War Elephant
Cavalry · Persians unique unit
Persian unique Cavalry that deals trample damage.
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Strong vs. buildings and units at close range
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Weak vs. Spearman-line and Monks
Upgrades
- Blacksmithattack, armor
- Stablespeed, HP
- Castlecreation speed, to Elite War Elephant
- Monasterymore resistant to Monks
Upgrade line
The shared promotion chain — each tier upgrades into the next at its training building.
- Tier 1War Elephant
Tier 2Elite War Elephant
Stats
- Hit points
- 450
- Attack
- 15
- Melee armor
- 1
- Pierce armor
- 2
- Speed
- 0.8
- Line of sight
- 7
- Reload time
- 2s
- Train time
- 25s
- Cost
170food
85gold
Attack bonuses
- vs All Buildings+30
- vs Stone Defense+30
Armor classes
War ElephantCavalryUnique UnitAnti-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
Spearmanvia Cavalry+15–32
KamayukInca onlyvia War Elephants+20
Camelvia Cavalry+9–18
Fire Lancervia Cavalry+5–15
MamelukeSaracens onlyvia Cavalry+9–12
SamuraiJapanese onlyvia Unique Units+10–12
Scorpionvia War Elephants+7–10
Genoese CrossbowItalians onlyvia Cavalry+5–7
Eagle Warriorvia Cavalry+3–4
Champivia Cavalry+1
Strong against
No class-specific attack bonuses — the War Elephant relies on raw stats and role, not bonus damage.
