Talk:War Elephant (Age of Empires II)/@comment-27977344-20160316103950/@comment-4731279-20160521181028

Build at least 3 barracks (10 if possible) and upgrade your pikemen at least once before spaming them (also upgrade them at least twice with the blacksmith), if your friend is clever it will backup his elephants against pikemen with handcannoners or any type of archer, the cost/effective way to defeat them is with elite skirmishers also spam them if you notice he has plenty of those. You might want to build between 30-40 farms to keep the heat of the battle. And eventualy he will run out of gold forcing him to use basic units.