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Armor class: Siege weapon
The Siege weapon 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 Siege weapon 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 Siege weapon 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
- Siege weapon 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)
Battering Ram · Capped Ram · Siege Ram · Armored Elephant · Siege Elephant · Mangonel · Onager · Siege Onager · Rocket Cart · Heavy Rocket Cart · Scorpion · Heavy Scorpion · Bombard Cannon · Houfnice · Siege Tower · Trebuchet · Traction Trebuchet · Organ Gun · Elite Organ Gun · Ballista Elephant · Elite Ballista Elephant · Hussite Wagon · Elite Hussite Wagon · Mounted Trebuchet · War Chariot
Units with bonus attacks
+65 bonus attack
+60 bonus attack
+50 bonus attack
+40 bonus attack
+35 bonus attack
+30 bonus attack
+25 bonus attack
Armored Elephant · Flaming Camel · Cannon Galleon · Elite Cannon Galleon
+20 bonus attack
+12 bonus attack
+10 bonus attack
+8 bonus attack
Elite Magyar Huszar
+5 bonus attack
Elite Eagle Warrior · Elite Mangudai · Magyar Huszar
+3 bonus attack
Eagle Scout · Eagle Warrior · Mangudai · Slinger · Champi Warrior · Elite Champi Warrior
+2 bonus attack
Dromon · Rocket Cart · Heavy Rocket Cart · Champi Scout · Champi Runner
+1 bonus attack
Fire Archer · Elite Fire Archer