Slitherine

It was pointed out in the end of game army thread that no one was using Elephants in the single player game so of course I had to give them a try.

Just finished Dog's Head and they've reached Lvl 11. They did extremely well against Phillip's Bodyguard and have done well overall.

I originally thought their lack of equipment would be a problem until I took a look at level/stat increases. They get a good increast to Health and are the only unit I'm aware of that gains armor and damage.

Health +8 lvl Other units only gain +1 lvl.
Morale +2.5 lvl Same as any other unit.
Melee Armor +0.33 lvl Armor gets thicker over time, must be scar tissue:)
Melee Concuss +0.33 lvl Build up those trunk muscles.

I find that elephants can be part of a lethal battleplan, but that said battleplan is expensive indeed. It requires one to have a unit of good heavy infatry moving along with the elephants. This prevents elephants from being attacked by more than a few guys at once, making them really friggin dangerous. Unfortunatly, while this combo dominates open terrain, it suffers severly in rough, and can take heavy casualties to missle fire.

I find elephants to make an excellent support unit, but a fairly poor stand-alone combat unit.