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Armored Elephant

Armored Elephant

Cavalry

Anti-building Siege Cavalry. Resistant to most ranged attacks. Cannot be converted by enemy Monks from distance.

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Exceptionally strong vs. buildings

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Weak vs. Spearman-line

Upgrades

  • Blacksmithattack, armor
  • Universityattack
  • Stablespeed, HP
  • Siege Workshopto Siege Elephant
  • Castlecreation speed
  • Monasterymore resistant to Monks

Upgrade line

The shared promotion chain — each tier upgrades into the next at its training building.

  1. Armored ElephantTier 1Armored Elephant
  2. Siege ElephantTier 2Siege Elephant

Stats

Hit points
180
Attack
4
Melee armor
-2
Pierce armor
140
Speed
0.6
Line of sight
4
Reload time
3s
Train time
36s
Cost
food120foodgold95gold

Attack bonuses

  • vs All Buildings+90
  • vs Siege Weapon+25

Armor classes

War Elephant (+17)Cavalry (+7)Siege WeaponRam/SiegeAnti-Leitis

Other units deal bonus damage to a unit through these classes — the basis of the counter system.

Counters

Derived from in-game bonus damage — each number is the bonus dealt through the named armor class. Pick your civilization to see only the units you can train.

Countered by

Strong against

Other Cavalry units

Battle ElephantBattle ElephantCamel RiderCamel RiderCavalierCavalierElite Battle ElephantElite Battle ElephantElite Steppe LancerElite Steppe LancerHeavy Camel RiderHeavy Camel RiderHussarHussarKnightKnight

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