Ballista Elephant Counters and Strengths - Age Of Empires 2

Ballista Elephant Counters and Strengths in Age of Empires 2

Ballista Elephant unit portrait

Ballista Elephant

Mounted Scorpion

The Elite Ballista Elephant is a Khmer unique unit equipped with a scorpion, strong against infantry and archers. It can also destroy trees but is weak against cavalry and siege weapons.

Imperial upgrade: Elite Ballista Elephant

Ballista Elephant Stats

HP250HP
Attack9Attack
Range5Range
Melee Armor0Melee Armor
Pierce Armor3Pierce Armor
Speed0.8Speed
Cost Food 100 Food Gold 80 Gold

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How to Counter the Ballista Elephant

The Ballista Elephant has 10 strong counters and is strong against 5 units. Use the lists below to learn what beats it in Age of Empires 2.

✔ Best Units Against Ballista Elephant

These units counter the Ballista Elephant effectively.
Counter Ballista Elephant with Eagle WarriorEagle WarriorCounter Ballista Elephant with Camel RiderCamel RiderCounter Ballista Elephant with MangonelMangonelCounter Ballista Elephant with HuskarlHuskarlCounter Ballista Elephant with KamayukKamayukCounter Ballista Elephant with SamuraiSamuraiCounter Ballista Elephant with Magyar HuszarMagyar HuszarCounter Ballista Elephant with MangudaiMangudaiCounter Ballista Elephant with MamelukeMamelukeCounter Ballista Elephant with Flaming CamelFlaming Camel

✘ Worst Units Against Ballista Elephant

The Ballista Elephant is strong against these — avoid sending them in.
Militia is a bad counter to Ballista ElephantMilitiaArcher is a bad counter to Ballista ElephantArcherSpearman is a bad counter to Ballista ElephantSpearmanHussar is a bad counter to Ballista ElephantHussarChu Ko Nu is a bad counter to Ballista ElephantChu Ko Nu

6 Tips to Counter the Ballista Elephant Line

1

Ballista elephant is a mounted scorpion so they take high damage from mangonels.

2

They are considered a mounted scorpion meaning they take massive damage from mangonels.[1]

3

Fast moving cavalry units are highly effective against them if they manage to close the distance.

4

They are very slow moving and incredibly vulnerable to conversion from enemy monks.

5

Since they act like scorpions they excel at dealing pass through damage to clumped enemy formations.

6

Massing them requires a huge resource investment so always keep them alive with healing or repairs.

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