The Battle Elephant is a slow and heavy cavalry unit that is available to the Burmese, Khmer, Malay, and Vietnamese civilizations. It can be created at the Stable in the Castle Age for 120 Food and 70 Gold. Due to its steep initial cost, players will need to fully build up their economy before they can afford to mass up Battle Elephants. The Battle Elephant is best utilized in team games and is a powerful front-line unit that can breach enemy ranks. It is strong against most generic enemy units, including basic infantry, archers, and cavalry, but it is easily countered by mass Pikemen, Camels, and especially Monks. All Rise of the Rajas civilizations have access to Halberdiers so that they can counter opposing Battle Elephants in the mirror match. The Battle Elephant is faster, cheaper, and weaker than the Persian War Elephant and carries different bonuses for each of the 4 new civilizations. Let’s take a look at their stats and see how they compare.
Overall:
120 Food, 70 Gold
250 HP, 0.85 Speed, 12 Attack, 1/2 Armor
300 HP, 0.85 Speed, 16 Attack, 1/3 Armor
7 – 10 bonus attack vs buildings
0.5 Blast Radius, 50% damage in that radius
Persians: (not Battle Elephants, but good to compare)
200 Food, 75 Gold
450 HP, 0.6 Speed, 15 Attack, 1/2 Armor
600 HP, 0.6 Speed, 20 Attack, 1/3 Armor
7 – 10 bonus attack vs buildings
0.5 Blast Radius, 50% damage in that radius
-Bloodlines, Husbandry
-All Blacksmith upgrades
-No Heresy, have Faith
Other Comparisons:
-Teutonic Knight: 0.7 Speed
-Champion: 0.9 Speed
-Knight: 1.35 Speed
Burmese:
-Howdah (Battle Elephants +1/ +2 armor)
-Manipur Cavalry (Cavalry and Arambai +6 attack vs buildings)
-Bloodlines, Husbandry
-All Blacksmith upgrades
-No Heresy, have Faith
-320 HP, 20 Attack, 5/9 Armor, 0.935 Speed, +6 Bonus Attack vs buildings
Khmer:
-Tusk Swords (Battle Elephants +3 attack)
-Battle Elephants +15% faster
-Bloodlines, Husbandry
-All Blacksmith upgrades
-No Heresy or Faith
-320 HP, 23 Attack, 4/7 Armor, 1.15 Speed
Malay:
-Battle Elephants 25% Cheaper (90 Food and 53 gold)
-No Bloodlines, have Husbandry
-Missing Plate Barding Armor and Chain Barding Armor
-Have both Heresy and Faith (because they have weaker Elephants)
-300 HP, 20 Attack, 2/4 Armor, 0.935 Speed
Vietnamese:
-Chatras (Battle Elephants +30 HP)
-Have Bloodlines, no Husbandry
-Missing Blast Furnace
-No Heresy, have Faith
-350 HP, 18 Attack, 4/7 Armor, 0.85 Speed
The battle elephaant should be added to the indian tech tree
I agree. If the Khmer have two Elephant uniques, why can the Indians not?
Indians already have elephant archers.
And Khmer have also Ballista Elephants.
I agree, they should have them but maybe without any specific bonus for them. also i think Persians should have at least the regular battle elephant ( but not their elite counterpart) so they have a cheap alternative to their unique unit
it’s impossible when battle elephant is special unit for Rise of Rajas civilizations
Raja is a Hindu word for “king”, so India has a right to have them.
Persians is very very bad with monk ….
Raja is an Indian word. Indians invented Elephants in battle, elephants that are trainable are extant species to India. Add this to India civ.