Battering Ram — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Battering Ram — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Battering Ram is countered by Knight, Long Swordsman and Monk. It is a siege unit of the Rams.

Class

Siege

Line

Rams

Available to

All civilizations

Cost

160 75

The Rams

• Battering Ram
• Capped Ram
• Siege Ram

Battering Ram stats

Hit points

175

Melee attack

2 / 5s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

-3

Pierce armour

180

Speed

0.6

Line of sight

3

Training time

36s

What counters the Battering Ram?

Hard counters beat the Battering Ram decisively and win even at a cost disadvantage — usually through bonus damage, area damage, conversion or a speed advantage it cannot escape. Soft counters win the fight too, but only with good numbers and positioning.

• Knight hard Rams have negative melee armor
• Long Swordsman hard Rams have negative melee armor
• Monk hard Conversion – the ram becomes yours
• Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Attack bonus vs. siege
• Bombard Cannon hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+20)
• Magyar Huszar UU hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Petard hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+60)
• Mangonel soft Can damage rams
• Arambai UU soft Attack bonus vs. rams (+2)
• Conquistador UU soft Attack bonus vs. rams (+4)
• Eagle Warrior soft Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+3)

What does the Battering Ram counter?

Units the Battering Ram has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Battering Ram hits these units, not that it wins every fight — some of them still beat it by outranging or outrunning it.

• Mangonel hard Mangonel/Onager
• Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Siege Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Heavy Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Capped Ram hard Rams
• Siege Ram hard Rams
• Bombard Cannon hard Cannons
• Houfnice UU hard Cannons

Civilizations that improve the Battering Ram

11 civilizations have a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.

For the strategy behind these matchups — when to build counters, how to mix them and which civs do it best — see the Siege Counters guide.