How to deal with elephants? (Medieval 2: Total War)
The problem is more bites into my soft places. In Rome more or less was clear: run away, cast aside ogenyi arrows, spears, etc. With the hardy boys, none of this passes. Just Panzer corps of Guderian! Not escape - a bullet catch, spearmen will not meet until convergence because all cannons, fire arrows, kernel etc of the drum(on very hard), psyche, like a Tyrannosaurus. Well, you can fill up a long gun firing a couple of elephants that Timur will be; could a couple of spears to scatter cavalry(horse archers on the drum). If 1-2 units of elephants, it would help, and then only with a decent life, and if 3-4 of the unit, that all the oars.For Spain I ran into them at the very end though and throw it away at this zoo with a dozen armies, it was bearable when shared my power. But in Russia very different classifications. I put on a meeting nomads elite of the Russian army, and, as I thought the spices against Tamerlane recruited: the Royal guard of the court cavalry, foot archers(Dvor), a few units of boyars sons and smoked bamboo in anticipation of the invasion. Went only one army wild children of the steppes and playful in a perverted form destroyed my elite. In the army it was only 7!!! units of elephants. It was just a beating. I still managed to disperse the two units, while the remaining elephants and other units are not destroyed almost my entire army.
I'm all in prostration and do not understand how to deal with them. That takes them? Maybe rocket launcher(not Proval else). Any idea about the anti parts?
And slew elephants with guns and large bodies. Organs are especially effective - elephants die just like that, only suggest to turn of volley fire. This is the PTO M2!
I had defense in Mosule - Horde Tamerlane has just appeared and immediately collapsed on him, and so saved that town had a bunch of heavy infantry, and the great wall, the elephants went to a number of volleys of towers, and then trick - defended walls and win. In General, elephants are the coolest units in the game, I hired 2 units in the deserts of Egypt and 2-ve elite of the enemy army as not give birth at all (of course in the army was not only elephants, but in General, 6 units vs 18 is not bad). ELEPHANTS RULE
Yes, it is not a balanced unit....
I Cossacks with muskets and endured it quite long.........although in reality, elephants are not so steep.......
Hornet_M, actually one spillage from posket in the elephant and he has to push those who have blaze to him.
The subject interesting. If in the field, try to take them into the ring as quickly as possible is not firing, the rear shock is always the strongest, and so on until you go crazy. In the siege, I agree with pinquin vymenivali to the walls, although I took the city with only 1 unit of elephants with arquebusiers and 1 with guns and no one could stop them after the failure of the walls of the narrow city streets, while I haven't lost a single elephant!
Elephants - rulez. 2 unit take out the whole Mongol cavalry. They are afraid of fire. One hit the fiery core of a simple catapult and they panic. Then just watch as they endure their own countrymen. Fire arrows are also effective. Did notice that because the artillery is more accurate a simple catapult. Guns that often podtuplivaesh for the whole battle is not do not fire a single shot; only effective in the destruction of the walls.
I propose to introduce a new unit, to counterbalance the elephants - a gaggle of rabid mice, vypuskaet their elephants and those fleeing in panic from the battlefield 
In special battles we can hold demonstrations and fighting:) one on one.
Elephants musketari easier to blame the Polish nobility (ginetai).
After four fights, the result 3:1 in favor of the cavalry.
If you have time shoot can get. Usually either do not have time or do not fall.
I like the rockets defended the city in the area, so they smashed all the elephants of the city
Clearly, smashed: the elephants-the chance of collapse was not. And Nessonov they, too, would be smashed. It worked only because of the narrowness of the passage and because Purley is probably durom with one hand, Yes hand to hand is useful, instead of guns in the distance area sharashit.
I defeated the Mongols and Timurids in the field Egypt. Elephants can destroy the following ways :
Attack good heavy cavalry with the runway, preferably from different sides at the same time. I used Royal mamrukov. Even better would be the Royal guard of Russia. 3.4 unit attack one unit of elephants, when the first understand, move on to the next. Naturally, it is better to catch the elephants away from the infantry, especially halberdiers.
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Focused fire arrows elephants with guns - weak hands like arcabucero will not work. In this phase of the battle, the other units should cover the shooters from the attacks of the cavalry of the Timurids. I have used a Sudanese arrows, but the best in this situation will be the Janissaries with muskets of the Turks and the Cossacks, Musketeers Rus.
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Shelling elephants horse archers. Horse archers need units 16. The effect will be only horse archers of Russia, the Turks and Egypt as the most powerful, if not to take into account Mongolian.
The techniques I have described since the most effective. Last appointment use only for lack of a better.
although in reality, elephants are not so steep.......
Where such an opinion? Cool, and very. Was, at the time. With their help, gained a lot of victories. Why not widespread? Elephants are physically small. Besides, it requires a lot of time to train the animal. And all this time it will have to maintain. As you know, the elephant is to eat much. And to walk it is necessary constantly that it had not stagnated. Again, the climate is warm, and the trouble will be even greater.
In General, the majority of rulers did not have the money to buy the elephants, and not all sold: the better weapons keep for themselves.
In the middle ages the elephants continued to use. The Romans found some time way of dealing with the giants, but it is only a matter of training an animal. A large fire it is afraid not stop, but from the little arrows would not shy. Moreover, the miracle-Jude armor, which really was not on them in the ancient world.
it is the gun. there is some for precision strikes. the Danes definitely is. serpentine seems to be called (someone wrote above). not tried it, but I think should help.
in kingdoms I'm sure the flamethrowers will fry elephants. you only need the flame thrower at the gates and wait until the elephants come in. at all reasoning without practice, against the elephants do not beat ))
if you can get to the cage the elephant what will it be ? or has HP like an elephant ?