Elite War Elephant
The upgraded Persian unique unit. Even more HP and attack makes this the most powerful land unit in the game - if you can protect it from counters.
Tactical Briefing
You're now at 600 HP with 20 attack. With +20 bonus vs cavalry, you destroy any cavalry trying to fight you. Your splash damage combined with massive HP makes you the ultimate deathball unit. The Elite upgrade costs 1600F/1200G - commit only when you're sure you can protect them from monks and halbs.
Statistics
- HP
- 600
- Attack
- 20
- Melee Armor
- 1
- Pierce Armor
- 3
- Speed
- 0.8
Cost
- Food: 170
- Gold: 85
Strong Against
Weak Against
Strategic Analysis
The Elite War Elephant is the **ultimate land unit**. 600 HP and 20 attack with splash damage means nothing survives long in melee combat.
- Cavalry Crusher: +20 bonus vs cavalry means you deal 40 damage to Knights and Hussars per hit.
- Deathball Core: Mass Elite War Elephants with Arbalesters behind them. The elephants tank, archers kill counters.
- Endgame Siege: In post-Imperial, War Elephants + Trebuchets is nearly unstoppable if protected from monks.
Warning: **The upgrade is extremely expensive**. 1600F/1200G is massive. Only upgrade when you have map control and resources secured.
Attack Bonuses
- +30 vs Building
- +20 vs Cavalry
- +30 vs Stone Defense