How strong are War Elephants really?

Welcome to a new Age of Mythology video, this time covering the War Elephants. War Elephants are tanky and good against buildings but super slow, and for that reason Camelry might be a better option depending on your playstyle.
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[@canaldecasta]

Are they good? Depends on the context: When i use them? No When the enemy uses them? Absolutely

[@Nexotic0]

story of my life

[@creepy448]

LMFAO

[@Ianarius]

True.

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

I like to think of the Elephant as the poor man's myth unit - it doesn't take up mana to create it, it's generally good due to its health pool and it will substitute myth units if your statues were destroyed.

[@notpaul5622]

I love that there are still some Aom youtubers posting videos, keep up the great work man!

[@Nexotic0]

🍵 cheers Paul

[@ackoonsgaming]

agreed

[@ameerm4899]

Surprised me too. I played the game and ended in hard difficulty. I must say it was more fun than easy and moderate difficulty

[@Casketkrusher_]

Agreed, sadly the glory days are long gone.

[@Atganos9217]

15 elephants fit in a roc, but 16 archers can't #gamelogic

[@V.D.22]

the law of AoM does not allow more than 15 units.

[@JonatasAdoM]

It can only carry 15 souls.

[@ThefarryNem]

@@JonatasAdoM Do all living being have soul or just humans?

[@Nexotic0]

Yeah an elephant with a human on top = 1 unit Logic lol

[@JWonn]

@@Nexotic0 I wonder how difficult it would be to program the game so that carried units take up space equal to their population size?

[@swide2750]

1:29 prodromos, make a straight guy rethink himself

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

3:15 The flying elephants made my day complete

[@Randoman590]

If you wanna REALLY have a laugh, put a bunch of Titans against Arkantos (God) and watch them fly.

[@yammoto148]

I guess Elephants are good units if you want to rush down buildings while being attacked by the enemy. Especially if you want to get rid of a Wonder but catapults are too squishy to reach them. Also the fact that Rocs can transport them means you can perform a seige bomb stradegy. They also are kinda like Myth units that don't cost favour which is pretty nice.

[@798jeremy]

Except they don't have any special ability like every Myth units are supposed to have as well as costing favors, indeed...

[@MrBloodomer]

Seeing the Cyclope YEETING THE FUCKING WHOLE ELEPHENT just made my day

[@mahmoudtalebi9974]

I find they complement the other Egyptian castle units very well. In an army of chariot archers? Definitely very good meat shields! Specially in the late game you can just rush an enemy base and clear it in a matter of minutes.

[@afanoflafear]

For real if you Micro manage and distract enemy archers and "attack buildings" (TC, towers and Strongholds) A sneaky Roc filled with 15 elephants ejected in the heart of their main city can really devastate their villagers.

[@eget4144]

Argus: am I a joke to you?

[@satyakisil9711]

2:51 poor elephant.

[@Nexotic0]

1 like = 1 prayer

[@Cyrusleaf]

I would love to see a remastered version of age of mythology. That would have been lit.

[@Nexotic0]

Agreed

[@MaxPower3532]

Mmm

[@muffinheretic994]

I think Elephants are really good if these conditions apply: You have a forward midgol you are attacking, not defending You don't need to secure Map Controll right now

[@JonatasAdoM]

2:52 I don't think I have ever seen this!! That's so cool!

[@Nimloth333]

because you haven't play a lot like me 😂

[@PaszerDye]

Been a long time since I played Empires, but I was disappointed there were no Elephant Archers in AoM. It came out around the same time I watch LotR, so I was eager to see something like the Oliphant, a tank unit that could attack multiple targets.

[@muffinheretic994]

original AoE had them as well as AoE2 with Rajas And seing how often they get used in those games, it's not that sad that they're not in this game. Would be a cool mod though... And it could have potential in situations, I guess, if it got some cool moddifiers.

[@Cythil]

Oliphants were pretty cool in Battle for middle earth games however. But that came out later.

[@josephdoria5237]

@@Cythil Oliphaunt/Mumakil in Battle for Middle Earth were AWESOME. I loved putting fire archers on top of them and parading around the map shooting/trampling everything.

[@Cythil]

@@josephdoria5237 Yep. And truly massive beasts. I liked BFME and especially BFME2

[@josephdoria5237]

@@Cythil I never got to play BFME 2. I bought a copy on eBay a long time ago, but the first disc was missing so I couldn’t install it.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

I remember that Isis with Thot makes the elephants a viable option even bein able to spam them always that I had a good gold income. I don't need effective units when I'm doing a Age of Empires II goth gameplay but with war elephants xD

[@adamkhalifa4148]

I love age of mythology I am not a pro player but I am decent my favourite character is cyclops,Minotaur and more

[@AchillesWrath1]

They're best used as a siege unit with chariots behind them because they don't die so fast as regular siege. The enemy will be desperate to kill off those elephants leaving the chariots free to pick away at the units trying to kill the elephants or villagers trying to repair.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

I only ever recruited 3-4 of these to act as frontline bullet sponges whilst my chariot archers did the real killing. Never realised they were quite this good against buildings though.

[@manuelcampos8531]

Nice video! Looking foward to the next one. Cheers

[@urosopacic1403]

When i was kid i didnt knew what is bonus damage so i thout elephants are op

[@user-up9dq4wz5v]

Nice video...... Thanks for uploading it 👍👍👍.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

Set+Thoth War Elephants are my guilty pleasure

[@AnubhavB00B5]

Oi, ya always forget the Argus for demonstrating insta-kill! :D Super neat video regardless, waiting for this game to get Definitive Edition'd.

[@Nexotic0]

Thats true. Frick

[@myssledissle]

Review on Contarius? I remember using strategies of slowly building up a army and holing myself away, then revealing like 60 Contari and just rushing them and killing their walls and even fortified TC's in like 25 seconds

[@Nexotic0]

I could, but I'm going to priortize more interesting units if that makes sense? Also, gonna work on other videos (not just) unit breakdowns 👀

[@elvenatheart982]

Such a cool video

[@charbelyounes5188]

Gotta love your content man❤️ Found my original AOM in my old PC but my laptop couldn't read it (missing files maybe?). Btw you sound Dutch or Danish am I wrong?

[@Nexotic0]

Could always buy it on steam / find a crack :p I'm dutch yes!

[@charbelyounes5188]

@@Nexotic0 I'm moving to France next year, won't be able to buy it now cz the economy's so crushed in here AOM is literally worth 130$😂. Btw can you discuss someday the gods/factions strengths and weaknesses? I never played PvP, so I'm interested to know.

[@theflightlessalbatross3415]

I like using elephants defensively. Keep some around a defensive line, then have them tank damage while towers and stronghold fire away. Their big health pool distracts enemies long enough to counter a fair number of assaults. Plus this strat bypasses their low speed since I don't need them to move far

[@DrunkedOwly]

They work wonders when doing an FH rush, 4 of they some camels and maybe a siege tower

[@Randy7777]

Thanks!

[@frank6013]

How did you do the 1 on one spearman vs elephant test? I dont see any way how the spearman wins.. the horus upgrade only doubles its attack vs cav, making it 16 vs the elephants 14, while the elephant has 5x the hp.. the anubis and other horus upgrade add .7 attack each.. 1 spear will all of the special god upgrades still gets stomped by a completely un upgraded elephant..

[@foohfreitas6153]

more Age of mythology videos please

[@AchillesWrath1]

That's a strong bird to carry 15 elephants.

[@lucasvermeulen4454]

I must play this game again

[@g4md0r32]

I usually train them in small quantities as meat shields as they are really good at soaking up damage from archers. Can I micro my camelary to do the same thing to dodge the arrows? Yes. But I am not good at micro so the other strategy suits me better. imo the War Elephants are not "cav" they are more like slow moving tanky siege units that are really good against anything non spearmen in a push. I would not use them for skirmishes though.

[@weredraco]

My Egyptian playstyle is usually to wall up and focus on economy, then, with a little help from a Roc and Thoth, airdrop 15 fully upgraded elephants behind my enemies' bases to destroy their homes and any wonders. The free Roc from aging up I use first to scout the entire border and sometimes to transport villagers to an area by each corner to set up extra temples and strongholds (walled off for extra safety). I'm not a quick player, I prefer the long slow game where I have an excessive amount of resources stocked up and several layers of double walls protecting me.

[@stuartmacaulay5658]

Means A) You must play Isis as only Isis gets both Hathor and Thoth. B) You'd suck vs mass colossus or fire giants, without the Nephy upgrades in the temple your priests would do nothing vs heavy mythic units. Colossus are also much more pop efficient than elephants, they'd shred two layers of wall and still have time to regenerate HP from trees and gold.

[@veteran673]

Since you like doing these ill put my list of units by tier that i made, these are by the power and power only and the highest cant even be measurred: Things like human3x means unit multiplayer against certain enemy and the tests like hoplite,minotaur,jasin,toxotes are all made sepperatly in order to see how well they do against melee,heroes,myth and archers Age of mythology TIER: One above all Osiris(myth): 20 000 hp Speed 5 LOS 50 Hack 99% Pierce 99% Crush 99% Hack 5000 Pierce 5000 Crush 5000 Range 25 Can't be revived TIER: Supreme God Prometheus(myth): 50 000hp 500 Hp regen Speed 3.7 LOS 25 Hack 80% Pierce 99% Crush 60% Hack 85 Crush 175 Ranged: Range 14 Hack 25 Crush 20 SA 4 fireballs each 25 hack and 20 crush,missed fireballs spawn Prometheans(15sec) 5x buildings,2x myth,2x human,20x titans Can't be revived 200 Ballista can defeat him 30 fire giants can hurt him TIER: God Gaia(myth): 50 000hp 100 hp regen Speed 3.7 LOS 25 Hack 80% Pierce 99% Crush 60% Hack 150 Crush 150 5x buildings,2x myth,2x human,100x kronos Can't be revived Kronos(myth): 50 000hp 100hp regen Speed 3.7 LOS 25 Hack 80% Pierce 99% Crush 60% Hack 100 Crush 100 5x buildings,2x myth,2x human,20x titans,5x gaia Can't be revived TIER: Demigod Guardian(myth): 20 000 hp Speed 4 LOS 12 Hack 94% Pierce 94% Crush 94% Hack 700 Crush 2000 3x human,2x titans, Can't be revived TIER: Godlike Arkantos God(hero): 1500 hp 20 hp regen Speed 5.3 LOS 20 Hack 80% Pierce 80% Crush 99% Hack 100 SA 200hack Aoe(15sec) 25x Living Poseidon statue,10x myth,3x set animal,7x human Can be revived Living Poseidon statue(myth): 20 000 hp Hp regen 10 Speed 3.3 LOS 12 Hack 85% Pierce 85% Crush 85% Hack 100 Crush 300 3x human Can't be revived TIER: Legendary Titan(myth): 7000 hp Speed 3.75 LOS 25 Hack 89% Pierce 89% Crush 94% Hack 70 Crush 70 60hack Aoe(8sec) Can't be revived Zeus= +18 dmg,+350hp Atlantean= +2hp regen =3000 hoplite,100 Jason, TIER: 1 Circe(hero): 240 hp Speed 3.7 LOS 15 Hack 50% Pierce 50% Crush 99% Hack 100 Pierce 100 Crush 100 Range 15 5 sec for attack Can't be revived 2x myth units,3x set animal =23 hoplite,7 Jason,10 minotaur,10 toxotes Gargarensis(hero): 500 hp 2 hp regen Speed 4.3 LOS 15 Hack 65% Pierce 80% Crush 95% Hack 20 Cyclop throw 30hack(15 sec) Can be revived 5x myth units,3x set animal,5x SA to all =8 hoplite,4 Jason,5 minotaur,18 toxotes General Melagius(hero): 800 hp Speed 4.3 LOS 16 Hack 70% Pierce 80% Crush 99% Hack 12 SA unit buff+Aoe 10 hack(12 sec) Can't be revived 6x myth units,3x set animal =6 hoplite,4 Jason,5 minotaur,14 toxotes TIER: 2 Son of Osiris(hero): 420 hp Speed 3.6 LOS 22 Hack 30% Pierce 50% Crush 99% Hack 60 Heal 10hp Can't be revived 5x myth units,3x set animal =6 hoplite,3 Jason,4 minotaur,10 toxotes Polaris(myth): 1500 hp Speed 5.5 Hack 40% Pierce 50% Crush 80% Hack 30 Can't be revived 3x myth units =9 hoplites,2 Jason,3 minotaurs,17 toxotes Folstag(hero): 800 hp 1.5 hp regen Speed 4.3 Hack 55% Pierce 50% Crush 50% Hack 18 Crush 12 SA freeze titans for 30 sec(60 sec) Can be revived 2x myth units,3x set animal,50% heroes =6 hoplite,3 Jason,3 minotaur,11 toxotes Kamos(hero): 425 hp 1 hp regen Speed 3.7 LOS 17 Hack 60% Pierce 60% Crush 80% Hack 10 SA minotaur toss 80 hack(15 sec) Can be revived 3x human soldier =7 hoplites,2 Jason,2 minotaurs,9 toxotes TIER: 3 Chimera(myth): 800 hp Speed 5.3 Hack 60% Pierce 60% Crush 80% Hack 20 SA fire breath 100 hack(20 sec) 3x myth units,0.5x to heroes =9 hoplite,1 Jason,2 minotaur,12 toxote Hydra(myth): 800 hp Speed 4 Hack 60% Pierce 40% Crush 80% Hack 20 Crush 10 SA killing 3 units grow a head and each head +50% dmg 2x myth units,0.5x heroes =8 hoplite,1 Jason,2 minotaurs,10 toxotes Mountain giant(myth): 1200 hp Speed 3.2 Hack 50% Pierce 40% Crush 80% Crush 25 Hack 20 SA 120 crush buildings(15 Sec) SA dwarf kick 30hack(15 sec) 0.5x heroes =8 hoplites,1 Jason,1 minotaur,11 toxotes Avenger(myth): 600 hp Speed 5.3 Hack 60% Pierce 40% Crush 80% Hack 28 SA whirlwind Aoe 80hack(15 sec) 3x myth units,-50% to heroes =8 hoplite,1 Jason,1 minotaur,10 toxote Heka gigantes(myth): 850 hp Speed 3.3 Hack 44% Pierce 44% Crush 80% Hack 25 Crush 30 SA ground slam 60 hack(15 sec) 3x SA to myth units,0.5x heroes =10 hoplite,0 hero,2 minotaur, 12 toxotes Fire giant(myth): 600 hp Speed 3.2 Hack 60% Pierce 80% Crush 80% Hack 15 Crush 5 Range 14 SA 3 fireballs at once (15 sec) 2x myth units,0.25x heroes =9 hoplite,0 hero,2 minotaur,14 toxotes TIER: 4 Kastor adult(hero): 350 hp 1.5 hp regen Speed 4.3 LOS 17 Hack 50% Pierce 50% Crush 99% Hack 10 Sword bash 60 hack(5 sec) Can be revived 7x myth units,3x set animals =6 hoplites,2 Jason,4 minotaur,6 toxotes Polyphemus(hero): HP:540 Speed: 3.4 Hack Armor: 40% Pierce Armor: 40% Hack Attack: 15 Club toss 90Hack(25sec) Can't be revived 7x myth units,3x set animal =4 hoplite,4 minotaur,2 Jason,7 toxotes Nidhogg(myth flying): 2000 hp Speed 3.7 Hack 50% Pierce 64% Crush 99% Crush 40 Hack 30 =1 fire giant,20 toxotes TIER: 5 Ajax older(hero): 350 hp 1.5 hp regen Speed 4.3 LOS 17 Hack 50% Pierce 50% Crush 99% Hack 10 Shield bash 60 hack(10 sec) Can be revived 7x myth units,3x set animal =3 hoplites,2 Jason,3 minotaurs,6 toxotes Reginelif(hero): 400 hp 2 hp regen Speed 4.3 LOS 18 Hack 55% Pierce 60% Crush 99% Pierce 8 Heal 40hp Can be revived Bellerophon(hero): 400 hp

[@Nexotic0]

Nice detailed list!

[@veteran673]

@@Nexotic0 i know i had it all the way to the chicken but i lost the files

[@vVVIX]

Some rare youtubers still playing Aom

[@BVasquezp]

I would like a review on camelry.

[@JonatasAdoM]

That's a mythic Roc indeed

[@dinosdaniel3508]

Rush a group of them into your enemies buildings as your other units fight their army.

[@DrunkedOwly]

Now that I see ppl thoughts, I thing an special ability like the Chinese general or maybe a debuff could work, I mean, I think it fits the role of the elephant aside siege, break lines

[@DrunkedOwly]

And the description of the elephant would make sense with that sort of ability

[@shiro_the_trap2513]

Neat :D

[@Spiror]

Elephants are special goods for range damage and take down buildings and walls fortress , for melee combat they are average only

[@michaelbayley9432]

Can you cover the fully upgrade champion ulfsark in age of mythology as they get more upgrades than any other unit potentially?

[@Nexotic0]

Sure thing, will add it to my list

[@dodang_9147]

your probably referring to Thor's Ulfsark when choosing minor god with fountain, boar and wolf. They're very average even when fully upgraded but they excel at swarming the enemy as their unit train time is extremely fast. They're strong at sieging due to fast attackspeed when massed and excel at killing war elephants ironically. They're pretty bad vs altlantian because Altlantians will spam fanatics and arcnus at you and they're kinda bad vs zeus and greeks as whole. they're super strong vs egypt and china though and strong vs Odin who usually relies on cav.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

@@dodang_9147 Ironically, you're more likely to find Forseti/Bragi/Tyr Ulfsarks from Loki in the late game than you're going to see them come from Thor. Thor is 60/40 in Classical between Freya and Forseti, 75/25 in Heroic between Skadi and Bragi and 75/25 in Mythic between Baldr and Tyr. I can't find the reference, but IIRC FU Thor Ulfsarks actually give Fanatics a good fight on cost and pop. Ofcourse, that doesn't mean you should throw them against Fanatics.

[@dodang_9147]

​@@devangnivatkar2649 Loki ends up going for it purely because he generally buy Forseti for Hensir rush upgrade and does not buy Njord because most Loki players objectively look to get Hei. They'll only go Tyr if they can win the game on the spot with his god power. The reason why Thor never goes for his Uber ulf build is because the gods that Thor has to choose have terrible myth units. If they buffed Troll,Boar and Wolf, than people might go for it. The other reason is Baldr provides Thor with the critical siege upgrade required on battering rams to siege properly where as Odin & Loki can just spam Mountain giants for siege so another buff that might help Thor to choose this build would be to buff Batista Siege as it is kinda trash.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

@@dodang_9147 I've seen some Tyr picks from Loki here and there, it's not particularly rare for him to pick him over Hel. But yeah, Hel is preferred. Thor's standard god-path isn't just because of MUs. Skadi has Frost Giant, Frost GP, Winter Harvest and Huntress Axe. Baldr is chosen firstly for Ragnarok and secondly for Fire Giants. Dwarven Auger and Sons of Sleipnir are the cherries on top.

[@giannisgiannis870]

On 2:00 ans before,i believe spearman has increased attack(more faster i believe).

[@V.D.22]

6:04 what's that wolf like unit that kills 2-3 elephants in 1 blow? I have never seen it before

[@glimerg5947]

He is from company

[@V.D.22]

@@glimerg5947 from the campaign?

[@Nexotic0]

Campaign yeah

[@diegobernini6372]

@@V.D.22 He is the Guardian, second mission of the egipttian campaign

[@Xevose]

Dark Frog Lord bak at it agane. Wish this game was on Mac such a fun game. 🥺

[@Nexotic0]

You can't play it on mac?

[@Xevose]

@@Nexotic0 you cannot it is very sad

[@Nexotic0]

@@Xevose :(

[@crocrocroco6285]

Can you make a video about total war Warhammer 2?!

[@Nexotic0]

Not sure that'd fit my content style

[@crocrocroco6285]

@@Nexotic0 its an RTS game as well

[@Nexotic0]

@@crocrocroco6285 I know, I play it from time to time. But its still different

[@Joker-yw9hl]

I don't play as Egypt that much but yeah I've never really found War Elephants worth it. As Egypt my Migdol unit would be camelry instead, especially as Ra. I've always wanted to like the chariot archers but they just don't do the job either

[@Nexotic0]

In PvP Chariots are amazing because u can micro them and they are really fast

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@@Nexotic0 yeah true enough! As Egypt I tend to find them more trouble than they're worth but that's just me. I only play noob lobbies. Usually play Greek or Atlantean anyway

[@chaoticposting4591]

The SotW of AoM

[@davidrafael9422]

Why the archers dont shoot the guy ?? why shoot the poor elephant?

[@deepcosmos1301]

Good there aint mouses around 🐁

[@thrall6647]

Greetings! Preiss algorithm gods!

[@et34t34fdf]

Maybe Ra camelry with osiris can break even vs war elephants.

[@juliandiazpascielli2383]

2:50 XDDDDDD

[@tmac9114]

Protoxx. I don’t think you tested properly. No way a FU spearman can bear a FU elephant 1v1 you must have had a mod on . Also did u test with Thoth upgrade too?

[@Nexotic0]

FU, no mods. I have never modded my game ever, this is simply the extended edition

[@tmac9114]

The elephant should have 22 attack I believe . With Thoth upgrade they have 24 . Is that what they had? And the spears have 100% damage so they would be doing 24 damage an attack . But the elephant health is like 650 and the spears health is like 130. Thor bragi tyr ulfsarks are the most powerful against Calvary as they also have 100% increase but a higher attack with 16. Ofc take into consideration armor. Spears have 62% and elephants have like 34* so let’s say the spears are doing double the damage each attack so say 48 vs 22. 48 x 12=572 so 12 attacks wouldn’t even kill the elephant 22x 8= 176 this damage goes beyond the spear health . The elephant should win with almost half health remaining

[@tmac9114]

@@Nexotic0 I tested this on EE with a friend, elephants Thoth or not win with over half health when both spears and elephants are fully upgraded

[@tmac9114]

I think the problem could be when u advance thru heroic age the camel and elephants have higher attack than it shows in ur video . I wonder if ur midgol units are weaker than normal

[@Nexotic0]

@@tmac9114 wait what, that's strange. I used all the upgrades available on both units. Including the serpent spear for the spearmen... huh lol

[@rochreech3173]

I a,actually have a cup of rose tea! Haha

[@cano3391]

You forgot atlantic myth unit, it have instant kill

[@Forestguardian]

Ah yes the roc bomb

[@giannisgiannis870]

Elephants are good because they are not myth units.Myth units have many points and they can kill human soldiers but heroes kill easy the myth units.Elephants are not myth units,so heroes cannot kill them easy.If you have elephants you can win a battle,but if enemy has second line(archers),you need too archers to defeat the enemies.

[@yowut8075]

I made elephants but i LOST. Whachu got to say about that Protox

[@Nexotic0]

Hey man, I barely use em myself but thats because I play Norse and Greek 24/7 👀

[@yowut8075]

@@Nexotic0 twitch channel?

[@viniciusvyller9458]

I was 2v2ing with friends, then my norse team mate died 30 min in. I made the game last 2 hours against my other 2 friends for spamming elephants. I made 250 elephants on total, almost won.

[@Nexotic0]

That must've been a long last stand :p

[@earms2949]

AOE elite war elephant 😎. Reporting

[@Nexotic0]

👀

[@nickybutch3]

Bring aom back!!!

[@andrijazecevic4627]

They are good against AI and low skill players,but anyone who is skilled with micro managing an army can render them to near uslessness

[@SoloWaggin]

I've got to say your videos on aom are quite bad at understandings the full lenght of what makes units strong and weak

[@Nexotic0]

High end pvp meta must be different then, I usually play vs irl friends or vs 2 Ai at once and basic unit counter knowledge is all I really need. These videos are for entertainment and some light education about a unit in general. Is there anything you'd like to add?

[@SoloWaggin]

@@Nexotic0 things like hoplites have no actually bonus damage against cav units and at imperial age cost of units really Doenst matter only population count you should be comparing 2 elephant's to 10 hoplites(not only that but civs like Isis get more pop so even a 1 to 1 in pop cost Doenst cover it), not only that elephants are mainly just damage soaks and their size is a good thing more designed around being meaty front lines that soak damage for the backline.

[@wizardcat7407]

i dont even play this game

[@Nexotic0]

Wait, why is it in your recommended? :o

[@wizardcat7407]

@@Nexotic0 because i watch those vids none the less

[@Nexotic0]

@@wizardcat7407 hell yeah!

[@facundoperrupato7074]

I think that the elephant needs a new bonus, like vs standar infantery or a rechargable insta kill, cause has a lot of desventages, they are formed in midgols so you cant build other units while you are using it, and they cost a lot of resources and population.

[@armanaryn8372]

It should have an insta kill

[@RJALEXANDER777]

I think I saw a mod once that gives it the minotaur special ability. That made a lot of sense. Would've been interesting to be the only non-hero/non-myth unit to have a special attack.

[@MetalKing1417]

Just give it the ability to do trample damage like in Aoe 2

[@DrunkedOwly]

Reading the description that they have, I think they should have a general-like buff or maybe a debuff for the enemy