Slinger (Egyptian)

Template:Infobox UnitThe Slinger is an Egyptian Ranged Unit in Age of Empires Online.

Overview

• Lightly armored, the Slinger excels at taking out other Ranged units , but cannot withstand high amounts of damage.

Equipment Slots

• Sling
• Cloth Armor
• Soldiers' Gear

Upgrades

• Bronze Age
  • Conditioning Decreases the Training Time of Slinger.
  • Barbed Arrows Increases the Pierce Damage of Slinger.
  • Scale Mail and Hide Armor Increases the Melee and Pierce Armor of Slinger.
• Silver Age
  • Slinger Champion (Egyptian) Increases Slinger's Pierce armor and line of sight and decreases training time.
  • Combined Arms Decreases the Training Time of Slinger.
  • Broadhead Arrows Increases the Pierce Damage of Slinger.
  • Chain Mail and Boiled-Leather Armor Increases the Melee Armor and Pierce of Slinger.
• Golden Age
  • Bodkin Arrows Increases the Pierce Damage of Slinger.
  • Lamellar and Lacquered-Leather Armor Increases the Melee and Pierce Armor of Slinger.
  • Close-Combat Expertise Increases the health and damage of Slinger.

History

The Slinger was a military unit that relied heavily on speed and and accuracy. For ammunition they would carry metal balls and if they ran out they would use rocks. For amor they wore light clothing for maximum speed. A master slinger was able to fling a rock over four hundred meters, making it a long range weapon at the time. This range was only surpassed by the English Longbow centuries later.

Egyptian slinger in Rare gear