Heavy Demolition Ship

Overview

A stronger explosive vessel that can devastate tightly grouped fleets.

Availability and investment

Heavy Demolition Ship becomes available in Imperial Age. Its listed production context is General roster. The listed cost is 45 Wood, 80 Gold and the training time is 31 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Hit points: 70
• Melee armor: 2
• Pierce armor: 0
• Line of sight: 6
• Movement speed: 1.52

Field use

Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Ship
• Heavy Demolition Ship deals +280 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class

Related unit plan: Heavy Demolition Ship fleet-cluster detonation

Heavy Demolition Ship: Heavy Demolition Ships deliver a large blast against ships and loaded transports, making them a powerful way to punish a fleet that has gathered around one route. Their explosion turns the final approach into the key decision Hide the ship behind friendly warships or approach from a side where the enemy has committed to a target. Aim for the densest cluster of ships or a loaded transport, and use the rest of the fleet to prevent the opponent from scattering before impact The attack is spent when the ship detonates, and a visible approach gives the enemy time to split up. Avoid launching it at a dispersed fleet or near valuable friendly ships