GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Elite Battle Elephant late-game mass
Elite Battle Elephant: Elite Battle Elephants gain their best value in a concentrated formation: durability and trample damage improve as more units join the melee. Use them to hold the center of a fight or break a defended position when the economy can sustain their food cost.
Overview
Elite Battle Elephant: Elite Battle Elephants gain their best value in a concentrated formation: durability and trample damage improve as more units join the melee. Use them to hold the center of a fight or break a defended position when the economy can sustain their food cost.
Plan and execution
Gather a group before crossing into enemy territory, then pair it with ranged or infantry support to remove counters that attack from a distance. Choose a direct objective where the Elephants can make contact instead of chasing units across the map. In a population-capped army, their staying power can help maintain a durable frontline.
Risks and adaptation
Their slow movement leaves them vulnerable to kiting, while Pikemen, Monks, Mamelukes, and Flaming Camels can punish an unsupported mass. The high food demand competes with Villager production, so add Elephants only after the economy can keep the rest of the army active.
- Focus
- Trample-damage frontline
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
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- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies