Composite Bowman — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Composite Bowman — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

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

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Armenians

Elite upgrade

Elite Composite Bowman

Cost

35 45

The Composite Bowman Line

• Composite Bowman
• Elite Composite Bowman

Composite Bowman stats

The Elite Composite Bowman 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

0

Pierce attack

4 / 2s

Range

4

Melee armour

1 →2

Pierce armour

0

Speed

0.96

Line of sight

7

Training time

12s →10s

What counters the Composite Bowman?

Hard counters beat the Composite Bowman 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 + pierce armor
• 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
• Elite Huskarl UU soft UU (Goths) – Pierce-resistant

What does the Composite Bowman 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 Composite Bowman has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Composite Bowman 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.