War Wagon — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

War Wagon — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The War Wagon is countered by Elite Skirmisher, Camel Rider and Genoese Crossbowman. It is a Cavalry Archer / Unique unit, available to the Koreans, and it wins against Long Swordsman.

Class

Cavalry Archer / Unique

Available to

Koreans

Elite upgrade

Elite War Wagon

Cost

200 60

The War Wagon Line

• War Wagon
• Elite War Wagon

War Wagon stats

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

Hit points

150 →200

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

9 / 2.5s

Range

4 →5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

2 →4

Speed

1.2

Line of sight

7 →8

Training time

21s

What counters the War Wagon?

Hard counters beat the War Wagon 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.

• Elite Skirmisher hard Attack bonus vs. archers
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)
• Genoese Crossbowman UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+5)
• Huskarl UU hard Attack bonus vs. archers (+6)
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+8)
• Mameluke UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)
• Camel Archer UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry archers (+6)
• Imperial Camel Rider UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+18)
• Mangonel soft Area damage
• Pikeman soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Eagle Warrior soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+3)
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)
• Onager soft Area damage
• Siege Onager soft Area damage
• Halberdier soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry

What does the War Wagon counter?

One representative per unit line — the whole line behaves the same way in this matchup.

• Long Swordsman soft Kites infantry from range

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.