Longboat — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Longboat — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Longboat is countered by Fire Ship, Demolition Ship and Bombard Cannon. It is a Ship / Unique unit, available to the Vikings.

Class

Ship / Unique

Available to

Vikings

Elite upgrade

Elite Longboat

Cost

100 50

The Longboat Line

• Longboat
• Elite Longboat

Longboat stats

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

Hit points

125 →130

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

5 / 3s →7 / 3s

Range

6 →7

Melee armour

0 →1

Pierce armour

3 →6

Speed

1.46

Line of sight

8 →9

Training time

25s

What counters the Longboat?

Hard counters beat the Longboat 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.

• Fire Ship hard Extreme fire rate and high pierce armor
• Demolition Ship hard Burst damage
• Bombard Cannon hard Attack bonus vs. warships (+40)
• Fast Fire Ship hard Extreme fire rate and high pierce armor
• Heavy Demolition Ship hard Burst damage
• Houfnice UU hard Attack bonus vs. warships (+50)
• Elite Cannon Galleon soft Outranges

What does the Longboat counter?

Units the Longboat has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Longboat 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 Longboat

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.