How to counter horse archers?

[GreatPalm]

mmm?

[Lothic]

with horse archers - they're the solution to everything!

[Cabman12]

You can't. If you encounter horse archers, uninstall the game and redeem yourself, because Genghis is coming for you.

[Slate]

Horse archers are ruthless, I would recommend recruiting a few Khuzait Raiders or maybe a tier below them and always use the charge command for mounted archers then they will run circles around their enemies while shooting them. Mounted archers only work if using Charge command not advance. Not the case for regular spear/sword cav. I use advance on them so they target the enemy cav first then infantry.

So long story short I would counter mounted archers with other mounted archers.

[James]

Hide in your castle

[ShadowFox]

Originally posted by GreatPalm:

mmm?

I use a wall of shields with my bowman protected behind while I lead my cav around to do armored charges into the bowman while they are distracted trying to poke at my turtles. But to be fair I use this tactic for basically all armies because it stomps everything xD

[Bolecke]

If you are battling AI, they usually run their horse archers well ahead of their other troops. I usually take my heavy cav and run straight at them--slashing away as they retreat back to their main force. Pull cav back to my main force and wait for them to do same thing again. Hit them hard before they can start to circle your inf and archers if you run a balanced army--if you run 100% heavy cav then hit and pull back (staying out of range of their main force) until you have shredded their horse archers before delivering the crushing blow to their remaining forces.

[Compost]

horsearchers best counter with infantry is to circle formation and wait for their ammo to run out.
usually i try to autoresolve any horsearchers or skirmisher spam.

[Compost]

another strat is to have light cav and infantry where you tie the m in melee with cav and follow with with infantry.
or spam heavy cav.

[Compost]

also with horses that are in tight formations you can run up and block the first horse leading to a chain reaction traffic jam for your troops to follow up on.

[Ⓦⓗⓘⓩⓚⓘⓓ]

i mean really use the terrain forested areas are deadly to horses lmao...

[Gladius Victorius]

Normal they try to Circle you.As they are Fast they near always reach your troops much before the rest of there Tropps are even near to you.when i place my Troops i place all on Foot in front and my Cavalery far behind them so when the Horse Archer come they try to flank the Infantery and go behind them where my Cavalery wait at that point i order my Cavalery to charge they will target the Archers and when they try to escape they run direct in my Infantery normal 80% of the Cav Arrchers die in this attack.After done with them i call my Cavalery back and let them go to the Flank of my Infantery for the main enemy Force now my Infantery start to charge and my Cavalery will flank the enemy or ride first down the enemy Foot Archers.After that the Enemy is normal broken or get destroy in a pincer Attack ho try to run will die ho stay and fight get hit from both sides

[Kimmaz]

with more units. 50 recruits can win against a single horse archer. just have a larger army then they do.

[Rampage]

archers in circle formation

[Snu]

archers melt horse archers

[lar unuruur]

Originally posted by Gladius Victorius:

Normal they try to Circle you.As they are Fast they near always reach your troops much before the rest of there Tropps are even near to you.when i place my Troops i place all on Foot in front and my Cavalery far behind them so when the Horse Archer come they try to flank the Infantery and go behind them where my Cavalery wait at that point i order my Cavalery to charge they will target the Archers and when they try to escape they run direct in my Infantery normal 80% of the Cav Arrchers die in this attack.After done with them i call my Cavalery back and let them go to the Flank of my Infantery for the main enemy Force now my Infantery start to charge and my Cavalery will flank the enemy or ride first down the enemy Foot Archers.After that the Enemy is normal broken or get destroy in a pincer Attack ho try to run will die ho stay and fight get hit from both sides

very good tactics. HA indeed is a nut to crack tactically.