Battle Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Battle Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Battle Elephant is countered by Monk, Pikeman and Camel Rider. It is a Cavalry / Unique unit of the Battle Elephants, available to the Southeast Asia.

Class

Cavalry / Unique

Line

Battle Elephants

Available to

Southeast Asia

Elite upgrade

Elite Battle Elephant

Cost

100 70

The Battle Elephants

• Battle Elephant
• Elite Battle Elephant

Battle Elephant stats

The Elite Battle 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 →300

Melee attack

12 / 2s →14 / 2s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

1

Pierce armour

2 →3

Speed

0.9

Line of sight

7 →8

Training time

24s

What counters the Battle Elephant?

Hard counters beat the Battle 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 – elephants are expensive
• Pikeman hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry/elephants
• Camel Rider hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry
• Mameluke UU hard UU (Saracens) – Ranged anti-cavalry
• Flaming Camel UU hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+130)
• Genoese Crossbowman UU hard Attack bonus vs. cavalry (+5)
• Kamayuk UU hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+20)
• Scorpion hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+7)
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. elephants/cavalry
• Heavy Scorpion hard Attack bonus vs. elephants (+10)
• Mangonel soft Area damage
• Camel Archer UU soft UU (Berbers) – Kites elephants, no bonus damage
• Onager soft Area damage
• Siege Onager soft Area damage

What does the Battle Elephant counter?

The Battle Elephant is strong against units at close range.

Civilizations that improve the Battle Elephant

6 civilizations have 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.