The best archers?

[Beer Mug The Russian Dwarf]

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[Lukkyb]

Rodoks cross bows kill all easily

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by Beer Mug The Russian Dwarf:

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The ones commanded by the player.

Otherwise, it depends on the situation you're in:
- if your archers are likely to have to engage in melee, Nord veteran archers
- if you are likely to to be shooting at long range, or from chest high cover, Rhodock crossbowmen
- if you'll be in a ranged duel at close range, Vaegir marksmen

Personally, I use them all, for different tasks, but I mostly use Vaegir archers because they fit my play style better - they are the quickest to become useful in combat, with proper positioning they can stunlock other archers, and they carry two quivers more often than the rest.

Other people may find other ranged troops more useful.

[Oxiras]

Another good thing with the nord archers is that they get to top tier rather quickly in comparison to vaegir/sarranid.

[Clovis Sangrail]

Nord archers top out earlier, but they do not top out at as high a level as they toers. Top Nord archer is level 19; others are level 24-25 (except Kherghit veteran horse archers, which only reach level 21).

I sometimes keep a retinue of sword sisters that I group separately and keep with me when I do sieges. Sword sisters dismounted aren't bad crossbowmen.

[Mountain King]

I went for Vaegirs instead of Rhodoks in my last playthrough for convenience of recruiting, and while effective I have to admit that they pale in comparison to the utterly devastating Rhodok crossbows. I remember my armies with crossbowmen breaking the scrolling text of the game because of how quickly they were chewing through dozens of hapless enemies, and I did not replicate that with my archers.

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

Sword sisters dismounted aren't bad crossbowmen.

Sword sisters would be awesome, if they would only remember to always wear their helmets.

[KalkiKrosah]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

Sword sisters dismounted aren't bad crossbowmen.

Sword sisters would be awesome, if they would only remember to always wear their helmets.

But if they did that then we wouldn't be able to see their pretty faces.