Shotel Warrior — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Shotel Warrior — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Shotel Warrior is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Hand Cannoneer. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Ethiopians.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Ethiopians

Elite upgrade

Elite Shotel Warrior

Cost

50 30

The Shotel Warrior Line

• Shotel Warrior
• Elite Shotel Warrior

Shotel Warrior stats

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

Hit points

45 →50

Melee attack

16 / 2s →18 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

0 →1

Speed

1.2

Line of sight

3

Training time

8s →4s

What counters the Shotel Warrior?

Hard counters beat the Shotel Warrior 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, Shotels have low HP
• Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Hand Cannoneer hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+10)
• Jaguar Warrior UU hard Attack bonus vs. infantry (+5)
• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Heavy Scorpion hard Area pierce
• Knight soft Overwhelms quickly
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Shotel Warrior counter?

Units the Shotel Warrior has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Shotel Warrior 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 Shotel Warrior

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.