Bengalis vs Vikings
Playing Bengalis against Vikings? Here's the best Bengalis unit to counter every unit Vikings 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.
50.9%
Bengalis win rate vs Vikings
Roughly even matchup95% CI 45.7–56.1% · 346 ranked 1v1 gamesFull win-rate breakdown →Bengalis hard-counters 15 of 16 units Vikings 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 Bengalis
Infantry
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
Armored Elephant+25–35 vs Siege Weapons
Mangonel
Armored Elephant+25–35 vs Siege Weapons
Scorpion
Armored Elephant+25–35 vs Siege Weapons
Naval
Cannon Galleon
Spearman+9–17 vs Ships
Fire Ship
Spearman+9–17 vs Ships
Hulk
Spearman+9–17 vs Ships
Longboat
Spearman+9–17 vs Ships
War Galley
Spearman+9–17 vs Ships
Matchups in AoE2 also come down to strategy, economy and the map — this ranks the unit-counter tools Bengalis brings against Vikings, 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 The counters are computed from the game's own data, so there's no table to fall out of date when the game is patched.