White Feather Guard — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

White Feather Guard — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The White Feather Guard is countered by Crossbowman, Scorpion and Mangonel. It is a Infantry / Unique unit, available to the Shu.

Class

Infantry / Unique

Available to

Shu

Elite upgrade

Elite White Feather Guard

Cost

60 15

The White Feather Guard Line

• White Feather Guard
• Elite White Feather Guard

White Feather Guard stats

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

Hit points

95 →100

Melee attack

7 / 2s →8 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

2 →3

Speed

0.95

Line of sight

4 →5

Training time

11s

What counters the White Feather Guard?

Hard counters beat the White Feather 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
• Scorpion hard Area pierce
• 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
• Heavy Cavalry Archer soft Kites

What does the White Feather Guard counter?

Units the White Feather Guard has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the White Feather 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
• Eagle Scout hard Eagle Line
• Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Elite Eagle Warrior hard Eagle Line
• Camel Scout hard Camel Line
• Camel Rider hard Camel Line
• Heavy Camel Rider hard Camel Line
• Imperial Camel Rider UU hard Camel Line

Civilizations that improve the White Feather Guard

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.