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This article is about the stone defense armor class. For general information about defensive buildings, see Defensive structure. |

A Tower, a stone defense armor class building.
The stone defense 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 buildings with this armor class.
Stone defense buildings[]
The following buildings have the stone defense armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class.
Stone Wall →
Fortified Wall
Gate →
Fortified Gate
Watch Tower →
Guard Tower →
Keep
Bombard Tower
Donjon (Sicilians only)
Harbor (Malay only)
Fortified Church (Armenians and Georgians only)
Anti-stone defense units[]
The following units have an attack bonus against the stone defense armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.
+50 bonus attack
+40 bonus attack
+30 bonus attack
(Elite) War Elephant (Persians only)
+12 bonus attack
Tarkan -
Elite Tarkan (Huns only)
+11 bonus attack
Castle (additional arrows only)
+10 bonus attack
Krepost (Bulgarians only, additional arrows only)
+7 bonus attack
+6 bonus attack
+5 bonus attack
Watch Tower -
Guard Tower -
Keep (additional arrows only)
Donjon (Sicilians only, additional arrows only)
+4 bonus attack
+3 bonus attack
Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
Technologies[]
The following technologies give the following units an attack bonus against the stone defense armor class:
Civilization bonuses[]
- The following Burgundian units get an attack bonus against the stone defense armor class:
- +10 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 |