Age of Empires 2 Counter Unit Tool: What Beats What Your Opponent Makes?
Is your opponent making knights or archers? Choose your civilization, theirs and the age, then click the enemy unit to see what you have against it and what not to attack with. Your selection goes into the page address, so you can send the link to a teammate.
What is your opponent making?
Knight
In-game description
Strong: Strong vs. Infantry and Foot Archers.
Weak: Weak vs. Spearman-line, Camel Riders, and Monks.
Make this
Units the in-game description says the enemy unit is weak against, available to your civilization in this age.
Spearman
35
25Enemy weak vs: Spearman-lineStrong vs: CavalryKills it in 7 hits, dies in 5 hits · +15 bonus damage
Camel Rider55
60Enemy weak vs: CamelStrong vs: CavalryKills it in 8 hits, dies in 10 hits · +9 bonus damage
Monk100Enemy weak vs: MonkStrong vs: MeleeConverts instead of attacking
Don't attack with these
The enemy unit is strong against them.
Janissary6055Enemy strong vs: Foot archer
Long Swordsman5020Enemy strong vs: Infantry
Crossbowman4525Enemy strong vs: Foot archer
Skirmisher2535Enemy strong vs: Foot archer
Hit counts include Blacksmith upgrades up to this age (for each side according to its own tech tree); civilization bonuses, unique technologies and other upgrades are not included. Turks civilization page →
Where do the suggestions come from?
Every unit’s in-game description says what it is strong and weak against (for the Knight: “Weak vs. Spearman-line, Camel Riders, and Monks”). The tool reads these official descriptions and lists the unit types the enemy unit is weak against that your civilization has in that age. Your units whose own description says they are strong against the enemy’s type appear under “These also work”, and units the enemy is strong against under “Don’t attack with these”. We did not write any of the matchups by hand.
Bonus damage and hit counts on the cards are calculated from unit stats, assuming both sides have the Blacksmith upgrades of that age (where their tech tree allows). Civilization bonuses, unique technologies, University and Archery Range upgrades, range and micro are not included, so the numbers show how hard the two units hit each other, not who wins a game. For all differences between civilizations see the civilization comparison.
Ships are not in the tool yet; land units only.
Source
Unit descriptions, stats, tech trees and names come from aoe2techtree, which is generated from the game files (November 7, 2026). If you spot a mistake, let us know.