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The Crossbowman, a ranged troop of the Human Realm

Human Realm · Ranged

Crossbowman

Heavy bolts punch clean through any armor.

Armour-breaker · ignores plate

Stats

Health
30
Damage
23per hit
Damage per second
12.8
Attacks every
1.8s
Range
165
Move speed
50
Sight
250how far it spots a foe
Population
1of the army cap
Raise
1,000gold, in battle
Armory
250gold, to unlock

These are the Crossbowman's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Human Realm's trait is added on top: +45% health · +33% damage. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special power

Strong and weak

Strong: Knights, paladins, golems.

Weak: Fast swarms.

As a ranged troop, it deals extra damage to Siege (×1.3), Anti-Armor (×1.2) and Beast (×1.2) troops.

Cavalry (×1.35), Shock (×1.3) and Beast (×1.3) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Crossbowman comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 1,000 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Crossbowman every 32.7 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 20.9 seconds at level 2 and 13.4 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 600 gold to level 2 and 2,800 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

Before it can be raised at all it has to be unlocked in the Armory, for 250 gold — gold carried between battles, earned by fighting them.

Other Ranged troops

Every other ranged troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Ranged troops.

TroopKingdomRaiseHealthDamageRangeSpeed
SlingerOrcs40021612058
Gnome SlingerBeasts45020814566
Wyld ScoutElves50023815864
Bone ArcherUndead55021915050
Frost ArcherDwarves60021815852
ArcherHumans650261116056
Axe ThrowerDwarves650351111848
JavelineerOrcs700291211260
RavenkinBeasts700419148126
ArbalestDwarves750252217546
Chu-ko-nuDynasty75026713550
CogshotOverwound750441213566
EmberlingDamned750371114074
Fire LanceDynasty750291710548
HuntressElves750261216564
Ray SplitterFallen750401216066
ShardslingerFallen750431214572
Steam LanceOverwound750441315060
Yumi ArcherDynasty750261219556
MarksmanElves900271518554
LongbowmanHumans1,100271224054
Flame ArcherDynasty1,450291215852
Hand CannonDwarves1,550363615044
Bone HurlerUndead1,600592518046
BeamlanceFallen1,650572318558
Spike HurlerOrcs1,650542917552
Vent GunnerOverwound1,700601412058
Flare CrewFallen1,750661919050
Chainshot CrewOverwound1,800722817548
SharpshooterElves1,950303330052
ScreamerDamned2,050541916580
WatcherFallen2,050472624054
GyrocopterDwarves2,60013117140118

More Human Realm troops

The Human Realm page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.