Mangonel/Stronghold Crusader

The mangonel is a defense engine that catapults concussive rocks with high fire rate, from long range. It must be placed atop a square tower or a round tower and two engineers must be assigned to it in order to operate, upon which the mangonel will be ready to fire. The mangonel sometimes automatically attacks groups of units, but it can be instructed to attack an area within range. 
Rocks hurled from a mangonel are very dangerous to friend and foe alike, as they can bludgeon any foot unit in one hit and cause high damage in most siege engines (except portable shields). Moreover, their range is largely affected by a random spread, capable of being much larger or smaller than their intended area. This erratic behaviour makes the mangonel a very effective crowd control weapon, and an even more potent harassment device, creating death zones for the enemy in very unwanted places. 
==Strategies==
*Mangonels can be used to endlessly terrorize enemies in a close-spawn position. An outpost of a few large towers with mangonels atop - which is constantly reinforced by infantry - can prove very useful in wearing the enemy down by taking out their workers and scattered infantry over time, while the formation itself is almost impervious to attacks, requiring ranged siege engines to dismantle.
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Category:Stronghold Units
Category:Stronghold Crusader Units