Longbowman

a foot archer with extra attack.

Strengths: Range, extra attack, vs. massed units

Counters: Cavalry, Skirmishers, Huskarls, Ghulams, Eagle Warriors, Rattan Archers, Genitours, Siege, Rams(transporting units), Coustilliers

Skirmishers

Throwing Axeman

an infantry unit with a ranged melee attack.

Strengths: affordable back-line that deals melee damage. Effective against siege. Effective against camels and halberdiers.

Counters: ranged units due to limited range, heavy cavalry

Archers, heavy cav

Huskarl

An infantry unit that is highly resistant to pierce attack.

Strengths: Attack and speed, high pierce armor. Effective for raiding and vs. ranged units. Bonus vs. Archers and buildings, spammable w/ anarchy and perfusion

Note: Anarchy allows barracks to create huskarls, perfusion doubles production rate from barracks.

Counters: Melee units, esp. Jaguar Warrior, Cataphract, Samurai, Shotel Warrior, Leitis, Obuch, Urumi Swordsman, War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Throwing Axeman, Gbetos, Mameluks, Chakram Throwers, Onagers, Hand Cannoners, Slingers

High pierce armor, spammable

Champions

Berserk

a heavy infantry unit with a regeneration ability.

Strengths: health regeneration, bonus vs. buildings and shock infantry. Faster than most infantry.

Counters: Massed archers, hand cannoneers, slingers, massed scorpions, samurai, jaguar warriors, cataphracts, teutonic knights, boyars, leitis, obuchs, massed monaspa, liao dao

Longboat

It can be trained at the Dock once the Castle Age is reached. It is a warship that fires multiple arrows.

Strengths: Fires multiple arrows, vs. war galleys, galleons, speed, spammable

Counters: turtle ships, thirisadai

Samurai

a fast-attacking infantry unit with an attack bonus against other unique units.

Strengths: Charge attack, bonus vs. unique units, strong vs. melee units.

Weaknesses: ranged units, knights, scorpions, legionaries

Bonus damage against other unique units

Chu Ko Nu

a foot archer that fires multiple arrows in quick succession.

Strengths: fire extra arrows, cost less gold than arbalesters, effective against non-defensive buildings, good against most units, esp. units with no pierce armor. Does decently against archer-resistant units.

Weaknesses: huskarls, ghulams, skirmishers, ranged units kiting due to limited range. Not good at kiting due to long reload time

War Elephant

a slow yet very powerful and resilient cavalry unit with an attack bonus against buildings. It is also an elephant unit. War Elephants deal trample damage.

Strengths: Bonus vs. Buildings, deals trample damage, very tanky (620 hp fully upgraded), high melee attack, population-efficient.

Weaknesses: Monks, ranged units, cannot force engagements, expensive, long training time, pikes, cav archers, mamelukes, siege, scorpions, mangonels, kamayuks, flaming camels. Early pressure is key to prevent buildup

Monks

Teutonic Knight

Slow, heavily armored infantry with powerful attack

Strengths: high hp, strong armor, strong attack.

Weaknesses: war elephant, cataphract, units with bonus vs. infantry, Samurai, Jaguar warriors, Leitis, Obuch, Urumi Swordsman, Liao Dao, ranged units except skirmishers. Poor offensive unit due to slow speed.

Low movement speed

Cataphract

a heavy cavalry unit that excels at combat against infantry, and very resistant against counter-cavalry units.

Strengths: bonus vs. infantry, resistant against counter-cavalry units, trample damage, well-rounded

Weaknesses: Archers and defensive structures, monks, Halberdiers, mamelukes if kiting. Heavy Cavalry, Savar, Elephants, Leitis, Keshiks, Boyars, Massed Monaspa, gurjara camels, samurai, liao dao

Mangudai

a mounted archer with an attack bonus against Siege Weapons.

Strengths: mobility, bonus vs. siege, infantry, monks, villagers

Weaknesses: massed scorpions or mangodels, camel riders, mamelukes, skirmishers, light cavalry when massed, heavy cavalry, genitours, japanese heavy cav archer

High mobility and attack bonus against siege

Woad Raider

a quick infantry unit with an attack bonus against Standard Buildings that is produced very quickly.

Strengths: Speed, effective for raiding, vs. infantry, vs. siege

Weaknesses: vs. cavalry, archers, defensive structures, stronger infantry eg teutonic knights, samurai, jaguar warriors, obuchs, urumi swordsmen, legionaries.

Mameluke

a camel cavalry unit with a ranged melee attack and an attack bonus against Cavalry but not Camel Units.

Strengths: vs. Cavalry, well-rounded when kiting

Weaknesses: massed foot archers, ranged infantry, monks, teutonic knights, elite mamelukes, spear-line, camel riders, camel archers, genoese crossbowmen, onagers, shrivamsha riders, bolas riders, trash units generally

Janissary

a gunpowder unit with great range and good melee armor.

Strengths: vs. infantry, strong when massed, vs. non-defensive buildings, vs. siege except mangonels

Weaknesses: archers, cavalry, defensive buildings, skirmishers, mangonels

Conquistador

a mounted gunpowder unit with high armor.

Strengths: mobility, durability, strong early castle rush. Strong kiting and raiding.

Weaknesses: Monks, Massed elite skirmishers, Camel Riders, Mamelukes, halberdiers, archers

Skirmishers

War Wagon

a mounted archer with very high pierce armor and hit points. It fires bolts like a War Galley, but unlike the Scorpion, it does not deal pass-through damage.

Strengths: ranged support, meat shield, vs. archers, durability, bonus vs. buildings

Weaknesses: Monks, massed skirmishers, paladins, Vs. camel archers, genoese crossbowmen, halberdiers, camel riders, elephants, ghulams, eagle warriors, huskarls

Turtle Ship

can be trained at the Dock once the Castle Age is reached. It is a heavily armored gunpowder siege warship that shoots cannonballs and fires rockets at its enemies. Since it is a ranged unit with blast damage from its cannon shots, it also causes friendly fire should the cannonballs fall near friendly units.

Strengths: durability, no minimum range, strong vs. warships

Weaknesses: short range, slow speed, high cost. Weak vs. fire ships, Can be kited by galleons.

Plumed Archer

a fast, well armored foot archer. Its comparatively high base cost is reduced by the Mayan civilization bonus, making it one of the most cost-effective archers.

Strengths: Affordable, high hp, high mobility. Effective vs. infantry, most cavalry, siege

Weaknesses: Low range, lower attack, elite skirmisher, paladin, onager, rattan archers, genitour, composite bowmen

Jaguar Warrior

an infantry unit with an anti-Infantry attack and gains more attack as it defeats enemy units.

Strengths: bonus vs. infantry

Weaknesses: monks, heavy cavalry, siege, hand cannoneer, mounted cavalry, teutonic knights, samurai, cataphracts, fully upgraded Urumi swordsmen, Liao dao

Bonus damage against infantry

Tarkan

a cavalry unit with high pierce armor and an attack bonus against buildings.

Strengths: High pierce armor, bonus vs. buildings, effective vs. ranged units, effective raiders, vs. siege

Weaknesses: Infantry, heavy cav, camel riders

Raiding and destroying buildings

Genoese Crossbowman

a foot archer unit with an attack bonus against Cavalry.

Strengths: bonus vs. cavalry, elephants when massed, infantry, mounted archers, vs. ships

Weaknesses: Skirmishers, siege, huskarl, eagle warrior, rattan archer, ghulam, Shrivamsha rider can dodge shots, savar, tiger cavalry

Bonus damage against cavalry & ships

Kamayuk

the first unique unit of the Inca, the other being the Slinger. It is an anti-Cavalry infantry unit that carries a very long spear.

Strong vs. Elite Skirmishers, cavalry, Pikemen, Eagle Warriors

Weak vs. Scorpions, Mangonels, mounted archers, Hand Cannoneers, Plumed Archers, Janissaries, Slingers, Cataphracts, Teutonic Knights, Jaguar Warriors, Samurai, Mamelukes, Rattan Archers

Elephant Archer

a heavy mounted archer. It has low speed but very high hit points, and is available at the Archery Range starting in the Castle Age. It can be upgraded to Elite Elephant Archers in the Imperial Age.

Strong vs. Slow non-ranged units, archers

Weak vs. Pikemen, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Huskarls, Mamelukes, Camel Riders, Eagle Warriors, Monks, Elite Skirmishers, Scorpions, Flaming Camels

Magyar Huszar

a light cavalry unit with an attack bonus against siege weapons. As their 45 gold cost can be converted to food by researching the Corvinian Army technology, Magyar Huszars are considered trash units.

Strong vs. Siege weapons, archers, other light cavalry, Ghulams, Chakram Throwers, Karambit Warriors

Weak vs. Pikemen, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, Camel Riders, Samurai

Boyar

a heavily armored cavalry unit.

Strong vs. Elite Skirmishers, most melee units, siege weapons

Weak vs. Pikemen, Camel Riders, Monks, Kamayuks, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, War Elephants, Genoese Crossbowmen, Samurai, Leiciai, Obuchs, Composite Bowmen

Shotel Warrior

a quick and frail infantry unit with a very high attack and quick creation speed.

Strong vs. Buildings, Villagers, Elite Skirmishers, Pikemen, Eagle Warriors, Light Cavalry, Camel Riders, Elephant Archers, Monks

Weak vs. Foot archers, Scorpions, Hand Cannoneers, Janissaries, Cataphracts, War Elephants, heavy infantry

Gbeto

a light and quick infantry unit with a high long-ranged attack. Gbetos attack by throwing knife-like weapons at the target.

Strong vs. Elite Skirmishers, Pikemen, Cavalry Archers, Battering Rams, infantry, Light Cavalry

Weak vs. Archers, Scorpions, Mangonels, Boyars, Teutonic Knights, Hand Cannoneers

Organ Gun

a gunpowder siege weapon that fires a volley of bullets. Like all other unique gunpowder units, Organ Guns do not require Chemistry in order to be trained.

Strong vs. Infantry and archers in dense formation

Weak vs. Cavalry and siege weapons

Camel Archer

Strong vs. Slow non-ranged units, Cavalry Archers, Conquistadors

Weak vs. Elite Skirmishers, Camel Riders, Rattan Archers, Mangonels, Shrivamsha Riders

Arambai

It is a Conquistador-type ranged cavalry unit which throws darts at enemies. Despite the official description, Arambai are not cavalry archers.

Strong vs. Infantry, units in dense formation

Weak vs. Archers (especially Elite Skirmishers), Monks

Ballista Elephant

cavalry siege unit that fires bolts like a Scorpion. Can cut trees.

Strong vs. Archers, massed units, especially infantry, buildings

Weak vs. Eagle Warriors, siege weapons, Monks, Kamayuks, Huskarls, Mamelukes, Magyar Huszars, Mangudai, Flaming Camels

Karambit Warrior

very cheap, quick, and frail infantry unit that only takes up half a population spot.

Strong vs. Elite Skirmishers, Halberdiers, Eagle Warriors, Fire Lancers, Jian Swordsmen, Ghulams, Light Cavalry, Monks

Weak vs. Gunpowder units, Scorpions, Mangonels, heavy cavalry and elephants, heavy infantry

Rattan Archer

a foot archer with very high pierce armor.

Strong vs. Archers, Cavalry Archers, infantry, Villagers

Weak vs. Cavalry, Elite Skirmishers, Genitours, Huskarls, Ghulams, Eagle Warriors, siege weapons

Konnik

cavalry that turns into a Dismounted Konnik, an infantry, when killed. It can be created at both the Castle and the Krepost, the unique Bulgarian building.

Strong vs. Infantry, siege weapons (Mounted), light cavalry

Weak vs. Archers (Dismounted), Pikemen (Mounted), Monks, Camel Riders (Mounted), ranged siege weapons (Dismounted), Boyars, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Samurai, Cataphract (Dismounted), Flemish Militia, Composite Bowmen

It dismounts and continues as an infantry unit

Kipchak

A mounted archer that fires multiple arrows in a single volley.

Strong vs. Slow melee units, rams, Monks

Weak vs. Archers, camel units

Leitis

a heavy cavalry unit whose attack is unaffected by armor, but only against units.

Strong vs. Melee units (especially Serjeants, Teutonic Knights, and Boyars)

Weak vs. Pikemen, Kamayuks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Mamelukes, Camel Riders, Monks, War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Samurai, large groups of archers

Ignores armor

Keshik

a cavalry unit which slowly generates gold while attacking enemy units.

Strong vs. Infantry, archers, Villagers, siege weapons, Light Cavalry

Weak vs. Boyars, Pikemen, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, Camel Riders, Monks, War Elephants, Knights, Samurai

Generates gold when attacking

Centurion

a heavy cavalry unit with an ability to buff nearby Militia line units.

Strong vs. Infantry, foot archers, siege weapons, light cavalry

Weak vs. War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Camel Riders, Pikemen, Monks, Boyars, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, Samurai, Leiciai

Blackwood Archer

a foot archer with low damage and high attack speed that is trained in pairs at the Castle, taking up only half a population slot each.

Strong vs. Infantry, archers, Villagers

Weak vs. Elite Skirmishers, siege weapons, Huskarls, Ghulams, Rattan Archers, Genitours, War Wagons, Elephant Archers, most heavy cavalry

Ibirapema Warrior

a durable infantry unit with a frontward area attack that can be trained at the Barracks.

Strong vs. Melee units in dense formations

Weak vs. Archers, especially Hand Cannoneers, Jaguar Warriors, Legionaries, Liao Dao, Samurai, Teutonic Knights, Urumi Swordsmen, Chakram Throwers, Cataphracts, Battle Elephants, War Elephants, Scorpions, Organ Guns

Bolas Rider

a short-ranged anti-cavalry mounted archer unit that can be trained at the Archery Range once the Castle Age is reached.

Strong vs. Mounted units, Infantry

Weak vs. Skirmishers, Genoese Crossbowmen, Rattan Archers, ranged siege weapons

Cao Cao

He is available at the Castle to the Wei once the Imperial Age is reached. He is a powerful unit, only 1 of which can be owned at a time, and cannot be converted.

Special Ability: The Emperor's Decree (Passive): Increases nearby military units' attack speed. (Reduces the reload time of player's nearby military units, except siege weapons, in a range of 10 by approx. 8.7%.)

Chakram Thrower

an infantry unit with ranged melee attack, and unleashes volleys of deadly metal discs. It is effective against groups of enemy units, as their chakrams cause damage to multiple units in a straight line, like the Scorpion. Of note is that when targeting a building, the unit does not do any pass-through damage.

Strong vs. Non-ranged units with little melee armor, Eagle Warriors, Elite Skirmishers

Weak vs. Ranged siege weapons, heavy cavalry, Shrivamsha Riders

Composite Bowman

a foot archer with an attack which ignores the pierce armor of all land units except siege units.

Strong vs. Infantry, most cavalry

Weak vs. Archers, siege units, Shrivamsha Riders

Condottiero

An infantry unit with a bonus vs. gunpowder units and increased movement speed. Does not have an elite upgrade.

Strong vs. Elite Skirmishers, gunpowder units, siege weapons, Heavy Camel Riders, Halberdiers

Weak vs. Archers and Scorpions at long distance, heavy cavalry, heavy infantry

Coustillier

a medium cavalry unit that "charges" its attack over a period of time, dealing increased attack on its first attack against an enemy unit.

Strong vs. Infantry, archers, Villagers, siege weapons, light cavalry

Weak vs. Kamayuks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Mamelukes, Camel Riders, Samurai, War Elephants, Boyars, Pikemen (if massed), Monks (if kept away)

Fire Archer

It is an anti-building anti-ship foot archer unit that can be trained at the Castle once the Castle Age is reached. When attacking ships and buildings, it has a very long range. Against units, its range is shorter, but it shoots multiple arrows which also deal Area of Effect damage, but not friendly fire.

Strong vs. Slow and weak melee units, especially Spearmen, buildings, and ships (assuming close range)

Weak vs. Archers, especially Elite Skirmishers, Cavalry, Huskarls, Eagle Warriors, Siege Weapons

Flaming Camel

a mounted Petard that can be trained at the Siege Workshop* in the Imperial Age.

Strong vs. Cavalry, especially Elephant Units

Weak vs. Foot archers, Monks, infantry, defensive structures

Flemish Militia

an infantry unit somewhere in between the Spearman and the Militia lines. It gains free stat buffs upon advancing through Ages. Unlike most unique units, they do not have an Elite upgrade.

Strong vs. Cavalry, Spearmen, rams, Eagle Scouts, Skirmishers

Weak vs. Archers, Hand Cannoneers, Slingers, ranged siege units, Cataphracts, Teutonic Knights, Samurai, Jaguar Warriors

Genitour

a mounted Skirmisher. Since Genitours cost no gold, they are considered trash units.

Strong vs. Archers, Monks, most infantry units (with micromanagement)

Weak vs. Camel Riders, siege units, Huskarls, Eagle Warriors, Woad Raiders, Ghulams

Ghulam

a fast infantry with high pierce armor, used as an anti-archer and a raiding unit.

Strong vs. Foot archers, Villagers, siege units, Eagle Warriors

Weak vs. Champions, Jaguar Warriors, Samurai, Teutonic Knights, heavy cavalry, Monks

Grenadier

a foot archer gunpowder unit that can be trained at the Archery Range once the Castle Age is reached. It has no Elite upgrade.

It throws explosive iron balls at its target, doing Area of Effect damage. It can be described as an organic Mangonel with low accuracy and no attack ground ability. Like Mangonels, Grenadiers have minimum range and their attacks cause friendly fire.

Strong vs. Infantry, rams, buildings, units in dense formation

Weak vs. Cavalry, Elite Skirmishers, Genitours, Rattan Archers, siege weapons

Guecha Warrior

a foot archer with high pierce armor that throws javelins at short range and is effective against archers, similar to a Skirmisher.

Strong vs: Archers

Weak vs: Skirmishers, Huskarls, Ghulams, anti-skirmisher units

Hussite Wagon

a gunpowder siege weapon with high hit points and pierce armor, and the ability to protect units behind them by halving the damage dealt by enemy projectiles passing through the Hussite Wagon.

Strong vs. Pikemen, archer units

Weak vs. Mangonel-line and Bombard Cannon-line, cavalry, Throwing Axemen, Huskarls, Samurai, Condottieri

Iron Pagoda

a heavy cavalry unit that can be trained at the Castle once the Castle Age is reached.

Strong vs. Infantry, archers, siege weapons, light cavalry

Weak vs. Boyars, Pikemen, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, Heavy Camel Riders, Monks, War Elephants, Battle Elephants

Jian Swordsman

a shock infantry unit that can be trained at the Barracks once the Castle Age is reached. It does not have an Elite upgrade.

It changes its form once below 45 hit points, gaining speed and attack but losing armor.

Strong vs. Archers especially Elite Skirmishers, Pikemen, Camel Riders, buildings, Battering Rams

Weak vs. Heavy infantry like Long Swordsmen (especially Samurai and Jaguar Warriors), ranged infantry, heavy cavalry especially Cataphracts, Hand Cannoneers, Slingers

Kona

a fast-moving cavalry unit that deals higher damage to injured targets, and is effective against gunpowder units. It is not affected by cavalry armor technologies at the Blacksmith, which the Mapuche do not have access to.

Strong vs. Gunpowder units, injured units

Weak vs. Heavily-armored melee units

Liao Dao

Heavy infantry unit

Strong vs. Melee units (especially Infantry), Battering Rams

Weak vs. Archers, especially Hand Cannoneers, Ranged Siege units, Monks, Samurai, War Elephants

Liu Bei

a powerful unit, only 1 of which can be owned at a time, and cannot be converted.

Special ability: Protector of the People (passive): Nearby units regenerate hitpoints. (Its aura heals nearby units of the player except mechanical siege weapons in a range of 10 at a rate of 45 hit points per minute)

Mounted Trebuchet

a camel cavalry siege unit with a long-lasting area damage attack. It can be trained at the Siege Workshop once the Imperial Age is reached. It has no Elite upgrade. The unit is functionally similar to a Bombard Cannon, despite being a Trebuchet. Unlike the Trebuchet and like the Bombard Cannon, they prioritize attacking enemy units over buildings.

Obuch

an infantry unit which reduces the armor of enemy units (but not buildings) they are attacking.

Strong vs. Most melee units (especially those with high armor), Skirmishers, buildings

Weak vs. Samurai, gunpowder and mounted archers, Scorpions, Berserks, Cataphracts, Jaguar Warriors, Slingers, Organ Guns, Throwing Axemen, Mamelukes, Gbetos, Battle Elephants and War Elephants, Monks

Ratha

a sturdy cavalry archer that can be switched to melee attack mode and back.

Strong vs. Archers

Melee mode: Siege weapons

Ranged mode: Slow and non-ranged units

Weak vs. Elite Skirmishers, Camel units, Genoese Crossbowmen, Monks

Serjeant

an infantry unit with high armor with the ability to construct (and repair) the Donjon, a defensive building similar to the Krepost.

Strong vs. Archers, infantry with less melee armor, buildings, Light Cavalry, Camel Riders

Weak vs. Gunpowder units, siege weapons, Slingers, Monks, Cataphracts, Leiciai, Samurai, Teutonic Knights, Boyars, Jaguar Warriors, Obuchs, War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Composite Bowmen

Shrivamsha rider

a speedy cavalry unit that can "dodge" enemy projectiles, which is represented as a second, regenerating health bar which has to be depleted below a certain level before the unit itself takes damage. The second health bar regenerates even during combat, but only protects from projectile attacks - melee attacks bypass it completely. It is strong vs. archers and weak vs. Pikemen and Camel Riders. Can be trained at the stable starting in castle age.

Strong vs. Archers, siege weapons, Villagers, Gbetos, Throwing Axemen, Chakram Throwers, Mamelukes, Trade Carts

Weak vs. Most melee units

Temple Guard

a powerful infantry unit that can be trained at both the Barracks and the Monastery once the Castle Age is reached.

Strong vs. Melee Cavalry, buildings

Weak vs. Heavy infantry, archers, especially Hand Cannoneers, Cataphracts

Tiger Cavalry

a heavy cavalry unit which gains in hit points and attack as it defeats enemy units.

Strong vs. Infantry, foot archers, siege weapons, light cavalry

Weak vs. Pikemen, Camel Riders, Monks, Battle Elephants, Boyars, Kamayuks, Berserks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Teutonic Knights, Mamelukes, War Elephants

Urumi Sworsman

an infantry unit that "charges" its attack over a period of time, dealing increased damage on its first attack against an enemy unit. The charged attacks also do trample damage, but not regular attacks.

Strong vs. Most melee units (especially with Wootz Steel), Elite Skirmishers

Weak vs. Archers, Scorpions, Cataphracts, War Elephants, Battle Elephants, Monks, Ballista Elephants, Organ Guns

War Chariot

a cavalry siege unit that replaces the Scorpion line and can be trained at the Siege Workshop once the Castle Age is reached. It has no Elite upgrade.

Strong vs. Archers, infantry, Villagers, large masses of bunched-up units

Weak vs. Cavalry, siege units, Eagle Warriors, Champi Warriors, Huskarls, Ghulams, Genoese Crossbowmen

Warrior Priest

a hybrid of a Two-Handed Swordsman and a Monk. Warrior Priests require Atonement to be converted, just like Monks. Unlike Monks, they cannot convert units or buildings. Unlike most unique units, Warrior Priests do not have an Elite upgrade.

Strong vs. Most melee infantry units, Camel Riders, Magyar Huszars, Shrivamsha Riders

Weak vs. Light Cavalry, Eagle Warriors, Samurai, Jaguar Warriors, Teutonic Knights, Urumi Swordsmen, Hand Cannoneers, Slingers, mounted archers, heavy cavalry

White Feather Guard

an infantry unit that can be trained at the Castle once the Castle Age is reached. It can be upgraded to the Elite White Feather Guard in the Imperial Age. Its attack slows down non-siege enemy units by 15% for 10 seconds.

Strong vs. Cavalry, shock infantry

Weak vs. Heavy infantry, mounted archers, Hand Cannoneers

Xianbei Raider

an anti-infantry mounted archer unit that can be trained at the Archery Range once the Castle Age is reached. It replaces the Cavalry Archer line for the Wei, but has no Elite upgrade.

Strong vs. Slow melee units, especially Spearmen, Villagers

Weak vs. Archers, camel units, defensive structures, siege weapons