Talk:Missionary (Age of Empires II)/@comment-190.161.47.102-20180703224229/@comment-27202541-20180704220534

This is most likely true in post-imperial age where the range different (7+3 vs 9+3) isn't huge, and the Missionaries benefit from Bloodlines making them have 65 HP as opposed to the Monk's 45 HP. The Missionary's speed means quite a lot in post-imp like this, especially against units like Battle Elephants.

In castle age, yeah Missionaries aren't the ideal choice, Monks are better in every way