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Mangonel — Age of Empires II

Mangonel

Siege

Upgrade line

  1. Mangonel
  2. Onager
  3. Siege Onager

Stats

HP
50/ 600
Attack
40/ 200
Melee armor
0/ 10
Pierce armor
6/ 10
Range
7/ 16
Speed
0.6/ 1.65

Cost

Wood
160
Gold
135

Countered by

Build these against it.

  • Condottiero
  • Eagle Scout
  • HuskarlGoths
  • Shotel WarriorEthiopians
  • Woad RaiderCelts
  • LongbowmanBritons
  • Camel Scout
  • CataphractByzantines
  • Coustillier
  • Knight
  • LeitisLithuanians
  • Magyar HuszarMagyars
  • Scout Cavalry
  • Steppe Lancer
  • TarkanHuns
  • MangudaiMongolsTheir bonus damage against siege lets them delete mangonels before they fire.
  • Bombard Cannon
  • Missionary
  • Monk
  • Petard

Strong against

This unit is a good answer to these.

  • GbetoMalians
  • HuskarlGoths
  • Jaguar WarriorAztecs
  • KamayukIncas
  • Shotel WarriorEthiopians
  • Teutonic KnightTeutons
  • ArcherOne shot can wipe a clumped group, but archers that spread out will kill it.
  • Chu Ko NuChineseChu Ko Nu clump up to focus fire, which makes them a perfect mangonel target.
  • Genoese CrossbowmanItalians
  • Hand Cannoneer
  • JanissaryTurks
  • LongbowmanBritonsWorks against a static mass; a spread-out Longbowman ball outranges the mangonel.
  • Plumed ArcherMayansHard to land: Plumed Archers are fast enough to walk out of the shot.
  • Rattan ArcherVietnameseTheir pierce armor is irrelevant against siege splash.
  • Skirmisher
  • Slinger
  • Camel ArcherBerbersOnly against a static mass: Camel Archers are mobile enough to dodge.
  • Cavalry ArcherOnly against a clumped mass; cavalry archers usually kite out of range.
  • ConquistadorSpanish
  • Genitour
  • KipchakCumans
  • War WagonKoreans
  • Ballista ElephantKhmer
  • Battering Ram
  • Hussite Wagon
  • Organ GunPortuguese
  • Scorpion
  • Trebuchet
  • CaravelPortuguese
  • Demolition Raft
  • Fire Galley
  • Galley
  • LongboatVikings

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