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War Elephant

War Elephant

UniqueCastlePersians unique

Persian unique Cavalry that deals trample damage. Strong vs. buildings and units at close range. Weak vs. Spearman-line and Monks.

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Hit points

450

Attack

15 Melee

Armor

1 / 2

melee / pierce

Speed

0.8

melee

Cost

170F85G
Training time25s
Attack speed2s
Line of sight7

Combat detail

Hit points450
Attack (Melee)15
Melee armor1
Pierce armor2
Blast radius0.5 tiles

Armor classes

Elephants

Fully upgraded

Every generic upgrade that reaches this unit — blacksmith, university, stable, archery range, barracks, dock and monastery — researched.

Hit points450470+20
Attack1519+4
Melee armor14+3
Pierce armor26+4

Notes

Upgrades: attack, armor (Blacksmith); speed, HP (Stable); creation speed, to Elite War Elephant (Castle); more resistant to Monks (Monastery).

Attack bonuses

Extra damage against specific armor classes

vs All Buildings+30
vs Stone Defense & Harbors (except Castles and Kreposts)+30
vs Cavalry Resistance-3

Strong and weak against are computed by this site from attack classes, armour and cost — the game files ship no counter list. See the counter analysis for the full working.

Strong against

Computed, not from the game files

Rocket Cart45 HP · 5 atkBattering Ram175 HP · 2 atkHeavy Rocket Cart65 HP · 5 atkSkirmisher30 HP · 2 atkElite Skirmisher35 HP · 3 atk

Upgrade path

War Elephant
Elite War Elephant

Research bill

Elite War Elephant
1350F800
Mounted Units (except Camels)
Unique Units
Unblockable Melee (Armor-ignoring melee attack against units, but not against buildings)
Speed0.80.88+0.08

Upgrade bill

1695F795G
ForgingIron CastingBlast FurnaceScale Barding ArmorChain Barding ArmorPlate Barding ArmorHusbandryBloodlines

Civilization bonuses and unique techs are not included — pick a civ on the battle simulator to see which of these it actually has.

Genitour50 HP · 3 atk

Weak against

Units that win the trade against War Elephant

Elite Kipchak45 HP · 5 atkElite Konnik (Dismounted)50 HP · 13 atkKonnik (Dismounted)45 HP · 12 atkHalberdier60 HP · 6 atkHalberdier60 HP · 6 atkElite War Elephant600 HP · 20 atk
G
75s