Armor class: Siege weapon

This article is about the siege weapon armor class. For general information about siege weapons in Age of Empires II, see Siege weapon (Age of Empires II).

The siege weapon armor class (alternatively the siege unit armor class) is an armor class in Age of Empires II. All units that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against units with this armor class.

Siege weapon units

The following units have the siege weapon armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class.

• Battering Ram → Capped Ram → Siege Ram
• Armored Elephant → Siege Elephant
• Mangonel → Onager → Siege Onager
• Rocket Cart - Heavy Rocket Cart
• Scorpion → Heavy Scorpion
• Bombard Cannon → Houfnice (the latter Bohemians only)
• Siege Tower
• / Trebuchet
• Traction Trebuchet
• Organ Gun → Elite Organ Gun (Portuguese only)
• Ballista Elephant → Elite Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
• Hussite Wagon → Elite Hussite Wagon (Bohemians only)
• Mounted Trebuchet (Khitans only)
• War Chariot (Shu only)

Notes

The armor class does not encompass only siege weapons, nor do all siege units have this armor class. The following unit types do not have this armor class:

• Siege ships
• Siege infantry
• Suicide units

Anti-siege weapon units

The following units have an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.

+65 bonus attack

• Siege Ram

+60 bonus attack

• Petard

+50 bonus attack

• Capped Ram

+40 bonus attack

• Battering Ram

+35 bonus attack

• Siege Elephant

+30 bonus attack

• Mounted Trebuchet

+25 bonus attack

• Armored Elephant
• Flaming Camel (Tatars only)
• Cannon Galleon → Elite Cannon Galleon

+20 bonus attack

• Bombard Cannon → Houfnice (the latter Bohemians only)

+12 bonus attack

• Mangonel → Onager → Siege Onager

+10 bonus attack

• Lou Chuan

+8 bonus attack

• Elite Magyar Huszar (Magyars only)

+5 bonus attack

• Elite Eagle Warrior
• Elite Mangudai (Mongols only)
• Magyar Huszar (Magyars only)

+3 bonus attack

• Eagle Scout → Eagle Warrior
• Mangudai (Mongols only)

+2 bonus attack

• Dromon
• Rocket Cart - Heavy Rocket Cart

+1 bonus attack

• Fire Archer - Elite Fire Archer (Wu only)

Technologies

The following technology gives the following units an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class:

• Counterweights (Saracens only)
  • +2 bonus attack
    • Mangonel → Onager → Siege Onager

Civilization bonuses

• The following Burgundian units get an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class:
  • +6 bonus attack
    • Cannon Galleon → Elite Cannon Galleon
  • +5 bonus attack
    • Bombard Cannon

• The following Gurjara units get an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class:
  • +14 bonus attack
    • Siege Elephant
  • +10 bonus attack
    • Armored Elephant (Imperial Age)
  • +8 bonus attack
    • Armored Elephant (Castle Age)

Team bonuses

• The Wei team bonus gives the following types of units an attack bonus against the archer armor class:
  • +2 bonus attack
    • Cavalry