Quote from jerrytt

nah albows have a 24 second build time.

27, actually.

Quote from stickman311

27, actually.

nope...its 24 seconds... ^^

Archidon massing isn't a very good strategy in my opinion, like all massing (unless it's albowtross, which only needs a good meat shield to protect it from castle archers). All units have weaknesses, and the Archidon is weak against Albowtross, Speartons (unless they have other tanking units), and Magikill (lol Magikill Wall will destroy everything, unless the opponent can micro excellently and is clever against mages). However, Archidons make a good combo with other units, such as Speartons, Giants (not the best, but ok), and pretty much all melee tanking units. Plus, Archidon massing is not good for offense. If the opponent has even ONE castle archer, and you attack with an Archidon mass, boom, you lose. I'd say that 6~12 Archidons would work well, depending on the situation.

Hey ho, have the replay for 40 archers vs 20 albows now ^^ (without any upgrades): www.stickempires.com/play?replay=replay2416139&version=1.70

if you dont want to watch the replay but want to see the result, click here:

Kiting with Archidons can be DEADLY if done right. I once had 12 archers, and the enemy had what, 6 swords and 6 spears? It was a large map, and I kited them all the way back to my base, and by then, my castle archer took care of the remaining survivors. It's easy to dodge the Magikill Wall, and if you have enough Archidons, then you can kill the Magikill before they can cast a poison spray or an explosion. The only problem is that they SUCK against Bombers in Chaos.