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"Arrow ship. Good against close-combat ships. Can transport units."
In-game description
The Ramming Galley is the Egyptian hammer ship in Age of Mythology. It is available at the Dock in the Heroic Age.
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
As hammer ships, Ramming Galleys deal a large amount of hack damage and have high crush armor, making them very strong against Siege Ships. In groups, they are also better than other ship types against naval myth units, whose hack armor is generally lower than their pierce or crush. When Heroic Fleet has been researched, they become decent at defeating naval myth units. Since there are no naval heroes in the game except Poseidon's Argo, this is an important role for them.
Like other ramming ships, Ramming Galleys are weaker than other warships and are easily sunk. They are vulnerable to archer ships due to their low pierce armor. Any defenses on the shore should be avoided as well. Their exceptional speed makes taking evasive action easy.
History
"While many galleys had stationary rams on their bows, the Greeks also developed a moveable weapon known as a dolphin. This heavy lead or bronze weight was swung from a boom on the ship's mast and was used like a flail to puncture holes in enemy hulls. The Romans would later improve on this design and develop the corvus, a spiked weapon that double as a boarding ramp."
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