Fire Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Fire Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

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

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Wu

Elite upgrade

Elite Fire Archer

Cost

45 45

The Fire Archer Line

• Fire Archer
• Elite Fire Archer

Fire Archer stats

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

Hit points

35 →40

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

5 / 3.5s →6 / 3.5s

Range

5 →6

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0

Speed

0.96

Accuracy

80% →85%

Line of sight

10 →11

Training time

17s

What counters the Fire Archer?

Hard counters beat the Fire Archer 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
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage
• Light Cavalry soft Fast, closes in

What does the Fire Archer 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 Fire Archer has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Fire Archer 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

Civilizations that improve the Fire Archer

One civilization has 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 Unique Unit Counters guide.