Talk:Saracens/Tree/@comment-31836517-20180409070540/@comment-26842175-20181127094723

It is +2. However the damage calculation might happen in an unexpected way, for some people.

If the (pierce) armor of the attacked object is higher or as high as the attack value, then all ´non-bonus´ damage will be absorbed, which is not possible in the game and thus the dammage is set to be equal to 1. If you have a +2 bonus, then all ´non bonus´ damage will still be absorbed and the +2 will be added to that, which means that you do 2 damage, instead of 1.

If the attack value is higher than the armor value of your opponent, then the +2 bonus will mean that you will indeed do +2 damage to enemy building.

A similar situation happens when Slingers attack Huskarls and when Pikemen attack Elite boyar.

The damage formulat is given at https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Pierce_armor. Though the formula might be a little compicated for some.