Serjeant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Serjeant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Serjeant is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Samurai. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Sicilians.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Sicilians

Elite upgrade

Elite Serjeant

Cost

55 25

The Serjeant Line

• Serjeant
• Elite Serjeant

Serjeant stats

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

Hit points

50 →85

Melee attack

5 / 2s →11 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

2 →6

Pierce armour

1 →3

Speed

0.95

Line of sight

3 →5

Training time

12s

What counters the Serjeant?

Hard counters beat the Serjeant 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
• Cavalry Archer soft Kites
• Heavy Cavalry Archer soft Kites

What does the Serjeant counter?

Units the Serjeant has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Serjeant 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

Civilizations that improve the Serjeant

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.