Bombard Cannon — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Bombard Cannon — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Bombard Cannon is countered by Cavalier, Paladin and Hussar. It is a Siege / Gunpowder unit of the Cannons, and it wins against Heavy Scorpion, Onager and Siege Onager.

Class

Siege / Gunpowder

Line

Cannons

Available to

All civilizations

Cost

225 225

The Cannons

• Bombard Cannon
• Houfnice

Bombard Cannon stats

Hit points

80

Melee attack

40 / 6.5s

Pierce attack

0

Range

12 (min. 5)

Melee armour

2

Pierce armour

5

Speed

0.7

Line of sight

14

Training time

56s

What counters the Bombard Cannon?

Hard counters beat the Bombard Cannon 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.

• Cavalier hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Paladin hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Hussar hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Elite Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Attack bonus vs. siege, kites
• Monk soft Conversion

What does the Bombard Cannon counter?

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

• Heavy Scorpion soft Outranges Heavy Scorpion (12 vs. 8) – but slow & inaccurate
• Onager soft Outranges Onager (12 vs. 8) – but slow & inaccurate
• Siege Onager soft Outranges Siege Onager (12 vs. 8) – but slow & inaccurate

Unique units the Bombard Cannon beats

• Elite Hussite Wagon soft Outranges

Units the Bombard Cannon has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Bombard Cannon 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
• Houfnice UU hard Cannons

Civilizations that improve the Bombard Cannon

15 civilizations have 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 Siege Counters guide.