Tiger Cavalry — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Tiger Cavalry — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Tiger Cavalry is countered by Pikeman, Camel Rider and Halberdier. It is a Cavalry / Unique unit, available to the Wei.

Class

Cavalry / Unique

Available to

Wei

Elite upgrade

Elite Tiger Cavalry

Cost

60 80

The Tiger Cavalry Line

• Tiger Cavalry
• Elite Tiger Cavalry

Tiger Cavalry stats

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

Hit points

110 →125

Melee attack

11 / 1.9s →13 / 1.9s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

4 →5

Speed

1.35

Line of sight

5

Training time

18s

What counters the Tiger Cavalry?

Hard counters beat the Tiger Cavalry 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.

• Pikeman hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Heavy Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Monk soft Conversion
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Tiger Cavalry counter?

Units the Tiger Cavalry has a damage bonus against

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

• Archer hard Archer Line
• Crossbowman hard Archer Line
• Arbalest hard Archer Line
• Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Elite Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Imperial Skirmisher hard Skirm Line
• Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Heavy Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Elite Cavalry Archer hard Cav Archer Line
• Hand Cannoneer hard Hand Cannoneer

Civilizations that improve the Tiger Cavalry

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.