Armor class: Gunpowder unit

This article is about the gunpowder unit armor class. For general information about gunpowder units, see Gunpowder unit.

The gunpowder unit armor class is an armor class introduced in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. All units that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against units with this armor class.

Gunpowder units and buildings

The following units and buildings have the gunpowder unit armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class.

• Hand Cannoneer
• Bombard Cannon → Houfnice (the latter Bohemians only)
• Rocket Cart - Heavy Rocket Cart
• Fire Lancer - Elite Fire Lancer
• Janissary → Elite Janissary (Turks only)
• Conquistador → Elite Conquistador (Spanish only)
• Organ Gun → Elite Organ Gun (Portuguese only)
• Cannon Galleon → Elite Cannon Galleon
• Turtle Ship → Elite Turtle Ship (Koreans only)
• Hussite Wagon → Elite Hussite Wagon (Bohemians only)
• Grenadier (Jurchens only)
• Bombard Tower

Anti-gunpowder units

The following units have an attack bonus against the gunpowder unit armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.

+10 bonus attack

• Condottiero (Italians and allies only)

+4 bonus attack

• Winged Hussar (Lithuanians and Poles only)