Template:AoEUnits The Ballista Tower is the upgrade of Guard Tower, that is researched from the Granary once Ballistics is upgraded. Unlike its preceding towers, the Ballista Tower fires missiles similar to that of the Ballista, Helepolis and Trireme. This means that it has a considerably lower rate of fire, but has a much higher amount of Attack Points (20 compared to the Guard Tower's 6). The upgrade also allows the tower to deal more damage to enemy buildings (4 HP as opposed to the regular 1/10th HP from the previous upgrades).
The Ballista Tower upgrade is very expensive and takes a while to research, but pays off as it increases the DPS of all the player's towers substantially. However, the tower can still be easily destroyed by siege weapons such as the Catapult or the Helepolis which out-range it and can attack without retaliation.
To build, they cost 150 stone, like all their predecessors.
Civilizations
The Ballista Tower is a common building, and these civilizations can build them:
- Egyptians
- Greeks
- Babylonians
- Assyrians
- Hittites
- Phoenicians
- Sumerians
- Choson
- Macedonians
- Carthaginians
- Palmyrans
- Macedonians
Civilization Bonuses are:
- Babylonian Ballista Towers have double hitpoints.
- Choson Ballista Towers have +2 range.