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This article is about the unit in Chronicles: Alexander the Great. For other uses, see Armored Elephant and Siege Elephant. |
| “ | Anti-building Siege Cavalry. Resistant to most ranged attacks. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Armored Elephant is a cavalry siege unit in Chronicles: Alexander the Great, available at the Siege Workshop. It can be upgraded to the Siege Elephant in the Imperial Age.
It is a regional unit only available to the Puru, for which it takes the place of the Battering Ram line. It is also an elephant unit.
Tactics[]
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Further statistics[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. | Buildings, archers |
| Weak vs. | Infantry, cavalry, Mangonels |
| Conditional matchups | Priestesses |
| Technologies | |
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| Attack |  Forging (+1) Iron Casting (+1) Blast Furnace (+2)
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| Armor |  Scale Barding Armor (+1  melee / +1  pierce) Chain Barding Armor (+1 melee / +1 pierce) Plate Barding Armor (+1 melee / +2 pierce)
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| Conversion resistance |  Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max)
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 Movement speed
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 Husbandry (+10%)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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 Regeneration
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 Puru (25 HP/min when 10+ tiles away from enemy units)
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| Team bonuses | |
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| Conversion resistance |  Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
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| Creation speed |  Celts (+20%) Gurjaras (+25%)
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| Upgrading | Celts (+20% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)
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Team bonuses[]
Bulgarians: Blacksmith technologies that benefit Armored Elephants are researched 80% faster.- Huns: Bloodlines and Husbandry are researched 20% faster.
- Lithuanians: Exorcism is researched 20% faster.
- Malians: Siege Engineers is researched 80% faster.
- Portuguese: Technologies that benefit Armored Elephants are researched 25% faster.
History[]
Pre-gunpowder siege weapons were uncommon in ancient India, and battering rams were possibly never used at all. Instead, cities and forts were taken by assault by employing elephants that had been taught to batter walls and gates. This training, called nagarayanam, is mentioned in the Arthashastra treatise of governance and statecraft. The Mahabharata also calls the elephants purabhettarah ("town-breakers") for the same reason.[1]
Gallery[]
Many views of the Armored Elephant
Many views of the Siege Elephant
The Armored Elephant (left) and the Siege Elephant (right)
A bas-relief on one of the arches of the Sanchi Stupa depicting war elephants in an Indian army
