Mercenary Towered Forest Elephants
Mercenary. Hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building.
Class: heavy · Category: cavalry · Men per unit: 24
Description
Elephants are a terrifying spectacle to opposing troops, well able to smash battle lines and toss men aside like dogs.
Stats
| Rank in roster | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men per unit | 24 | █········· 7% |
| Attack | 6 | █········· 3% |
| Charge bonus | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Defence | 11 | █········· 2% |
| · armour | 10 | █████····· 54% |
| · defence skill | 1 | █········· 0% |
| · shield | 0 | █········· 0% |
| Morale | 12 | ██████···· 57% |
| Discipline | Normal | |
| Training | Untrained | |
| Recruitment cost | 6,984 dn | ██████████ 99% |
| Upkeep per turn | 1,704 dn | ██████████ 99% |
| Turns to recruit | 3 |
Weapons
Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 15 against 6.
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 6 | 15 | Charge bonus | 0 | 1 | Type | missile · archery | melee · other | Damage | piercing | blunt |
| Projectile | arrow | — | Range | 120 | — | Ammunition | 25 | — | Properties | — | Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) · may throw men into the air · hits an area, not just one man |
Defence
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 11 | — | Armour | 10 | 13 | Defence skill | 1 | 38 | Shield | 0 | — |
Condition and terrain
| Hit points | 1 · elephant african 15 | Mount | elephant african | Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow | 0 / -1 / 0 / -8 | Charge distance | 60 |
| Formations | Square |
Technical stats
| Time between blows (primary / secondary) | 2.5 s / 2.5 s | Extra fatigue in hot climates | 1 | Spacing between men: close / loose | 7.7 × 9.1 m / 11 × 13 m | Default ranks | 2 |
In battle: Frighten nearby enemy infantry · Animals may run amok
Where to hire it
Mercenaries are hired from a regional pool, not recruited from a building. This unit is offered by 1 pool covering 32 regions, at 3,804 dn to hire and 2 experience.
Mercenary pool: Africa
At least one of those pools sells to any faction that has an army in range, with no faction restriction.
The 32 regions where this unit appears in a mercenary pool
Ader Lepqi · Adrumet · Aspis · Auseia · Auzica · Ay-Khol · Bebaxal · Epichos · Gaetulia · Gaetulia Septentrionalis · Garamantia · Hekatompyle · Kirtan · Liksho · Mauretania · Mauretania Meridionalis · Mauretania Orientalis · Mauretania Septentrionalis · Phazania · Qart Hadasht · Rush Adir · Salda · Shigan · Syrtis · Thapsos · Ting · Tobgaxag · Woyxat · Xatiq · Xupon · Zabrutuxun · Zama Meizon
Who can recruit it
A core roster unit for 2 factions, each able to raise it anywhere they hold the right building:
Ptolemaic Empire · Ptolemaic Rebels
Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (3)
| Building | Also requires | Building | Also requires | Building | Also requires | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indirect Rule | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Elephants · Tier 1 Colony | Direct Rule | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Elephants · Tier 1 Colony | Homeland | Tier 2 Military Industrial Complex · Elephants |