Mameluke — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Mameluke — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Mameluke is countered by Pikeman, Genoese Crossbowman and Kamayuk. It is a Camel / Unique unit, available to the Saracens, and it wins against Battle Elephant, Knight and Camel Rider.

Class

Camel / Unique

Available to

Saracens

Elite upgrade

Elite Mameluke

Cost

55 85

The Mameluke Line

• Mameluke
• Elite Mameluke

Mameluke stats

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

Hit points

80

Melee attack

8 / 2s →10 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

3

Melee armour

0 →1

Pierce armour

0

Speed

1.4

Line of sight

5

Training time

23s

What counters the Mameluke?

Hard counters beat the Mameluke 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.

• Pikeman hard Attack bonus vs. camels (Halberdier +26)
• Genoese Crossbowman UU hard Bonus vs. camels; Mameluke has 0 pierce armor
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. camels + reach
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. camels (+26) and mamelukes (+7)
• Monk soft Can convert the expensive unit
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Mameluke counter?

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

• Battle Elephant hard UU (Saracens) – Ranged anti-cavalry
• Knight hard UU (Saracens) – Ranged anti-cavalry with massive bonus
• Camel Rider soft UU (Saracens) – Ranged, but no bonus vs. camels
• Light Cavalry soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)

Unique units the Mameluke beats

• War Elephant hard UU (Saracens) – Ranged anti-cavalry

Units the Mameluke has a damage bonus against

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

• Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Heavy Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Elite Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line

Civilizations that improve the Mameluke

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.