War Machines

War Machines is a skill in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Basic War Machines icon

Advanced War Machines icon

Expert War Machines icon

Effects

War Machines makes ballista, catapult, first aid tent and ammo cart more effective.

• Basic War Machines increases attack, defense, and damage of the ballista. Increases catapult's damage and grants it a 30% chance to hit. The first aid tent receives increased healing power. The ammo cart grants an ability to increase attack of ranged units in the hero's army by one.
• Advanced War Machines increases attack, defense, and damage of the ballista. Increases catapult's damage and grants it a 40% chance to hit. The first aid tent receives increased healing power. Ammo cart grants an ability to increase attack of ranged units in the hero's army by two.
• Expert War Machines increases attack, defense, and damage of the ballista. Increases catapult's damage and grants it a 50% chance to hit. The first aid tent receives increased healing power. Ammo cart grants an ability to increase attack of ranged units in the hero's army by three.

Skill rates

The hero classes can learn War Machines skill and its abilities at following probabilities:

• 15%: Runemage
• 10%: Demon Lord and Knight
• 8%: Barbarian , Warlock and Wizard
• 2%: Necromancer and Ranger

Abilities

Icon	Name	Description	Class	Requirements
				Original / Hammers of Fate	Tribes of the East
	Ballista	Allows manual control of the Ballista. Ballista gains one extra shot. Restores the Ballista after the battle if it was destroyed.	All classes	No requirement
	Catapult	Allows manual control of the Catapult. Catapult gains one extra shot. Restores ammo cart after the battle if it was destroyed.	All classes	No requirement
	First aid	Allows manual control of the First Aid Tent. Restores the First Aid Tent after the battle if it was destroyed. Grants the First Aid Tent the power to resurrect dead creatures.	All classes	No requirement
	Brimstone rain	Catapult gains another extra shot (up to three consecutive shots in turn if hero is proficient with catapults).	Demon Lord	Catapult	Catapult, hellfire
			Barbarian	N/A	Goblin support, might over magic
			Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage, Warlock, Wizard		Catapult
	Imbue ballista	Imbue Arrow ability will now affect Ballista as well. All Ballista shots will carry Ranger's enchantments and therefore drain Rangers mana.	Ranger	Ballista, imbue arrow
	Plague tent	The hero's First Aid Tent receives an ability to damage enemy creatures.	Necromancer	First aid tent
			Warlock	Tremors	First aid tent
			Barbarian, demon lord	N/A
	Remote control	Remote control ability lets the hero take control over an enemy's war machine at the start of the combat, excluding the catapult.	Wizard	Catapult, Mark of the Wizard
	Tremors	Hero acquires Earthquake spell and the ability to cast it with shaking effect, damaging and stunning all creatures behind fortress wall.	Demon Lord	Brimstone rain, Mark of the Damned	Mark of the Damned
			Warlock	Catapult	Empowered spells
			Wizard	Remote control, consume artifact	Remote control
			Necromancer	N/A	Banshee howl
			Runemage		Refresh rune
	Triple ballista	Ballista gains another extra shot (up to three consecutive shots total if hero is proficient with ballistas).	Knight	Ballista, retaliation strike	Ballista
			Ranger	Imbue ballista, rain of arrows
			Runemage	Runic machines, greater rune
			Barbarian, Necromancer, Warlock, Wizard	N/A
			Demon Lord		Ballista, hellfire
	Runic machines	Increases initiative of all war machines by +3.	Runemage	Ballista	Fine rune
	Goblin support	If there is an ammo cart in the hero's army, there will be one Goblin joining their army every day.	Barbarian	N/A	Catapult

Bonuses

• Vittorio, a Haven hero, is a specialist in ballista and catapult, for ballista has Attack increased by 1 per ever hero level, and the catapult has 2% increased chance to hit a desired wall.
• Deleb, an Inferno hero, is a specialist in ballista, for it inflicts a fireball spell, whose power depends on the hero's Spell Power that is increased by +1 per five levels.
• Kaspar, a Necropolis hero, is a specialist in first aid tent, for it heals 5 hits points more per hero level (and in case of plague tent, inflicts more damage).
• Ring of Machine Affinity grants an additional shot for ballista and catapult, doubles the healing effect of first aid tent, and gives +4 Attack to shooter units if an ammo cart is present.

Notes

• On Advanced level, War Machines skill also enables the first aid tent to dispel negative effects.