| Palintonon | |||||||||
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| Roman Siege Unit | |||||||||
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| Age Available |  Golden Age | ||||||||
| Damage | 92 (31) | ||||||||
| Damage Type | Ranged Crush DPS | ||||||||
| Attack Range | 55 (50) | ||||||||
| Splash Area | 1 | ||||||||
| Hit Points | 350 (390) | ||||||||
| Speed | 4.5 | ||||||||
| Sight Range | 48 | ||||||||
| Train Time | 30s | ||||||||
| Trained/Built from | Fortress (Roman) | ||||||||
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| Armor vs. ranged | 0.85 | ||||||||
| Armor vs. siege | 0 (0.4) | ||||||||
| Bonus vs. buildings | 2.5 (7.5) | ||||||||
The Palintonon is a Roman Siege Unit in Age of Empires Online. PvP Values which are different are put in brackets ().
Overview[]
- A superior long-range siege unit, the Palintonon reduces heavy defenses to rubble in a matter of seconds.
Special Abilities[]
- Pack: Packs the Palintonon into a mobile unit. However, It can’t attack in this mode.
- Unpack: Unpacks the Palintonon into a stationary artillery so that it can make use of its attack.
Equipment Slots[]
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| Throwing Arm | Armor Plating | Engineering Accessory |
Upgrades[]
The following technologies can be used improved the abilities of the Palintonon during a mission.
Upgrades[]
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| Scale | Shield Rim |
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| Chain | Shield Truss |
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| Palintonon Champion | Laminar Armor | Shield Boss |
Development[]
The unit model for the Roman Palintonon was first revealed in the Weekly Blog #15: Palintonon, Palace, General Store Project Celeste forum post on September 14th, 2019.
Close up Roman Palintonon
- Every civ in AoEO has an Age 4 ranged trebuchet siege unit, so it likely goes without saying that our siege-heavy Romans would as well. Unsurprisingly, every Roman design we found included one. So from a design perspective, we slotted the Palintonon into the tech tree immediately and built the civ around it.
Here's how the Roman Palintonon looks with Epic and Legendary gear equipped.
- Its [Roman] plume originally appeared in concept art, and we think it really adds some good Roman AoEO flavor. We saved many late game units for last, so we have recently been having some fun with the big hitting Roman units, though they are quite complex and time consuming.