Talk:Janissary (Age of Empires II)/@comment-190.176.250.236-20140731025952/@comment-5351167-20140801171735

Explaining this is gonna be complicated so... here's the data for both HC and Jannies' attack bonuses.

Hand Cannoneer in AOK 17 Pierce base attack, 55% accuracy, 7 range Bonuses: +8 vs infantry +2 vs rams

Hand Cannoneer from The Conquerors onwards 17 Pierce base attack, 65% accuracy, 7 range Bonuses: +10 vs infantry +1 vs spearmen (which means +11 total against them, as they take both infantry and spearmen bonus damage) +2 vs rams

Janissary (Elite) in AOK 15 (18) Pierce base attack, 55% (55%) accuracy, 8 range Bonuses: +0 (+3) vs buildings +4 (+8) vs infantry +2 (+3) vs rams

Janissary (Elite) from The Conquerors onwards 17 (22) Pierce base attack, 50% (50%) accuracy, 8 range Bonuses: +2 (+3) vs rams

So, long story short, in AOK Janissaries where better then HCs in almost everything. From TC onwards they've been greatly nerfed, as they lost some accuracy and most of thier attack bonuses, while HCs got way better. However, keep in mind that HCs are imperial age only, while you can start training Jannies since Castle Age.