Quote Originally Posted by Oleander Ardens
After an intensive RTW-experience I'm back again..


Now I made some good test ranges vs Elephants since the demo and I will make a guide soon, but here are some basic points...


Elephant-killers...


Phalanx-units can stop them well - very well, my two German Warbands stop with some relative little losses the Armored Warelephants. They must be well ordered though

The Romans must rely on the Merc. Hoplite instead of the Triarii - this guys are their money well worth against these pesky animals

The Hellenic Phalangites with their longer spears are the bane of them - there is no way one of them makes it through the lines attacking from the front - at least on very heavy on my version in my tests..


More to come soon..

OA
Oleander,

You are right about the Hellenic Phalangites with longer spears/and or larger units being show stoppers for the elephants. However, I've been able to crash the base level elephants through the 80 man phalangites. They hold up better than the triarii and really slow the beasts down, but the elephants make it through.

The problem with a few hoplites as a counter is twofold: 1. the infantry or cav behind the elephants will likely tip the scales in favor of the beasts. 2. It is not easy to use the hoplites in a mobile fashion to meet elephants frontally.

Those incindiary pigs rout the elephants immediately, LOL. Entertaining.

I ran these tests on medium.