Bombard Tower Counters and Strengths in Age of Empires 2

Bombard Towers fire a single devastating cannonball that deals massive damage to heavy cavalry and other high value military targets.

Unlike Keeps Bombard Towers do not require a long chain of upgrades because they become fully functional immediately after researching Chemistry.

Bombard Towers are incredibly effective at shutting down enemy siege pushes but they struggle against fast moving units that can dodge their slow projectiles.

Constructing a Bombard Tower requires a significant amount of gold in addition to stone making it a very expensive defensive option in the late game.

Historically Bombard Towers dealt melee damage which devastated Battering Rams but modern mechanical updates rely on their high base pierce damage.