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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

Available Civilizations

Persians