Janissary — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Janissary — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Janissary is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Condottiero and Huskarl. It is a Gunpowder / Unique unit, available to the Turks.

Class

Gunpowder / Unique

Available to

Turks

Elite upgrade

Elite Janissary

Cost

60 55

The Janissary Line

• Janissary
• Elite Janissary

Janissary stats

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

Hit points

35 →40

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

17 / 3.4s →22 / 3.4s

Range

7 →8

Melee armour

1 →2

Pierce armour

0

Speed

0.96

Accuracy

50% →65%

Line of sight

10

Training time

21s

What counters the Janissary?

Hard counters beat the Janissary 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.

• Elite Skirmisher hard High pierce armor, target has almost none
• Condottiero hard Attack bonus vs. gunpowder units (+10)
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Light Cavalry soft Fast, closes in
• Hussar soft Fast
• Onager soft Area damage
• Siege Onager soft Area damage

What does the Janissary counter?

Units the Janissary has a damage bonus against

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

• Battering Ram hard Rams
• Capped Ram hard Rams
• Siege Ram hard Rams

Civilizations that improve the Janissary

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.