Armor class: War elephant

This article is about the war elephant armor class. For the unit in Age of Empires II, see War Elephant (Age of Empires II).

The war elephant armor class is an armor class in Age of Empires II that are given to elephant units. All units that have an attack bonus against this class deal bonus damage against units with this armor class.

War elephant units

The following units have the war elephant armor class and take bonus damage from attacks against this class. The number in brackets indicates the amount of armor. If there is no number, the amount is 0.

• Battle Elephant - Elite Battle Elephant
• War Elephant - Elite War Elephant (Persians only)
• Elephant Archer - Elite Elephant Archer
• Ballista Elephant - Elite Ballista Elephant (Khmer only)
• Armored Elephant (+17) - Siege Elephant (+20)

Anti-war elephant units

The following units have an attack bonus against the war elephant armor class. They are sorted descending by the amount of bonus damage they deal.

+130 bonus attack

• Flaming Camel (Tatars only)

+28 bonus attack

• Halberdier

+25 bonus attack

• Pikeman

+20 bonus attack

• Kamayuk - Elite Kamayuk (Incas only)

+15 bonus attack

• Spearman

+8 bonus attack

• Heavy Scorpion
• Flemish Militia (Burgundians only)

+7 bonus attack

• Elite Genoese Crossbowman (Italians only)

+6 bonus attack

• Scorpion

+5 bonus attack

• Genoese Crossbowman (Italians only)

Civilization bonuses

• The following Bohemian units get an attack bonus against the war elephant armor class:
  • +7 bonus attack
    • Halberdier
  • +6 bonus attack
    • Pikeman
  • +4 bonus attack
    • Spearman