Helepolis (Age of Empires)

The Helepolis is an ultimate Siege Unit in Age of Empires. The Helepolis is an upgrade of the Ballista and is built at the Siege Workshop. It fires 2 times faster than a Ballista and has +1 range, but the overall stats remain the same. It is strong in groups as it is fairly accurate and has the highest damage per second in the game. Their main weakness is Catapults, as they are out-ranged and can be eliminated by a single shot. To build this unit in the siege workshop, Craftsmanship must be researched in the market during the Iron Age. Once craftsmanship is researched, a cost of 1500 food and 1000 wood is needed to upgrade the ballista to a Helepolis. Currently, there are no civilizations that receive a special bonus for this unit. However, if played as the Hittite in a scenario that features this unit, the hit points doubles from 55 to 110.

Upgrades

 * Iron Age
 * Alchemy increases attack by one point.
 * Ballistics increases the accuracy.
 * Engineering increases the range by 2 points.

Civilization Bonuses

 * If played as the Hittites in a scenario or a campaign, the hit points increases from 55 to 110 hit points.
 * If played as the Macedonians, the unit is 4X resitant to enemy conversion. However, since the Macedonians do not have the ability to create a helepolis, the cheaper cost per unit civilization bonus does not apply.