Mounted Trebuchet — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Mounted Trebuchet — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Mounted Trebuchet is countered by Light Cavalry, Knight and Mangudai. It is a Siege / Unique unit, available to the Khitans.

Class

Siege / Unique

Available to

Khitans

Cost

175 175

Mounted Trebuchet stats

Hit points

75

Melee attack

30 / 6.5s

Pierce attack

0

Range

10 (min. 3)

Melee armour

2

Pierce armour

4

Speed

0.8

Line of sight

13

Training time

46s

What counters the Mounted Trebuchet?

Hard counters beat the Mounted Trebuchet 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 Fast, high damage
• Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Anti-siege
• Monk soft Conversion
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Mounted Trebuchet counter?

Units the Mounted Trebuchet has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Mounted Trebuchet 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

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.