Longbowman — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Longbowman — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Longbowman is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Mangonel and Huskarl. It is a Archer / Unique unit, available to the Britons, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Britons

Elite upgrade

Elite Longbowman

Cost

35 40

The Longbowman Line

• Longbowman
• Elite Longbowman

Longbowman stats

The Elite Longbowman 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

6 / 2s →7 / 2s

Range

5 →6

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0 →1

Speed

0.96

Accuracy

70% →80%

Line of sight

7 →8

Training time

18s

What counters the Longbowman?

Hard counters beat the Longbowman 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 Attack bonus vs. archers
• Mangonel hard Area damage – Longbows stand close
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Genitour UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+5)
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager hard Area damage with great range
• Siege Onager hard Area damage with great range
• Light Cavalry soft Fast, high HP
• Hussar soft Fast

What does the Longbowman counter?

One representative per unit line — the whole line behaves the same way in this matchup.

• Long Swordsman soft Outranges infantry, which cannot close the gap

Units the Longbowman has a damage bonus against

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

• Spearman hard Spearman Line
• Pikeman hard Spearman Line
• Halberdier hard Spearman Line

Civilizations that improve the Longbowman

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.