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Armor class: Ram
The Ram 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 Ram 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 Ram 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
- Ram 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 (7)
Battering Ram · Capped Ram · Siege Ram · Siege Tower · Armored Elephant · Siege Elephant · Traction Trebuchet
Units with bonus attacks
+6 bonus attack
Elite Conquistador
+4 bonus attack
Conquistador · Longship · Elite Longship · Caravel · Elite Caravel · Thirisadai
+3 bonus attack
Galley · War Galley · Galleon · Slinger · Hussite Wagon · Elite Hussite Wagon · Elite Janissary · Grenadier
+2 bonus attack
Hand Cannoneer · Heavy Scorpion · Fire Lancer · Elite Fire Lancer · Arambai · Elite Arambai · Janissary · Elite Magyar Huszar · Bolas Rider · Elite Bolas Rider
+1 bonus attack
Scorpion · Magyar Huszar · Organ Gun · Elite Organ Gun