For those that don't know, here are their stats:
HP: 130
Ranged-damage: 40 (siege) (0.5 vs cav, 0.25 vs villager)
Rate of fire: 3.0
Range: 18
Speed: 4.0
Resistance: 50% ranged
Cost: 50 food + 100 gold
I think I better explain what that "siege" in brackets after the attack means. Doing siege damage basically means that it ignores any resistance. So your falconets with 75% ranged resistance will take 100% damage instead of 25%. Your cassadores with 60% resistance will take 40 damage instead of 16. Your strelets will die in 2 hits instead of 3. At range It's difficult to compare Abus guns to other units since they are kind of like a cross between a skirmisher and a falc. Even so, I will compare them to skirmishers and make comments were they differ in style: Key: Abus Guns / Skirmisher Cost (VS): 226 / 167 (Abus 35% more) Ranged HP: 260 / 171 (Abus 52% more) Melee HP: 130 / 120 (Abus 8% more) Range damage: Light infantry: 40 / 6-13.5 (Abus 196-567% more) Heavy infantry: 40 / 30 (Abus 33% more) Light Cavalry: 20 / 15.75-22.5 (Abus 11% less to 27% more) Heavy Cavalry: 20 / 10.5-13.5 (Abus 48-90% more) Artillery: 40 / 3.75 (Abus 967% more) So while skirmishers are better against light cavalry (I believe this has changed in TWC to make Abus So how are you supposed to beat Abus guns in colonial? Normally you would fight off light infantry using heavy cavalry and your own light infantry but this is not possible when the Abus guns are guarded by janissaries. Abus guns will kill your light infantry I'm playing Dutch right now and although I can sometimes win against ottoman if they FF I am yet to be victorious in any colonial battle. I've not even come up against the IOR yet and I'm hoping I never do. I'd like to hear (from both Otto and non-Otto players) what you think is the best way to dispatch Abus in colonial since as far as I can see, it is impossible. Thanks for your time
Because of damage multipliers, siege status and unit ranged resistances I've divided this up into categories:
- - ELO Rating: 2120 - -
- - Civ: Russia + Dutch - -
My Aztec Unit Guide (Updated!)