Elven Court · Siege

Ballista

Giant bolt skewers everything in a straight lane.

Anti-air · shoots fliers down

Stats

Health: 62
Damage: 31per hit
Damage per second: 11.9
Attacks every: 2.6s
Range: 260
Move speed: 32
Sight: 300how far it spots a foe
Population: 3of the army cap
Raise: 2,250gold, in battle
Armory: 1,600gold, to unlock

These are the Ballista's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Elven Court's trait is added on top: +11% damage · +6% range · +3% speed · +2% health. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Armour-piercing. Its attacks ignore armour entirely.
Brace. Deals ×2 damage to cavalry, beasts and other big targets.
Anti-air. Deals ×1.6 damage to fliers.
Lane-piercing. Each shot runs on through everything in a straight line 26 wide.

Strong and weak

Strong: Lines, big units, fliers.

Weak: Flanks, swarms.

As a siege troop, it deals extra damage to Titan (×1.3), Legend (×1.25), Construct (×1.5) and Levy (×1.2) troops.

Ranged (×1.3) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Ballista comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 2,250 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Ballista every 1 minute 25 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 55.9 seconds at level 2 and 35.8 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 1,650 gold to level 2 and 7,450 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

Before it can be raised at all it has to be unlocked in the Armory, for 1,600 gold — gold carried between battles, earned by fighting them.

Other Siege troops

Every other siege troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Siege troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Battering Ram	Orcs	1,950	216	16	Melee	30
Charnel Ram	Undead	2,000	223	15	Melee	32
Siege Tower	Humans	2,050	243	13	Melee	26
Lantern Engine	Fallen	2,250	130	29	250	36
Fire Ox	Dynasty	2,300	230	16	Melee	62
Gnome Tinker	Beasts	2,350	89	23	245	52
Heartwood Ram	Elves	2,350	257	18	Melee	36
Onager	Dwarves	2,350	64	29	250	30
Steam Ram	Overwound	2,350	181	32	Melee	42
Air Ship	Overwound	2,450	181	27	135	40
Grav Sled	Fallen	2,450	167	26	Melee	52
Mangonel	Humans	2,500	59	25	250	30
Plague Cart	Undead	2,500	102	18	250	34
Catapult	Orcs	2,550	54	29	270	28
Hwacha	Dynasty	2,600	61	13	245	28
Pressure Mortar	Overwound	2,600	100	29	235	38
Bombard	Dwarves	2,650	59	32	260	26
Bone Engine	Damned	2,700	151	31	225	36
Ettin	Beasts	2,800	291	23	Melee	58
Trebuchet	Humans	3,050	56	40	340	24

More Elven Court troops

The Elven Court page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.