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Idle Villager
On this page
  1. What it does
  2. Strengths
  3. Weaknesses
  4. Strong counters
  5. Situational counters
  6. What it counters
  7. Why matchups work
  8. Line, cost, and age
  9. Upgrades
  10. Mistakes
  11. Supporting units
  12. Civ exceptions
  13. Related

Counter finder

Battering Ram

Partial

siege · Siege Workshop · castle Age

Building killer with huge pierce armor. Walks through arrows. Weak to melee and to other siege.

Idle Villager is current for Update 177723, with minor updates through 180059. Facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-19. Counters are not unconditional. Numbers, upgrades, terrain, and micro change the fight.

What it does

Garrison infantry, walk at the building or the Scorpion ball, and do not let Knights hit the ram for free.

Strengths

  • Ignores arrows and Scorpion bolts.
  • Takes down Town Centers and Castles.

Weaknesses

  • Melee armor is terrible.
  • Slow without garrison.
  • Franks and Britons miss Siege Ram.

Strong counters

Strategic advice built on verified armor classes and unit access. Not unconditional.

  • Militia · cost-effective · can win in equal numbers

    Melee infantry with attack upgrades chew rams. Champions are the late answer.

    • Garrisoned rams hit back.
    • Khmer never reach Champion.

  • Knight · cost-effective · can win in equal numbers

    Knights punish the ram's melee armor. Do not shoot arrows at rams.

    • Pikes around the ram.
    • Siege Rams still die to enough melee.

Situational counters

None published in this category yet.

What it counters

  • Scorpion

    Rams shrug off bolts and crush Scorpions in melee. Best when you can walk them in.

Why matchups work

Pierce armor near 180. Scorpion bolts are pierce. Melee cavalry deal full damage to negative melee armor.

Line, cost, and age

Verified fact from the aoe2techtree dat extract. Base stats, no civ bonuses.

Battering Ram line stats
UnitAgeHPAttackRangeArmorCost
Battering Ramcastle1752 melee0-3/180160w 75g
Siege Ramimperial2704 melee0-1/195160w 75g

Upgrades

  • Capped Ram / Siege Ramimperial Age

    HP, attack, and garrison. Not all civs finish the line.

Common mistakes when fighting it

  • Ungarrisoned rams vs Knights.
  • Sending rams with no map control.

Supporting units

Civilization-specific exceptions

These sit on top of the generic matchup, not inside it.

  • Khmer

    Full ram line including Siege Ram.

    verified fact

  • Franks

    No Siege Ram.

    verified fact

  • Britons

    No Siege Ram.

    verified fact