Jaguar Warrior (AoE2): Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Jaguar Warrior is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Cataphract. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Aztecs, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class: Infantry / Unique
Available to: Aztecs
Elite upgrade: Elite Jaguar Warrior
Cost: 60 30

The Jaguar Warrior Line

Jaguar Warrior
Elite Jaguar Warrior

Jaguar Warrior stats

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

Hit points: 65 →75
Melee attack: 15 / 2s →19 / 2s
Pierce attack: 0
Range: 0
Melee armour: 1 →2
Pierce armour: 2
Speed: 1
Line of sight: 3 →5
Training time: 12s

What counters the Jaguar Warrior?

Hard counters beat the Jaguar Warrior 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.

Crossbowman hard Pierce damage
Scorpion hard Area pierce
Cataphract UU hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+9)
Hand Cannoneer hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+10)
Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
Arbalest hard Pierce damage
Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
Knight soft Cavalry beats infantry in open field
Slinger UU soft Attack bonus vs. infantry (+4)

What does the Jaguar Warrior counter?

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

Long Swordsman soft Attack bonus vs. infantry (+5)

Units the Jaguar Warrior has a damage bonus against

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