Chu Ko Nu — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Chu Ko Nu — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Chu Ko Nu is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Mangonel and Huskarl. It is a Archer / Unique unit, available to the Chinese, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Chinese

Elite upgrade

Elite Chu Ko Nu

Cost

40 35

The Chu Ko Nu Line

• Chu Ko Nu
• Elite Chu Ko Nu

Chu Ko Nu stats

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

Hit points

45 →50

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

8 / 3s →10 / 3s

Range

4

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0

Speed

0.96

Accuracy

85%

Line of sight

6

Training time

16s →13s

What counters the Chu Ko Nu?

Hard counters beat the Chu Ko Nu 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 – Chu Ko Nus stand densely
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Genitour UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+5)
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage
• Light Cavalry soft Fast, high HP
• Hussar soft Fast

What does the Chu Ko Nu 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 Chu Ko Nu has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Chu Ko Nu 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

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.