Chakram Thrower — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Chakram Thrower — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Chakram Thrower is countered by Hand Cannoneer, Knight and Shrivamsha Rider. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Gurjaras, and it wins against Long Swordsman and Pikeman.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Gurjaras

Elite upgrade

Elite Chakram Thrower

Cost

65 30

The Chakram Thrower Line

• Chakram Thrower
• Elite Chakram Thrower

Chakram Thrower stats

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

Hit points

40 →50

Melee attack

3 / 2s →4 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

5 →6

Melee armour

1

Pierce armour

0

Speed

1.15

Line of sight

7 →8

Training time

15s

What counters the Chakram Thrower?

Hard counters beat the Chakram Thrower 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.

• Hand Cannoneer hard +10 attack bonus vs. infantry, outranges
• Knight hard Fast enough to catch it; tanks the low melee damage
• Shrivamsha Rider UU hard Dodges the projectiles and catches it
• Mangonel hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Chakram
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Cavalier hard Fast enough to catch it; tanks the low melee damage
• Paladin hard Fast enough to catch it; tanks the low melee damage
• Onager hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Chakram
• Siege Onager hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Chakram
• Scorpion soft Bonus vs. infantry + pass-through, outranges
• Slinger UU soft +4 vs. infantry (equal range – needs micro)
• Crossbowman soft Cost-effective massed ranged answer
• Heavy Scorpion soft Bonus vs. infantry + pass-through, outranges
• Arbalest soft Cost-effective massed ranged answer

What does the Chakram Thrower counter?

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

• Long Swordsman soft
• Pikeman soft

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.