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Houfnice

Houfnice

Siege Weapon

Bohemian unique Siege Gunpowder Unit with long range, but cannot attack at close range.

Strong vs. buildings and Siege Weapons

Weak vs. units at close range

Upgrades

  • Universityattack, range
  • Monasterymore resistant to Monks

Upgrade line

The shared promotion chain — each tier upgrades into the next at its training building.

  1. Bombard CannonTier 1Bombard Cannon
  2. HoufniceTier 2Houfnice

Stats

Hit points
90
Attack
50
Melee armor
2
Pierce armor
6
Range
12
Speed
0.7
Line of sight
14
Reload time
6.5s
Attack delay
0.21s
Accuracy
100%
Train time
56s
Cost
wood225woodgold225gold

Attack bonuses

  • vs All Buildings+250
  • vs Ships+50
  • vs Siege Weapon+20
  • vs Stone Defense+50
  • vs Hussar/Steppe Lancer+50

Armor classes

Siege WeaponGunpowderAnti-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.

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