UNIT · THE AFRICAN KINGDOMS
Musa ibn Nusayr
Musa ibn Nusayr is an Age of Empires II ranged cavalry hero appearing in The African Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately.

Overview
Musa ibn Nusayr is an Age of Empires II ranged cavalry hero appearing in The African Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately.
Availability and investment
Musa ibn Nusayr becomes available in Campaign or scenario hero. The roster classifies it as Hero unit. The listed cost is not separately recorded and the training time is not separately recorded. 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.
- Pierce attack: 18
- Hit points: 230
- Melee armor: 1
- Pierce armor: 1
- Armor classes: Cavalry Archers; Unique Units
- Range: 4
- Line of sight: 5
- Accuracy: 100%
- Regeneration: 30 hit points per minute
- Ability: Cannot be converted
- Bonus attack: +5 vs Cavalry Archers; +1 vs Rams; +1 vs Infantry
- Availability: Campaign or scenario hero
Field use
Preserve space between this unit and melee attackers so it can keep firing. Pair it with a screen, focus fire on reachable targets, and avoid letting a faster force surround it.
Battlefield role and use
Musa ibn Nusayr is an Age of Empires II ranged cavalry hero appearing in The African Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately. Special ability: Cannot be converted. As a hero, it regenerates 30 hit points per minute. Its scenario or hero rules distinguish it from an ordinary recruit. Protect its special ability and survival value instead of treating it as a replaceable front-line unit.
Base unit statistics
- Hit points
- 230
- Pierce attack
- 18
- Range
- 4
- Speed
- 1.41
- Rate of fire
- 2
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Regeneration
- 30 hit points per minute
- Ability
- Cannot be converted
- Bonus attack
- +5 vs Cavalry Archers; +1 vs Rams; +1 vs Infantry
- Armor classes
- Cavalry Archers; Unique Units
- Availability
- Campaign or scenario hero
Base values before civilization bonuses or researched technologies.
- Focus
- Ranged cavalry hero
- Signature / category
- Hero unit
- Release / context
- The African Kingdoms
- Region
- The African Kingdoms
- Classification
- Campaign heroes