Persian War Elephant Rush

One of the most decisive charges an enemy can mae is when he is Persian. A War Elephant rush against an unprepared opponent is simply decisive.

Generally an elephant rush requires a whole lot of food plus gold. Its 200 food a pop for an elephant plus gold. So lots of farms is in order. I recommend atleast 15-20 farms pumping out food to meet the hungy demands of elephants plus atleast 6 villagers on gold. Be sure to research armor upgrades for your elephants to stand up to missile fire. Attack upgrades are nice but not really necessary.

When you attack should determine numbers. If you bypass advancing to Imperial Age and crank out Elephants, 10 or less should do the job. However, you are likely to slip behind in development. If you wait until imperial age, expect to face stiffer defences. Bring more elephants, and if you have enough resources upgrade them to elite. Plus maybe a sortie of knight escorts is always nice.

Then march on the enemy base. Bring a few villagers along to setup a castle and towncenter as a forward base. If you prefer a more traditional siege, then trebuchets or bombard canons can also come to lay siege while the elephants defend. A siege tends to leave the workforce rather intact while a rush tends to cause more havoc and deaths but at more danger to your forces especially if canon towers are defending.

Beware the anticavalry units however like spearmen, camels, and mamelukes but numbers should be in your favor.

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