Plumed Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Plumed Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Plumed Archer is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Mangonel and Huskarl. It is a Archer / Unique unit, available to the Mayans, and it wins against Eagle Warrior and Long Swordsman.

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Mayans

Elite upgrade

Elite Plumed Archer

Cost

55 55

The Plumed Archer Line

• Plumed Archer
• Elite Plumed Archer

Plumed Archer stats

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

Hit points

50 →65

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

5 / 1.9s

Range

4 →5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

1 →2

Speed

1.2

Accuracy

80% →90%

Line of sight

6

Training time

16s

What counters the Plumed Archer?

Hard counters beat the Plumed Archer 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.

• Elite Skirmisher hard Attack bonus vs. archers
• Mangonel hard Area damage
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage
• Light Cavalry soft Fast
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Hussar soft Fast

What does the Plumed Archer counter?

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

• Eagle Warrior soft UU (Mayans) – Fast, cheap pierce counter
• Long Swordsman soft Outranges infantry, which cannot close the gap

Units the Plumed Archer has a damage bonus against

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

• Spearman hard Spearman Line
• Pikeman hard Spearman Line
• Halberdier hard Spearman Line

Civilizations that improve the Plumed Archer

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.