Huskarl Counters and Strengths
Huskarl Stats and Counters
Huskarl Infantry
Gothic unique infantry unit with high pierce armor (archer armor). Huskarls counter all archery units and has bonus damage to buildings. Weak against militia line, cavalry, Battle Elephants, powder units and most infantry unique units such as the Aztec Jaguar. The cost of Huskarls is reduced significantly to 30% - 35% in Castle and Imperial Age.
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Huskarl has 14 counter units.
Huskarl is strong against
17 units.
Best Units Against Huskarl
Worst Units Against Huskarl
6 Tips to Counter Huskarl Line
Militia line (men at arms, longswordsman, two handed swordman, champion) get bonus damage against huskarls therefore get all armor upgrades first.
The Militia and Champion line deals bonus damage to them so always get your armor upgrades.[1]
They have massive pierce armor making them practically immune to standard archer fire.
Hand Cannoneers can quickly cut through them due to the gunpowder anti infantry bonus.
They can be created extremely fast allowing you to flood the map with reinforcements.
Mangonels and Scorpions are effective if you can hit them before they close the gap.
