ELITE BALLISTA ELEPHANT vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT | AoE II: Definitive Edition

The Ballista Elephant is the unique unit of the Khmer in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas. It is a cavalry siege unit that fires bolts like a Scorpion. Ballista Elephants can cut down trees.
Ballista Elephants can be upgraded to Elite Ballista Elephants in the Imperial Age.
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[@diegeigergarnele7975]

I remember a game I had some days ago with a friend. It was 2v2 and I told my friend to hold v2 while I would boom like a madman. He bought me time and I did a 5/6 tc boom into 200 vills. Once I was imp I deleted them all and made 200 ballista elephant, deleted the walls and steamrolled the opposing team. Before resigning one of the two asked in chat how do you counter these beasts. My only response was "prayers". Good times

[@jeffery_tang]

"prayers" 11 I see what u did there

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

@@jeffery_tang even though to be honest the hard counter to them is siege rams cause they do pierce damage and are considered siege weapon and as such siege rams have a ton of bonus damage vs them

[@caciqueloko6500]

@@diegeigergarnele7975 but rams dont auto attack enemy units, but a good combo of siege onagers+ halb + uu anti cav in stagger formation do the job

[@catrielmarignaclionti4518]

@@caciqueloko6500 no, they do autoattack, they just start on deffensive stance.

[@wewantthegoldsuckah6317]

@@diegeigergarnele7975 do you think Halbirdiers would have stand aginst the ballista elephants?

[@MajdFreiji]

Ballista Elephants vs Elephant Archers: Can they do it: Yes. Should they do it: No

[@NutOnYoutube]

They got pretty lucky with the auto attack leaving so many low HP but with an advantage. Definitely a fight worth taking for archers to me

[@matthewmcneany]

Those Tarkans took a nearly 2:1 resource disadvantage fight and won.

[@BengaIaas]

Was this the first time you had to speed up the fights? I cannot recall seeing this before. Nicely done!

[@spyrofrost9158]

Kingdoms: We have mighty soldiers trained to be the best they can be! Fear us! Khmer: Haha elephant go fwomp

[@jellointhewind8712]

😂

[@franortegaguardia8361]

Can't wait to see more of the equal resources series

[@MrDibara]

I'm surprised by how well the Keshiks did. Now I really want to see these Cataphract-looking guys have their own video, even more then I did prieviously.

[@sanmartinnomurio]

Look at the tarkans. Finally somethings comes up their way

[@martytu20]

Inaki Albisu Ardigo they’re like mounted huskarls

[@MorleyGames1]

Tarkans are amazing vs ranged

[@wewantthegoldsuckah6317]

@@MorleyGames1 I personally have always found Tarkans weak

[@inffire90]

@@wewantthegoldsuckah6317 they not meant for frontal assault more for raiding lol

[@XTheLolX301]

@@wewantthegoldsuckah6317 they are against monst units except archers and now i found against ball ele too, you basically just make a group of them to raid town centers and others buildings

[@MegaDonker]

8:33 The moment you waiting.

[@MolfredoSascha]

The fact 4 hamayuks could take down 4 elephants before dying is scary

[@Apocalypso64]

The Khmer Empire used to be my favorite civilization of all time (having now been replaced by the Kingdom of Georgia), so this unit and civilization holds a special place in my heart. I like the video!

[@nixon7261]

kingdom of georgia?? im georgian. i dont think you mean a civilization in age of empires. so your favourite civilization is georgia irl?

[@Apocalypso64]

@@nixon7261 Correct. My favorite civilization of at least the medieval era is Georgia. I love its history, architecture, geography, and military, and think it's really interesting!

[@nixon7261]

@@Apocalypso64 well im glad you like our country. when i tell people from us that im from georgia they think im from the state georgia so i always have to tell them that there is a country named georgia that has existed for a lot longer than usa. the architecture is really nice here and our medieval age was good. we used to have bigger territories and were one of the stronger civilizations back then. but now we are weaker and our 20 % is occupied by russia.

[@MrJhonvick]

7:54 Lovely and decent defense by the KAMAYUKS, there you notice they're pikemans OP

[@Avinash_Lincoln]

Ballista elephant: I'm gonna smoke you. War elephants: nope. B.E: understandable have a nice day.

[@Leon-oc4em]

Wow they're a lot better than I thought.

[@phdbot4483]

Man! Ballista Elephants are one of the funniest unique units in the game, and I already love elephants in general. 🐘 They're weird in practice, because of they have low damage on their own, but they're really strong once massed, but expensive making that tricky unless Khmer gets enough time to boom. At least Khmer's farm eco bonus is ridiculously good, even after its recent nerf. I also enjoy taking advantage of their ability to cut down trees in castle age, whereas other civs need their onager upgrade in Imperial age in order to do that, so I can surprise foes with a Balista Elephant rush in maps like Hideout or Black forest! XD

[@BlackuKnighto]

I didn't expect the Tarkans to win at all.

[@Marc-se4kf]

5:57 lol

[@supremekhmer6596]

Horses are afraid of elephants. In reality they will not dare charge in like that.

[@boatadd3397]

Quite tanky for siege unit but lots of weakness 5:09 Wait it shooting from rear? 6:31 So they start shooting laser 9:02 It took so long until Stamburger playing

[@cmlcml415]

lol really damn impressive that even Mameluke can't make that happen, but Tarkan made it @@

[@ChhalySamsokrith]

Tremble in the sight of our elephants Muhahahahahaha

[@matthiasvandekerkhove3594]

They are very population efficient.

[@alexanderschulte8248]

You should show off the units stats at the beginning of the video

[@timhuester7721]

he usually clicks the units, so you can see the stats. But the info about hidden attack boni would be nice.

[@chtyldubreux5950]

I think with Leitis you should assume 1 or two relics. Any game you´re going leitis you also try to pick up some relics, and one or two should be reasonable to assume in post imp.

[@creatorleo7578]

Man, those tarkans made really well!!

[@luuthaiquangkhai]

The shotel warriors cant even touch them...

[@DamonNomad82]

My mom's parents lived in Southeast Asia for many years and were familiar with elephants. When I showed the game to my grandma, she thought the ballista elephants were just the funniest thing. Especially since the ballista bolts are in flames after chemistry is researched, and elephants are afraid of fire...

[@budwyzer77]

Introduce her to the Timurid cannon elephants from Medieval 2: Total War...

[@loganvervicos8395]

Poor shotels. They gave just one hit. One hit. It’s a shame. Test them next time !

[@Connection-Lost]

You're supposed to use equal resource cost equivalent, not simply the same number of units.

[@aymaneelansari6183]

Any unique unit exist.... Woad raiders: my time has come

[@jellointhewind8712]

And when you mix them with regular war elephants and a spattering of trash infantry, you are truly unstoppable

[@varungole3471]

3:11 Peta

[@alessandroeg2110]

Nice Job, a really original idea, congrats! :)

[@harishsubramanian1241]

Damn, the karambit warriors got in more hits than the shotels

[@antonevan443]

they got more pierce armor I think

[@nfc14g]

A commentary would be great!

[@MikeEmpires]

nfc14g I’ll start doing it.

[@dazwalia]

Nah.

[@ShamaticFocus]

In every fight, is there around thesame resources spend?

[@samajhdarprani5779]

I feel bad for shotel and gbeto. One did reach en and the other did not get a single kill.

[@hcqb140878]

Gbeto got 2 kills

[@MrDibara]

The Shotel Warriors' case was just depressing. At least the Gbetos took down 2 Ballista Elephants.

[@samajhdarprani5779]

I apologize to The Gbetos for falsifying and tarnishing their image. It was not intentional.

[@MrDibara]

@@samajhdarprani5779 No need to. I'm pretty sure it's the other person who misread your comment. I understood just fine.

[@xanecosmo5061]

How does that elephant shoot anyway? There's no one on the elephant. I understand the Indian archers that ride elephants. But how come, someone out there decided to put a scorpion on an elephant and thought "HEY, this is genius" and expect it to shoot itself. And it works, somehow.

[@LeoLibertador]

Pues es lo mismo que los Onagros, Escorpiones Lanzapiedras genio.

[@nicotube4178]

They should use staggered formation. Not tighted up like regular formation...

[@njdutoit]

Do Ballista Elephants count as cavalry or siege weapons?

[@LeoLibertador]

Ambos! Si te fijas los camellos y Alabarderos les hacen mucho daño pero también mangudais

[@edgarsm7672]

Vs Leitis with 4 relic bonus...

[@brunogabrielf.8283]

Ei mie, eu queria fazer um canal sobre comparativo tecnologico, econômico e militar sobre aoe2, mas focado no hd edition, quando vou fazer uma batalha entre 2 grupos militares sempre tem alguns da IA que ficam parado esperando que o seu grupo ataque ou algum grupo fica parado ou sai andando pelo mapa. Alguma dica?

[@sgtpepper8581]

IDK why people say ballista elephants sucks, they are the most powerful unit ever

[@LeoLibertador]

Concuerdo, son muy muy peligrosos. Seguramente es por su costo y lentitud pero de igual forma desde la primera vez que los vi, y noté que sus flechas hacen daño a su paso creí que era una gran unidad

[@katas5312]

OP unit

[@neacomicwriter93]

Wich is the last unit?

[@nabil_san]

No information 😔

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

were they nerfed or what? easy pc ate my 30 of them without much losses in post imperial meanwhile stock arbalesters as always melt everything with 10 monk healers

[@arthurleitaobarbosa3105]

Tá com a tech de atirar 2 projeteis? Ou é só pra scorpion? Tempo que nao jogo de khmer

[@hcqb140878]

Imperial Khmer tech. X2 proyectiles escorpiones y elefantes con bañista

[@burtreynolds4577]

Nice!

[@godofmonster7405]

I think they are the strongest unit in massive battle

[@spyrofrost9158]

They do the same job as mass scorpions just cost more and have loads more HP. Can't ask for anything better than that

[@theowlogram888]

@@spyrofrost9158 They do have much weaker damage so you need more to start the deathball but yeah once it's up and going life should be easy 11

[@MECANERDGAMING]

thx

[@quaintserpent]

I wish they did make up better unique unit🤣

[@Pandadude-eg9li]

What the heck happened to the comments section on youtube? Are they planning to remove the comments? I liked commenting here.

[@kampfer91]

i only see " add a public comment "

[@ronaldambatoho]

Hey, you should make this equal resour... Ah nevermind. My boy ballista elephant here is on killing spree .

[@Leon-oc4em]

I keep scrolling all the way down to see the comments. I hate this new setup.

[@Michael_______]

Same

[@abjadhijau]

Aku berharap ada unit terbang di aoe2 . ( Indonesia language )

[@MorleyGames1]

Melee pathing is awful in this video. Most notably the imp camel, konnick and boyar

[@kOaMaster2]

the horrible melee pathing :S

[@anibalbarca9549]

"khmer are not op"