War Beast

What does this unit counters ?

All other units

Counters to this unit type

All other units

General playstyle and general tips

Those tips can be used when playing every infantry type listed below, but their effectiveness varies according to the type of infantry/faction being used.

Those units have special characteristics and usually counter one unit in particular. They also have special traits which makes them powerful when used properly.

See characteristics for more detailed tips.

Factions

Greece

War Beast

Tier	Unit name	Description
N/A	N/A	N/A

Premium units

Tier	Unit name	Description
N/A	N/A	N/A

Commanders who can play them effectively

N/A

Roman Empire

War Dogs

Units

Tier	Unit name	Description
N/A	N/A	N/A

Characteristics

Same as the barbarian war dogs.

Premium units

Tier	Unit name	Description
T8	War Dogs	Hulking, muscly beasts trained to hunt down and savage their masters enemies.

Commanders who can play them effectively

Germanicus
Scipio

Alternative choice:
Caesar
Sulla

Barbarians

War Dogs

Units

Tier	Unit name	Description
T4	Seconeded Strays	On command, these men will unleash fast, vicious hounds on the enemy.
T5	Wild Wolves	Fiercely loyal beasts ready to pounce upon their masters' enemies.
T6	Hound Handlers	Slavering hounds are quite a wat to keep the enemy occupied.
T7	Brocéliande Biters	Wild beasts from a wild land - and that's just the handlers!
T8	Wolf Walkers	"Never mind who let them out - just run!"
T9	Warg Warriors	These dread hounds slowly stalk their prey before bursting forward with incredible speed
T10	Fenrirs Folloewers	The wolf's howl instils a deep, primordial fear in all but the hardest of hearts.

Characteristics

Those units are basically 2 units in one : the dogs and the handlers. The dogs ignores phalanx,a nd can be unleashed at a specific location. They will automatically attack any unit that is close to them.

Premium units

Tier	Unit name	Description
N/A	N/A	N/A

Commanders who can play them effectively

Arminius
Vercingetorix
Boudica

Carthage

War Elephants

Units

Tier	Unit name	Description
T6	African Elephant	Everything's better with elephants.
T7	Armoured Elephant	The only thing more terrifying than a charging elepant is an armoured charging elephant.
T8	Caesai	Elephants: powerful, noble and dangerous.
T9	Baal	A god amongest elephants.
T10	Tanit	This is the force that spread fear and awe throughout the ancient world.

Characteristics

Heavy and tanky beasts, those units are very resistant to whatever you can throw at them, except pikes and artillery. Missiles will slow them down,a nd they are immuned to flank attacks.

They have a special trait which makes them kill every knocked down enemy they step on.

Premium units

Tier	Unit name	Description
T5	Surus	The Grand Old Man of war-elephants.
T7	Melqart	Elephants never forget.

Commanders who can play them effectively

Hannibal

Alternative choices:
Hasdrubal