Ariete

Battering Rams can cause enormous damage to structures if left ignored. In the Castle Age, they are the best anti-building unit available. It has a huge attack bonus against and is nearly impervious to arrow-fire. However, Castles deal enough damage to them to the point where they require a dedicated and invested push. Although they can attack units, the damage they do is negligible outside of siege units. Hence, it is also effective against Trebuchets. Battering Rams have -3 melee armor, making them highly vulnerable to units with melee attacks. Even a generic Villager can destroy a Battering Ram, which is useful in case of an emergency. The best ways to destroy them are with Mangonels or cavalry. Battering Rams have high pierce armor and hit points, which give them incredible durability against pierce attacks. It is sometimes useful to add a few Battering Rams to soak up enemy archer fire to protect the main force. Infantry, foot archers, and Villagers can garrison themselves into Battering Rams, with infantry also increasing their speed and damage against buildings (+0.05/+10 per unit, respectively). The presence of units garrisoned inside a ram is denoted by a flag on top of the ram (like Transport Ships). A Battering Ram may load up to units. Garrisoning units will protect them from enemy fire, though the practicality is weighed down by the fact that Battering Rams can soak up arrow fire. Rams also protect allied units just behind them from arrow fire from enemy fortifications (but not from projectiles of enemy units). Therefore, a ram attacking a Castle even with Murder Holes can be safely repaired by a Villager for longer service. A Georgian tower with Svan Towers is able to hit the Villager, as it does pass-through damage.