Ballistas are powerful long-range siege weapons. They fire massive bolts at their targets. They were used by the armies of Isengard at the Battle of the Hornburg.
Abilities[]
Halt Auto-Fire / 
Auto-Fire - This defines whether the ballista is allowed to pick its own target or if it has to wait for the player to assign one.
Bombard / 
Stop Bombardment - This allows the player to pick a place on which the ballista will continually bombard, or to stop that bombardment.
The Siege Ballista as seen during the Battle of the Hornburg in The Two Towers
Upgrades[]
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Strategy[]
The siege ballista can (like all of Isengard's siege units) be a deadly weapon in the right hands. They should mainly be used with an army of other units around them for protection as they are vulnerable to melee attacks. Ballistas should be used to harass the enemy by destroying their outer buildings. They can also be used to break the defences of a castle and destroy the buildings inside. However, a battering ram (or explosive mine) may be better for taking down gates. Like all ranged siege weapons, the ballista can be used to kill units, although it doesn't have as large of an AOE as other weapons.
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