Armor class: Cavalry

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[]

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 - Winged Hussar (the latter Lithuanians and Poles only)
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 (Bengalis, Dravidians, and Gurjaras only)
Magyar Huszar - Elite Magyar Huszar (Magyars only)
Boyar - Elite Boyar (Slavs only)
Kipchak - Elite Kipchak (Cumans only)
Leitis - Elite Leitis (Lithuanians only)
Keshik - Elite Keshik (Tatars only)
Coustillier - Elite Coustillier (Burgundians 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 only)
Steppe Lancer - Elite Steppe Lancer (Cumans, Mongols, and Tatars only)
Ratha - Elite Ratha (Bengalis only)
Shrivamsha Rider - Elite Shrivamsha Rider (Gurjaras only)
Armored Elephant (+7) - Siege Elephant (+8)

Anti-cavalry units[]

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