Armor class: Fishing Ship

This article is about the armor class in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas. For the unit in the same game, see Fishing Ship (Age of Empires II).

The Fishing Ship armor class is an armor class in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas. All units and buildings that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against Fishing Ships. It was introduced in patch 5.8 of Rise of the Rajas and is used to make Fire Galleys weaker against Fishing Ships without affecting other units.

Anti-Fishing Ship units and buildings

The following units and buildings have an attack bonus against the Fishing Ship armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.

+50 bonus attack

• Houfnice (Bohemians only)

+40 bonus attack

• Bombard Cannon
• Bombard Tower

+17 bonus attack

• Halberdier

+16 bonus attack

• Pikeman

+11 bonus attack

• Galleon
• Castle (additional arrows only)

+10 bonus attack

• Keep
• Elite Longboat (Vikings only)
• Harbor (Malay only)
• Krepost (Bulgarians only, additional arrows only)

+9 bonus attack

• Spearman
• Heavy Camel Rider - Imperial Camel Rider (the latter Hindustanis only)
• War Galley
• Longboat (Vikings only)
• Thirisadai (Dravidians only)
• Guard Tower

+8 bonus attack

• Galley
• Ballista Elephant - Elite Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)

+7 bonus attack

• Elite Caravel (Portuguese only)
• Watch Tower
• Donjon (Sicilians only)

+6 bonus attack

• Caravel (Portuguese only)
• Flemish Militia (Burgundians only)

+5 bonus attack

• Camel Rider
• Elite Genoese Crossbowman (Italians only)
• Town Center

+4 bonus attack

• Genoese Crossbowman (Italians only)
• Fast Fire Ship

+3 bonus attack

• Fire Ship

+2 bonus attack

• Camel Scout (Gurjaras in the Feudal Age only)
• Elite Eagle Warrior

+1 bonus attack

• Fire Galley
• Eagle Warrior
• Eagle Scout (starting in the Castle Age)

Technologies

The following technology gives the following buildings an attack bonus against the Fishing Ship armor class:

• Heated Shot
  • +50 bonus attack
    • Bombard Tower
  • +13 bonus attack
    • Keep
  • +11 bonus attack
    • Guard Tower
  • +9 bonus attack
    • Watch Tower
    • Donjon (Sicilians only)
  • +4 bonus attack
    • Castle
    • Harbor (Malay only)
    • Krepost (Bulgarians only)

Civilization bonuses

• The following Bohemian units get an attack bonus against the Fishing Ship armor class:
  • +4 bonus attack
    • Pikeman - Halberdier
  • +2 bonus attack
    • Spearman

• The following Burgundian units get an attack bonus against the Fishing Ship armor class:
  • +10 bonus attack
    • Bombard Cannon

• The following Gurjara units get an attack bonus against the Fishing Ship armor class:
  • +4 bonus attack
    • Heavy Camel Rider
  • +2 bonus attack
    • Camel Rider

Trivia

• Before Dynasties of India, Flemish Militia dealt no bonus damage against the Fishing Ship armor class, despite dealing +6 attack against the ship armor class as a bug.
• As already mentioned, except attacks from Fire Galleys, attacks from all other units against Fishing Ships is equal to those against other ships.