Siege Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

Siege Elephant — Counters, Stats & Civ Bonuses

The Siege Elephant is countered by Monk, Halberdier and Elite Mangudai. It is a Siege / Unique unit of the Siege Elephants, available to the Khmer.

Class

Siege / Unique

Line

Siege Elephants

Available to

Khmer

Cost

120 95

The Siege Elephants

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

Siege Elephant stats

Hit points

220

Melee attack

4 / 3s

Pierce attack

0

Range

0

Melee armour

-2

Pierce armour

150

Speed

0.6

Line of sight

4

Training time

36s

What counters the Siege Elephant?

Hard counters beat the Siege 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 unit
• Halberdier hard Attack bonus vs. elephants
• Elite Mangudai UU hard UU (Mongols) – Anti-siege

What does the Siege Elephant counter?

Units the Siege Elephant has a damage bonus against

Bonus damage says how hard the Siege Elephant hits these units, not that it wins every fight — some of them still beat it by outranging or outrunning it.

• Mangonel hard Mangonel/Onager
• Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Siege Onager hard Mangonel/Onager
• Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Heavy Scorpion hard Scorpion
• Battering Ram hard Rams
• Capped Ram hard Rams
• Siege Ram hard Rams
• Bombard Cannon hard Cannons
• Houfnice UU hard Cannons

Civilizations that improve the Siege 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.