Archer and Marksman

Castle creatures
Level 1
Pikeman
Halberdier
Level 2
Archer
Marksman
Level 3
Griffin
Royal Griffin
Level 4
Swordsman
Crusader
Level 5
Monk
Zealot
Level 6
Cavalier
Champion
Level 7
Angel
Archangel
Towns

Statistics
Archer
Cost per troop  100
	Attack 6 Defense 3 Damage 2–3 Health 10 Speed 4 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 12 Growth 9 AI Value 126
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack
Marksman
Cost per troop  150
	Attack 6 Defense 3 Damage 2–3 (x2) Health 10 Speed 6 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 9 AI Value 184
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • Double attack
Portraits

Archer and Marksman are level 2 creatures of Castle recruited from Archers' Towers.

"Archers and marksmen are lightly armored troops armed with crossbows for ranged combat and daggers for light hand-to-hand fighting. Marksmen can get off two shots in each ranged attack." ^{RoE manual}

They are critical in the early game, together with the Griffins, due to them being ranged attackers with good damage and the marksmen's twice shot.

Heroes with a specialty

• Valeska the Knight has archers as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any archer or marksman each level she attains after the 2nd level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

See also:

• List of creatures