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{{InfoboxNeue
| indicator = Norse
| image = portable-ram.webp

| title = Portable Ram
| subtitle = Siege Weapon

| section1 = Unit Information
| itemsInSection1 = 4
| col = 2
| label1 = Type
| label2 = Civilization
| label3 = God
| label4 = Age
| icon1 = Unit-type-siege-weapon.webp
| icon2 = Icon Norse.webp
| icon3 = Grk-god-hades-icon-round.webp
| icon4 = Infobox-age1.webp
| content1 = Siege Weapon
| content2 = Norse
| content3 =
| content4 = Archaic Age

| section2 = Creation
| itemsInSection2 = 7
| label5 = Trained At
| label6 = Requires
| label7 = Food
| label8 = Gold
| label9 = Population
| label10 = Train Limit
| label11 = Training Time
| icon5 = infobox-trained.webp
| icon6 = Shared-bld-temple.webp
| icon7 = infobox-food.webp
| icon8 = infobox-gold.webp
| icon9 = infobox-pop.webp
| icon10 = infobox-military.webp
| icon11 = infobox-time.webp
| content5 = [[Military Academy]]
| content6 =
| content7 = 50
| content8 = 40
| content9 = 4
| content10 =
| content11 = 12 seconds

| section3 = Statistics
| itemsInSection3 = 9
| label12 = Hit Points
| label13 = Speed
| label14 = Line of Sight
| label15 = Hack Armor
| label16 = Pierce Armor
| label17 = Crush Armor
| label18 = Sacred Hands
| label19 = Scourge of the Skies
| label20 = Petrification
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| icon13 = infobox-speed.webp
| icon14 = infobox-los.webp
| icon15 = infobox-hack-armor.webp
| icon16 = infobox-pierce-armor.webp
| icon17 = infobox-crush-armor.webp
| icon18 = shared-abl-sacred-hands.webp
| icon19 = grk-abl-scourge-of-the-skies.webp
| icon20 = grk-abl-medusa.webp
| content12 = 115
| content13 = 4.2
| content14 = 16
| content15 = 40%
| content16 = 15%
| content17 = 99%
| content18 =
| content19 =
| content20 =

| section4 = Melee Attack
| itemsInSection4 = 5
| label21 = Hack
| label22 = Divine
| label23 = Multiplier
| label24 = Rate of Fire
| label25 = Attack Range
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| icon22 = infobox-divine-dmg.webp
| icon23 = unit-type-cavalry.webp
| icon24 = infobox-rof.webp
| icon25 = infobox-range.webp
| content21 = 7.5
| content22 =
| content23 = Cavalry: 1.25x
| content24 = 1
| content25 = 0.75

| section5 = Ranged Attack
| itemsInSection5 = 4
| label26 = Pierce
| label27 = Multiplier
| label28 = Rate of Fire
| label29 = Attack Range
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| icon27 = unit-type-myth-unit.webp
| icon28 = infobox-rof.webp
| icon29 = infobox-range.webp
| content26 =
| content27 =
| content28 =
| content29 =
}}

{{Quote|Siege weapon. These soldiers carry a ram to knock down walls or other buildings.|In-game description}}

The Portable Ram is a ramming siege weapon available to the Norse. It can be trained at the Hill Fort from the Heroic Age onward.

==Strengths and Weaknesses==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Strong vs.
|-
| [[File:grk-h-hippeus.webp|35px]]   [[Hippeus]]  •   [[File:grk-h-prodromos.webp|35px]]   [[Prodromos]]  •   [[File:egp-r-spearman.webp|35px]]   [[Spearman]]  •   [[File:jarl-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Jarl]]  •   [[File:egp-r-war-elephant.webp|35px]] [[War Elephant]]  •   [[File:berserk.webp|35px]]   [[Berserk]]  •   [[File:egp-r-camel-rider.webp|35px]]   [[Camel Rider]]  •   [[File:huskarl.webp|35px]]   [[Huskarl]]  •   [[File:hersir.webp|35px]]   [[Hersir]]  •   [[File:raiding-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Raiding Cavalry]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Weak vs.
|-
| [[File:grk-h-toxotes.webp|35px]]   [[Toxotes]]  •   [[File:grk-h-hypaspist.webp|35px]]   [[Hypaspist]]  •   [[File:atl-r-cheiroballista.webp|35px]]   [[Cheiroballista]]  •   [[File:egp-r-chariot-archer.webp|35px]]   [[Chariot Archer]]  •   [[File:throwing-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Throwing Axeman]]  •   [[File:egp-r-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Axeman]]
|}

==Technologies==
=====General Technologies=====

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Offense
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Weapons]] || +10% damage
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Defense
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Utility
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:grk-t-levy-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Levy Infantry]] || -20% training time
|-
| [[File:grk-t-conscript-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Conscript Infantry]] || -20% training time
|}

=====Myth Technologies=====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
|-
| [[File:grk-t-phobos-spear-of-panic.webp|40px]] || [[Phobos' Spear of Panic]] || [[Ares]] || +1 divine damage
|-
| [[File:grk-t-sarissa.webp|40px]] || [[Sarissa]] || [[Athena]] || +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
|-
| [[File:grk-t-aegis-shield.webp|40px]] || [[Aegis Shield]] || Athena || -15% pierce vulnerability
|-
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.webp|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 Line of Sight
|-
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.webp|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
|}

==Upgrades==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Age !! Upgrade !! Cost !! Effect
|-
| [[File:infobox-age2.webp|40px]] [[Classical Age]] || [[File:shared-t-medium-infantry.webp|40px]] Medium Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 20 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
| [[File:infobox-age3.webp|40px]] [[Heroic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-heavy-infantry.webp|40px]] Heavy Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 30 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
|-
| [[File:infobox-age4.webp|40px]] [[Mythic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-champion-infantry.webp|40px]] Champion Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 500, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 400, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 40 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry
|}
==Relic Bonuses==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-r-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Armor of Achilles]]|| -5% hack vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-r-vase.webp|40px]] || [[Canopic Jar of Imsety]] || +25% training speed
|-
| [[File:shared-r-scroll.webp|40px]] || [[Gaia's Book of Knowledge]]|| +3.0 attack multiplier vs. [[Titan|Titans]]
|-
| [[File:shared-r-fur.webp|40px]] || [[Pelt of Argus]] || +6 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
| [[File:shared-r-blanket.webp|40px]] || [[Thundercloud Shawl]] || -5% pierce vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-r-spear.webp|40px]] || [[Gungnir, Odin's Spear]] || +5% attack
|}

==Gameplay==
Portable Rams are the cheapest of all true siege weapons and can therefore be mass-produced easily. They do massive damage to Buildings and are incredibly resistant to ranged fire. As such defensive buildings are useless against them (unless they have Boiling Oil). When in groups they can destroy walls and defensive buildings rapidly while taking little damage in return. This makes reaction teams against them a must if one is playing defensively. They have weak hack armor, but quite a bit of hit points, so they can last for a while if under attack by enemy units. However, like all siege weapons, they must be deployed with an escort if they are expected to survive.

==History==
{{Quote|When taking an enemy town quickly was important, one simple, expedient solution was to cut down a strong tree, trim the trunk, attach some handholds, and use the tree to batter down a gate or wall section. Although very dangerous work for the men holding the ram, it could be put into action with hours of arriving outside the city walls. The Portable Ram was particularly effective in surprise attacks and against fortifications of weak design. Such a ram was popular with raiding armies and those who could not linger outside a city for a protracted siege.|In-game compendium}}

==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==Video==

==List of Units==
{{Units}}



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Latest revision as of 01:23, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Portable Ram
Norse
Portable Ram
Siege Weapon
Unit Information
Type
Siege Weapon
Civilization
Norse
Age
Archaic Age
Creation
Trained At
Military Academy
Food
50
Gold
40
Population
4
Training Time
12 seconds
Statistics
Hit Points
115
Speed
4.2
Line of Sight
16
Hack Armor
40%
Pierce Armor
15%
Crush Armor
99%
Melee Attack
Hack
7.5
Multiplier
Cavalry: 1.25x
Rate of Fire
1
Attack Range
0.75

"Siege weapon. These soldiers carry a ram to knock down walls or other buildings."
In-game description

The Portable Ram is a ramming siege weapon available to the Norse. It can be trained at the Hill Fort from the Heroic Age onward.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong vs.
  Hippeus  •     Prodromos  •     Spearman  •     Jarl  •   War Elephant  •     Berserk  •     Camel Rider  •     Huskarl  •     Hersir  •     Raiding Cavalry
Weak vs.
  Toxotes  •     Hypaspist  •     Cheiroballista  •     Chariot Archer  •     Throwing Axeman  •     Axeman

Technologies

General Technologies
Offense
Image Name Description
Copper Weapons +10% damage
Bronze Weapons +10% damage
Iron Weapons +10% damage
Defense
Image Name Description
Copper Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Bronze Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Iron Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Copper Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Bronze Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Iron Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Utility
Image Name Description
Levy Infantry -20% training time
Conscript Infantry -20% training time
Myth Technologies
Image Name God Description
Phobos' Spear of Panic Ares +1 divine damage
Sarissa Athena +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
Aegis Shield Athena -15% pierce vulnerability
Oracle Apollo +4 Line of Sight
Dionysia Dionysus +5% hit points

Upgrades

Age Upgrade Cost Effect
Classical Age Medium Infantry 150, 150, 20 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 Line of Sight
Heroic Age Heavy Infantry 300, 300, 30 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
Mythic Age Champion Infantry 500, 400, 40 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry

Relic Bonuses

Image Name Description
Armor of Achilles -5% hack vulnerability
Canopic Jar of Imsety +25% training speed
Gaia's Book of Knowledge +3.0 attack multiplier vs. Titans
Pelt of Argus +6 Line of Sight
Thundercloud Shawl -5% pierce vulnerability
Gungnir, Odin's Spear +5% attack

Gameplay

Portable Rams are the cheapest of all true siege weapons and can therefore be mass-produced easily. They do massive damage to Buildings and are incredibly resistant to ranged fire. As such defensive buildings are useless against them (unless they have Boiling Oil). When in groups they can destroy walls and defensive buildings rapidly while taking little damage in return. This makes reaction teams against them a must if one is playing defensively. They have weak hack armor, but quite a bit of hit points, so they can last for a while if under attack by enemy units. However, like all siege weapons, they must be deployed with an escort if they are expected to survive.

History

"When taking an enemy town quickly was important, one simple, expedient solution was to cut down a strong tree, trim the trunk, attach some handholds, and use the tree to batter down a gate or wall section. Although very dangerous work for the men holding the ram, it could be put into action with hours of arriving outside the city walls. The Portable Ram was particularly effective in surprise attacks and against fortifications of weak design. Such a ram was popular with raiding armies and those who could not linger outside a city for a protracted siege."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

Video

List of Units



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