An Abus Gunner is an anti-heavy-infantry unit with long range. It can easily take care of any infantry or even artillery, although as infantry, they are vulnerable to artillery units. It is expensive, but can focus fire much more easily than the Falconet and Great Bombard. Abus Gunners have a very high base attack compared to other ranged infantry.
As Ottomans do not have access to Skirmishers, they serve much like a high damage Skirmisher. Although the Falconet/Great Bombard is better at taking out groups of infantry, the Abus Gunner is more flexible and can pick off those that survive the cannon barrage, due to the slow firing rate of cannons. While available in the Commerce Age, Abus Gunners are punished by Hussars and other heavy cavalry, and risky to mass until later ages where the coin economy is more developed and they can be trained in greater numbers. Abus Gunners are best paired up with Janissaries and/or Cavalry Archers to take out any hostile cavalry they encounter, as the Abus Gun's damage is reduced when fighting them. The Abus Gunner can easily take care of any infantry or cannons if the enemy uses a cavalry/cannon mix while the Janissaries and Cavalry Archers protect them from enemy cavalry.
It is important to note that the Abus Gun's ranged attack is classified as siege rather than ranged, making them excellent at taking out enemy artillery and ships, which have high ranged resistance. Culverins are still better for taking out ships due to their longer range and their specific multipliers.
The Abus Gunner shares weaknesses with other artillery. Although it has a hand attack, it is not at all recommended to use it, as it has half the DPS of their ranged attack and Abus Gunners are as mobile as standard infantry. However, compared to other cannons like the Falconet, this allows them to fend off against hostile enemies that manage to reach them. Other artillery have poor chances against an enemy unit that gets close to them. Like their ranged attack, their hand attack also has bonuses against infantry.
Abus Gunners share Home City upgrade cards with Grenadiers and other artillery.
If picking The Marksman for advancing to the Fortress Age with the Ottomans, the player gets four Abus Gunners.
Abus Guns train in 42 seconds, have 20% ranged resistance, a ranged Rate of Fire of 3.5, 40 ranged damage, a ×1.5 ranged multiplier against heavy infantry and light ranged cavalry, ×0.75 multiplier against artillery, ×0.5 against cavalry, ×0.25 multiplier against villagers, and no ranged multiplier against ships. In melee, they have ×1.5 against heavy infantry, ×0.75 vs. artillery, and ×0.5 against cavalry.
Veteran Abus Guns give +20% hit points and damage.
Abus Guns now have a ×0.5 multiplier against artillery, a ×1.5 multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, and ×0.75 ranged multiplier against ships.
Veteran Abus Guns now also gives +1 LOS and range.
Guard Abus Guns now costs 600 wood, 600 coin, and also gives +1 Line of Sight and range.
With update 13.27885, the Abus Gun is renamed to Abus Gunner and now has 25% ranged resistance, a ranged Rate of Fire of 3.0, 36 ranged damage, a ×1.75 multiplier against heavy infantry, ×0.5 ranged multiplier against heavy cavalry, shock infantry, and artillery, ×0.3 ranged multiplier against villagers, no melee multipliers against cavalry, shock infantry and artillery, and no multiplier against light cavalry, ranged shock infantry or ships, and received a new unit portrait to reflect this change.
With update 13.27885, the Abus Gunner's in-game description is "Ottoman infantry unit that inflicts siege damage. Good against infantry."
With update 13.58326, the Abus Gunner has 20% ranged resistance, a ×2.5 ranged multiplier vs. light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.4 vs. cavalry, and ×0.5 melee multiplier vs. heavy cavalry and hand shock infantry.
With update 14.43676, Abus Gunners train in 44 seconds and have a ×2.25 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry.
Since update 23511, the Abus Gun is tagged as Rifle infantry, but it does not wield a rifle. This is due to balance purposes, as Ottomans do not have access to the Skirmisher.
History[]
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Abus guns are a short-barreled artillery piece that fired shot about the size of a fist. Ottoman artillery did not seem to conform to any known standards, and their artillery pieces varied widely, from large siege bombards to small Abus Guns light enough to travel with soldiers on the move, rather than sitting in guarded artillery emplacements. Abus Guns are roughly analagous to Falconets, but are considered howitzers because of the low velocity of their projectiles.
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An in-game Abus Gun
The Abus Gun's history portrait
In-game Abus Gunner in the Definitive Edition
In-game Veteran Abus Gunner in the Definitive Edition
In-game Guard Abus Gunner in the Definitive Edition
In-game Imperial Abus Gunner in the Definitive Edition
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