

They have a good infantry and cavalry arsenal to protect their gunpowder units. When depletable resources such as forests, Stone Mines, and Gold Mines are scarce, the Feitoria will compensate for the lack of resources by auto producing them. The Caravel brings the raw damaging advantage of Scorpions on land to the water so now there is an efficient way to handle mass Galleons.

Excluding their increased accuracy Cannon Galleons, they have ships that are more durable overall. The second strength of the Portuguese is their navy. The Organ Gun has a spray damage effect at range, so injuring infantry lines or rows of archers will be more effective. Bombard Towers will be able to hit targets faster while Hand Cannoneers and Bombard Cannons will be more precise against enemies moving towards them. Thanks to Arquebus, ballistics will give gunpowder units incredible accuracy and speed. The biggest advantage the Portuguese have over any civilization is accuracy of gunpowder units. 6.2 Disadvantages vs other civilizations.6 Compared advantages and disadvantages.3.1 Strategy changes in the Definitive Edition.
