Karambit Warrior — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Karambit Warrior — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Karambit Warrior is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Cataphract. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Malay.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Malay

Elite upgrade

Elite Karambit Warrior

Cost

25 15

The Karambit Warrior Line

• Karambit Warrior
• Elite Karambit Warrior

Karambit Warrior stats

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

Hit points

30 →40

Melee attack

7 / 2s →8 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

0 →1

Pierce armour

1

Speed

1.2

Line of sight

3

Training time

6s

What counters the Karambit Warrior?

Hard counters beat the Karambit 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 – Karambits come in masses
• Cataphract UU hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+9)
• Hand Cannoneer hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+10)
• Jaguar Warrior UU hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+5)
• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Knight soft Wins every duel – but massed Karambits trade cheaply
• Cavalry Archer soft Kites
• Legionary UU soft Attack bonus vs. infantry (+4)
• Slinger UU soft Attack bonus vs. infantry (+4)
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Cavalier soft Wins every duel – but massed Karambits trade cheaply
• Paladin soft Wins every duel – but massed Karambits trade cheaply

What does the Karambit Warrior counter?

Units the Karambit Warrior has a damage bonus against

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

• Eagle Scout hard Eagle Line
• Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Elite Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line

Civilizations that improve the Karambit Warrior

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.