Arambai — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Arambai — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Arambai is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Camel Rider and Genoese Crossbowman. It is a Cavalry Archer / Unique unit, available to the Burmese, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Cavalry Archer / Unique

Available to

Burmese

Elite upgrade

Elite Arambai

Cost

75 60

The Arambai Line

• Arambai
• Elite Arambai

Arambai stats

The Elite Arambai upgrade changes the values marked with an arrow. Everything else — cost, class and the civilization bonuses that apply — stays the same.

Hit points

60 →65

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

12 / 2s →14 / 2s

Range

5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

1 →2

Speed

1.3

Accuracy

20% →30%

Line of sight

7

Training time

18s

What counters the Arambai?

Hard counters beat the Arambai decisively and win even at a cost disadvantage — usually through bonus damage, area damage, conversion or a speed advantage it cannot escape. Soft counters win the fight too, but only with good numbers and positioning.

• Elite Skirmisher hard Attack bonus
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Genoese Crossbowman UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+5)
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+8)
• Mameluke UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)
• Pikeman hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+22)
• Heavy Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+32)
• Mangonel soft Area damage
• Eagle Warrior soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+3)
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager soft Area damage
• Siege Onager soft Area damage

What does the Arambai counter?

One representative per unit line — the whole line behaves the same way in this matchup.

• Long Swordsman soft Kites infantry from range

Units the Arambai has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Arambai hits these units, not that it wins every fight — some of them still beat it by outranging or outrunning it.

• Battering Ram hard Rams
• Capped Ram hard Rams
• Siege Ram hard Rams

For the strategy behind these matchups — when to build counters, how to mix them and which civs do it best — see the Unique Unit Counters guide.