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Wiki launch content: written from the game's code, data and story bible (Tools/wiki/content)

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{{Infobox unit
| name = Battering Ram
| image = Icon_Unit_BatteringRam.png
| role = Siege
| damage_type = Siege
| hp = 300
| attack = 8
| defense = 10
| range = 120
| siege_attack = 50
| cooldown = 3.5
| train_time = 40
| food =
| gold = 50
| wood = 150
| stone =
| leather =
| fibre =
| population = 3
| trained_at = [[Siege Workshop]]
| ranged = No
| can_siege = Yes
| status = In the game
}}

The '''Battering Ram''' is a melee siege engine built at the [[Siege Workshop]]. It must reach its target (range 1.2 m) and has the highest hit points and armour of the siege engines. Like the other siege engines except the [[Ballista]], it deals full damage to buildings.

== Combat ==
* '''Damage per hit:''' 8, before the target's armour. The target subtracts its armour from each hit, and every hit deals at least 1 (see [[Damage types]]).
* '''Attack cooldown:''' 3.5 seconds between attacks (about 2.3 damage per second before armour).
* '''Range:''' 1.2 m. Range is measured to the edge of the target, not its centre, so a unit standing against a large building is in range of it.
* '''Melee:''' a strike needs a clear line to its target. A wall segment or gate standing on the straight line between this unit and its target stops the strike, and the unit tries to approach again instead of striking through it.
* '''Against buildings:''' full damage. Siege units are exempt from the 25% building-damage reduction that applies to other units.
* '''Auto-engage radius:''' 9 m. On the Aggressive [[Stances|stance]], a unit looks for enemies on its own out to 9 m or its own range, whichever is larger.
* '''Sight:''' at least 15 m. Every unit sees at least its range plus 2 m, so it is never firing at something its side cannot see.
* '''Bonuses:''' its attack is raised by the owner's Combat Offense [[Disciplines|Discipline]]. No [[Callings|Calling]] damage bonus applies to the siege role.
* '''Damage type:''' Siege. In the current build the damage type is a label shown on the unit panel; it does not change the damage dealt (see [[Damage types]]).

== Training ==
* '''Trained at:''' [[Siege Workshop]].
* '''Cost:''' 50 gold, 150 wood. The cost is paid when the unit is queued. Cancelling a queued or in-progress unit refunds the full cost.
* '''Train time:''' 40 seconds. Training-speed bonuses from the owner's [[Callings|Calling]] and [[Disciplines]] shorten it; no unit trains in under 0.5 seconds.
* '''Population:''' 3. Training is refused when living units plus everything already queued in all of the player's buildings, plus this unit, would pass the population cap.
* A building holds at most 5 units in its training queue.

== Notes ==
* The game code contains no rule that limits the Ram to attacking buildings; whether it can attack units in play is not confirmed.
* Population 3.

== See also ==
* [[Units]]
* [[Damage types]]
* [[Siege Workshop]]
* [[Catapult]]
* [[Trebuchet]]
* [[Ballista]]


[[Category:Units]]
[[Category:Siege units]]

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