Rate of Fire The Ballista Elephant is unique among all the unique units in aoe2 as it is the only unit to be classified as both cavalry and siege as well as elephant. They are better than heavy scorps in some cases, but the Khmer has other options. A Ballista Elephant being healed by a Monk, a unique trait for a siege unit. 8, 9 (Elite) pierce Khmer: This civilization is just 2x Scorpions! "Ethnic Groups of Cambodia Vol 1: Introduction and Overview" (p. 168-169). 6 Ballista Elephant: First off, the term 'cavalry siege unit' is a major misnomer. CavalrySiege unit Line of Sight Instead, the missiles will just drop onto the first target (similar to arrows from a tower with, Non-Elite Ballista Elephants do not get additional attack against buildings with. 1,000 food, 500 gold Maybe if you are against lots of onagers/bbc's and need something to help against halbs. Compared to the War Elephant, which this unit replaces, the Ballista Elephant has the ability to attack Mounted units before any other unit in a stack, meaning it can remove unit counters and significantly weaken a stack. How does it compare to its closest kin: the Scorpion, Elephant Archer, and War Wagon? 5. Schliesinger, Joachim. Your name will be listed among the greatest heroes. Tanky, yes. Command ballista elephants and lead Vietnam in Age of Empires II’s Rise of the Rajas. The Ballista Elephant is the unique unit of the Khmer in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas. Their attack strength is underwhelming relative to their cost. As always, volunteers and suggestions are welcome, and I'll see you next Friday! Analysis of the bonuses, units, and techs of the Khmer from AoE2 Rise of the Rajas expansion. 11. those all have an attack bonus vs siege. This table show you information about all units in Age of Empires II Definitive Edition. This unit may be the biggest meme unit in aoe2, something you would probably only make if you're already winning (or in DM), especially being hard-countered by rams; also, I didn't mention that petards do bonus damage to them, so if they manage to reach the elephants they can do insane damage. Karambit Warrior Line: 71. Despite the quirks that can make them shine in certain situations, Ballista Elephants are far from the ultimate units to go for a Khmer player in both single player matchup games and team games. The ballista elephant's ability to cut trees is also unique and can have some fun niche-play on forested maps like BlackForest, Hideout, Michi, or Forest Nothing. On ele, the other shot does 6 pierce damage, on scorp it does half damage i believe. (This bug is now fixed confirmed in AGE3 Editor but not addressed by official releases for some reason), The Ballista Elephant is the only military unit in the, The non-Elite Ballista Elephant is supposed to have a +2 attack bonus against, If a Ballista Elephant attacks its target at melee range, the missiles will not fly straight and cause pass-through damage as usual. Ballista Elephant: Voi bắn tên "arrow-shooting elephant" The name implies that the elephant is capable of shooting arrows by itself 11. Jun 8, 2019 #123 Gandalf Greyhame Full Member. First time playing a RTS game. However this is time-consuming, as only a single tree is cut with each shot. It stats appear to be strong (piercing attack, a high healthpool, having the benefit of receiving armor upgrades from blacksmith, and the ability to be healed). Hit points Khmer Yes, I don't imagine mounting giant crossbows on elephants went over too well with the elephants 11. Master of the Ballista Elephant, you have led the Khmer to victory fifty times. The blacksmith is a must use building in Age of Empires 2 due to upgrades being a game changing factor only if you know which upgrades have priority over others. More range, more damage and the same cost. 2011. They don't really have any immediate weakness, especially if you can throw some skirms to take down monks and spearline. But for me the most important part would be to match the bonus attacks of scorpions, so that there is some consistency. Definitive Edition. 2.5 yeah, the main difference is, pass through damage! Elephant Archers have high HP and pierce armor, and deal the same amount of damage as Cavalry Archers, but with a lower Rate of Fire. Especially good unit for pop-effectiveness, and to defend monuments in KotH. Attack bonuses ... Ballista Elephant Line: 70. In imperial they’re very vulnerable to onagers/rams/bbc so they need to be protected, and if they get swarmed with halbs they can hold out but cost effectively they will die eventually. You can mass them much faster, which you need to do in order to take advantage of Double Crossbow. Chemistry now properly affects Ballista Elephants' secondary bolts. Several surviving reliefs from 12th and early 13th centuries also show that the Khmer mounted ballistas or crossbows on elephants, at least experimentally. Food is actually quite difficult to come by on arena if you dont have lots of map control, just due to space issues. Malay – Conquer Southeast Asia with the vast island empire of Malay and upgrade your docks to harbours which can shoot arrows. The Ballista Elephants is also affected by the Khmer Imperial unique tech - Double Crossbow - which gives an extra (though weaker) projectile bolt. Armor classes 100 I had a legendary Arena game once. Also a great unit on maps like forest nothing/goldnothing/foodnothing or michi where you generally can achieve deathballs easily. Castle Just got AoE 2 DE during the steam sale. Cavalry (-2)War elephant (-2)Siege weapon (-2)Unique unit there is SOME historical basis for this unit. Training 0.4 War wagons, can only hit one target. Range Because of this, it is affected by cavalry upgrades (Bloodlines, Husbandry, etc.) You’d be better off having Scorps alongside the Khmer Battle Elephants. +8 vs Ship+8 vs Fishing Ship+3, +4 (Elite) vs Stone defense+3, +4 (Elite) vs Standard building+2, +4 (Elite) vs Building I'm mostly nsticking to scorps, for the time being. AND siege upgrades (Siege Engineers, etc. 70 seconds. Statistics When is the best time/place to make them? Honestly everything about this unit is madness, which is why it is so cool. A War Elephant into a powerful package with the Elephants 11 more like a Bombard.. 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