Mangonel — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Mangonel — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Mangonel is countered by Light Cavalry, Knight and Mangudai. It is a siege unit of the Mangonel/Onager, and it wins against Crossbowman, Scorpion and Battering Ram.

Class

Siege

Line

Mangonel/Onager

Available to

All civilizations

Cost

160 135

The Mangonel/Onager

• Mangonel
• Onager
• Siege Onager

Mangonel stats

Hit points

50

Melee attack

40 / 6s

Pierce attack

0

Range

7 (min. 3)

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

6

Speed

0.6

Line of sight

9

Training time

46s

What counters the Mangonel?

Hard counters beat the Mangonel 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.

• Light Cavalry hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Knight hard Melee – 0 melee armor, barely hits moving single targets
• Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Attack bonus vs. siege, very fast
• Magyar Huszar UU hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Monk soft Conversion
• Onager soft Superior range vs. Mangonel
• Bombard Cannon soft Outranges Mangonel (12 vs. 7) – but slow & inaccurate
• Eagle Warrior soft Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+3)

What does the Mangonel counter?

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

• Crossbowman hard Area damage
• Scorpion hard Outranges Scorpion + area damage
• Battering Ram soft Can damage rams
• Battle Elephant soft Area damage
• Cavalry Archer soft Area damage
• Hand Cannoneer soft

Unique units the Mangonel beats

• Blackwood Archer hard Area damage
• Chu Ko Nu hard Area damage – Chu Ko Nus stand densely
• Composite Bowman hard Area damage
• Fire Archer hard Area damage
• Genoese Crossbowman hard Area damage
• Hussite Wagon hard Area damage ignores wagon bonus
• Longbowman hard Area damage – Longbows stand close
• Plumed Archer hard Area damage
• Rattan Archer hard Area damage ignores pierce armor
• Temple Guard hard Area damage
• White Feather Guard hard Area damage
• Arambai soft Area damage
• Conquistador soft Area damage
• Kipchak soft Area damage
• War Elephant soft Area damage on the slow elephant
• War Wagon soft Area damage

Other units the Mangonel beats

• Siege Tower hard Area damage on the slow, large target
• Slinger UU soft Area damage
• War Chariot (Barrage) UU soft

Units the Mangonel has a damage bonus against

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

• Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Siege Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Bombard Cannon hard Cannons
• Houfnice UU hard Cannons

Civilizations that improve the Mangonel

9 civilizations have 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 Siege Counters guide.