Liao Dao — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Liao Dao — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Liao Dao is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Samurai. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Khitans.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Khitans

Elite upgrade

Elite Liao Dao

Cost

40 40

The Liao Dao Line

• Liao Dao
• Elite Liao Dao

Liao Dao stats

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

Hit points

75 →85

Melee attack

9 / 2.4s →13 / 2.4s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

3

Pierce armour

1

Speed

1

Line of sight

3

Training time

12s

What counters the Liao Dao?

Hard counters beat the Liao Dao 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
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Knight soft Melee superiority
• Heavy Cavalry Archer soft Kites

What does the Liao Dao counter?

Units the Liao Dao has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Liao Dao 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 Liao Dao

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.