Warwolf is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten that is unique to the Britons and can be researched at the Castle once the Imperial Age is reached. Once researched, it causes Trebuchets to deal Area of Effect damage in a 0.5 tile radius. Additionally, it gives Trebuchets 100% accuracy against stationary units.
Since Trebuchets are ranged and gain blast attack, they also cause friendly fire after researching this technology.
Since Trebuchets do not have a natural blast radius, it may be unintuitive how its blast attack works. It works like most projectile siege units, full damage at the center, and tapering off linearly by distance.
Strategy[]
Warwolf is a huge boon to the heavily range-based Britons. When researched, Trebuchets can become an effective substitute for Mangonels and work very well as an offensive and defensive tool. Trebuchets normally have high damage but poor accuracy, which makes them poor at attacking units outside of Mangonels and other Trebuchets. With Warwolf, Trebuchets can deal their high damage with 100% accuracy and offset their slow firing rate with an Area of Effect. They can help deal with armies that their archers might have trouble with, notably enemy Mangonels and Bombard Cannons.
That said, Warwolf has a couple of drawbacks. Firstly, the player's own units (as well as allied units) can be damaged by Warwolf Trebuchets, so the player must be careful of friendly fire. Secondly, if several Trebuchets are ordered to focus-fire on a single unit, this will generally result in a lot of overkill due to their perfect accuracy and high attack; normal Trebuchets rely a bit on their inaccuracy to spread their shots out, allowing a group of them to potentially hit multiple enemies around their target. Trebuchets also still retain a slow firing rate, and cannot be moved around as effectively as other units.
Team bonuses[]
Portuguese: Researching Warwolf is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
Definitive Edition[]
History[]
Scale model of the Warwolf in front of Caerlaverock Castle
Warwolf is a massive English Trebuchet used by King Edward I during the Scottish Wars of Independence. It is considered the largest, most powerful, and most famous of all medieval trebuchets.
In popular culture, the Warwolf appeared in the historical drama Outlaw King (2018), starring Stephen Dillane and Chris Pine, in a scene recreating the Siege of Stirling, which is the job the giant trebuchet was engineered for; the scene can be found on YouTube.[1]
