Heavy Camel Rider — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Heavy Camel Rider is countered by Champion, Halberdier and Monk. It is a camel unit of the Camel Line, available to the Saracens / multiple, and it wins against Battle Elephant, Cavalry Archer and Elite Steppe Lancer.

Class

Camel

Line

Camel Line

Available to

Saracens / multiple

Cost

55 60

Heavy Camel Rider stats

Hit points	120
Melee attack	7 / 2s
Pierce attack	0
Range	0
Melee armour	0
Pierce armour	0
Speed	1.45
Line of sight	5
Training time	22s

What counters the Heavy Camel Rider?

The Heavy Camel Rider is weak against Infantry, Monks and Foot Archers.

Hard counters deal bonus damage against this unit — they beat the Heavy Camel Rider even at a cost disadvantage. Soft counters win the fight through cost-efficiency or mobility, without a dedicated bonus.

Counter	Type	Why it works
Champion	hard	Infantry counter – camels have no bonus vs. them
Halberdier	hard	Attack bonus vs. camels
Monk	soft	Conversion
Elite Mameluke	soft	UU (Saracens) – Ranged, but no bonus vs. camels

What does the Heavy Camel Rider counter?

The Heavy Camel Rider is strong against Mounted Units.

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

• Battle Elephant hard
• Cavalry Archer hard
• Elite Steppe Lancer hard
• Knight hard
• Light Cavalry hard

Unique units the Heavy Camel Rider beats

• Elite Arambai hard
• Elite Bolas Rider hard
• Elite Boyar hard
• Elite Centurion hard
• Elite Conquistador hard
• Elite Coustillier hard
• Elite Genitour hard
• Elite Iron Pagoda hard
• Elite Keshik hard
• Elite Kipchak hard
• Elite Konnik hard
• Elite Leitis hard
• Elite Magyar Huszar hard
• Elite Mangudai hard
• Elite Monaspa hard
• Elite Ratha hard
• Elite Shrivamsha Rider hard
• Elite Tarkan hard
• Elite Tiger Cavalry hard
• Magyar Huszar hard
• Mangudai hard
• Savar hard
• War Elephant hard

Other units the Heavy Camel Rider beats

• Elite Fire Lancer hard
• Elite Ratha (Melee) hard
• Elite Ratha (Ranged) hard
• Heavy Hei Guang Cavalry hard
• War Chariot (Barrage) hard
• War Chariot (Focus Fire) hard

Unit lines the Heavy Camel Rider has a damage bonus against

• Camel Line

Civilizations that improve the Heavy Camel Rider

19 civilizations have a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.

The Camel Line

• Camel Rider
• Heavy Camel Rider
• Imperial Camel Rider

For the strategy behind these matchups — when to build counters, how to mix them and which civs do it best — see the Cavalry Counters guide.