Scorpion — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Scorpion — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Scorpion is countered by Knight, Mangonel and Light Cavalry. It is a siege unit of the Scorpion, and it wins against Legionary, Long Swordsman and Pikeman.

Class

Siege

Line

Scorpion

Available to

All civilizations

Cost

75 75

The Scorpion

• Scorpion
• Heavy Scorpion

Scorpion stats

Hit points

40

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

11 / 3.6s

Range

7 (min. 2)

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

7

Speed

0.65

Line of sight

9

Training time

30s

What counters the Scorpion?

Hard counters beat the Scorpion 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.

• Knight hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Mangonel hard Outranges Scorpion + area damage
• Light Cavalry hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Attack bonus vs. siege
• Magyar Huszar UU hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Eagle Warrior hard Fast, high pierce armor, bonus vs. siege
• Huskarl UU hard High pierce armor; closes and destroys it
• Ghulam UU hard Ignores armor and closes fast
• Woad Raider UU hard Very fast infantry closes before it dies
• Shotel Warrior UU hard Fast, cheap swarm closes and overwhelms it
• Condottiero hard Fast infantry closes quickly
• Monk soft Conversion
• Bombard Cannon soft Outranges Scorpion (12 vs. 7) – but slow & inaccurate

What does the Scorpion counter?

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

• Legionary UU hard
• Long Swordsman hard Area pierce
• Pikeman hard Area pierce

Unique units the Scorpion beats

• Berserk hard Pierce area damage
• Flemish Militia hard Area pierce
• Guecha Warrior hard Out-ranges the Guecha and mows down its low pierce armor
• Ibirapema Warrior hard Area pierce
• Jaguar Warrior hard Area pierce
• Kamayuk hard Area pierce
• Karambit Warrior hard Area pierce – Karambits come in masses
• Liao Dao hard Area pierce
• Obuch hard Area pierce
• Samurai hard Area pierce
• Serjeant hard Area pierce
• Urumi Swordsman hard Area pierce
• White Feather Guard hard Area pierce

Other units the Scorpion beats

• Konnik (Dismounted) UU hard Area pierce
• Siege Tower soft Pierce damage vs. siege

Units the Scorpion has a damage bonus against

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

• Battle Elephant hard Battle Elephants
• Elite Battle Elephant hard Battle Elephants
• Armored Elephant UU hard Siege Elephants
• Siege Elephant UU hard Siege Elephants
• Ballista Elephant UU hard Siege Elephants
• Elite Ballista Elephant UU hard Siege Elephants

Civilizations that improve the Scorpion

11 civilizations have 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 Siege Counters guide.