This article is about the cavalry armor class. For general information about cavalry in Age of Empires II, see Cavalry units (Age of Empires II). |
The cavalry armor class is an armor class in Age of Empires II. All units that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against units with this armor class.
Cavalry units[edit | edit source]
The following units have the cavalry armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class. The number in brackets indicates the amount of armor. If there is no number, the amount is 0.
Cavalry Archer -
Heavy Cavalry Archer
Genitour -
Elite Genitour (Berbers and allies only)
Scout Cavalry -
Light Cavalry -
Hussar
Knight -
Cavalier -
Paladin
Battle Elephant -
Elite Battle Elephant
Cataphract (12) -
Elite Cataphract (16) (Byzantines only)
Mangudai -
Elite Mangudai (Mongols only)
War Elephant -
Elite War Elephant (Persians only)
Tarkan -
Elite Tarkan (Huns only)
War Wagon -
Elite War Wagon (Koreans only)
Conquistador -
Elite Conquistador (Spanish only)
Missionary (Spanish only)
Elephant Archer -
Elite Elephant Archer (Indians only)
Magyar Huszar -
Elite Magyar Huszar (Magyars only)
Boyar -
Elite Boyar (Slavs only)
Arambai -
Elite Arambai (Burmese only)
Ballista Elephant (-2) -
Elite Ballista Elephant (-2) (Khmer only)
Konnik -
Elite Konnik (Bulgarians only)
Xolotl Warrior (Aztecs and Incas (Age of Empires II) only)
Steppe Lancer -
Elite Steppe Lancer (Cumans, Mongols, Tatars only)
Anti-cavalry units[edit | edit source]
The following units have an attack bonus against the cavalry armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal. Units with +0 damage are also listed because that results in a bonus damage when they attack Ballista Elephants due to their negative cavalry armor.
+50 bonus attack
Flaming Camel (Tatars only)
+32 bonus attack
+22 bonus attack
+18 bonus attack
Heavy Camel Rider -
Imperial Camel Rider (the latter Indians only)
+15 bonus attack
+12 bonus attack
Elite Mameluke (Saracens only)
Elite Kamayuk (Incas only)
Flemish Militia (Burgundians only)
+9 bonus attack
Camel Rider
Mameluke (Saracens only)
+8 bonus attack
+7 bonus attack
+5 bonus attack
Genoese Crossbowman (Italians only)
+4 bonus attack
+3 bonus attack
+0 bonus attack
Militia -
Man-at-Arms -
- Long Swordsman -
Two-Handed Swordsman -
Champion
Eagle Scout
Condottiero (Italians and allies only)
Chu Ko Nu -
Elite Chu Ko Nu (Chinese only)
Berserk -
Elite Berserk (Vikings only)
Jaguar Warrior -
Elite Jaguar Warrior (Aztecs only)
Technologies[edit | edit source]
The following technologies give the following units an attack bonus against cavalry:
Chieftains (Vikings only)
- +5 bonus attack
Militia -
Man-at-Arms -
Long Swordsman -
Two-Handed Swordsman -
Champion
Spearman -
Pikeman
Berserk -
Elite Berserk (Vikings only)
Condottiero (only available if allied with Italians)
- +5 bonus attack