Jungle Elephant

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— William Slim, 20th century British General

In game[edit | edit source]

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Jungle Elephant — Vital statistics

Super heavy cavalry unit with powerful splash-based attack, highly effective versus melee units, but near worthless against missile units, especially javelins, quarrels and heavy projectiles.

Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
Upgrades to
Axial Age [3]
10.3s
(155t)
230 10 23 2.6s
(40t)
30 Varu
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
Food.jpg: 120;
Wealth.jpg: 30
Wealth.jpg: 3
2

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8 Melee
  • Bonus damage versus light infantry.
  • Defence bonus versus melee horse cavalry.
  • Defence penalty versus units armed with javelins, long spears and crossbows.
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Overall strategy[edit | edit source]

Jungle Elephants are trainable by Shang, Bach Viet and Indians. Unlike the Varu, they are not missile units but are instead full-on melee units, being more powerful than the missile-based Pilei Ya'ar.

Unit summary[edit | edit source]

  • Very strong melee unit, trainable from the Angkor Wat wonder, immensely powerful in melee engagements but susceptible to missile attack.
  • Livin' Large — These units consume a fair amount of resources and have a huge pop cap cost. Thus, only the most warlike and the richest cultures can afford to recruit War Elephants.
  • Bigger Is Not Better — War Elephants are weak to ranged weapons and ships, so should not be fielded on their own.

CtW information[edit | edit source]

War Elephants are not a common sight for most of Rise of Kings' 24 nations, with the exception of the Gajnal Mahout but encountering these beasts without firearms can be a nasty shock. Unhappily, you are bound to meet some of these animals if you are venturing into India and Southeast Asia. While the vast Deccan Plain allows for some manoeuvreability against these humongous monstrosities, the riparian nature of Southeast Asia means that you might be at a disadvantage. In which case, overrunning regions wholesale with armies might be a better choice as opposed to attacking them piecemeal.

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