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Never had that (elephants sitting on the forum).
Most elephants I meet are on the field or - in case of siege - in the streets. I try to finish them with my cavalry before they rally.
Same with chariots.
If I had to deal with such a situation, I'd send spearmen in phallanx formation (mercenaries if you're roman). Beside other elephants they are, to my experience, the less bad elephant/chariot close-combat killers.
Originally posted by General Ludd
Anyways, I also had a question. How the **** do you kill elephants? I've usually played as the Julii or Gauls so I haven't really run into them before, but now that I'm up against Carthage, I'm starting to encounter them. Where I've run into the biggest problem is in trying to siege a town that has elephants in the garrison. They can't be scared off because they just stand in the town center. I had three full groups of velites and a bunch of Pricipes and Hastati unload all of their javelins and not kill a single elephant! When that failed, I sent my Triarii up to engage them in melee, and unsurprisingly the elephants made short work of them. After breaking down the walls, and fighting my way through spearmen and cavalry my entire army of more then 1000 men was annihilated by two dozen elephants. Pretty ridiculous.
Anyways, I also had a question. How the **** do you kill elephants? I've usually played as the Julii or Gauls so I haven't really run into them before, but now that I'm up against Carthage, I'm starting to encounter them. Where I've run into the biggest problem is in trying to siege a town that has elephants in the garrison. They can't be scared off because they just stand in the town center. I had three full groups of velites and a bunch of Pricipes and Hastati unload all of their javelins and not kill a single elephant! When that failed, I sent my Triarii up to engage them in melee, and unsurprisingly the elephants made short work of them. After breaking down the walls, and fighting my way through spearmen and cavalry my entire army of more then 1000 men was annihilated by two dozen elephants. Pretty ridiculous.
Most elephants I meet are on the field or - in case of siege - in the streets. I try to finish them with my cavalry before they rally.
Same with chariots.
If I had to deal with such a situation, I'd send spearmen in phallanx formation (mercenaries if you're roman). Beside other elephants they are, to my experience, the less bad elephant/chariot close-combat killers.
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