Walkthroughs for custom maps.

if we're talking about a speedrun of Richard Chen's Xiedu map

To be honest, I have no idea whose playthrough we're talking about. I was just making a guess about what might have been used in that battle. But it's clear that snipers are the main offensive force. A more important question is how many he could have had at that time.

And again, returning to the possibility of using hit-and-run tactics in that battle. If I understand correctly, just a few days before this battle, we get Jelu, and therefore the ability to convert archers into snipers. And this requires a significant amount of money. For example, I didn't have enough money for this procedure, and I even had to sell a few thousand skeletons to accumulate enough gold. There was no money left for hit-and-run tactics. Although, perhaps he found a treasure somewhere before the battle or sold all his other troops to upgrade the archers and get hit-and-run. Who knows.

If ArtemmYA does find comprehensive information about how that battle was played in such a strict speedrun, I hope he will share it with us. ;)