Houfnice

Overview

The Bohemian upgrade to the Bombard Cannon, increasing the impact of its long-range shots.

Availability and investment

Houfnice becomes available in Imperial Age. Its listed production context is Bohemians. The listed cost is 225 Wood, 225 Gold and the training time is 56 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: 90
• Melee armor: 2
• Pierce armor: 6
• Range: 12
• Line of sight: 14
• Reload time: 6.5 seconds
• Movement speed: 0.7
• Accuracy: 100%

Field use

Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.

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: Gunpowder unit
• Armor class: Siege weapon
• Houfnice deals +50 bonus damage to units in the Ship class
• Houfnice deals +20 bonus damage to units in the Siege weapon class
• Houfnice deals +250 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class
• Houfnice deals +50 bonus damage to units in the Stone Defense class
• Houfnice deals +50 bonus damage to units in the Heavy siege class

Related unit plan: Houfnice artillery-breakthrough plan

Houfnice improve on Bombard Cannons with more durability and stronger area pressure, making them useful for cracking a defended position and removing high-value siege. The upgrade is expensive but can pay off when several Bombard Cannons remain active Protect Bombard Cannons while researching Houfnice, then focus the upgraded guns on enemy siege, clustered units, or the structure blocking the push. Keep the artillery behind a frontline and maintain vision so it can fire before the opponent closes The upgrade competes for substantial resources and is not worthwhile for a single isolated Cannon. Cavalry and melee units can still threaten the artillery; preserve an escort and retreat when the screen breaks