Palmyra (Empire Divided) Elephant

Auxiliary African Elephants

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 Auxiliary African Elephants

Main Unit Key 3c_Aux_African_Elephants

Land Unit Key 3c_Aux_African_Elephants

Naval Unit Key 3c_pel_transport

Soldiers 12

Category Elephants

Class Elephant

Custom Battle Cost 1400

Recruitment Cost 1400

Upkeep Cost 280

Melee Attack 54

Weapon Damage 60

├ Melee Weapon tusks

├ Melee Damage Base 30

├ Melee Damage Ap 30

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 36

Melee Defence 21

├ Base Defence 21

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 30

├ Armour leather

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 905

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_heavy

├ Man Health 40

├ Bonus Hit Points 15

├ Mount african_elephant

├ Mount Entity elephant

└ Mount Health 850

Base Morale 55

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

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
• Large amount of hit points
• Average morale

Recuitment Requirement
Unit Resouces	3c_Elephant_Auxilia
Empire Divided Regions Provinces Regions Aethiopia Aksum Meroe Ptolemais Theron Africa Carthago Hadrumentum Leptis Magna Macomades Libya Ammonium Augila Cyrene Paraitonion Mauretania Rutubis Siga Tingis Numidia Capsa Cirta Dimmidi Iol Phazania Cydamus Garama
Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Auxiliary Garrison (3c_rome_military_aux_3) Level 2

Faction Availability
Empire Divided	Gallic Rome (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Gallic Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Britannia (Empire Divided) Hispania Citerior (Empire Divided) Lusitania (Empire Divided) Palmyra (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Pretenders (Empire Divided) Palmyrene Secessionists (Empire Divided) Roman Pretenders (Empire Divided) Roman Secessionists (Empire Divided) Rome (Empire Divided)