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Armor class: Ship
The Ship 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 Ship 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 Ship 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
- Ship 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 (25)
Fishing Ship · Transport Ship · Trade Cog · Galley · War Galley · Galleon · Fire Galley · Fire Ship · Fast Fire Ship · Dragon Ship · Demolition Raft · Demolition Ship · Heavy Demolition Ship · Cannon Galleon · Elite Cannon Galleon · Catapult Galleon · Dromon · Lou Chuan · Longship · Elite Longship · Turtle Ship · Elite Turtle Ship · Caravel · Elite Caravel · Thirisadai
Units with bonus attacks
+50 bonus attack
+40 bonus attack
+17 bonus attack
+16 bonus attack
+12 bonus attack
+11 bonus attack
+10 bonus attack
+9 bonus attack
+8 bonus attack
Keep · Ballista Elephant · Elite Ballista Elephant
+7 bonus attack
+6 bonus attack
+5 bonus attack
Watch Tower · Camel Rider · Elite Genoese Crossbowman · Town Center · Lou Chuan
+4 bonus attack
Genoese Crossbowman · Fire Lancer · Elite Fire Archer · Temple Guard · Dock · Imperial Age · Harbor
+3 bonus attack
Fire Archer · Dock · Castle Age · Harbor