Changes: Siege infantry

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Destroyers in AoM — Atlantean Destroyers, an Atlantean infantry unit with high pierce armor, trained to fell structures

Siege infantry is a sub-group of siege units that are non-mechanical soldiers designated for siege warfare.

Overview

Siege infantry are a merger of the infantry (or archer) and siege weapon classes as they deal normal damage, and have natural attack bonus against buildings. Siege infantry in Age of Mythology deal both hack and crush damage.

Ambiguous units

Petards are not considered siege infantry due to their ambiguous nature, and lacking many qualities of infantry. It is possible to consider the Slinger in Age of Empires to be the first siege infantry unit in the series, because of his attack bonus against fortifications and because of the upgrades that affect (and do not affect) the unit.

Age of Mythology

Siege infantry was properly introduced in Age of Mythology: The Titans.

Age of Empires III

Siege infantry also appears in Age of Empires III , although Siege Infantry is not a separate unit type; rather, it has the same Siege Unit and Siege Trooper tags as the other Siege units .

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+[[File:Destroyers_in_AoM.jpg|thumb|202px|Atlantean [[Destroyer]]s, an Atlantean infantry unit with high pierce armor, trained to fell structures]]
+'''Siege infantry''' is a sub-group of [[siege unit]]s that are non-mechanical soldiers designated for siege warfare.
+== Overview ==
-'''Siege Infantry '''are a sub-group of Siege units that are non-mechanical soldiers designated for Siege warfare. Siege Infantry are a merger of the Infantry and Siege Weapon classes as they deal normal damage, and have natural bonus vs buildings. Siege Infantry in [[Age of Mythology]] deal both Hack and Crush damage. [[Petard]]s are not considered Siege Infantry due to their ambigious nature, and lacking many qualities of Infantry.
+Siege infantry are a merger of the [[infantry]] (or archer) and siege weapon classes as they deal normal damage, and have natural attack bonus against [[building]]s. Siege infantry in ''[[Age of Mythology]]'' deal both hack and crush damage.
-==Age of Mythology==
+=== Ambiguous units ===
+[[Petard]]s are not considered siege infantry due to their ambiguous nature, and lacking many qualities of infantry. It is possible to consider the [[Slinger (Age of Empires)|Slinger]] in ''[[Age of Empires]]'' to be the first siege infantry unit in the [[Age of Empires (series)|series]], because of his attack bonus against fortifications and because of the upgrades that affect (and do not affect) the unit.
+== ''Age of Mythology'' ==
 Siege infantry was properly introduced in ''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''.
-*[[Destroyer]]
+* [[File:Destroyer icon.png|22px]] [[Destroyer]]
-*[[Fire Lance]]
+* [[File:Fire Lance Icon.png|22px]] [[Fire Lance]]
-==Age of Empires III==
-Siege Infantry was expanded upon, in Age of Empires III.
+== ''Age of Empires III'' ==
+Siege infantry also appears in ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' , although Siege Infantry is not a separate unit type; rather, it has the same Siege Unit and Siege Trooper tags as the other [[Siege unit]]s .
-*[[Grenadier]]
-*[[Arsonist]]
+* [[File:Arsonist.png|22px]] [[Arsonist]]
-*[[Abus Gun]]
+* [[File:AoE3_Flamethrower.png|22px]] [[Flamethrower (Age of Empires III)|Flamethrower]]
-*[[Miner]]
+* [[File:Flaming_Hot_Dog_Cart_Portrait.png|22px]] [[Flaming Hot Dog Cart]]
+* [[File:Arrow_knight.png|22px]] [[Arrow Knight]]
+* [[File:Puma_spearman.png|22px]] [[Puma Spearman]]
+* [[File:Shinobi.png|64px|22px]] [[Shinobi]]
+* [[File:Grenadier Icon.jpg|22px]] [[Grenadier]]
+* [[File:Mantlet Icon.jpg|22px]] [[Mantlet]]
+* [[File:Mantlet Icon.jpg|22px]] [[Iroquois Mantlet]]
+* [[File:Huron Icon.png|22px]] [[Huron Mantlet]]
+* [[File:Ram icon.png|22px]] [[Ram]]
+* [[File:Petard Icon.jpg|22px]] [[Petard (Age of Empires III)|Petard]]
+* [[File:Petard Icon.jpg|22px]] [[Petard (Age of Empires III)|Nitroglycerine Petard]]
+* [[File:Maya_Holcan_Spearman.png|22px]] [[Maya Holcan Spearman]]
+* [[File:Miner_icon.png|22px]] [[Railroad Worker]]
+* [[File:Hoop Thrower.png|22px]] [[Hoop Thrower]]
+=== See also ===
+* [[Siege unit]]
+* [[Infantry]]
+[[Category:Age of Empires III]]
+[[Category:Age of Mythology]]
+[[Category:Siege infantry]]
+[[Category:Lists]]