This article is about the building armor class. For general information about buildings in Age of Empires II, see Building (Age of Empires II). |
The building armor class, sometimes referred to as Class 11 armor,[1] is an armor class in Age of Empires II. All units that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against buildings with this armor class.
This armor class primarily relates to enabling attack bonuses from naval and siege damage. This building armor class is not to be confused with the standard building armor class, which also contains all buildings (bar the Wonder), but takes bonus damage from different units and is affected by other technologies and bonuses. The purpose of having two different armor classes for buildings is to keep Masonry, Architecture, and the base building armor Castles and Walls have from cancelling the attack bonuses infantry units hold against buildings.
Buildings[]
The following buildings have the buildings armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class. The number in brackets indicates the amount of armor. If there is no number, the amount is 0.
- House
- Town Center
- Mill
- Farm
- Lumber Camp
- Mining Camp
- Market
- Blacksmith
- University
- Monastery
- Dock โ Harbor (the latter Malay only)
- Barracks
- Archery Range
- Stable
- Siege Workshop
- Palisade Wall
- Palisade Gate
- Stone Wall (16) โ Fortified Wall (24)
- Gate (20) โ Fortified Gate (20)
- Outpost
- Watch Tower โ Guard Tower โ Keep
- Bombard Tower
- Castle (8)
- Wonder
- Fish Trap (10)
- Donjon (Sicilians only)
- Krepost (8) (Bulgarians only)
- Feitoria (Portuguese only)
- Folwark (Poles only)
- Caravanserai (Hindustanis and Persians only)
- Fortified Church (Armenians and Georgians only)
- Mule Cart (Armenians and Georgians only)
Anti-building units[]
The following units have an attack bonus against the building armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.
+500 bonus attack
+280 bonus attack
+275 bonus attack
+250 bonus attack
+220 bonus attack
+200 bonus attack
+180 bonus attack
+150 bonus attack
+125 bonus attack
+105 bonus attack
+75 bonus attack
+60 bonus attack
+45 bonus attack
+35 bonus attack
+34 bonus attack
+30 bonus attack
- War Elephant โ Elite War Elephant (Persians only)
+10 bonus attack
- Elite Tarkan (Huns only)
+9 bonus attack
- Elite Caravel (Portuguese only)
- Thirisadai (Dravidians only)
+8 bonus attack
- Tarkan (Huns only)
- Galleon
- Caravel (Portuguese only)
+7 bonus attack
- War Galley
- Longboat โ Elite Longboat (Vikings only)
- Elite Battle Elephant
+6 bonus attack
+5 bonus attack
+4 bonus attack
+3 bonus attack
- Villager
- Fast Fire Ship
- Hussite Wagon โ Elite Hussite Wagon (Bohemians only, secondary projectiles only)
+2 bonus attack
- Scorpion
- Elite Conquistador (Spanish only)
- Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
- Fire Ship
- Elite Hussite Wagon (Bohemians only)
+1 bonus attack
- Fire Galley
- Hussite Wagon (Bohemians only)
- Elite Organ Gun (Portuguese only)
Technologies[]
The following technologies give the following units an attack bonus against the building armor class:
- Siege Engineers
- +200 bonus attack
- +80 bonus attack
- Flaming Camel (Tatars only)
- +55 bonus attack
- +50 bonus attack
- +40 bonus attack
- +30 bonus attack
- +25 bonus attack
- +21 bonus attack
- Siege Elephant (Bengalis and Hindustanis only)
- +15 bonus attack
- Armored Elephant (Bengalis and Hindustanis only)
- +12 bonus attack
- +9 bonus attack
- +7 bonus attack
- +1 bonus attack
- Sappers
- +15 bonus attack
- Counterweights (Saracens only)
- +38 bonus attack
- +9 bonus attack
- +7 bonus attack
- +5 bonus attack
The following technologies give all buildings additional armor against bonus damage:
- Masonry
- +3 bonus armor
- Architecture
- +3 bonus armor
Civilization bonuses[]
- The following Burgundian units get an attack bonus against the building armor class:
- +69 bonus attack
- +50 bonus attack
- The following Gurjara units get an attack bonus against the building armor class:
- +42 bonus attack
- +30 bonus attack
- Armored Elephant (Imperial Age)
- +23 bonus attack
- Armored Elephant (Castle Age)
- โ This refers to its value in the game files. See Masonry, Architecture, and Building Armor in AoE2 Spirit of the Law 2019.
Armor classes in Age of Empires II | |
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Infantry | Infantry ยท Spearman ยท Eagle Warrior ยท Condottiero |
Archer | Archer ยท Cavalry archer ยท Skirmisher |
Mounted | Cavalry ยท Camel ยท War elephant ยท Mameluke |
Siege | Siege weapon ยท Heavy siege ยท Ram |
Building | Building ยท Standard building ยท Wall and gate ยท Stone defense ยท Castle |
Ship | Ship ยท Fishing Ship ยท Turtle Ship |
Other | Monk ยท Unique unit ยท Gunpowder unit ยท Hero |