Sitting Tiger

Template:Infobox unitsThe Sitting Tiger is a Chinese siege weapon in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon.

Attack bonuses

Buildings ×4
Ships ×2.5

God Bonuses and Upgrades

General

Shennong allows Sitting Tigers to deal area of effect damage and have +10 Base Pierce attack.

Draft Horses increases speed by 20%.
Engineers increases attack by 25% and attack against walls by 35%.
Celestial Palace (Xi Wangmu) reduces training time by 20%.
Golden Peaches (Xi Wangmu) increases HP by 20%.

Changelog

Tale of The Dragon

Initially, Shennong's Sitting Tigers have 300% bonus damage vs buildings. With patch 2.7, this is increased to 320% bonus damage.
Originally, Onagers and Sitting Tigers did not get increased range from Engineers. This was fixed in patch 2.7.

History

Hudun Pao, "crouching tiger" or "sitting tiger," is an ancient Chinese siege machine which launched a projectile from a sling at the end of its arm, which was mounted on a rigid triangular frame.

The Sitting Tiger is an early version of the traction trebuchet, which means that it was powered by the pulling force of men on ropes attached to the short end of the arm. The engine was smaller and had shorter range than its larger counterweight-driven counterparts, but this made it far more portable.

Trivia

Although its depiction in-game resembles a catapult, the Sitting Tiger is based on a Trebuchet which was used during the Siege of Xiangyang of AD 1273.

Gallery

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