Rattan Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Rattan Archer — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Rattan Archer is countered by Mangonel, Knight and Huskarl. It is a Archer / Unique unit, available to the Vietnamese, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Archer / Unique

Available to

Vietnamese

Elite upgrade

Elite Rattan Archer

Cost

50 45

The Rattan Archer Line

• Rattan Archer
• Elite Rattan Archer

Rattan Archer stats

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

Hit points

40 →45

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

6 / 2s →7 / 2s

Range

4 →5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

4 →6

Speed

1.1

Accuracy

80% →90%

Line of sight

6

Training time

16s

What counters the Rattan Archer?

Hard counters beat the Rattan 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.

• Mangonel hard Area damage ignores pierce armor
• Knight hard Melee vs. low melee armor
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage
• Cavalier hard Melee superiority
• Paladin hard Melee superiority
• Elite Skirmisher soft Attack bonus, cheap
• Light Cavalry soft Closes in fast, high HP
• Hussar soft Fast

What does the Rattan Archer counter?

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

• Long Swordsman soft Outranges infantry, which cannot close the gap

Units the Rattan Archer has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Rattan 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 Rattan 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.