Blackwood Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Blackwood Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Blackwood Archer is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Mangonel and Samurai. It is a Archer / Unique unit, available to the Tupi, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Tupi

Elite upgrade

Elite Blackwood Archer

Cost

35 45

The Blackwood Archer Line

• Blackwood Archer
• Elite Blackwood Archer

Blackwood Archer stats

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

Hit points

20 →25

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

4 / 1.5s

Range

5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0

Speed

1.1

Accuracy

80% →90%

Line of sight

6

Training time

18s →14s

What counters the Blackwood Archer?

Hard counters beat the Blackwood Archer 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 vs. archers
• Mangonel hard Area damage
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage
• Light Cavalry soft Fast, closes in

What does the Blackwood Archer counter?

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

• Long Swordsman soft Outranges infantry, which cannot close the gap

Units the Blackwood Archer has a damage bonus against

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

• Spearman hard Spearman Line
• Pikeman hard Spearman Line
• Halberdier hard Spearman Line

Civilizations that improve the Blackwood Archer

One civilization has a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.

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.