Turtle Ship & Elite Turtle Ship (AoE2): Counters & Stats

The Turtle Ship is countered by Demolition Ship, Bombard Cannon and Condottiero. It is a Ship / Unique unit, available to the Koreans.

Class: Ship / Unique
Available to: Koreans
Elite upgrade: Elite Turtle Ship
Cost: 190 130

The Turtle Ship Line

Turtle Ship
Elite Turtle Ship

Turtle Ship stats

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

Hit points: 275 →350
Melee attack: 0
Pierce attack: 9 / 2s →13 / 2s
Range: 6 →7
Melee armour: 2 →3
Pierce armour: 7 →12
Speed: 1
Line of sight: 8 →9
Training time: 50s

What counters the Turtle Ship?

Hard counters beat the Turtle Ship 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.

Demolition Ship hard Maximum burst damage
Bombard Cannon hard Attack bonus vs. warships (+40)
Condottiero hard Attack bonus vs. gunpowder units (+10)
Heavy Demolition Ship hard Only reliable counter
Houfnice UU hard Attack bonus vs. warships (+50)
Cannon Galleon soft Outranges, high damage

What does the Turtle Ship counter?

Units the Turtle Ship has a damage bonus against

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