Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants
For the right amount of silver you can see your enemies trampled into the ground.War elephants were not battle-winning weapons on their own. They had to be used properly and given the right support if they were to break an enemy line and, with it, the will to fight on. Often, elephants were accompanied into battle by a screen of friendly skirmishers, whose job it was to keep them from being harassed by the enemy’s own light troops before charging. The sheer size of an elephant was enough to instil terror even before it hurled men away, impaled them on its tusks, or trampled them to death. Even in the best battle conditions elephants could be unpredictable: they often reacted angrily if their handlers were killed or wounded, but could also turn on those same men when the stress of battle pushed them to breaking point. However, sent forward at the right moment, war elephants could sweep away all before them. Indian elephants first came to the Middle East when Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great’s Successors, invaded India in 305BC. 500 war elephants were handed over as part of the peace treaty between the Seleucid dynasty and the Mauryans of India, and the Seleucids went on to breed many more from this initial stock. War elephants remained an important part of the Seleucid army until their defeat by the Romans at Magnesia in 190BC, following which they were forbidden from breeding more.
Unit Name Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants |
Main Unit Key Mer_Syrian_Armoured_Elephants |
Land Unit Key Mer_Syrian_Armoured_Elephants |
Naval Unit Key pel_transport |
Soldiers 24 |
Category Elephants |
Class Elephant |
Custom Battle Cost 1900 |
Recruitment Cost 1000 |
Upkeep Cost 750 |
13 |
├ Missile Weapon rome_javelin_elephant |
├ Projectile javelin_normal |
├ Missile Damage 11 |
├ Missile Ap Damage 2 |
└ Base Reload Time 9 |
Accuracy 5 |
Range 103 |
Reload 15 |
Shots Per Minute 8 |
Ammunition 7 |
Melee Attack 64 |
6 |
├ Melee Weapon tusks |
├ Weapon Damage 6 |
├ Weapon Deadliness 0 |
├ Armour Piercing No |
├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0 |
├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0 |
└ Bonus vs Infantry 0 |
Charge Bonus 44 |
40 |
├ Base Defence 24 |
├ Shield none |
└ Shield Defence 16 |
30 |
├ Armour leather |
├ Armour Defence 30 |
└ Shield Armour 0 |
125 |
├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium |
├ Man Health 20 |
├ Bonus Hit Points 15 |
├ Mount syrian_elephants |
├ Mount Entity indian_armoured_elephant |
└ Mount Health 90 |
Base Morale 60 |
Abilities
No Ability
Attributes
- Mighty Knockback
This unit causes extra damage when it knocks enemies back. - Resistant to Heat
This unit tires less quickly in the desert. - Run Amok
This unit may go crazy if it's under pressure. - Scare (everyone)
This unit frightens all enemy units. - Immune to Fear
This unit is immune to the fear effects of scary units.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Transport- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good charge
- High damage
- Huge amount of hit points
- Good morale
Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
1 | rom_province_pool_syria | Palmyra |
Eremos Syria Palmyra |
0 | 0.75 | 1 | 2 |
2 | rom_province_pool_syria | Syria |
Syria Kommagene Kilikia Aram |
0 | 0.75 | 1 | 2 |
Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool
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No. | Pool | Province | Region | Initial Unit Count | Chance To Replenish | Max Replenish Per Turn | Max Count |
3 | rom_province_pool_syria | Syria |
Aram Eremos Syria Phoinike Syria |
0 | 0.75 | 1 | 2 |
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