The Rout of Wolfsgate
Battlefield: a scorching desert plain at noon · 8 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Viking Warband
800 Viking raiders with bearded axes, spears and round shields, wearing mail and leather, led by a vanguard of 60 berserkers who fight without armour or fear.
War Elephants
12 armoured war elephants, each carrying a howdah with 3 archers, escorted by 100 skirmishers with javelins.
ROUND 1 OF 3
War Elephants advance with ground-shaking footsteps, archers drawing in the howdahs. Across a scorching desert plain at noon, Viking Warband beat axes against round shields and roar across a scorching desert plain at noon.
ROUND 2 OF 3
Viking Warband unleash the berserkers, who tear a ragged hole in War Elephants. War Elephants have their skirmishers cut down.
ROUND 3 OF 3
Viking Warband crash into War Elephants with bearded axes, hooking shields aside and hacking through. War Elephants are finally brought down one beast at a time.
» The shield wall closes like a fist and War Elephants is simply gone.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Viking Warband has a clear edge: ferocious berserker vanguard and shield wall. War Elephants needs its massive armoured elephants to land early, or elephants can panic will decide it.
- Ferocious berserker vanguard
- Elephants can panic
- The battlefield: a scorching desert plain at noon
MVP: The shield wall
Viking Warband holds a scorching desert plain at noon, bloodied but victorious. War Elephants is finished as a fighting force.