This article is about the standard building armor class. For general information about buildings in Age of Empires II, see Buildings (Age of Empires II). |

A House, a standard building.
The standard building armor class (Armor class 21) 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.
The standard building armor class is not to be confused with the building armor class (Armor class 11), which also contains all buildings the standard building class contains (plus 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.
Standard buildings[]
The following buildings have the standard building armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class.
House
Town Center
Mill
Farm
Lumber Camp
Mining Camp
Market
Blacksmith
University
Monastery
Dock
Barracks
Archery Range
Stable
Siege Workshop
Palisade Wall
Palisade Gate
Stone Wall
Fortified Wall
Gate
Outpost
Watch Tower
Guard Tower
Keep
Bombard Tower
Castle
Donjon (Sicilians only)
Krepost (Bulgarians only)
Feitoria (Portuguese only)
Harbor (Malay only)
Folwark (Poles only)
Caravanserai (Hindustanis only)
Anti-standard building units[]
The following units have an attack bonus against the standard building armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.
+6 bonus attack
Elite Obuch (Poles only)
+5 bonus attack
War Wagon -
Elite War Wagon (Koreans only)
+4 bonus attack
Two-Handed Swordsman -
Champion
Teutonic Knight -
Elite Teutonic Knight (Teutons only)
Elite Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
Dismounted Konnik -
Elite Dismounted Konnik (Bulgarians only)
Obuch (Poles only)
+3 bonus attack
Long Swordsman
Elite Woad Raider (Celts only)
Elite Huskarl (Goths only)
Elite Samurai (Japanese only)
Elite Berserk (Vikings only)
Elite Serjeant (Sicilians only)
Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
+2 bonus attack
Man-at-Arms
Condottiero (Italians and allies only)
Woad Raider (Celts only)
Elite Throwing Axeman (Franks only)
Huskarl (Goths only)
Samurai (Japanese only)
Berserk (Vikings only)
Jaguar Warrior -
Elite Jaguar Warrior (Aztecs only)
Serjeant (Sicilians only)
Elite Urumi Swordsman (Dravidians only)
Elite Chakram Thrower (Gurjaras only)
Ghulam -
Elite Ghulam (Hindustanis only)
+1 bonus attack
Spearman -
Pikeman -
Halberdier
Throwing Axeman (Franks only)
Elite Shotel Warrior (Ethiopians only)
Elite Karambit Warrior (Malay only)
Urumi Swordsman (Dravidians only)
Chakram Thrower (Gurjaras only)
Technologies[]
The following technology gives the following units an attack bonus against the standard building armor class:
Arson
- +2 bonus attack
Militia -
Man-at-Arms -
Long Swordsman -
Two-Handed Swordsman -
Champion
Spearman -
Pikeman -
Halberdier
Eagle Scout -
Eagle Warrior -
Elite Eagle Warrior
Woad Raider -
Elite Woad Raider (Celts only)
Throwing Axeman -
Elite Throwing Axeman (Franks only)
Samurai -
Elite Samurai (Japanese only)
Teutonic Knight -
Elite Teutonic Knight (Teutons only)
Berserk -
Elite Berserk (Vikings only)
Jaguar Warrior -
Elite Jaguar Warrior (Aztecs only)
Kamayuk -
Elite Kamayuk (Incas only)
Condottiero (Italians and their allies only)
Shotel Warrior -
- Elite Shotel Warrior (Ethiopians only)
Gbeto -
Elite Gbeto (Malians only)
Karambit Warrior -
Elite Karambit Warrior (Malay only)
Dismounted Konnik -
Elite Dismounted Konnik (Bulgarians only)
Flemish Militia (Burgundians only)
Serjeant -
Elite Serjeant (Sicilians only)
Obuch -
Elite Obuch (Poles only)
Urumi Swordsman -
Elite Urumi Swordsman (Dravidians only)
Chakram Thrower -
Elite Chakram Thrower(Gurjaras only)
Ghulam -
Elite Ghulam (Hindustanis only)
- +2 bonus attack