The Heavy Demolition Ship is countered by Fast Fire Ship. It is a ship unit of the Demolition Ship Line, and it wins against Elite Cannon Galleon and Galleon.
The Demolition Ship Line
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Demolition Raft -
Demolition Ship -
Heavy Demolition Ship
Heavy Demolition Ship stats
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Hit points - 70
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Melee attack - 120
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Pierce attack - 0
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Range - 0
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Melee armour - 2
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Pierce armour - 0
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Speed - 1.52
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Line of sight - 6
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Training time - 31s
What counters the Heavy Demolition Ship?
Hard counters beat the Heavy Demolition Ship 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.
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Fast Fire Ship hard Beats Demo Ships in direct combat
What does the Heavy Demolition Ship counter?
One representative per unit line — the whole line behaves the same way in this matchup.
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Elite Cannon Galleon hard Burst damage -
Galleon hard Maximum burst damage
Unique units the Heavy Demolition Ship beats
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Elite Caravel hard Burst damage -
Elite Longboat hard Burst damage -
Elite Turtle Ship hard Only reliable counter -
Thirisadai hard
Other units the Heavy Demolition Ship beats
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Elite Dromon hard Burst damage -
Lou Chuan hard
Civilizations that improve the Heavy Demolition Ship
8 civilizations have a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.
Armenians
- Cilician Fleet (unique tech): Demolition Ships +20% blast radius; Galley-line and Dromons +1 range
Bengalis
- Ships regenerate 15 HP per minute
Berbers
- Ships move +10% faster
Koreans
- Warships cost -20% wood
- Shinkichon (unique tech): Rocket Carts and Turtle Ships +1 range, fire additional projectiles
Portuguese
- Ships +10/15/20% HP in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
- Circumnavigation (unique tech): Sets the entire map to explored; Ships train +33% faster
Shu
- Siege Weapons and Siege Warships move +10/15% faster in Castle/Imperial Age
Vikings
- Warships cost -10/15/20% in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
Wu
- Red Cliffs Tactics (unique tech): Demolition Ships and Fire Archers deal fire damage to ships and buildings
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