What was your most heroic victory?

**option** · 06-27-2009, 01:18

This one goes out to all of you who say elephants aren't worth the money...

My single fullstack completely annihilating two Roman fullstacks after landing in northern Italy, thanks to a single unit of African Bush Elephants. No horse archers and only three phalanxes, and none of them made a significant impact on the battle, so there.

**chenkai11** · 06-27-2009, 06:25

Originally Posted by option

This one goes out to all of you who say elephants aren't worth the money...

My single fullstack completely annihilating two Roman fullstacks after landing in northern Italy, thanks to a single unit of African Bush Elephants. No horse archers and only three phalanxes, and none of them made a significant impact on the battle, so there.

Very impressive. Especially it's the Carthaginians slaughtering the Romans.

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 06-27-2009, 10:16

Actually, your elephantes killed 702 enemies. Your liby-pheonician cavalry killed 573. Make a proportion with their cost and upkeep... I think you can afford 3 cavalries for your elephant, so 573*3= ....

Anyway, GREAT victory, man ;-)

**Cute Wolf** · 06-27-2009, 10:36

Liby phoenicians on horse didn't scare the romans... a cute elephant did made them scream like girls and runs away... plus you can't watch the wonderful moments when romans are tossed to the air like wild kittens tossed to the trash bin...

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 06-27-2009, 12:07

Agree with the fear-factor, but i prefere a more versatile and less risky cavalry force. I fear very much the "running amok throughout your own army" factor ;-). Of course you don't risk very much against Romans because of their lack of good and long-range archers.

**DaciaJC** · 06-28-2009, 19:36

Originally Posted by Mikhail Mengsk

Agree with the fear-factor, but i prefere a more versatile and less risky cavalry force. I fear very much the "running amok throughout your own army" factor ;-). Of course you don't risk very much against Romans because of their lack of good and long-range archers.

Meh, I recall one battle as the Getai in which I ambushed the Carthaginian captain (sitting on an elephant) with a unit of Drapanai. Within maybe 10 seconds after making contact, he was dead, the elephants starting running amok and crushing their own men, and a result, the entire army routed. Only three of my units actually fought (all Drapanai), and a full stack routed. A lack of archers doesn't necessarily mean there's no risk of those elephants running amok.

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 06-28-2009, 20:04

Sure, but is more risky against heavy missile armies. In a melee you can drive them amok too, but you will risk that they run amok troughout YOUR lines.