Hannibal

“A brilliant strategist and tactician, General Hannibal rides atop his mighty war elephant attacking with devastating melee charges while continuously calling more elephants to fight by his side.”

Description

Hannibal is a General available after the research of Hannibal Barca's The Ultimate Tactician in the University.

Historical Description

Hannibal Barca of Carthage, the modern-day North African country Tunisia, was a general during the second and third centuries BCE and is revered as one of the greatest military minds in history. He defeated Rome in many battles during the Second Punic War. His tactics included utilizing cavalry, infantry, and war elephants in unison to suffocate his opponents during battle. One such military maneuver he applied was the double envelopment, which he used against Rome during the Battle of Cannae. This strategy entailed having cavalry and infantry attack from the sides and form a crescent shape that could neutralize enemies that were attacking in a straight line.

Hannibal is also famous for leading a massive army across the Alps in the throes of winter while battling toward Italy and Rome. He was eventually defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama, thus ending the Second Punic War. After being defeated, he became a politician and enacted changes to the law, such as shortening lifetime military judge appointments to only two years. He would eventually go into exile and take his own life in order to prevent his capture by the Roman Empire. Hannibal is remembered as striking such fear into the hearts of the Romans that whenever a disaster struck they would exclaim Hannibal is at the gates!’ in terror.

Attacking Strategies

Hannibal at level 21+ in a tank

• Hannibal can tank up defensive damage and deal damage to enemy defenses/Troops.

• AVOID Ballista Towers, Cannon Towers, and Anti-Tank Guns with Hannibal. These defensive Buildings are designed to take out any Troop/General that has high hit-points.
  • A good way to avoid the Cannon Towers is to rally straight back out of your clean path near Buildings, bringing your Troops back with your Generals to help escort him/her or for Hannibal to kill any Heavy Cavalry, foot Troops, or General stalking your Troops.
  • Avoid rallying at 45 degree angles, since your Troops are defenseless until meeting the rally point, and it is very possible Cannon Towers, and Troops can kill Hannibal and your Troops if you pass by the defensive Buildings.

• If you are attacking without Tanks with your Troops, Hannibal can take up some of the damage, and is best used to take out Mortar fire. Beware not to rally your troops with Hannibal to a Mortar that can still hit your troops, since Hannibal will be the only one left alive.
  • (Mainly used for Medieval Age) If a Mortar is in position to wipe out Troops, but is easily accessible without Cannon Towers in range, put Hannibal down and rally him/her to the Mortar to wipe it out. Then continue your attack with placement of Troops and Tactics.

• When Hannibal is deployed on the battlefield, 2 elephants spawn alongside him, this effect also works on defense when Hannibal is deployed from a Fort

Statistics

Strength	Durable, 6x damage vs. generals
Weakness	Ballista towers and spike traps
Favourite target	Any
Range	Melee
Deployment Cooldown	8s

Level	Castle Level Required	HP	DPS	DPS Vs. Generals	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	XP Gain
21	5	16,128	516	3,096	-	-	10,590
22					60,000	3d	950
23					65,000
24					70,000
25					75,000
26					80,000
27					85,000
28					90,000
29					95,000
30					100,000
31					110,000	4d	1,112
32					120,000
33					130,000
34					140,000
35					150,000
36					160,000
37					170,000
38		74,326	1,675	11,727	180,000
39		76,003	1,713	11,996	190,000
40					200,000
41	6				205,000	5d	1,260
42					210,000
43					215,000
44					220,000
45					225,000
46					230,000
47					235,000
48					240,000
49					245,000
50					250,000
51	7				251,000	6d	1,395
52					252,000
53					253,000
54					254,000
55					255,000
56					256,000
57					257,000
58					258,000
59					259,000
60					260,000
61	8				261,000	7d 4h
62					262,000
63					263,000
64					264,000
65					265,000
66					266,000
67					267,000
68					268,000
69					269,000
70					270,000
71	9				271,000	8d	1,400
72					272,000
73					273,000
74					274,000
75					275,000
76					276,000
77					277,000
78					278,000
79					279,000
80					280,000
81	10				281,000	8d 19h	1,540
82		307,502	5,850	40,956	282,000
83					283,000
84					284,000
85					285,000
86					286,000
87					287,000
88					288,000
89					289,000
90					290,000
91	11				291,000	9d 12h	1,685
92					292,000
93					293,000
94					294,000
95					295,000
96					296,000
97					297,000
98					298,000
99					299,000
100					300,000

General stats here may likely be without Library and Wonder benefits.

Universal General Bonuses

• +10% HP from Library Leadership research
• +10% HP from Versailles wonder ( +11% with Library Heritage research )
• +30% HP from University leader Hannibal Barca
• +10% DPS from Library Leadership research
• +15% DPS against other generals from Library Leadership research ( means: 7 times DPS instead of 6 )
• -10% upgrade costs from Notre Dame ( -11% with Library Heritage research )
• -10% upgrade costs from University leader Suleiman the Magnificent
• -30% upgrade costs from University leader Hannibal Barca
• -30% upgrade time from University leader Hannibal Barca
• Various Museum item bonuses to HP and DPS