Temple Guard — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Temple Guard — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Temple Guard is countered by Crossbowman, Mangonel and Samurai. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Muisca.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Muisca

Elite upgrade

Elite Temple Guard

Cost

70 45

The Temple Guard Line

• Temple Guard
• Elite Temple Guard

Temple Guard stats

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

Hit points

100 →115

Melee attack

12 / 2s →14 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

1 →2

Pierce armour

1 →2

Speed

0.95

Line of sight

5 →6

Training time

28s →24s

What counters the Temple Guard?

Hard counters beat the Temple Guard 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
• Mangonel hard Area damage
• Samurai UU hard Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Arbalest hard Pierce damage
• Onager hard Area damage
• Siege Onager hard Area damage

What does the Temple Guard counter?

Units the Temple Guard has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Temple Guard 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
• Knight hard Knight Line
• Cavalier hard Knight Line
• Paladin hard Knight Line
• Savar UU hard Knight Line
• Scout Cavalry hard Light Cav
• Light Cavalry hard Light Cav
• Hussar hard Light Cav
• Winged Hussar UU hard Light Cav
• Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Heavy Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Elite Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Camel Scout hard Camel Line
• Camel Rider hard Camel Line
• Heavy Camel Rider hard Camel Line
• Imperial Camel Rider UU hard Camel Line

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.