Carthage Elephant

Hanno's Pride

War elephants were not battle-winning weapons on their own. They needed to be used properly, and given the right support if they were to break an enemy line and the enemy’s will to fight on. They would often be accompanied into battle with a screen of friendly skirmishers. It was their job to keep the elephants from being harassed by the enemy’s light troops, allowing the elephants to attack unmolested. The sheer size of an elephant was enough to instil terror, before its tusks impaled men, or it hurled enemies away or trampled them to death. Even in the best conditions, elephants could be unpredictable: they could react with anger if their handlers were killed or wounded, but they could also turn on the same men when they had reached breaking point. Sent forwards at the right moment, though, and they could sweep all before them.

Unit Name Hanno's Pride

Main Unit Key Car_Hannos_Proud

Land Unit Key Car_Hannos_Proud

Naval Unit Key persian_transport_small

Soldiers 24

Category Elephants

Class Elephant

Custom Battle Cost 1500

Recruitment Cost 1500

Upkeep Cost 100

Missile Damage 35

├ Missile Weapon rome_recurve_bow_elite

├ Projectile arrow_recurve

├ Missile Damage 29

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 11

Accuracy 6

Range 145

Reload 16

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 25

Melee Attack 39

Weapon Damage 68

├ Melee Weapon tusks

├ Melee Damage Base 34

├ Melee Damage Ap 34

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 55

Melee Defence 45

├ Base Defence 45

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 90

├ Armour cataphract

├ Armour Defence 90

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 970

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_medium

├ Man Health 55

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount indian_armoured_elephant

├ Mount Entity indian_armoured_elephant

└ Mount Health 900

Base Morale 65

Abilities

• Kill Elephants
  Elephant drivers will kill their mounts with spikes. To be used only if they run amok.
• Stampede
  Charges are more effective for an extended time.
  Charge bonus
  Exertion: fatigue
• Trample
  Charges are more effective for an extended time.
  Charge bonus
  Exertion: fatigue

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

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Very good charge
• High damage
• Huge amount of hit points
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 1	Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3 Emporion (greek_town_centre_market_4) Level 3 Stadia (greek_town_centre_stadia_4) Level 3 Civil Colony (greek_town_civil_4) Level 3 Farming Colony (greek_town_farm_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Carthage Adirim loyalists Punic Rebels
Hannibal at the Gates	Carthage (Hannibal at the Gates) Adirim loyalists (Hannibal at the Gates) Punic Rebels (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Punic Rebels (Imperator Augustus)