Talk:Culverin/@comment-181.44.143.90-20170131123034

Stats against most units are shit and they have a slow fire rate, but they SHRED through enemy artillery. The best counter possible. Cavalry is a nice counter to artillery, but it has to get close to them and bypass any enemy units defending the cannons, being vulnerable in the process. The slightly larger range of the culevrin means that it can safely, and from the back of the formation, take out enemy cannons attacking your army. Unit behavior helps too, as culevrins auto-target enemy cannons in range (if any) instead of any nearby enemy unit, meaning that you don't really have to micro them. I have won battles with 6 culevrins that I would not have won even with 12 Heavy Cannons. All because of an unmatched anti-artillery capacity.

Always a must-have, even when the enemy has no artillery —just in case it decides to build some—, and especially against Ottomans.