Ballista Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Ballista Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Ballista Elephant is countered by Monk, Light Cavalry and Battering Ram. It is a Siege / Unique unit of the Siege Elephants, available to the Khmer.

Class

Siege / Unique

Line

Siege Elephants

Available to

Khmer

Elite upgrade

Elite Ballista Elephant

Cost

100 80

The Siege Elephants

• Armored Elephant
• Siege Elephant
• Ballista Elephant
• Elite Ballista Elephant

Ballista Elephant stats

The Elite Ballista Elephant upgrade changes the values marked with an arrow. Everything else — cost, class and the civilization bonuses that apply — stays the same.

Hit points

250 →280

Melee attack

0

Pierce attack

9 / 2.5s →10 / 2.5s

Range

5

Melee armour

0

Pierce armour

3

Speed

0.8

Line of sight

7

Training time

25s

What counters the Ballista Elephant?

Hard counters beat the Ballista Elephant decisively and win even at a cost disadvantage — usually through bonus damage, area damage, conversion or a speed advantage it cannot escape. Soft counters win the fight too, but only with good numbers and positioning.

• Monk hard Conversion – expensive and effective
• Light Cavalry hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Battering Ram hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+40)
• Bombard Cannon hard Attack bonus vs. ballista/chariots (+40)
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)
• Flaming Camel UU hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+130)
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+20)
• Magyar Huszar UU hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Mameluke UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+9)
• Mangonel hard Attack bonus vs. ballista/chariots (+40)
• Eagle Warrior hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Mangudai UU hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+5)
• Hussar hard Fast – siege weapons have almost no melee armor
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+32)
• Houfnice UU hard Attack bonus vs. ballista/chariots (+50)
• Imperial Camel Rider UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+18)
• Onager hard Attack bonus vs. ballista/chariots (+50)
• Siege Onager hard Attack bonus vs. ballista/chariots (+50)
• Siege Ram hard Attack bonus vs. siege weapons (+65)
• Pikeman soft Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Samurai UU soft Attack bonus vs. unique units (+12)

What does the Ballista Elephant counter?

The Ballista Elephant is strong against Infantry and Ranged Soldiers.

Civilizations that improve the Ballista Elephant

One civilization has a bonus or unique technology that affects this unit.

For the strategy behind these matchups — when to build counters, how to mix them and which civs do it best — see the Elephant Counters guide.