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Neutral creatures

Level 1

Peasant

Halfling

Level 2

Rogue

Boar

Leprechaun

Level 3

Nomad

Mummy

Level 4

Sharpshooter

Satyr

Steel Golem

Level 5

Troll

Gold Golem

Fangarm

Level 6

Diamond Golem

Enchanter

Level 7

Faerie Dragon

Rust Dragon

Crystal Dragon

Azure Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Sharpshooter

Cost per troop
400

Attack	12
Defense	10
Damage	8–10
Health	15
Speed	9
Movement	Ground
Size	1
Shots	32
Growth	4
AI Value	585

Special abilities:

• Ranged attack
• No range penalty
• No obstacle penalty

Portraits

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Sharpshooters are level 4 neutral creatures recruited from the Treetop Tower. They do huge amounts of damage relative to their HP pools. Because of this, they are usually the target of enemy attacks.

"Specially trained by the guerrilla warrior Gelu, Sharpshooters are a select troop. Recruited from the ranks of Archers, Marksmen, Wood Elves, and Grand Elves, Sharpshooters use a huge recursive, compound longbow. More than five feet in length, three bowstrings running through the pulleys on both ends, aid in the power and precision of their attacks. With their training, distance and siege walls are not a hindrance." ^{AB manual}

Heroes with a specialty

Gelu the Ranger can upgrade Archers and Marksmen and Wood Elves and Grand Elves to Sharpshooters.

Appearance

Sharpshooters were added in Armageddon's Blade so there are no Sharpshooters or Treetop Towers in Restoration of Erathia.

Official Renders

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Like most ranged units, they are very vulnerable when within melee range. This applies especially to Sharpshooters, glass cannons whose 15HP are the lowest among all Level 4 units. However, they have the highest damage-to-hit points ratio of any (non-Level 1) unit in the game, dealing tremendous amounts of damage as long as they are kept alive. Expert Slow coupled with Expert Archery helps immensely with this. When laying siege to a town, they are extremely useful as they have no obstacle penalty, though they are often targeted by Arrow Towers. Do anything to protect Sharpshooters against enemy's melee fighters. Sharpshooters' major advantage is their excellent speed, especially in comparison with many other ranged units, which means they can wipe out a major part of the enemy's army prior to the turn of many of its units.

When playing Gelu, don't upgrade Elves to Sharpshooters too early, particularly on harder difficulties, as it is expensive. You don't need Grand Elves and the upgraded Homestead at all.

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-'''Sharpshooters''' are level 4 [[neutral creature]]s recruited from the [[Treetop tower|Treetop Tower]].
+'''Sharpshooters''' are level 4 [[neutral creature]]s recruited from the [[Treetop tower|Treetop Tower]]. They do huge amounts of damage relative to their HP pools. Because of this, they are usually the target of enemy attacks.
 ''"Specially trained by the guerrilla warrior [[Gelu]], Sharpshooters are a select troop. Recruited from the ranks of [[Archer and Marksman|Archers]], [[Archer and Marksman|Marksmen]], [[Wood Elf and Grand Elf|Wood Elves]], and [[Wood Elf and Grand Elf|Grand Elves]], Sharpshooters use a huge recursive, compound longbow. More than five feet in length, three bowstrings running through the pulleys on both ends, aid in the power and precision of their attacks. With their training, distance and [[siege walls]] are not a hindrance."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 19|AB manual]]''</sup>