Siege Tower (Chronicles)

This article is about the unit in Chronicles. For other uses, see Siege Tower.

Siege Tower
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles
Type	Siege unit
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Classical Age
Training
Trained at	Siege Workshop
Wood	200
Gold	160
Training time	36 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	220
Melee armor	-2
Pierce armor	100
Armor class	Siege weapon Ram
Speed	0.8 + 0.05 per garrisoned infantry
Garrison	10
Garrison type	Infantry, foot archers, and Villagers
Line of Sight	8
Ability	Unload units over walls Garrisoned infantry increases speed
Notes
Cannot attack

“	Quick land transport used to unload units over enemy walls. Resistant to archer attack. Cannot be used by mounted units.	”
—Chronicles description

The Siege Tower is a Classical Age siege unit in Chronicles, available at the Siege Workshop. It cannot attack units or buildings. Its purpose is to unload foot soldiers beyond enemy walls, enabling troops to quickly penetrate an enemy settlement.

Ability

Main article: Siege Tower (Age of Empires II)#Ability

Further statistics

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Archers, walls
Weak vs.	Melee units, Mangonels

Technologies
Conversion resistance	Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
Line of Sight	Siege Engineers (+1)

Aura enhancements
Regeneration	Polemarch (+20 HP/min, requires Ephorate, Spartans only)
Armor	Spearman (0/+1, requires Sparabaras, Achaemenids only)
Movement speed	Polemarch (+15%, requires Morai, Spartans only)
Creation speed	Military Town Center (+50%, Achaemenids only)

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