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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:
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
+60 bonus attack
+50 bonus attack
+40 bonus attack
+35 bonus attack
+30 bonus attack
+25 bonus attack
+20 bonus attack
Bombard Cannon →
Houfnice (the latter Bohemians only)
+12 bonus attack
+10 bonus attack
+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
+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
Civilization bonuses[]
- The following Burgundian units get an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class:
- +6 bonus attack
- +5 bonus attack
- The following Gurjara units get an attack bonus against the siege weapon armor class:
- +14 bonus attack
- +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
Armor classes in Age of Empires II | |
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Infantry | Infantry · Spearman · Shock infantry · Condottiero |
Archer | Archer · Cavalry archer · Skirmisher |
Mounted | Cavalry · Camel · War elephant · Mameluke |
Siege | Siege weapon · Heavy siege · Ram |
Building | Building · Standard building · Wall and gate · Stone defense · Castle · House |
Ship | Ship · Fishing Ship · Heavy warship |
Other | Monk · Unique unit · Gunpowder unit · Hero |