Conquistador — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Conquistador — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Conquistador is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Camel Rider and Condottiero. It is a Cavalry Archer / Unique unit, available to the Spanish, and it wins against Eagle Warrior, Pikeman and Knight.

Class

Cavalry Archer / Unique

Available to

Spanish

Elite upgrade

Elite Conquistador

Cost

70 60

The Conquistador Line

• Conquistador
• Elite Conquistador

Conquistador stats

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

Hit points

55 →70

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

16 / 2.9s →19 / 2.9s

Range

6

Melee armour

2

Pierce armour

1 →2

Speed

1.3

Accuracy

65% →70%

Line of sight

8 →9

Training time

24s

What counters the Conquistador?

Hard counters beat the Conquistador 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. mounted archers, almost no pierce armor
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Condottiero hard Attack bonus vs. gunpowder units (+10)
• Genoese Crossbowman UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+5)
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+8)
• Pikeman hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+22)
• Heavy Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+32)
• Mangonel soft Area damage
• Eagle Warrior soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+3)
• Savar UU soft Attack bonus vs. archers (+2)
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Conquistador counter?

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

• Eagle Warrior hard
• Pikeman hard UU (Spanish) – Kites Pikemen
• Knight soft
• Long Swordsman soft

Unique units the Conquistador beats

• Teutonic Knight hard UU (Spanish) – Mounted Hand Cannon, kites

Units the Conquistador has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Conquistador 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

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.