FAQ: Ermor(Middle Age) VS Elephants.

[Soyweiser]

I thought of another nice tactic.
If you have a special anti-elephant army, and your enemy uses elephants in support of his main force. He/she will probably place the elephants on the fringes of the army to prevent them from trampling his/her own forces when the elephants rout. Your force will probably not survive.

This is the untested tactic.
Fight a battle against them to see where the elephants are positioned.
Position your anti elephant force at the other side of the elephants, at the back.
In the battle the elephants will probably charge towards the anti elephant force, running in front of the main force of the opponent.
With luck, that is also the place where the elephant force routs. Trampling across the main force of the enemy on their way out.
You will probably lose the anti-elephant force. Unless you set them to fire and flee, but then you have a smaller chance of routing them.

Problems with this tactic:
- Flyers
- Opponent changes tactics between battles
- You will lose that battle
- Sacrificing mages to deal with an army is always a bad tactic in the long run. You need every RP you can get.

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Soyweiser

This is the untested tactic.
Fight a battle against them to see where the elephants are positioned.
Position your anti elephant force at the other side of the elephants, at the back.

Your elephant wielding enemy (if they make up much of their power) is likely not relying much on ranged, and probably little on magic artillery.

This implies, you may want most of your forces as far back as possible, to give you time to work.

Cluster a bit near the middle, so that even if his elephants are flanking, they will pull towards the middle regardless.

Set all units to Hold+Attack Large Monsters, or Fire Monsters, and queue up your anti-ele spells (they will throw down some buffs if you start out of range, not the worst thing).

If your army is designed for anti-ele duty, this setup should give optimal results unless a specific tactic requires you to start very close to the elephants, which is usually not advisable.