[Xietor]

would demons with venomous claws/talons not attack an elephant from behind, or do you assume they would just fly straight into its trunk? Could its trunk effectively dislodge a demon that sunk its claws fangs into an elephant's back and just sat there tearing it up?

Since you could not write a scenario to cover every flyer v every melee trampler, as i think that may be very complex, I think most true flyers, that attack with their bodies(claws talons fangs) would be skilled enough at air combat to not be trampled every time the trampler attacks.

I think it makes more sense that the trampler would get an attack at them with his melee weapon since they are in range, and not be guaranteed a trample attack.

I am not sure you see my point, i am not disagreeing that some fliers may be knocked to the ground and trampled, but you think a skilled flyer, especially if there are 30 flyers and 1 trampler, would all be knocked down every time to where an elephant coukld trample them all?