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Heavy Camel Rider
Unit

Heavy Camel Rider

The Heavy Camel Rider serves as a unit available to 12 civilizations. It has 120 HP and 7 attack, with 0 melee and 0 pierce armor. Training one costs 55 food, 60 gold (115 resources total).

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Stats

Armor class
Camel
Age
Imperial
HP
120
Attack
7
Range
0
Melee armor
0
Pierce armor
0
Speed
1.45
Line of sight
5
Reload
2
Train time
22s

Cost

Food55 foodGold60 gold⏱ 22s

Which civilizations have the Heavy Camel Rider?

Fielded by 12 civilizations:

Camel line progression

The Heavy Camel Rider is part of the Camel line, trained at the Stable. Each step is unlocked by researching its upgrade:

  • Camel Rider (Castle Age)
  • Heavy Camel Rider (Imperial Age — 325 food, 360 gold)

What is the Heavy Camel Rider strong against?

The Heavy Camel Rider deals bonus damage to these targets:

  • Mounted Units +18
  • Ships +9
  • Camels +9
  • Mamelukes +7

Units it counters (bonus damage per attack):

How to counter the Heavy Camel Rider

These units deal bonus damage against the Heavy Camel Rider, making them effective counters:

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How to unlock the Heavy Camel Rider

The Heavy Camel Rider becomes available after researching this upgrade:

Applicable upgrades

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