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The Green Pasture creates the Elven cavalry units primarily used to rush and flank opposing archer lines.
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The Mirkwood Archers can stealth (great for gaining sight on enemy areas for power usage) but are unable to improve with the Elven Armor upgrade at the Eregion Forge. There are two archer types: Lorien and Mirkwood. The Elven Barracks builds warriors (counter pikemen), archers (counter swordsmen), and the Mithlond Sentries, which are the Elven pikemen to counter cavalry. The Elves use two structures to train their primary army. An effective counter is not allowing the Elves to sit back and fund upgrades until they possess a near unbeatable army. It also means your Eregion Forge must be well-protected to avoid a disastrous setback.

Building the Eregion Forge, upgrading it, then researching the upgrade, then applying the upgrade to your archer battalions is a big investment. Acquiring the Silverthorn arrow upgrade is pricey.
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The Elves can excel in late game but aren’t as powerful early.Įlves plus Silverthorn Arrows: expensive but incredibly powerful.īeing weaker early leaves the Elves vulnerable to an aggressive opponent. If you rush to Silverthorn Arrows, you’re exhausting an enormous amount of resources that your opponent may be using to rush your base. Indeed the upgrade is powerful (and arguably unbalanced given Mike Verdu’s statements) but it’s also quite an expensive investment. Apparently the game’s executive producer thinks so as well Mike Verdu’s blog stated that the Elven Silverthorn arrows will be toned down a bit in a future patch.įor now, battalions of fully upgraded Elven archers can wipe out "powerful" late game units like eagles or even the Balrog. The Elves’ unique Silverthorn Arrow upgrade has many players wondering if the Elves are simply too powerful. The Elves excel with bows their upgraded archers are extremely, extremely formidable and several of the Elven hero units implement bows (including the mighty Legolas) as well. Note that this chapter was written on the retail version of The Battle for Middle-earth II. You’ll find details on heroes and units and general strategies for using each group in battle. This section covers the forces of good: Elves, Men of the West, Dwarves.
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However, remember that rule and you’ll know how best to counter the makeup of an enemy’s army as well as how to micromanage the fight when the moment of combat approaches. There are some exceptions and, of course, other unit types to consider (such as trolls, giants, and spiders). In general, The Battle for Middle-earth II follows this logic: swordsmen beat pikemen, pikemen beat cavalry, cavalry beat archers, and archers beat swordsmen. For example, pikemen are best used against cavalry while cavalry are best used against archers. This means that certain units are better suited to fight other specific units. One of the most important concepts in The Battle for Middle-earth II-and it’s similar to many real-time strategy games-is the rock-scissors-paper approach to combat.

