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Armor class: Gunpowder unit
The Gunpowder unit armor class determines which class-based bonus attacks apply to a unit. It is separate from melee and pierce armor; units carrying several classes can receive multiple applicable bonuses.
Overview
The Gunpowder unit armor class determines which class-based bonus attacks apply to a unit. It is separate from melee and pierce armor; units carrying several classes can receive multiple applicable bonuses.
How to read this class
An armor class is a hidden combat category used to determine bonus damage. It is separate from a unit’s melee and pierce armor: the target’s class identifies which bonus attacks can apply, and multiple class bonuses can add together. Use the member list and counter list below to identify both who carries this class and which units can exploit it.
How to use this reference
The Gunpowder unit armor class determines which class-based bonus attacks apply to a unit. It is separate from melee and pierce armor; units carrying several classes can receive multiple applicable bonuses. Armor class is separate from ordinary armor: it determines which class-based bonus attacks apply when units meet in combat.
- Also known as
- Gunpowder unit armor class
- Focus
- Armor-class reference
- Signature / category
- Bonus-damage class
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Combat mechanics
- Classification
- Armor classes
Armor classes determine bonus damage independently of melee and pierce armor.
Units with this armor class (21)
Hand Cannoneer · Bombard Cannon · Houfnice · Rocket Cart · Heavy Rocket Cart · Fire Lancer · Elite Fire Lancer · Janissary · Elite Janissary · Conquistador · Elite Conquistador · Organ Gun · Elite Organ Gun · Cannon Galleon · Elite Cannon Galleon · Turtle Ship · Elite Turtle Ship · Hussite Wagon · Elite Hussite Wagon · Grenadier · Bombard Tower