Ghulam

Overview

Hindustani infantry that resists arrows and thrusts through multiple enemies.

Availability and investment

Ghulam becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Hindustanis. The listed cost is 30 Food, 45 Gold and the training time is 12 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Hit points: 60
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 3
• Line of sight: 8
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.15

Field use

Use it to hold space, protect support units, or pressure an opponent that cannot kite it safely. The listed armor and bonus-attack classes determine which opponents it can trade with efficiently.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Infantry
• Armor class: Unique unit
• Ghulam deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Shock infantry class
• Ghulam deals +5 bonus damage to units in the Archer class
• Ghulam deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Standard building class

Related unit plan: Ghulam anti-archer breakthrough

Ghulam: Ghulams are suited to breaking archer formations: their speed and pierce armor help them close, while their attacks can pass through units in a clump. They work best when the opponent’s ranged line is the main threat Approach archers behind a screen or through a flank, then keep the Ghulams moving through the formation instead of stopping at its edge. Use them to open space for the rest of the army and avoid unnecessary fights with targets outside their specialty Anti-infantry units and concentrated melee pressure can punish Ghulams. Do not send them across open ground under fire or chase scattered archers so far that the main army loses its screen