Archers are not very effective vs heavy armor, no. But your post is about how to defend vs a Devil Rush. Devils have only 8 prot and thus can be wounded relatively easily by the short bow. On top of this fact the tactical command Fire Flyers should precisely target the Devils out from all the masses of Abysians.
This said, don't completely rule out the effectiveness of shortbows vs armored opponents. Particularly those without shields, like lava warriors. You won't make many kills but you can cause a lot of wounds which, if the unit in question does not beserk (can't recall if lava warriors do), will damage the enemy squad's morale. An excellent thing to do to abysians, given that if they rout, you will massacare them all due to thier slow speed.
Also, where are you placing your archers such that they only get off "a few volleys"?
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ioticus said:
I didn't recruit archers because they seemed pretty useless vs. the heavily armored Abysians in my test games vs. the AI. They would fire a few volleys and then get toasted in close combat.
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