Heavy Scorpion
Scorpion
Siege Weapon with ranged pass through attack, but cannot attack at close range.
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Strong vs. large groups of units
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Weak vs. Siege Weapons and units at close range
Upgrades
- Universityrange, attack, accuracy
- Monasterymore resistant to Monks
Upgrade line
The shared promotion chain — each tier upgrades into the next at its training building.
Tier 1Scorpion- Tier 2Heavy Scorpion
Stats
- Hit points
- 60
- Attack
- 14
- Melee armor
- 1
- Pierce armor
- 8
- Range
- 7
- Speed
- 0.65
- Line of sight
- 9
- Reload time
- 3.6s
- Attack delay
- 0.16s
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Train time
- 30s
- Cost
75wood
75gold
Attack bonuses
- vs All Buildings+6
- vs War Elephant+10
- vs Ram/Siege+2
- vs Infantry+2
Armor classes
Siege WeaponAnti-Leitis
Other units deal bonus damage to a unit through these classes — the basis of the counter system.
Counters
Derived from in-game bonus damage — each number is the bonus dealt through the named armor class. Pick your civilization to see only the units you can train.
Countered by
Battering Ramvia Siege Weapons+40–50
Armored Elephantvia Siege Weapons+25–35
Cannon Galleonvia Siege Weapons+25
Bombard Cannonvia Siege Weapons+20
Mangonelvia Siege Weapons+12
HuszarMagyars onlyvia Siege Weapons+5–8
Eagle Warriorvia Siege Weapons+3–5
MangudaiMongols onlyvia Siege Weapons+3–5
Turtle ShipKoreans onlyvia Siege Weapons+2–3
Champivia Siege Weapons+2–3
Rocket Cartvia Siege Weapons+2
Strong against
War ElephantPersians onlyvia War Elephants+7–10
Elephant Archervia War Elephants+7–10
Ballista ElephantKhmer onlyvia War Elephants+7–10
Battle Elephantvia War Elephants+7–10- Eagle Warriorvia Infantry+1–2
Militiavia Infantry+1–2
Spearmanvia Infantry+1–2
BerserkerVikings onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Jaguar WarriorAztecs onlyvia Infantry+1–2
HuskarlGoths onlyvia Infantry+1–2
SamuraiJapanese onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Teutonic KnightTeutons onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Throwing AxemanFranks onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Woad RaiderCelts onlyvia Infantry+1–2
KamayukInca onlyvia Infantry+1–2
GbetoMalians onlyvia Infantry+1–2
ShotelEthiopians onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Karambit WarriorMalay onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Foot KonnikBulgarians onlyvia Infantry+1–2
SerjeantSicilians onlyvia Infantry+1–2
ObuchPoles onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Urumi SwordsmanDravidians onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Chakram ThrowerGurjaras onlyvia Infantry+1–2- Armored Elephantvia Rams & Siege+1–2
GhulamHindustanis onlyvia Infantry+1–2
Fire Lancervia Infantry+1–2- Champivia Infantry+1–2