AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Archer Units
Cosplaying as the Longbowman, Rattan Archer, Genoese Crossbowman and Skirmisher units from Age of Empires II. Armor parts and shields have been modded to make them look more like their AoE2 counterpart.
0:00 Longbowman
3:05 Rattan Archer
6:12 Genoese Crossbowman
9:10 Skirmisher
Boss Arena mod, with 1.10 patch:
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/m...
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/m...
Elden Ring armor recolor guide:
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/m...
Rules:
60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with. For all the weapons featured in this video, 75 points were added to both strength and dexterity.
A a unit has a shield equipped in front of them when they attack, then shield blocks and guard counters are allowed. This is why you see me blocking with Skirmisher and Genoese Crossbowman but not the Rattan Archer.
If an AoE2 unit's attack ignores armor, their ER counterpart will be given a blood affinity for their weapon. Otherwise, the weapon affinity will be Quality or Keen, whichever has the higher AR. In this video, all shields and weapons that can get affinities have the quality affinity.
All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
Talismen are chosen to maximize damage, unless their AoE2 counterpart has high armor
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Builds:
Longbowman
RH: Longbow
LH: None
Head: Foot Soldier Helm
Chest: Commoner's Simple Garb (altered)
Arms: Perfumer Gloves
Legs: Leather Boots
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Shard of Alexander
The AoE2 Longbowman also carries a shield on its waist, but I didn't notice that until I finished editing this video
Rattan Archer
RH: Composite Bow
LH: Scripture Wooden Shield
Head: Iron Kasa
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: None
Legs: Finger Maiden Shoes
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Dragoncrest Greatshield
Genoese Crossbowman
RH: Soldier's Crossbow
LH: Wooden Greatshield
Head: Foot Soldier Cap
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: None
Legs: Aristocrat Boots
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Dragoncrest Greatshield
Skirmisher
RH: Short Spear with Spectral Lance
LH: Rickety Shield
Head: None
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: Golden Bracelet
Legs: Errant Sorcerer’s Boots
Talisman: Carian Filigreed, Blue Dancer Charm, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield
Modded armor and weapon parts download (extract dcx files to your mod's parts folder):
Longbowman:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ryn...
Rattan Archer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W8yG...
Genoese Crossbowman:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xDYp...
Skirmisher:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BQ4D...
Rattan Archer, Genoese Crossbowman and Skirmishers all overwrite the same dcx file (bd_m_2500.partsbnd.dcx).