Gbeto — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Gbeto — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Gbeto is countered by Knight, Hand Cannoneer and Janissary. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Malians, and it wins against Elite Skirmisher, Pikeman and Battering Ram.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Malians

Elite upgrade

Elite Gbeto

Cost

50 40

The Gbeto Line

• Gbeto
• Elite Gbeto

Gbeto stats

The Elite Gbeto 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

10 / 2s →13 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

5 →6

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0

Speed

1.25

Line of sight

6 →7

Training time

17s

What counters the Gbeto?

Hard counters beat the Gbeto 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.

• Knight hard Fast, high HP – closes in; Gbeto has 0 armor
• Hand Cannoneer hard +10 attack bonus vs. infantry, outranges
• Janissary UU hard High damage and range delete the low-HP Gbeto
• Slinger UU hard +4 attack bonus vs. infantry
• Mangonel hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Gbeto
• Cavalier hard Fast, high HP – closes in; Gbeto has 0 armor
• Paladin hard Fast, high HP – closes in; Gbeto has 0 armor
• Onager hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Gbeto
• Siege Onager hard Blast damage vs. the fragile Gbeto
• Scorpion soft Bonus vs. infantry + pass-through, outranges
• Monk soft Can convert the expensive gold unit
• Crossbowman soft Cost-effective massed ranged answer
• Plumed Archer UU soft Attack bonus vs. infantry (+1)
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Heavy Scorpion soft Bonus vs. infantry + pass-through, outranges
• Arbalest soft Cost-effective massed ranged answer

What does the Gbeto counter?

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

• Elite Skirmisher hard
• Pikeman hard
• Battering Ram soft

Unique units the Gbeto beats

• Jaguar Warrior soft
• Kamayuk soft

Civilizations that improve the Gbeto

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.