Siege units
Catapult
Units
Provide early ranged attacks with a strong city attack bonus.
Units1 supported recipe route
WHY CONSIDER IT
It gives armies a dedicated option for city assaults and upgrades to Trebuchet.
When it fits: Build after Mathematics before Physics makes it obsolete.
The tradeoff: Must set up to attack and has no defensive terrain bonus.
Properties & access
strength7
rangedStrength8
movement2
requiredTechMathematics
upgradesToTrebuchet
Planner recipes & alternatives
Material calculator: 4.22.13 · bundled Gods & Kings ruleset.
Access & prerequisites
- requiredTech: Mathematics
- obsoleteTech: Physics
- [+200]% Strength <vs cities> <when attacking>
- No defensive terrain bonus
- Must set up to ranged attack
- [-1] Sight
- Never appears as a Barbarian unit
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