Heavy Rocket Cart

Overview

An upgraded Rocket Cart with stronger attacks for late-game ranged siege support.

Availability and investment

Heavy Rocket Cart becomes available in Imperial Age. Its listed production context is Chinese. The listed cost is 135 Wood, 155 Gold and the training time is 40 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: 65
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 8
• Range: 8
• Line of sight: 10
• Reload time: 5.35 seconds
• Movement speed: 0.6

Field use

Protect the siege engine while it closes on its target. Its value comes from creating pressure against structures or clustered forces, so give it an escort and a clear objective instead of sending it forward alone.

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: Gunpowder unit
• Armor class: Siege weapon
• Heavy Rocket Cart deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Siege weapon class
• Heavy Rocket Cart deals +12 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class
• Heavy Rocket Cart deals +7 bonus damage to units in the Wall and gate class
• Heavy Rocket Cart deals +7 bonus damage to units in the Castle class
• Heavy Rocket Cart deals +5 bonus damage to units in the Heavy siege class

Related unit plan: Heavy Rocket Cart armored-volley line

Heavy Rocket Cart: Heavy Rocket Carts can punish grouped units and buildings at range, with projectiles that bypass armor. Their repeated volleys are strongest against dense formations that cannot spread before the shots arrive Protect the Carts behind a frontline and focus one compact enemy group or structure at a time. Use vision to choose a lane and keep the firing line together; reposition when fast melee units begin to approach Many weaker projectiles perform poorly against high pierce armor, and the Carts are vulnerable to a cavalry dive. Do not advance them without a screen or continue firing after the opponent has dispersed