Ghulam — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Ghulam — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Ghulam is countered by Scorpion, Samurai and Heavy Scorpion. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Hindustanis.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Hindustanis

Elite upgrade

Elite Ghulam

Cost

30 45

The Ghulam Line

• Ghulam
• Elite Ghulam

Ghulam stats

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

Hit points

60 →70

Melee attack

9 / 2s →11 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

3 →6

Speed

1.15 →1.2

Line of sight

6

Training time

12s

What counters the Ghulam?

Hard counters beat the Ghulam 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.

• Scorpion hard Area pierce – Ghulams are often grouped
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Crossbowman soft Pierce damage
• Knight soft Cavalry vs. infantry
• Onager soft Area damage
• Siege Onager soft Area damage

What does the Ghulam counter?

Units the Ghulam has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Ghulam hits these units, not that it wins every fight — some of them still beat it by outranging or outrunning it.

• Archer hard Archer Line
• Crossbowman hard Archer Line
• Arbalest hard Archer Line
• Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Elite Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Imperial Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Heavy Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Elite Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Hand Cannoneer hard Hand Cannoneer
• Eagle Scout hard Eagle Line
• Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Elite Eagle Warrior hard Eagle 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.