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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires IV. For other uses, see Organ Gun. |
| “ | Five-barreled gunpowder weapon effective against massed units. Deals little damage to buildings. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Ribauldequin is a gunpowder siege engine in Age of Empires IV specialized in defeating melee units. It is available at the Siege Workshop and various landmarks to the English, French, Jeanne d'Arc, and Ottomans. The Japanese have access to the Ribauldequin through the Tanegashima Gunsmith landmark.
The Ribauldequin scatters 12 projectiles in quick succession across a 2.5 tile x 1 tile rectangular area. Each projectile additionally has a small, 0.375 tile area-of-effect. Dealing ranged damage instead of siege damage, it is ineffective against buildings, which have enough ranged armor to almost completely nullify their attack.
Tactics[]
In a similar way that the Mangonel is intended to counter masses of ranged units, the Ribauldequin is specialized in defeating masses of melee units. At over 500 damage per volley, not including Area of Effect damage, a Ribauldequin deals by far the most base DPS (against units) out of any unit. Combined with the ability to deal this damage over a reasonably large area in multiple shots, even one or two of these will mow down entire groups of units within range. Any melee units that do make it through are further blunted by its 10 melee armor, respectable amount of hit points, and lack of minimum range. Melee cavalry will do better than infantry due to their ability to close in faster and their higher hit points, but the matchup is still not favorable, unlike with all other siege weapons.
The Ribauldequin's weakness that prevents it from being an all-encompassing threat is its extremely short range and low ranged resistance. It is outranged by every other ranged unit in the game except an un-upgraded Mangudai. As such, most ranged infantry and ranged cavalry are good counters. Additionally, high-damage long-ranged siege engines such as Culverins, and Bombards can also easily destroy them from afar without any risk of the Ribauldequin being able to attack back. Therefore, like Mangonels, it is good to pair Ribauldequins with units that can deal with both enemy siege and ranged units, such as melee cavalry.
Further statistics[]
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 Hit points
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 Siege Works (+20%)
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 Attack speed
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 Siege Crews (+25% while garrisoned,  Ottomans)
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 Movement speed
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 Greased Axles (+15%)
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| Creation speed |  Military Academy (+33%)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
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| Attack |  Buddhist Conversion (+20% for 20 seconds,  Japanese)
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| Armor |  Mehter Melee Armor Drums (+2 melee/fire, Ottomans) Mehter Ranged Armor Drums (+1 ranged, Ottomans)
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| Attack speed
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 Network of Castles (+20%, or +30% with Network of Citadels,  English) Valorous Inspiration (+35% for 20 seconds,  Jeanne d'Arc) Mehter Attack Drums (+15%, Ottomans)
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| Line of Sight |  Set up Camp (+30%, English)
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| Movement speed
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 Nehan Conversion (+25% for 20 seconds, Japanese) Mehter Speed Bonus (+15% when in formation with Mehter, requires Mehter Drums, Ottomans)
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| Resource cost |  Consecrate (-25%, requires Ordinance Company, Jeanne d'Arc)
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| Creation speed |  Blacksmith/University Influence (40%, or +100% with Istanbul Observatory, Ottomans)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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| Attack |  French and Jeanne d'Arc (+30% from  College of Artillery)
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| Creation speed | English (+75% from  The White Tower) French and Jeanne d'Arc (+50% from College of Artillery)
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| Other | English (Available at Keeps)
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Dialogue lines[]
Ribauldequins use the standard ranged siege engine dialogue lines
- Main article: Siege engine#Dialogue lines
Changelog[]
- Originally, Ribauldequins had 2 ranged armor and 0 fire armor. With update 8324, they had 0 ranged armor and 10 fire armor. With Season Two Update 17718, they have 0 fire armor again.
- Originally, Ribauldequins had 480 hit points and 0 melee armor. With Season Two Update 17718, they had 350 hit points and 10 melee armor. With update 12.0.1974, they had 225 hit points and 15 melee armor. With patch 12.0.2246, they have 215 hit points and 10 melee armor.
- Originally, Ribauldequins cost 400 wood, 600 gold. With update 6.0.878, they cost 300 wood, 600 gold.
- With patch 8.2.218, Ribauldequin cost reduced from 300 wood, 600 gold to 350 wood, 500 gold. Removed aim time from Ribauldequins and added to reload time. This makes the unit more responsive while keeping firing speed the same.
- With patch 11.1.1201, the Ribauldequin no longer needs to pack and unpack.
- With update 12.0.1974, Ribauldequins gain 35% ranged resistance.
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