Battering Ram (Chronicles)

This article is about the unit in Chronicles. For similar units in other games of the series, see Ram.

Battering Ram
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles
Type	Siege weapon
Civilization	All except Puru
Age	Classical Age
Training
Trained at	Siege Workshop
Wood	160
Gold	75
Training time	36 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	175 (Battering) 200 (Capped) 270 (Siege)
Melee attack	2 (Battering) 3 (Capped) 4 (Siege)
Attack bonus	vs All Buildings: +150 (Battering) +160 (Capped) +200 (Siege) vs Siege Weapons: +40 (Battering) +50 (Capped) +65 (Siege)
Blast radius	0 (Battering) 1.5 (Capped) 2 (Siege) [100% effect against buildings and siege units]
Reload time	5
Melee armor	-3 (Battering) -2 (Capped) -1 (Siege)
Pierce armor	180 (Battering) 190 (Capped) 195 (Siege)
Armor class	Siege Weapons Rams
Speed	0.6 (+0.05 for every garrisoned infantry)
Garrison	6
Garrison type	Infantry, foot archers, and Villagers
Line of Sight	3
Ability	Garrisoned infantry increase its attack and speed Cannot be converted by enemy Priestesses from distance
Upgrades to
Upgrades to	: Capped Ram → Siege Ram
Upgrade cost	300 food 1,000 food
Upgrade time	50 seconds 70 seconds

“	Anti-building siege weapon. Resistant to most ranged attacks.	”
—Chronicles description

The Battering Ram is a Classical Age siege weapon in Chronicles, available at the Siege Workshop. It can be upgraded to the Capped Ram and then to the Siege Ram in the Imperial Age.

It is available to all civilizations, except the Puru, which get the Armored Elephant instead. All civilizations, which have access to the Battering Ram can upgrade them to Capped Rams.

Tactics

Rams are very useful in tearing down enemy walls and clear makeshift obstructions. Also, rams perform very well against stationary Palintonons. A ram can garrison up to six foot units (infantry, foot archers, or Villagers). Only infantry units improve the speed and attack against buildings. Capped Rams and Siege Rams also deal splash damage to adjacent structures and units.

Further statistics

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Buildings, archers, Palintonons
Weak vs.	Melee units, Mangonels, Villagers
Conditional matchups	Scorpions

Technologies
Attack	Siege Engineers (+20% vs. All Buildings)
Conversion resistance	Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
Line of Sight	Siege Engineers (+1)

Civilization bonuses
Attack	Macedonians (+30% vs. All Buildings)
Armor	Macedonians (0/+1)
Damage resistance	Macedonians (-8% (+15% instead of +25%) when on lower elevation)

Aura and ability enhancements
Regeneration	Military Town Center (+20 HP/min, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+30 HP/min, requires Ends of the World, Macedonians only)
Attack	Garrisoned infantry (+10 per unit against buildings; unaffected by Siege Engineers) Strategos (+1, Athenians only)
Attack speed	Defensive Town Center (+17.65%, Achaemenids only) Polemarch (+17.65%, Spartans only)
Movement speed	Garrisoned infantry (+0.05 per unit) Military Town Center (+15%, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+20%, Macedonians and allies only) Polemarch (+15%, requires Morai, Spartans only)

Team bonuses
Conversion resistance	Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
Creation speed	Celts (+20%)
Upgrading	Celts (+20% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)

Changelog

Battle for Greece

• Originally, all three tiers of the ram had -3 melee armor. With update 153015, the melee armor for the three tiers is -3/-2/-1, respectively.
• All rams looked the same as their Age of Empires II counterparts.

Alexander the Great

• With update 158041, all rams received new icons and models.

Gallery

Updated views of the Battering Ram

Updated views of the Capped Ram

Updated views of the Siege Ram

Original views of the Battering Ram

Original views of the Capped Ram

Original views of the Siege Ram