Ram

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. For similar units in other games of the series, see Ram (disambiguation).

Ram
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Siege unit
Civilization	Haudenosaunee
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Siege Workshop
Food	80
Wood	120
Training time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resists	50% vs. Ranged
Speed	3.50
Line of Sight	15
Population	2
XP train bounty	20
XP bounty	20
Siege attack
Damage	75
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Siege warrior. Good against buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Ram is a melee siege infantry in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Haudenosaunee and can be trained at the Siege Workshop.

Overview

The Ram is an infantry unit that is usually used to counter enemy buildings. It is slow compared to other artillery, but effective against buildings. It is not considered true artillery, and is therefore not vulnerable to Culverins, however it can be easily killed by any unit with multipliers against infantry (such as most artillery, Lancers, and Jat Lancers). It has a high siege attack which makes it turn enemy bases to dust in mere minutes. Four or five can do considerable damage to an enemy base.

But despite of this high siege damage the Ram has no melee or ranged attack, making it very vulnerable against enemy attacks. Without any support the Ram cannot stand long in a protected enemy base. If the player is actually trying to wreck the enemy's hometown without any support units, do it in discreet. One could sneak 20 of these, 5 at a time through the edges of the map without being seen. Then, draw the attention of the enemy with Forest Prowlers and use the Rams to destroy enemy's important buildings such as military buildings, factories, and even town centers. Then simply put the Forest Prowlers back to stealth mode and watch how the Rams demolish buildings.

The Ram is capable of targeting ships along the coast and are devastating against Galleons (as they often are training units along the shoreline). They are the only land hard counter to ships until Light Cannons are available in the Industrial Age.

Rams, much like Mantlets, are upgraded by both Infantry Combat cards and Siege unit upgrade cards.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Champion Rams	400 wood, 200 coin	Upgrades Rams to Champion (+25% hit points and attack)
	Legendary Rams	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Rams to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack); requires Champion Rams

Further statistics

As Rams are unique to the Haudenosaunee, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Buildings
Weak vs.	Units, especially cavalry and artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%)
Speed	Siege Drill (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Rams are unique to the Haudenosaunee, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Ram

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level Infantry Attack Infantry get +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry get +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Haudenosaunee Siege Party Ships 4 Mantlets and 6 Rams 25 Siege Hitpoints Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% hit points 10 Siege Damage Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% attack 10 Siege Combat Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons get +15% hit points and attack 25 4 Rams Ships 4 Rams 1 Siege Discipline Rams, Mantlets, and Light Cannons use -1 population 40 Mohawk Support Ships 5 Mantlets and 6 Rams; costs 1,000 coin 10 Engineering School Ram, Mantlet, and Light Cannon train time -30% 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Trivia

• Along with the Flail Elephant, the Ram is the only melee siege weapon in Age of Empires III and they are also the only two units with a siege RoF of 1.5.

History

“

The most direct way to attack a stone wall or other stone fortification was to knock it down with a battering ram. A typical ram was a stout log mounted on wheels or suspended from a frame so it could swing forward and backward. The frame was brought up to the wall or gate to be battered; men heaving in unison then repeatedly slammed the ram into the target. Given enough time, any obstruction could be knocked down, opening a breach for assault.

”

Gallery

An in-game (Elite) Ram

An in-game Champion/Legendary Ram