Obuch — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Obuch — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Obuch is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Samurai. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Poles, and it wins against Knight.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Poles

Elite upgrade

Elite Obuch

Cost

55 20

The Obuch Line

• Obuch
• Elite Obuch

Obuch stats

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

Hit points

80 →95

Melee attack

8 / 2s →10 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

2

Pierce armour

2

Speed

0.9

Line of sight

3

Training time

12s

What counters the Obuch?

Hard counters beat the Obuch 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.

• Crossbowman hard Pierce damage
• Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Cavalry Archer soft Kites

What does the Obuch counter?

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

• Knight soft

Unique units the Obuch beats

• Teutonic Knight soft UU (Poles) – Reduces TK armor

Units the Obuch has a damage bonus against

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

• Eagle Scout hard Eagle Line
• Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Elite Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line

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.