GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Siege Onager screened firing plan
Siege Onager: Siege Onagers can devastate archers, slow armies, and opposing siege, but they cannot protect themselves from most melee units. Their power depends on firing from a safe line rather than approaching alone.
Overview
Siege Onager: Siege Onagers can devastate archers, slow armies, and opposing siege, but they cannot protect themselves from most melee units. Their power depends on firing from a safe line rather than approaching alone.
Plan and execution
Advance behind Halberdiers or another screen and keep the Onagers far enough back to avoid a cavalry dive. Aim at compact ranged formations, or use a predicted ground target when the enemy is moving through a choke. Keep watching each shot so the blast does not hit allied troops.
Risks and adaptation
Fast melee units can close quickly and friendly fire can destroy your own formation. Use vision, escort units, and a retreat route; do not move Siege Onagers into a fight before the screen is ready.
- Focus
- Imperial Age area siege
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies