Patala

[Ylvali]

lch said:
When you have enemy contact... there's nothing that can be done about a stampede of 30-40 or more elephants. Not one thing, unless you enter the mid to end magic research phase, maybe.

There is plenty things that can be done. Nature mages can spam slime to stop them. Pythium can use hydras. Astral nations can paralyze. MA ermor can use shadow vestals. Ulm can use crusher constructs as meatshields for crossbows. MA atlantis can make ethereal thugs very early. Caelum can spam false fetters and lure them off to attack rear commanders. Woodsman blowpipes can screen and paralyze elephants if massed and scripted carefully. A screen of black servants with shields works w archers/mages. Awake size 6 pretender. Air elemental spam. False horror spam. phantom warrior screen...etc. etc.

Elephants are good, saying nothing will stop them is just wrong. And if you face pythium, elephants are almost useless, 10 hydras can take out 30 elephants without casualties.