Quote Originally Posted by pansoiatr
Elephants have to be treated as something exotic and very precious.
I have used them in my epeirote campaign,at the beginning,and they can easily turn the tide of a battle in your favour
Agreed, and as gollum would 'precious' they is.

I usually like to wait until the enemy is reasonably fully committed before releasing them into the enemies inf heavy rear. Using my own cav to clear the enemies missile units well away from them, as EB's Nellies are very vunrable to missiles and expensive(stops people using to many of them) also depending on where you are their recruitment zones are somewhat distant.