Ballista's: Are They Good For Taking Down Walls?

**Siris** · 12-24-2004, 19:27

Allllrightyyyy thennnn. I'll use the Onagars for the main walls and the Ballistas vs. the plasaides

**Mikeus Caesar** · 12-24-2004, 20:14

Heehee, the good thing about onagers against stone walls is that if one of the rocks goes slightly too high, it will hit anyone standing on top, and take out a couple of soldiers. Then they end up falling to their miserable deaths.

**LordKhaine** · 12-25-2004, 00:46

Ballistas arent as bad as you'd think against stone walls. I wouldn't count on them to take down many walls themselves, but a unit of them can take out a few archer towers. Combine a unit of Ballistas with sap points and you''ll take the city in no time!

**aw89** · 12-25-2004, 00:50

I NEVER attack citys so i wouldn't know...

**Smaug-V** · 12-31-2004, 18:34

Originally Posted by aw89

I NEVER attack citys so i wouldn't know...

Same here. Biggest pain in the arse, IMHO

**HicRic** · 12-31-2004, 21:29

Wait, ballistas can take down stone wall towers? The description says something like "no damage vs buildings" so I thought that meant stone towers as well?

**Arrowhead** · 12-31-2004, 22:21

I once used a bllista against stone walls and it worked really well,taking it down in 2 shots. I turned it on fire and aimed it at the gate, destroying it in 3 shots and frying a unit of spearmen behind the gate.

And in a custom battle I got a ballista and fired a flaming bolt at a group of 'phants killing one and setting the rest running amok

**LordKhaine** · 01-01-2005, 06:18

Originally Posted by HicRic

Wait, ballistas can take down stone wall towers? The description says something like "no damage vs buildings" so I thought that meant stone towers as well?

Repeating Ballistas cannot damage buildings. The normal ones can.