Ram Speed in AoE2

Ever wonder why rams seem to move a bit faster with certain units inside of it? In this video I'll show you how that works, and work out the ram speed formula.

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The Crash Course History clip about the Mongols being the exception using a clip from the 1961 movie "The Mongols".

Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires expansion

[Imperiused]

So boarding Teutonic Knights on a siege ram is entirely beneficial. They move faster across the map AND are protected from archer fire.

[Destoffeldv]

fckin love the dry humor bits. keep doing what you do.

[Duke_of_Lorraine]

Even in this game, the Mongols are the exception !

[Toast_]

For anyone wondering about ram damage in relation to garrisoned units.
I've set up a testing ground that garrisoned increasing numbers of throwing axemen into each Frankish ram and then another line of archers and set them to attack isolated un-upgraded Japanese stone walls (I found out the hard way that capped/siege rams actually do splash damage that radiates around *themselves*, not the target it's attacking; as a result they can nonsensically damage walls behind themselves so I had to stagger the walls quite a distance to prevent this from interfering).

Anyhow, here's the result I found.

For all types of rams, whether the player has had Siege Engineers researched or not, garrisoned infantry will increase the amount of damage that a ram will do against the main target by +10 per infantry unit (archers contribute nothing).


Battering ram damage un-upgraded/siege engineers

0/archers 109/134
1 119/144
2 129/154
3 139/164
4 149/174

Capped ram

0/archers 134/164
1 144/174
2 154/184
3 164/194
4 174/204

Siege ram

0/archers 184/224
1 194/234
2 204/244
3 214/254
4 224/264
5 234/274
6 244/284

Keep in mind that the damage is not done in sinc with the attack animation, every 2nd "ram" does nothing, and no; stutter step micro with the ram to reset the animation does not make any difference in how quickly it does its damage.
It appears to just have a far slower firing rate than its animation suggests.

[nobodylovesditto]

Spirit, I sometimes watch your old videos as a comparison.

You've really grown and come into your own as a content creator. You should be proud.

[filipstysiak]

The Mongols are the Flinstones of AOE2

[HECKproductions]

in case you were wondering about the attack:
2 base attack
+an extra 40 against other siege including rams
+ an extra 125 against buildings
+ 10 for every garrisoned infantry(!) unit and as far as i know this extra damage only applies to buildings or buildings and siege
for the other stages of the ramvolution the values are also different
and i think you forgot to mention that the capped ram holds 5 guys in FE
as for speed of the other unit i think the scout cavalry is faster than its upgrades once it reaches feudal age

[hashbrownz]

Am i the only one who sort of finds battering rams.... cute?
Like, even when i'm under siege, i secretly cheer on those rams lol

[SWEOscar]

mongols exception <3 Crash Course reference overload

[light_david]

Wow, you said "yo guys" instead of the usual (per seven years later) "hello guys". What a badass you were...

[stylesrj]

See, the Mongols were great for the environment. They saved on operating costs for their armies and carpool in their battering rams.

[Theminutetomidnight]

No "Ramming Speed!" pun... I'm disappointed. Great video though

[KCCOmug]

Even after two years I think this is my favourite video. There is so much we can do to prevent CPU overheating.

[chesterra]

This is the most important video on your channel! So much fun!

[Fraggr]

That's all well and good BUT... Can they perform parallel parking?

[sutonukarmakar]

Hello, Spirit of the law... I am an Architect. I must say, I learnt a lot about how to do a successful analysis and make presentations by watching your videos. And by the way... AOE 2 is my most favourite game from my childhood. I remember, I used to research on different in game things in the scenario editor. I feel great to see this things here.

[juanmanuelblazquez]

Dude, you take so much time making this vids, you are a very dedicated person, hope you get more subscribers!

[miketacos]

Who's up for a Mongol battering ram convoy rush?

[ScurvyBoi]

5:30 I can't believe what you are going to do...
5:33 You... You did it... I'm so proud of you... (joy tear)

[IamDalv]

you forgot sheep, sheep are actually faster than teutonic knights
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