Counter Barracks

Counter Barracks
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology: The Titans
Type	Military Building
Civilization	Atlanteans
Age	Classical Age
Use	Trains and upgrades soldiers
Internal name	Counter Building (Proto file)
Construction
Wood	100
Gold	25
Build time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	1200
Hack armor	40%
Pierce armor	96%
Crush armor	5%
Line of Sight	9

The Counter Barracks (named Counter-Barracks before Retold) is a Classical Age building in Age of Mythology: The Titans that is only available to the Atlanteans. It is where the Atlantean counter units are trained and where technologies that improve them are researched.

All the units trained in this building are hard counters, that is, they excel against their target unit but are weak against practically everything else. However, the Katapeltes has a bonus against siege weapons and the Cheiroballista is good against ships.

Note that before the Extended Edition, the Atlanteans had no need to research Medium Ranged Soldiers, as they gained this technology for free.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Gaia: Regenerate 3 hit points per second. Grows lush around itself.

General technologies

• Masons ➞ Architects: +15% hit points and -5% crush vulnerability.
• Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.

Relics

• Blanket of Empress Zoe: -10% crush vulnerability.
• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
• Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.

Units

• Katapeltes
• Turma
• Cheiroballista

Technologies

• Levy Counter Soldiers
• Conscript Counter Soldiers
• Medium Infantry
• Heavy Infantry
• Champion Infantry
• Medium Ranged Soldiers
• Heavy Ranged Soldiers
• Champion Ranged Soldiers

Myth technologies

• Weightless Mace (Oceanus)
• Orichalcum Mail (Rheia)

Technology tree

		Counter Barracks
	➞			➞			➞
		Katapeltes		Medium Infantry	➞	Heavy Infantry	➞	Champion Infantry
		Turma		Medium Ranged Soldiers	➞	Heavy Ranged Soldiers	➞	Champion Ranged Soldiers
		Cheiroballista				Levy Counter Soldiers	➞	Conscript Counter Soldiers

History

“	All civilizations the world has seen so far have had the need to train soldiers for defense, at least, if not aggression against neighbors. For many this training took place at a barracks, which served as both a living quarters and training ground. New recruits were assigned to the barracks and after a training period they were ready for service. At the barracks they learned the mechanics of their weapons, the drill of battlefield movements, and the discipline required to obey orders in combat.	”
—In-game help section

Changelog

The Titans

• The Cheiroballista can be upgraded with Heavy Cheiroballista and Champion Cheiroballista.

Retold

• Heavy Cheiroballista and Champion Cheiroballista removed.

Trivia

• If the number of Counter Barracks built by the player is even, using hotkeys to locate the Counter Barracks will only select the latest ones built. However, when the number of Counter Barracks built by the player is odd, pressing the hotkey will allow the player to navigate all of the Counter Barracks throughout the map one at a time.
• Unlike most buildings, which have 30% hack armor, the Counter Barracks has 40% hack armor.

Gallery

Classical Age Counter-Barracks in the original game

Heroic Age Counter-Barracks

Mythic Age Counter-Barracks