Lou Chuan — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Lou Chuan — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Lou Chuan is countered by Demolition Ship, Fire Ship and Cannon Galleon. It is a Ship / Unique unit, available to the Chinese / Jurchens / Shu / Wei / Wu.

Class

Ship / Unique

Available to

Chinese / Jurchens / Shu / Wei / Wu

Cost

250 225

Lou Chuan stats

Hit points

175

Melee attack

25 / 5.5s

Pierce attack

0

Range

10 (min. 3)

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

9

Speed

1.1

Line of sight

15

Training time

60s

What counters the Lou Chuan?

Hard counters beat the Lou Chuan 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.

• Demolition Ship hard Burst damage
• Fire Ship soft Attack bonus vs. ships
• Cannon Galleon soft Outranges

What does the Lou Chuan counter?

Units the Lou Chuan has a damage bonus against

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

• Mangonel hard Mangonel/Onager
• Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Siege Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Heavy Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Battering Ram hard Rams
• Capped Ram hard Rams
• Siege Ram hard Rams
• Bombard Cannon hard Cannons
• Houfnice UU hard Cannons

Civilizations that improve the Lou Chuan

5 civilizations have a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.