Horsebowmen used to employ the yumi, and standard practice would be to simply point the arrow at the target and fire. The Unicorn horse archers used the powerfuldaikyu, and employing two techniques of the nomads: arcing fire, and volley fire. By arcing the arrow's trajectory, range increased at the price of accuracy. Through volley fire the entire formation fired at once upon being given a signal, a hail of arrows impacting an enemy formation, destroying their morale and forward momentum.