The War Barge is the Egyptian siege ship in Age of Mythology, and is available at the Dock in the Heroic Age.
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General technologies[]
Naval Oxybeles: Upgrades to Royal War Barge; +10% hit points, +12 range and Line of Sight, and +100% attack vs. buildings.- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, and Iron Armor: -10% hack and crush vulnerabilities.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability.
- Conscript Sailors: -20% training time.
- Heroic Fleet*: +150% attack vs myth units.
Myth technologies[]
- Stones of Red Linen (Sekhmet): +20% attack.
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Strategy[]
War Barges are siege ships, so they are strong against archer ships and buildings but weak against hammer ships. Defensive buildings such as towers can outrange them so they are vulnerable to counterattack in the Heroic Age. However, when upgraded in the Mythic Age, they outrange defensive buildings instead, enabling them to scour the coast for shore defenses. This will allow transports to land safely to enemy territory. Since they deal crush damage, War Barges do some harm to myth units. Out of all the siege ships in the game, War Barges deal the most damage but are also the slowest moving.
History[]
| “ | As warships became longer, navies began to mount larger weapons on them, such as catapults and ballistae. Dionysius of Syracuse constructed extra-large triremes capable of supporting artillery, and Alexander mounted siege towers on a pair of ship hulls during his unsuccessful siege of Tyre. Later Roman imperial galleys could bristle with all sorts of towers and artillery. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
War Barge in-game
