| Maximizing the Balista | Contributed by Indra was here...  (13183) on Feb 12, 2008. |
The use of the Balista siege unit has become more so compared to Rome: Total War as now it is dangerously more accurate and packs more ammunition.
Although the Balista can snipe shot any unit from a distance with amazing accuracy, it is best to place them (actually move them) to the right or left flanks of a target unit, compared to placing them in front or behind the target.
This way the Balista will kill more units with its bolts (a good kill is at least 3-4 units per shot, 2 rounds per shot). It also ignores armor, thus makes hard to kill units such as heavy cavalry easy pickings if positioned correctly. Thus, this is unit an extremely important ranged/siege unit early in the game until gun powder units arrive. |
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