War Elephants morale Problem ?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Zen:
You can try to use a Strategos, but unless he's got some fast moving boots, the elephants will move out of the range of his Banner before it will affect. Also Elephants like to spread out for some reason. And later, get limps and things which cause them to spread out.

You can both reduce the outrun effect by putting one or more Strategoses in front, spread out slightly. This will likely keep the elephants from outrunning them quite as much, since he has a head start, and will also make him a bullet magnet for archers, who will probably miss him because he's a single target with decent protection. Using more than one will reduce the probability that they all die, plus will increase your banner coverage.

Your elephants should rarely have Lasting afflictions anyway: Arco has Priestesses that can cure afflictions easily enough, so your elephants should be back in shape in no time at all anyway.

Of course, it's more fun to get a mystic with a nature pick, and communion a bunch of other mystics together and do the Berserk Elephants From Hell. If you have another one with an air pick, you can make him another master and do Berserk FLYING Elephants From Hell.