Beginner Guide to Siege Units in AoE2

A basic tutorial of how to use each of the siege workshop units and the trebuchet in Age of Empires 2.

BATTERING RAM
1:00 Stats and hidden bonuses
1:57 Rams vs bombard towers
2:14 Rams vs bombard cannons and trebuchets
2:35 Rams as a counter to archers
3:00 Attack bonus vs other siege units
3:20 Benefits of garrisoned units
3:50 Capped Ram and Siege Ram upgrades

MANGONEL / ONAGER
4:31 Examples of how to use
5:15 Mangonel stats
6:00 Comparison of mangonel and ram vs town centers
6:30 Onager upgrade
7:15 Siege Onager upgrade

SCORPION
7:55 How their damage works
8:20 Importance of large numbers
9:15 Minimum range and stand ground
9:25 Heavy Scorpion upgrade

BOMBARD CANNON & TREBUCHET
10:25 Comparison between the two
11:32 Disadvantages of both

SIEGE TOWER
12:45 How they work
13:25 Comparison to petards
13:35 Comparison to rams

14:20 Wrap up


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