Ballista | |
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Age | Iron Age |
Trained at | Siege Workshop |
Type | Siege Unit |
Cost | 100 Wood, 80 Gold |
HP | 55 |
Attack | 40 |
Range | 9 |
Armor | 0 |
Pierce Armor | 0 |
Speed | Slow |
The Ballista has a strong attack and fires twice as fast as Stone Throwers and their upgrades, but is very fragile and should be supplemented with non-siege weapons when sent into battle. The Ballista, like other siege weapons, can be built at the siege workshop. This ranged weapon can be upgraded into the Helepolis during the Iron Age.
The Ballista, while less powerful than the Stone Thrower, is more effective against units, having a faster moving shot and a faster firing rate as well, which make them a good counter to Infantry and Priests.
Upgrades[]
- Iron Age
- Alchemy increases attack by one point.
- Ballistics increases the accuracy.
- Engineering increases the range by 2 points.
Civilization Bonuses[]
- If played as the Hittites in a scenario or a campaign, the hit points increases from 55 to 110 hit points.
- If played as the Macedonians, the cost is reduced by 50% and they are 4x harder to convert.
Trivia[]
- Due to the fast fire rate at a long range, the unit may still fire a bolt or two within a fraction of a second even after the enemy unit is eliminated.
- Typing ICBM allows the player to upgrade the ballista's range by 90 points, bumping the total up to 100 range points.
- Although the firing range will be improved, the line of sight still remains the same. As such, it cannot attack enemy units unless the area is explored. Even if the area is fully explored, the ballista cannot attack moving targets unless the line of sight between itself and the target is revealed. However, it may attack already discovered enemy buildings through the fog of war without the need of additional line of sight.
- Typing this code before finishing researching Engineering will grant the player an additional 2 range points. This will affect both the firing range and the line of sight.
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Siege Weapons - Công thành | Stone Thrower · Catapult · Heavy Catapult · Ballista · Helepolis |
Navy - Hải quân | Scout Ship · War Galley · Trireme · Catapult Trireme · Juggernaut |
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