Persians (Age of Empires II)/Strategy

The Persians are an offensive cavalry oriented civilization. They have access to all cavalry techs and their knights do extra damage to archers. Their unique unit, the War Elephant, is an ultra-heavy cavalry unit that is slow but with a large attack and massive amount of hitpoints. War Elephants will usually form the core of a Persian army, with Paladins used as support to take down fast units the War Elephant can't catch up with. However they have a weak defense and are one of two civilizations to be unable to research the Champion upgrade for their infantry.