The Ballista is a ranged siege weapon featured in Age of Empires and in Age of Mythology.

Contents 1 Age of Empires 1.1 Upgrades 1.2 Civilization Bonuses 2 Age of Mythology 2.1 History 3 See also

Age of EmpiresEdit

Ballista
Age	Iron Age
Trained at	Siege Workshop
Type	Siege Unit
Cost	100 Wood, 80 Gold
HP	55
Attack	40
Range	9
Armor	0
Pierce Armor	0
Speed	Slow

The Ballista has a strong attack and fires 2X faster than an ordinary catapult, but is very fragile and should be handled with care whenever it is sent to military combat. The Ballista, like other siege weapons can be built at the siege workshop. This ranged weapon can be upgraded into the Helepolis during the Iron Age.

The ballista, while less powerful than even the Stone Thrower, is more effective against units to having a faster moving shot, direct fire (to an extent) and a faster firing rate as well. Therefore, they make a good counter to Infantry as well as Priests.

UpgradesEdit

• Iron Age
  • Alchemy increases attack by one point.
  • Ballistics increases the accuracy.
  • Engineering increases the range by 2 points.

Civilization BonusesEdit

• If played as the Hittites in a scenario or a campaign, the hit points increases from 55 to 110 hit points.
• If played as the Macedonians, the cost per unit is 2X cheaper and 4X resitant to enemy conversion.

Age of Empires Units
Age of Empires
Priest · Villager · Trade Boat · Merchant Ship · Fishing Boat · Fishing Ship · Light Transport · Heavy Transport
Infantry	Clubman · Axeman · Short Swordsman · Broad Swordsman · Long Swordsmen · Legion · Bowman · Improved Bowman · Composite Bowman · Hoplite · Phalanx · Centurion
Cavalry	Scout · Cavalry · Heavy Cavalry · Cataphract · Chariot · Chariot Archer · Elephant Archer · Horse Archer · Heavy Horse Archer · War Elephant
Siege Weapons	Stone Thrower · Catapult · Heavy Catapult · Ballista · Helepolis
Navy	Scout Ship · War Galley · Trireme · Catapult Trireme · Juggernaut
Rise of Rome
Armored Elephant · Camel Rider · Fire Galley · Scythe Chariot · Slinger
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Age of MythologyEdit

Ballista
Civilization	Norse
Age/God	Mythic Age
Unit Type	Siege Unit
Cost	150 Wood 150 Gold
Population	3
Attack	Hack	Pierce	Crush
	-	9	4
Range	4-30 meters
Hit Points	85
Armour	Hack	Pierce	Crush
	20%	80%	90%
Speed	2.4 meters/second
Line of Sight	40 meters
Train at	Hill Fort
Train Time	seconds

The Ballista is a Mythic Age Norse siege weapon. It is capable of taking on both units and buildings. It fires several bolts which damage multiple units at a time and deals a fairly large amount of damage. It isn't as effective as taking down buildings but in groups it can destroy them rather quickly. They have a minimum range so should be escorted with Cavalry or Infantry to protect it from units that get too close.

HistoryEdit

Siege weapons can destroy buildings, but are weak against other units, especially cavalry. Ballistas can be used by the Norse to defeat ships.

The Ballista was another type of pre-gunpowder era artillery, mainly used against men in formation. It was a large bow mounted sideways. It used a winch and ratchet to create bow tension. The missle was usually a large metal, ot metal-headed, bolt. Fired into a mass of men at ranges up to 1000 feet, bolts could disable several enemies. Ballistas could be placed on fixed mounts on walls or ships, or mobile-wheeled mounts for battlefield use. They were not particularly effective against fortified buildings and walls.

See alsoEdit

• Helepolis
• Chieroballista