Rams for defense

[Spartacurse]

I've read somewhere that rams can help in defense. But how does this work, other than being another trooptype to divide incoming damage over?

[yllom001]

They meant using them as a part of the chaos strategy, to pretty much spam a city with 40 attacks...

[ThatValorPlayer]

Ballistas are supposed to be good to defend against rams. Rams in defense I haven't heard.

I can't go into detail because I don't know how true/how much effect it has. Hopefully some one will elaborate..?

[Asplundh]

Rams have a low (10) defense against infantry and a moderate (50) defense against mounted units. Ballista have moderately high (80) defense against infantry and a low moderate defense (40) against mounted units.

Both are better on defense than Zerx and Scouts, and very roughly compatible to the Lancer against pure infantry.

[Qwerty]

Is it true that having rams in a city makes it harder for attacker's rams to bring down the wall? I know rams attack first but do defensive rams also defend against offensive rams
before other units get involved?

[Biwin]

I can't confirm this 100%, but I can say with certainty after much ram-on-ram action, I have noticed NO defensive effect rams have on the attacking rams during their first-strike.

I believe the defense value of the ram is simply added into the battle equation during infantry/horse stage of battle.

[Powerbang]

Rams do not have any siege specific defense attributes. They are not intended for use on defense... Simply taking down a wall

Hope this helps!