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    Vardan the Great's Avatar Campidoctor
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    Icon4 Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Guys I play as Armenia and can do nothing against 1 Seleucid army. You know what? I kill all their units but when there is one cat el-phant troop it destroys all my army to pieces. I always avoid battles when I see that troops coming I loose every battle which has that elephants in them. It makes me to stop playing my campaign cuz there are no way to extend my invasion.
    So is there some way to kill that troops in early game or I just must run away and let them rape me?
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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Let me guess... You're playing v2.5? This shouldn't happen in v2.6 anymore.

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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    I installed 2.6 , at least I think so . So is it fixed in 2.6 ? Can you kill them with heave inf and cav troops?
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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Yes, but it's more effective to use missile units or even siege weapons like ballistas or scorpions. They're weaker in 2.6, but they still can inflict high damage. It would be wise to deal with them early and bring them to run amok. Also dangerous as they could run at you, but for the AI too.

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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Cavalry can sometimes be surprisingly effective against elephants especially "Tank Cav" with Ap attacks. Just pin them with the horses and hit them with javs, stones, arrows or light spearmen. Also, please try to refrain from using the R-word, it bothers me quite a bit.

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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    I think you must be playing 2.5 I'm playing as Armenia at the mo and I chewed through the Seleucids elephants or no elephants. In fact with Armenia I seem to chew through any faction without a lot of difficulty

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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    The most effective way is to shower them with flaming arrows, before they even reach your army (that's what the AI does as well), that often causes them to run amok. But, if that doesn't stop them, try charging cataphract cavalry unit at them, you'll probably lose one unit, but it should do the job.

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    Stath's's Avatar Protector Domesticus
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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    javelins were always the answer for elephants, weren't they?


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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Yes javelins were,but animals are scared of fire so flaming missiles are efective to,arrows cant kill elephants, but flaming ones can let them run amok.
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    onmy6's Avatar Miles
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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    I found when playing as Armenia 2 or 3 Armenian cavalry squads the cheap generic ones or 2 Cata units will do in the elephants just fine, the cheapy Armenian cavalry are a rather large unit so you have men to burn an the elephant's don't like pointy sticks up em

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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    Well I play H/H and fires arrows, javelins, cav, NOTHING stop them, it is a disaster
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    Default Re: Dat cataphract elephants !!!

    that means you haven't installed 2.6

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