Monk — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Monk — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Monk is countered by Light Cavalry, Eagle Warrior and Crossbowman. It is a support unit of the Monks, and it wins against Armored Elephant, Ballista Elephant and Battering Ram.

Class

Support

Line

Monks

Available to

All civilizations

Cost

100

The Monks

• Monk
• Missionary

Monk stats

Hit points

30

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

0

Range

9

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0

Speed

0.7

Accuracy

38%

Line of sight

11

Training time

51s

What counters the Monk?

Hard counters beat the Monk 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 Bonus vs. monks, fast enough to interrupt conversion
• Eagle Warrior hard Attack bonus vs. Monks (+8)
• Crossbowman soft Monks have low HP

What does the Monk counter?

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

• Armored Elephant UU hard Conversion
• Ballista Elephant UU hard Conversion – expensive and effective
• Battering Ram hard Conversion – the ram becomes yours
• Battle Elephant hard Conversion – elephants are expensive
• Hei Guang Cavalry hard Conversion
• Knight hard Conversion – Knights are expensive and worth it
• Savar UU hard Conversion – expensive elite unit
• Bombard Cannon soft Conversion
• Camel Rider soft Conversion
• Elite Skirmisher soft Conversion
• Houfnice UU soft Conversion
• Imperial Camel Rider UU soft Conversion
• Mangonel soft Conversion
• Scorpion soft Conversion

Unique units the Monk beats

• Cataphract hard Conversion is most effective vs. Cataphracts
• Iron Pagoda hard Conversion – heavily armored unit, very valuable
• Leitis hard Conversion – Leitis are expensive and strong
• War Elephant hard Conversion – elephants are expensive and valuable
• Bolas Rider soft Conversion (expensive gold unit)
• Boyar soft Conversion
• Centurion soft Conversion
• Coustillier soft Conversion
• Huskarl soft Conversion
• Keshik soft Conversion
• Konnik soft Conversion
• Mameluke soft Can convert the expensive unit
• Monaspa soft Conversion
• Mounted Trebuchet soft Conversion
• Shrivamsha Rider soft Conversion
• Tarkan soft Conversion
• Tiger Cavalry soft Conversion
• Xianbei Raider soft

Other units the Monk beats

• Elephant Archer UU hard Conversion
• Fire Lancer soft Conversion (expensive gold unit)
• Heavy Rocket Cart soft Conversion
• Ratha (Melee) UU soft Conversion
• Rocket Cart soft Conversion
• Siege Tower soft Conversion
• Trebuchet soft Conversion

Civilizations that improve the Monk

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