The true "pikemen" of Age of Empires. 👌 I love how despite being mostly anti-cavalry, they still do pretty well against many other units. Spears and pikes are the unsung heroes of the medieval battlefield.
Pikemen IRL also performed well against a variety of opposing troops, not just cavalry. Not against archers, but no one would send pikemen alone against longbows or crossbows. Armies were always mixed.
If you get a certain critical mass of them they can beat most other melee units, at least the ones without area or bonus damage. And of course most melee units are better against ranged units in these simulations than they are in actual situations with micro/units to shield them.
These guys are great melee defensive troops since they have 1 range, the 2nd or 3rd line of a tight formation can usually attack at the same time. It's great for making those 300/battle of Thermopylae scenarios
@El Bottoo ,I agree but I said similar, not more, suppose ur comparing two units in head to head in like 1600 food and wood, its okay to make it like 1700-1750, obviously isn't enough to make any real change in the game but it can differ between 1-2 more units, u could assume players have roughly similar resources in games but it's not "exactly" the same, that's very rare,even among equal players, so I think equal resources should be done but a few extra resources for an extra unit is okay
Just a suggestion. It would be nice to have a summary in the description of their results against all other unique units. Who do they win against, and who they lose against.
Well it's curious that the "Kamayuk" title was an administrative one and not militar in the Tawantinsuyu Empire. It says a lot of its organization. You can't control the greatest Empire of America without an elite class of men like them.
@@faber2589 lol sure if you land a hit you'll kill every gbeto, if you land a hit xD they're so much fun to micro, i can kill even paladins with them lol Gbeto are pretty fast and have a lot of melee damage, they can kill onagers in 4 or 5 shots. Just now i won a match where i only made gbetos xD
Dos que eu fiz, o kamayuk era do qual eu mais tinha concepção errada. Eu achava que eles não faziam cócegas na maioria das unidades porque não eram cavalaria, mas eles são até bem úteis com esse alcance.
This is what the Pikeman(AoE3) needed to fight against both infantry and cavalry in long melee reach before an enemy melee unit reach his/her target. Because Spears to other forms of pole weapons are effective and versatile but underappreciated weapon. The pole weapon infantry in both AoE 2 & 3 from spearmen to pikemen should fight effectively against both infantry and cavalry than being an anti-cavalry role like the Kamayuk does.
Slinger: Kamayuk. Kamayuk: Slinger. Slinger: Ho!!! you re aproaching me? Kamayuk: I cant impale your ass if im not close. Slinger: HO HO! Then come close as you like.
Important to note the Archers probably do much better than practice since the AI is dumb and doesn't focus fire. The War Wagons for example lost, but would very likely slaughter if they had a player focus-firing down the units.....not to mention kiting of course, but I think that's a given. Point is archers aren't just missing their kiting but also the benefit of focus-firing down damage sources.
@@mastodonstrengthandperform6346 AI will only send Kamayuks in large number, they'd wait until they have enough force, along with the slingers. Good luck with focus-firing 30 Kamayuks.
@@bryangamarra3208 actually it is unaccurate, since conquistadors are ranged cavalry and just a little bit of micro is enough to beat pikes. The horse is meant to move fast, no to take damage from slow melee units.
Bryan Gamarra the inaccuracy is about history. Conquistadors conquered our lands and made slaves of the natives. Incas beating conquistadors is exactly the opposite of what really happened hence the irony here
@@vantungnguyen2694 Samurai and Jaguar Warriors get plus 10 attack vs unique units and infantry respectively though, so they were pretty much guaranteed to win that match.
That was a bad use of them because they're should be used like tanks. Use a Onager and protect it with Kamayuk and all the archers gonna cry like there's no tomorrow.
@@toastybatch565 sure on castle age. Mix in some eagles and they have something to chase, (micro intensive) Late game Kamayks get good value mixed in with other units. The 1 range in groups matter. I play on 1900 elo DE.
@@Burruno89 Is no joke, you only have to use their 1 range and put them against a forest or building and the Jaguars/Samurai won't be able to properly attack
Not sure either I lost a battle against huskarls with them somehow and I even had numbers and tech advantage...unless they changed something it was super shady lol
10 contra 10 ganan los arqueros, pero 60 contra 60 los kamayuks los persiguen hasta matarlos. Tener que huir constantemente no es garantia de ganar. Más si los incas pueden seguir creandolos de sus castillos baratos
Why in the world do they win vs woadraiders so easy I lost a game today because of that How should you know that they arent only a anticav civ but also a anti infantry civ wtffff they should fix that
The true "pikemen" of Age of Empires. 👌
I love how despite being mostly anti-cavalry, they still do pretty well against many other units.
Spears and pikes are the unsung heroes of the medieval battlefield.
Pikemen IRL also performed well against a variety of opposing troops, not just cavalry. Not against archers, but no one would send pikemen alone against longbows or crossbows. Armies were always mixed.
If you get a certain critical mass of them they can beat most other melee units, at least the ones without area or bonus damage. And of course most melee units are better against ranged units in these simulations than they are in actual situations with micro/units to shield them.
the most wide-used weapons of all medieval weapons. Easy to train, multipurpose, effective with a crowd.
Taking micro into account, they still lose to the majority of ranged units
@@LuckyStriker89 Well yeah, but you'd ideally have eagle support against those. Or Skirmishers.
No teutonic Knights were harmed during the making of this video.
lol
pretty much fallout t-45 power armor
The fact these guys can take out 4 elephants before getting overrun is impressive.
I think it was six
But did not kill a single teutonic knight
Underrated: yes. Overpowered: definitely not.
+20 bonus damage vs. Elephants
@@PoonDestruction +32, since they have +20 against elephant war and + 12 against cavalry (elephant are also cavalry).
This unit counters every melee unit's worst hardcounter:
DE pathing.
They are beastly. Leities, War wagons, and Boyars put up an impressive fight.
Suyash Not that impressive, considering all three of them cost twice as Kamayuks.
I think it was the Konniks that put up a good fight.
Throwing Axemen too
I didn't expect they would take out ballista elephants.
Teutonic Knigts ended them all like it was nothing
And yet they are the worst gold costing infantry unit to archers & cav archers
Not one of them died
Yep, Teutonic Knights are great when there isn't any micro.
pik pik pik pik
Teutonic knight are shit infront of cataphracts
These guys are great melee defensive troops since they have 1 range, the 2nd or 3rd line of a tight formation can usually attack at the same time. It's great for making those 300/battle of Thermopylae scenarios
Play opponents with equal resources spent, not equal numbers.
Equal or similar resources, because a few extra resources in games can be spent
@El Bottoo ,I agree but I said similar, not more, suppose ur comparing two units in head to head in like 1600 food and wood, its okay to make it like 1700-1750, obviously isn't enough to make any real change in the game but it can differ between 1-2 more units, u could assume players have roughly similar resources in games but it's not "exactly" the same, that's very rare,even among equal players, so I think equal resources should be done but a few extra resources for an extra unit is okay
right like 10 elephant vs 10 villagers ...
@@jamesfugerson7474 that's not similar
Like he said like 10 times already he first make same amount of units test then same amount of resources
Just a suggestion. It would be nice to have a summary in the description of their results against all other unique units. Who do they win against, and who they lose against.
6:50 e 11:05 Resistência nativa
The kamayuks’ pierce armor is definitely stronger than I expected.
Rest of units: Exists
Kamayuk: Oh you're approaching me?
Leitis: I can't kick your ass without getting closer.
Teutonic Knight: ORA ORA ORA ORA!
They existed although I'm not sure they were calles kamayuk. They were the inca emperor's personal guard.
@@MegaKossak Leitis to Teutonic Knights: ROADO ROLLA DA!!
Against infantry 8/10
Against cav 10/10
Against range 4/10
They did the best against the war elephants so far
They are basicly pikemen on steroids
Pikemen with better attack and armor who don't take increased damage from skirms, archers, and PT cav archers
@@suyash5608 but they cost gold
Ballista Elephants were extremely close to winning.
@@satyakisil9711 They were not upgraded. No double shot from castle tech and I am pretty sure no dmg/range upgrades from blacksmith
they did lose to cataphracts though, so against cav 10/11?
Elite catapharacts be like: you're supposed to counter what?
Well it's curious that the "Kamayuk" title was an administrative one and not militar in the Tawantinsuyu Empire. It says a lot of its organization. You can't control the greatest Empire of America without an elite class of men like them.
This is my favorite video. Such devastation. They clean up a fight so well. A small note would maybe see about equal resources for both sides?
Hey, Shitshow. We decided to have this equal numbers series and then, equal resources series.
@@MikeEmpires ahh alrighty then! Either way im excited. Good job!
these guys are good but get owned pretty hard by Gbetos
@@ADCFproductions its still not easy considering kamayuks 1 range. Plus gbetos are squishy so catapults
@@faber2589 lol sure if you land a hit you'll kill every gbeto, if you land a hit xD they're so much fun to micro, i can kill even paladins with them lol Gbeto are pretty fast and have a lot of melee damage, they can kill onagers in 4 or 5 shots. Just now i won a match where i only made gbetos xD
Os Kamayuk surpreenderam mesmo :o Eu achava que derrotariam poucos, por serem uma unidade dedicadamente anticavalaria.
Dos que eu fiz, o kamayuk era do qual eu mais tinha concepção errada. Eu achava que eles não faziam cócegas na maioria das unidades porque não eram cavalaria, mas eles são até bem úteis com esse alcance.
@@MikeEmpires "Lanças", as heroínas não homenageadas do campo de batalha.
I like they reused voiceset for Inca's military units from AoE III (Incan Humanica)
They used the same units
Yeah
It's insane how good range is in this game, even if it's just 1.
The way they defeated boyars was just impressive.
This is what the Pikeman(AoE3) needed to fight against both infantry and cavalry in long melee reach before an enemy melee unit reach his/her target. Because Spears to other forms of pole weapons are effective and versatile but underappreciated weapon. The pole weapon infantry in both AoE 2 & 3 from spearmen to pikemen should fight effectively against both infantry and cavalry than being an anti-cavalry role like the Kamayuk does.
Slinger: Kamayuk.
Kamayuk: Slinger.
Slinger: Ho!!! you re aproaching me?
Kamayuk: I cant impale your ass if im not close.
Slinger: HO HO! Then come close as you like.
I love that music.
So do I
Important to note the Archers probably do much better than practice since the AI is dumb and doesn't focus fire. The War Wagons for example lost, but would very likely slaughter if they had a player focus-firing down the units.....not to mention kiting of course, but I think that's a given. Point is archers aren't just missing their kiting but also the benefit of focus-firing down damage sources.
Also if numbers were larger archers would also be better. They arnt at critical mass here at all
@@mastodonstrengthandperform6346 AI will only send Kamayuks in large number, they'd wait until they have enough force, along with the slingers. Good luck with focus-firing 30 Kamayuks.
They did really well against war elephants.
The one against the Korean War wagons was so impressive. Almost shat myself
6:35
Well, that's kinda inaccurate
Actually, it isn't.
Well, south Americans speak spanish, so it might just be
@@fernandoaburto7040 They could speak any language, but that doesn't make inaccurate the fact that pikemen beat cavalry.
@@bryangamarra3208 actually it is unaccurate, since conquistadors are ranged cavalry and just a little bit of micro is enough to beat pikes. The horse is meant to move fast, no to take damage from slow melee units.
Bryan Gamarra the inaccuracy is about history. Conquistadors conquered our lands and made slaves of the natives. Incas beating conquistadors is exactly the opposite of what really happened hence the irony here
0:46 must suck to be that poor woad raider that all of a suden get focused at the same time by 5 guys with long ass pikes and annihilated by 2 taps.
That war wagons fight was awesome
all elephants were harmed during the making if this clip
Wow wasn't expecting them to win over Boyars
I wasn't expecting *the Leiçiai* (plural of Leitis) to actually beat the Kamayuks! Damn, that ignore defense is scary!
exactly boyars are absolutely shit
Amazing content. I would suggest to add a score that counts wins and losses of every battle
They are insanely powerful vs cavalry.
Not a single unit ingame counters as much as the kamayuk. This is just uniques and it's already apparent.
that one chu ko nu that survived tough
They performed a lot better than I thought they would. Though realistically most of the archer types should win if they were properly managed.
Full upgrade of halberdier , they're only failed in some infantry battles such as teutonic knight
Also lose to Axe-men, Gbetoes, Samurais, Jaguars, Berserks
@@vantungnguyen2694 Samurai and Jaguar Warriors get plus 10 attack vs unique units and infantry respectively though, so they were pretty much guaranteed to win that match.
@@vantungnguyen2694 they didn't lose to throwing axemen and gbetos
@@theovermansailor5519 If those get micro-managed, it's a whole different story.
@@MrDibara yeah but the kamayuks won in this video and the roles of those units is different
The Gbetos with micro can kill all the Kamayuks without losing a single unit, same goes for all cav archers xD
Even with their 1 range advantages, Kamayuks still do scratch damage against the Teutonic Knights and can't even kill one. Wow.
That melee armor is a bitch. Those sprites should have the Teutonic Knights wearing heavy plate, not chainmail! XD
@@MrDibara Yeah, that might make more sense. 11
Still, 13 melee armor is insane.
so inca is good?
i beg of you, make it cost based or do a separate series where its cost based
Elite Kayamuk doing micro VS Every range gargoyle mode unit.
Aaah The counter to Archers and Cav units Noice
I have seen like 5 videos, i havent seen an unit take down ALL elefant (archers & ballista) units
Kamayuks are a damn fine unit
wow the organ gun was a surprise.
I've never seen poor Jaguar warriors winning a fight, this one was their first...
Good units, good video and nice day.
That was a bad use of them because they're should be used like tanks. Use a Onager and protect it with Kamayuk and all the archers gonna cry like there's no tomorrow.
That's way too much gold lmao
It looks like these guys are as qualified to be labeled anti-archery units as they are anti-cavalry
(well it's just AI things, I guess)
200 kamauks vs 200 Cataphract
Their weapons remember me to giant Q-tips :D
Are you taking unique techs into account?
They got cleared in almost every fight what are you guys on?
Pretty good resource spent as in good value on the fights.
yohan beck they wouldn’t beat a single cav archer unit since they’d never catch them
@@toastybatch565 sure on castle age. Mix in some eagles and they have something to chase, (micro intensive) Late game Kamayks get good value mixed in with other units. The 1 range in groups matter. I play on 1900 elo DE.
@@toastybatch565 put some skirmishers behind them and you counter archers and cav archers
**laughs in Teutonic Knight**
In my experience 60 Kamayuks can beat 60 Samurai or 60 Jaguar warriors.
They only die from Teutonic Knight and Cathapract.
Nice joke
@@Burruno89 Is no joke, you only have to use their 1 range and put them against a forest or building and the Jaguars/Samurai won't be able to properly attack
The comment is kinda true tho...it's just a niche situation that you're likely never going to see in a real game
best anti-cavalry
Woad raiders must seriously wear at least a cotton shirt.
Why cut the final vs ballista elephants????
Where are the britons with their longbowarchers ?
Sorry they are the first one. Somehow i didnt see that xd
Kamayuk really stronk
Much stronk
what about 20 skorpions vs every unique unit?
Wish the bodies did not decay so fast
I think there's a mod that makes it slower
you can't make archers fight like mele units
7:20 You stocked up resources for two hours only to die like this?
It is not equal resources, right?
How did they lose to mamlukes?
Why elite cataphrat is superior??
Because the elite version has 12 attack bonus vs infantry
@@sebaky6578 ouuh om thanks
@@sebaky6578 And have split damage.
They do splash damage, have a bonus against infantry and they are resistant to anti-cav bonuses
I have personal hate with Kamayuks, they wrecked me in new multiplayer days smh.
Are they Inca's Kamayuks or Spartans?
macedonian inkas :D
7:17 the worst unique unit in aoe2
The numbers in a lot of these videos seem off. Or at least it's 1:1 even against the very expensive memelukes.
Mangudai Is A Good Troops
Try with equal resources next time
One of my fav UUs
Thanks DE
yo solo lo veo por el bicentenario
TK is their boogeyman
Why are they so strong against goths Hurcarl ?
Not sure either I lost a battle against huskarls with them somehow and I even had numbers and tech advantage...unless they changed something it was super shady lol
Oh no no no no -> 3:31
which mod is this?
Falto la micro para los arqueros
10 contra 10 ganan los arqueros, pero 60 contra 60 los kamayuks los persiguen hasta matarlos. Tener que huir constantemente no es garantia de ganar. Más si los incas pueden seguir creandolos de sus castillos baratos
So spear loses vs cavaly and wins vs sword and shield..makes sence..NOT :'D
Go pointy boys
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Every fight against cavelry archer are not real.
Why English longbow loose vs the kamayuk?
cuz they re weak units they re a keep away unit since they move faster than other archers
Inca vs Spanish, not historically accurate!
Why in the world do they win vs woadraiders so easy
I lost a game today because of that
How should you know that they arent only a anticav civ but also a anti infantry civ wtffff they should fix that
It's just a logical thing that they should trade bad VS strong enemy infantry but they just keep killing
Because their ranged melee attack. Easily 10 of them can concentrate the offensive at the same time against only one woadrider, and rapidly.