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"Siege ship. Good against arrow ships and buildings."
In-game description
The Dragon Ship is the Norse siege ship, available from the Heroic Age at the Dock.
Special Ability
| Image | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| File:Grk-abl-solar-flare.png | Solar Flare | Requires Sun Ray, Projectiles reveal the area around where they land. |
Technologies, Upgrades & Bonuses
Strengths and Weaknesses
| Strong vs. | File:Unit-type-close-combat-ship.png Close-combat Ships |
| Weak vs. | File:Unit-type-siege-ship.png Siege Ships, File:Unit-type-siege-weapon.png Siege Weapons |
Upgrades
| Age | Upgrade | Upgrades to | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Infobox-age3.png Heroic Age | File:Shared-t-heavy-warships.png Heavy Warships | Heavy Trireme | 150 File:Infobox-wood.png, 150 File:Infobox-gold.png, 20 seconds | +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
| File:Infobox-age4.png Heroic Age | File:Shared-t-champion-warships.png Champion Warships | Champion Trireme | 250 File:Infobox-wood.png, 200 File:Infobox-gold.png, 40 seconds | +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
General Technologies
Offense
| Image | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| File:Shared-t-copper-weapons.png | Copper Weapons | +10% damage |
| File:Shared-t-bronze-weapons.png | Bronze Weapons | +10% damage |
| File:Shared-t-iron-weapons.png | Iron Weapons | +10% damage |
| File:Shared-t-ballistics.png | Ballistics | Fires more accurately at moving targets |
| File:Shared-t-burning-pitch.png | Burning Pitch | +15% attack and 4x damage vs. Buildings |
| File:Shared-t-heroic-fleet.png | Heroic Fleet | +150% attack vs. Myth Units |
Defense
| Image | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| File:Shared-t-copper-armor.png | Copper Armor | -10% Hack & crush Vulnerability |
| File:Shared-t-bronze-armor.png | Bronze Armor | -10% Hack & crush Vulnerability |
| File:Shared-t-iron-armor.png | Iron Armor | -10% Hack & crush Vulnerability |
| File:Shared-t-copper-shields.png | Copper Shields | -10% Pierce Vulnerability |
| File:Shared-t-bronze-shields.png | Bronze Shields | -10% Pierce Vulnerability |
| File:Shared-t-iron-shields.png | Iron Shields | -10% Pierce Vulnerability |
Utility
| Image | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| File:Shared-t-conscript-sailors.png | Conscript Sailors | -20% training time |
| File:Shared-t-enclosed-deck.png | Enclosed Deck | 2× unit capacity |
Myth Technologies
| Image | Name | God | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Grk-t-oracle.png | Oracle | Apollo | +4 Line of Sight |
| File:Grk-t-sun-ray.png | Sun Ray | Apollo | +10% damage, unlocks Solar Flare ability |
| File:Grk-t-dionysia.png | Dionysia | Dionysus | +5% hit points |
Relic Bonuses
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Pelt of Argus | +6 Line of Sight |
Gameplay
Dragon Ships are strong against archer ships and buildings but weak against hammer ships. In the Heroic Age, defensive buildings can out-range them, so they are vulnerable to counterattack at that time. However, when upgraded in the Mythic Age, they out-range them instead, making them valuable in taking down shore defenses. This helps transports to land safely to enemy territory. Since they deal crush damage, Dragon Ships are slightly effective against myth units.
History
"As warships became longer, navies began to mount larger weapons on them, such as catapults and ballistae. Dionysius of Syracuse constructed extra-large triremes capable of supporting artillery, and Alexander mounted siege towers on a pair of ship hulls during his unsuccessful siege of Tyre. Later Roman imperial galleys could bristle with all sorts of towers and artillery."
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