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Scorpion

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
  • Siege Workshopto Heavy Scorpion
  • Monasterymore resistant to Monks

Upgrade line

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

  1. ScorpionTier 1Scorpion
  2. Heavy ScorpionTier 2Heavy Scorpion

Stats

Hit points
40
Attack
11
Melee armor
0
Pierce armor
7
Range
7
Speed
0.65
Line of sight
9
Reload time
3.6s
Attack delay
0.16s
Accuracy
100%
Train time
30s
Cost
wood75woodgold75gold

Attack bonuses

  • vs All Buildings+3
  • vs War Elephant+7
  • vs Ram/Siege+1
  • vs Infantry+1

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

Strong against

Other Scorpion units

Heavy ScorpionHeavy Scorpion

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