The Rout of Grey Marsh
Battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city · 7 Oct 2026 · Ranked
War Elephants
12 armoured war elephants, each carrying a howdah with 3 archers, escorted by 100 skirmishers with javelins.
Mongol Horde
600 Mongol horse archers with composite bows and spare horses, using feigned retreats and constant movement, backed by 100 lancers in lamellar armour for the final charge.
ROUND 1 OF 2
War Elephants trumpet across the ruins of an abandoned city, skirmishers spreading out. Across the ruins of an abandoned city, Mongol Horde wheel across the ruins of an abandoned city at a gallop, arrows already in the air.
ROUND 2 OF 2
Mongol Horde shower War Elephants with arrows from every side, never letting them close. War Elephants break and stampede off the field.
» The lancers hit like a hammer and War Elephants disintegrates.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Mongol Horde has a clear edge: constant horse archery and feigned retreats. War Elephants needs its massive armoured elephants to land early, or elephants can panic will decide it.
- Constant horse archery
- Elephants can panic
- The battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city
MVP: A teenage horse archer who never missed
Mongol Horde holds the ruins of an abandoned city, bloodied but victorious. War Elephants is finished as a fighting force.