on plains and +1 attack and defence against light units, the heavy unit Legionnaire is the best choice against light units. However, they are ineffective against light units since they receive bonuses against fast units.

With 22 movement, mounted warriors can reach the other side of the battlefield in only two turns, making it very effective against Artillery Units. They gain +1 attack, +3 defence and +1 attack and defence against ranged units. The mounted archer which is the fast unit of IA, is somewhat good. Fast units gain bonuses against Archers and Artillery units can hit Archers on their first turn. The main threats of the Archer are fast units and artillery units. Archers are super effective against heavy units and somewhat effective against the semi-tanks/light units. It is effective throughout IA and even EMA. The archer has the smallest barracks in the game with a area of 2x2. It gains +4 attack, +1 defence, +1 attack and defence against Heavy units and +1 attack on rocks compared to the slinger, the ranged unit of BA. The archer is the ranged unit of IA, and in my opinion, the best out of all five IA troops. It is effective against calvary (Mounted Warrior) and support troops (Archer and Ballista), but does poor against defensive tanks (Legionnaire) unless multiple soldiers gang up against one or two Legionnaires. However, it loses the defence bonus against fast units. It also gains +1 attack bonus against fast units and in bushes and forests compared to the Spearfighter. In contrast to the Spearfighter, the light unit of BA, it gains a addition of +2 attack, defence and movement. The light unit solider is the first unit to be unlocked in IA.

We're going to compare the stats and combat bonuses, and discuss some common IA army layouts.

Compared to BA troops, IA units have obtained leaps in their stats. So now that we've talked about BA military and defence, let's talk about IA now.

Strategies for combat in forge of empires