Legionary — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Legionary — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Legionary is countered by Arbalest, Heavy Scorpion and Heavy Cavalry Archer. It is a Infantry / Unique unit of the Militia Line, available to the Romans.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Line

Militia Line

Available to

Romans

Cost

50 20

The Militia Line

• Militia
• Man-at-Arms
• Long Swordsman
• Two-Handed Swordsman
• Champion
• Legionary

Legionary stats

Hit points

75

Melee attack

12 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

2

Pierce armour

2

Speed

0.96

Line of sight

5

Training time

21s

What counters the Legionary?

Hard counters beat the Legionary 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.

• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Heavy Cavalry Archer soft Kites

What does the Legionary counter?

Units the Legionary has a damage bonus against

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

• Militia hard Militia Line
• Man-at-Arms hard Militia Line
• Long Swordsman hard Militia Line
• Two-Handed Swordsman hard Militia Line
• Champion hard Militia Line
• Spearman hard Spearman Line
• Pikeman hard Spearman Line
• Halberdier hard Spearman Line
• Eagle Scout hard Eagle Line
• Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Elite Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line

Civilizations that improve the Legionary

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 Infantry Counters guide.