Talk:War Elephant (Age of Empires II)/@comment-27977344-20160316103950/@comment-127769-20160521221932

Pikes and monks are the best option against them ( pikes because their cheap cost and attack bonus against cavalry including elephants, and monks because Persians do not have access to Heressy and Faith technologies and the elephants are a large and slow target with very lttle resistance to conversion), also if you are playing a civilization with access to camels use them. If you are playing with Incas use the Kamayuk instead, if yo are playing italians you can combine the halberdiers with their unique archer the genoese crossbowman that also have attack bonus against cavalry including elephants.