Koreans vs Franks
Playing Koreans against Franks? Here's the best Koreans unit to counter every unit Franks can field — only the units your tech tree can actually build. Every figure is drawn from the game's attack bonuses and armor classes, so it stays accurate to the live balance.
47.7%
Koreans win rate vs Franks
Roughly even matchup95% CI 45.4–50.0% · 1,748 ranked 1v1 gamesFull win-rate breakdown →Koreans hard-counters 16 of 17 units Franks can field. Each of their units is on the left; the best unit you can build to counter it is on the right.
Counter as Koreans
Infantry
Throwing AxemanUnique
Scorpion+1–2 vs Infantry
Militia
Scorpion+1–2 vs Infantry
Spearman
Cavalry Archer+2–4 vs Spearmen
Archers
Archer
Skirmisher+3–5 vs Archers
Cavalry Archer
Spearman+15–32 vs Cavalry
Skirmisherno hard counter you can build
Cavalry
Knight
Spearman+15–32 vs Cavalry
Scout Cavalry
Spearman+15–32 vs Cavalry
Siege
Battering Ram
Cannon Galleon+25 vs Siege Weapons
Bombard Cannon
Battering Ram+40–50 vs Siege Weapons
Mangonel
Battering Ram+40–50 vs Siege Weapons
Scorpion
Battering Ram+40–50 vs Siege Weapons
Naval
Cannon Galleon
Bombard Cannon+40–50 vs Ships
Demolition Ship
Bombard Cannon+40–50 vs Ships
Fire Ship
Bombard Cannon+40–50 vs Ships
Hulk
Bombard Cannon+40–50 vs Ships
War Galley
Bombard Cannon+40–50 vs Ships
Matchups in AoE2 also come down to strategy, economy and the map — this ranks the unit-counter tools Koreans brings against Franks, not a guaranteed win. The counters are computed from the game's own data, so there's no table to fall out of date when the game is patched.