in-game, with the Definitive Edition's Art of War section, there is an early economy challenge where you get from Dark Age to Feudal Age as fast as possible. They show you how to do it before and during, and can be a great place to practice over and over. You can also watch Spirit of the Law's video on the first 15 villagers for a more in-depth explanation. You'll have to multitask a whole bunch and adjust timings a lot. I get to mostly 8-10 minute advances as i'm a campaign casual but i am learning
Honestly missing thumb ring is a much bigger mark against a civ, since that means your dps is both slower in theory and in practice since more shots miss
Got to love how the Elite Steppe Lancer is clearly based off of the Cumans with their distinctive masks, and yet Cumans get the most generic ones. Mongols do better in melee while Tatars can take more ranged damage. I wish they'd scrap the useless Cuman Mercenaries tech and replace it with a tech that benefited their steppe lancers in some way. Maybe give them a slight attack or melee armour increase for something like 500 food and 400 gold?
@@rougeone2124 That would be beyond broken for pretty much any melee unit, but it would be especially broken for the Cumans since their steppe lancers train 50% faster already.
@@gamaxgbg I like the idea of increasing the bonus by 5% per age. So they effectively get husbandry in the Feudal Age with +10%, +15% in castle age and +20% in imperial age. As it stand its only really a 5% increase over almost every other civ so it doesn't mean much. The only non American civs that lack husbandry are the Vikings (who never make cavalry anyway) and Teutons. So in practice the Cumans bonus is being 5% faster which is negligible.
I recently played the Cumans' Campaign and I was _on the edge of my seat_ through the entire experience! The Campaign is probably not historically accurate at all, but it made me fall in love with the Cumans, even more then the Mongols! This fierce, tough, hardworking, nomadic warrior people, always getting the short end of the stick but ALWAYS rising up again and again, and if you double-cross them _you're gonna pay in blood!_ Also, their armor is so cool! Gosh-darnit, I want to see you do a History vs Campaign video on the Cumans, *Spirit!* I'd love to learn more about this people and the struggles they went through!
Honestly siege is heavily carried by capped ram in castle. That bonus is amazing and I think you really underestimate it. Being able to push with kipchaks and capped ram in castle after feudal booming can basically clean up castles, which are usually the "go to imp" sign
Surprisingly enough, that is EXACTLY how I cleared most of the Cumans' Campaign: advance with Rams and covering them with Kipchaks for range and other cavalries for melee. And that was when I had never played the Cumans before, it just felt natural.
@@MrDibara honestly speaking i think campaigns are amazing at teaching you which are the strengths of civs. I came back to aoe2 with DE after having played original AoC on voobly and I learnt new civs for pvp just by playing campaigns and realizing the strenghts of each civ with them
Hey spirit, I just wanted to thank you for all these years of reviewing and analyzing stuff :) your content is always highly enjoyable and puts a smile on my face every time. Thanks again ❤️👌
Would you consider to do a "How to counter" series? For example "how to counter aztecs" with each of the other civilizations and maybe map's specifics strategies?
@@jefffinkbonner9551 Sadly, even if he would take the idea, I don't think SOTL will see the comment ☹. I will repost it (again) if I can be earlier next video.
That's quite interesting. Your family name's "oglu" part means "son of" in all Turkic languages. Like all those germanic surnames that end in "son" like Bjornsson or the sort.
With the power creep of other civs (Teutons extra melee armor, Lithuanian relic bonus and LEITIS, other Paladin civs' open tech trees) even giving the berry bonus and chivalry creation time tech to Franks seem underwhelming. Sure, their online win rate is top-tier, but I still think that since the introduction of bloodlines in The Conquerors, Frankish cavalry should have a +25% hp bonus instead of +20%. Or perhaps +20% Castle, +25% Imperial; that way, it'd be like free bloodlines in Castle for knights, and in Imp, cavaliers would have 150hp vs 144 now, which is a lame bonus vs generic 140hp, and paladins would have 200hp vs 192 now and 180 generic.
@@jefffinkbonner9551 not sure how that would help with balance though given how they're already top tier. They'll probably take one cavalry armour for that the extra 5%, making frank hussars weaker than they already are. Frank Paladins are fine now but I miss the days you could demolish entire armies with them without having to worry about counters. More than the civ creep the introduction of halberdiers really nerfed cavalry in general.
I like to play the cumans like this (in nooby teamgames): Fast feudal -> double tc boom -> late castle -> instantly build a castle -> imperial -> FU elite steppe lancer spam
As a micro nerd, I've been enjoying this new civ a lot, having played since AoC. I love SotL's on-paper analysis and it has its place, but this is not an on-paper civ where two armies are 1-A'd (that is, attack moved, in Starcraft jargon) into each other. His conclusion makes this point clear. The big theme for this civ is mobility, even in the palies. I'm going to "main" this civ for a while and see what comes of it. The things I see so far is that you have to have good map awareness, and know how to develop your econ while you play aggressively in the field. You can't afford to have your opponent meet you at your base. Anyway, sick video as always. Would love to hear some thoughts from other fans of the civ as well.
I gotta say, I love your intro so much I never skip it! I think you’re the only TH-cam channel where I can say that. Please keep using it! No remakes, no nothing =) As a hobbyist musician and music producer I do think it could be produced "better", but I’m SUPER GLAD it is the way it is because it has loads and loads of character. Btw: Have I mentioned that I love your intro?
Interesting civilization especially the part about making extra town center and ram in feudal age makes them able to spend more time in feudal since they can use their rams to rush even on maps such as fortress. With a good sized feudal army, they can prevent someone from reaching castle age or attack them in early castle age and defeat them before they do much research. The unique unit is a cavalry cho ko nu.
Hera showed a good strategy in one of his coaching sessions. (I think he was coaching Daniel). It's an all in fuedal play. First go fast feudal archer rush with 2 forward villagers. Build an archery range and 1 tower to secure a forward base. (Don't build more towers, it's just there to help secure the forward.) Mix in a spear or two to defend against scouts. Next, build a blacksmith, and a siege workshop. Make 1 ram, but don't commit with it. Just do any damage you can with the ram (kill a house or a lumber camp), and keep the pressure up with the archers. As you build up your economy, there are a couple options - add more rams, add scouts, or add your second TC. (Preferably all three). Once you have sufficient military numbers, you can try to kill the TC with 3 rams. Load the archers and any spears into the rams. If vils come out to kill the rams, pop the archers out and run in with your scouts. I've tried this strategy many times, and it's definitely not easy to pull off. The hardest part is the economy management. You need a lot of wood, for the blacksmith, siege workshop, rams, second TC, and stable. On top of that you need to keep applying pressure or else you will lose your forward and probably lose. If they get to castle age, you can still win, but you really can't lose your army.
Ay man, just wanna say 'thanks' for making all these reviews, tutorials, and overall gameplay vids! I was huge into AOE and AOE2 with my brothers when it first launched and we have just gotten back into it. You bringing info and excitement back to the game (even though, yes, it's a relaunch with it's own due excitement) has really brought a lot of fun back to me and my brothers. Jyuuuuuuuuuuuuust sayin', keep on keepin' on and big thanks!!!
You can go 19 pop into second tc without too many issues so that there is no worry about your villagers getting attacked while they are building it. The real concern is getting tower rushed especially if your stone is not safe. A fast castle can also punish this as well.
1:28 "That's a bit unfortunate for Cumans since, like Goths, they don't have stone walls at all." * shows "I'm in danger meme * Goths: "I'm not in danger. I AM the danger."
@@martijn9568 but now they have even more strategies than imp spam. Early Feudal thanks to free loom. Milita rush. Men at Arms Rush thanks to +1 attack on buildings. And because Goths can counter viturally anything, tgey don't need to rely on imp spam all the time.
I had never heard of these guys before this game aside from the name popping up as a barbarian hideout at times in Civ4. This inspired me to look them up and they're pretty interesting, the way they lived everywhere from Mongolia to Hungary!
Cumans on black forest are fun. Go fast feudal and attack with rams. That way you can stop one (or two) players castle age and their boom while getting a 2nd tc in feudal yourself, making you feudal ecco stronger than your opponents. Disclaimer: since I only did this in lobby games I may not guarantee I was not playing with low elo legends and therefore will not guarantee any success. I am unranked myself.
Let me get this straith - I play most of RTS games, AoE2 included, more like city-building simulator than how most of players play them. That being said, I dont rush (obliteration of enemy comes in the very last phase of game), I try to make my town(s) to look nice and beliveable, and I just enjoy the creative options in the game. When AoE2DE came out, Cumans were literally first civ I played. I had no use for their first two technologies (I build new TC only after my main town is largely developed, and since my "no rush" style, earlier siege in useless to me anyway). So, perhaps my game-style could be classified as role-play? Idk, you tell me. But people could say I couldnt pick a worse civ for that style, and maybe they are right (although, with this style, which civ would be viable anyway?). But I still play them and enjoy that. I like their architectural style, I like the idea of semi-nomadic heathens and I simply enjoy it. Perhaps playing "full tech tree" is even better with this style (although it is big pain in behind that you cant cant upgrade steppe lancer before you upgrade battle elephants in ftt, since their icons are on same place). So yes! My playstyle is totaly lame, in multiplayer I would get pulverized even before I would get to Feudal Age and in singleplayer I can play only against standard or moderate AI. And I bloody love it!
I have the same approach to the game...Gather a lot of resources,ammass a large army and have a defendable city with two o three castles before even thinking about attacking...Defend your area until your enemies run out of resources and then starting the offensive...All said, it needs less than ten minutes to an Hard AI to destroy me XD
Hey Spirit. Thanks for the video. It must feel amazing to have finally done all 35! That being said, do you think you could revisit a few of your old overviews and update them? The Huns one in particular is quite old and not up to the high standards of your newer videos. If you redo the video could you actually take an in depth look at the Tarkan and talk about its strengths and weaknesses. I think its always been a community favourite UU but they're a bit neglected in game since people just go for Paladins instead. Could you also look at their more accurate trebuchet bonus; see how much of a difference it makes to DPS from missing fewer shots, and how much of a difference it makes to treb wars? And their cavalry archer bonus was reduced again since you did your last video as well. Anyway its just something to consider. Hope you're having a good day!
I've had some success with a fast castle capped ram push on arena. It's not extremely strong, but the surprise factor is good when your opponents expect you to feudal boom.
One of my ancestors was a Crimean tartar - a nation which old name was the Cuman people (before the Mongols invasion 1226 A.D. into their lands). So they should have a stone walls, as they had in Crimea.
idk you were talking about cumans being pocket but i think they could do very well on a flank too. They can pressure hard with archers in feudal without sacrificing too much in terms of eco with the second TC. if they get an early win and can pressure harder they have the option to batter down the wall with rams and get into that juicy enemy eco In the late game they have 2 decently strong cav archer options.
How I would improve cumans; - add them stone shaft - add them bonus that cavalry archer have 1 additional range and kipchaks 1 attack since castle age - elite kipchak upgrade cost 800food 600wood - scouts have additional 5% speed bonus since Dark age and cavalry archers, kipchaks and steppe lancers also additional 5%speed in imp age - steppe lancer attack speed from 2.3 to 2.2 + they get one pierce armor, Elite steppe lancer attack speed from 2.2 to 2.0, get additional 1melee and 1pierce armor so they will have 1m 2p armor - kipchaks (both) have plus 5hp - 2nd town center in feudal age can be built in 225 second instead of 270 (ingame time) - steppe lancer cost 5less gold 45 --> 40
Well, some of the Cumans mercenaries that moved to the Middle East _DID_ eventually form the Mamluks, so... _yeah, that seems legit._ (legit OP, I mean)
What I kinda wanna see is a Feudal start Nomad with Cumans. That just sounds silly. Two towns on opposite sides of the map right at the start, or a single massive town really early on. Add to that if your 3rd Vill finds the enemy early, you can just plop a Siege workshop and spam rams, and they can't do anything about it that early.
"Looking at the monks, there is no redemption." They are beyond salvation.
IIRC, somecumans were christians.
No redemption for cummen
Amen
Lol
"If its a Cuman it ain't human" Henry of Skalitz.
jesus christ be praised
Kurvafix!
"Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be bop bop bodda bope
Bop ba bodda bope" The Scatman
Quest started rattay tourey
...lmao
I'm pretty sure the most aggressive way to play Cumans is to delete your starting TC and drop *two* TCs on your opponent.
Persian Douche vs Cuman Douche
One douches you twice as hard, the other douches you twice at once.
The double Rubenstock...
the Cooman DP
@@swamplife3148 Cumman DP
Oh shit... i was planning to do that today :,D
Me, getting attacked by Rams in Feudal: Oh lord, he Cuman.
"What are you doing steppe-bro?"
Cuman
Oh, hun, i'm sure it's alright
in-game, with the Definitive Edition's Art of War section, there is an early economy challenge where you get from Dark Age to Feudal Age as fast as possible. They show you how to do it before and during, and can be a great place to practice over and over.
You can also watch Spirit of the Law's video on the first 15 villagers for a more in-depth explanation. You'll have to multitask a whole bunch and adjust timings a lot. I get to mostly 8-10 minute advances as i'm a campaign casual but i am learning
I'll be going to the market now, tatar...
Oh gawd I'm Cuman AAAAAAAARGHHHH!!!
Any Civ: lack Bracer
Spirit of the Law: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Imagine if there was a civ without Bodkin Arrow...
Completely unplayable
@@rubywest5166 I think Burmese don't get bodkin
@@salildeshpande7 Burmese have bracer. It's the second archer armour upgrade that they lack.
Honestly missing thumb ring is a much bigger mark against a civ, since that means your dps is both slower in theory and in practice since more shots miss
@@rubywest5166 Persian civ overview flashbacks
Ahhh! I clicked on "Magyars Overview AoE2" and this was on Up next! TH-cam doing great with the instant recommendations (for once)
I remember when Cumans got the 15% speed buff AND husbandry. Their scouts practically flew across the map
After many years, a review for all civilizations, I can now die in peace and quiet.
Nice
Until they add more! I still miss the Dutch and Tibetans.
Some of the older Civs could use a new video, though.
Off the top of my head I don't remember the Tarkans being talked about at all in the Huns video.
Poland was robbed 😭 We have to use Magyars (Hungary) to roleplay as them. O well
@@kevinhernandezretana2170 lithuanians are better for roleplaying them
Cumans: Get a C+ in defenses
Goths who got a F in defenses: Bruh, what about my wall of Huskarls
William The Conqueror would like to know your location
I don't even play this game, but still am watching this videos.
You really should, it's amazing and Spirit's videos help a ton for understanding it in depth
I've been like that for like... 5 years
Now I play the game :D
@Goldwipf Happens to me as well; don't play this game anymore but still watch SOL.
Glad to hear I'm not alone haha I use to play it all the time, it's been years I don't play it anymore but these videos are great haha
I downloaded DE because of this guy after not having played for years lol
SOTL and me: Our mutual love for Bracer. ❤
@Emre Vural Bracer all day, every day. Hit and run, baby. 11
@@HeavyCavalryArcher Magyars have a second Bracer for you, bro. Your wish has come true.
Got to love how the Elite Steppe Lancer is clearly based off of the Cumans with their distinctive masks, and yet Cumans get the most generic ones. Mongols do better in melee while Tatars can take more ranged damage. I wish they'd scrap the useless Cuman Mercenaries tech and replace it with a tech that benefited their steppe lancers in some way. Maybe give them a slight attack or melee armour increase for something like 500 food and 400 gold?
Long spears: increase there range from 1 to 3.
@@rougeone2124 it's already weird that kamayuks have longer spears than pikemen. 4 ranks of Steppe Lancers attacking 1 rank of pikes would be insane!
And another good balance update would be to have the full speed bonus from castle age.
@@rougeone2124 That would be beyond broken for pretty much any melee unit, but it would be especially broken for the Cumans since their steppe lancers train 50% faster already.
@@gamaxgbg I like the idea of increasing the bonus by 5% per age. So they effectively get husbandry in the Feudal Age with +10%, +15% in castle age and +20% in imperial age. As it stand its only really a 5% increase over almost every other civ so it doesn't mean much. The only non American civs that lack husbandry are the Vikings (who never make cavalry anyway) and Teutons. So in practice the Cumans bonus is being 5% faster which is negligible.
I recently played the Cumans' Campaign and I was _on the edge of my seat_ through the entire experience!
The Campaign is probably not historically accurate at all, but it made me fall in love with the Cumans, even more then the Mongols! This fierce, tough, hardworking, nomadic warrior people, always getting the short end of the stick but ALWAYS rising up again and again, and if you double-cross them _you're gonna pay in blood!_ Also, their armor is so cool!
Gosh-darnit, I want to see you do a History vs Campaign video on the Cumans, *Spirit!* I'd love to learn more about this people and the struggles they went through!
It's actually not as historically inaccurate as you might think.
It's a fun and interesting campaign
I did a little bit of research and based on that, they did a really good job.
its historically accurate for a game though
It is historically accurate?
Honestly siege is heavily carried by capped ram in castle. That bonus is amazing and I think you really underestimate it.
Being able to push with kipchaks and capped ram in castle after feudal booming can basically clean up castles, which are usually the "go to imp" sign
Surprisingly enough, that is EXACTLY how I cleared most of the Cumans' Campaign: advance with Rams and covering them with Kipchaks for range and other cavalries for melee. And that was when I had never played the Cumans before, it just felt natural.
@@MrDibara honestly speaking i think campaigns are amazing at teaching you which are the strengths of civs. I came back to aoe2 with DE after having played original AoC on voobly and I learnt new civs for pvp just by playing campaigns and realizing the strenghts of each civ with them
I have utterly destroyed castles with Feudal age rams before, and I'll do it again!
Hey spirit, I just wanted to thank you for all these years of reviewing and analyzing stuff :) your content is always highly enjoyable and puts a smile on my face every time.
Thanks again ❤️👌
WHAT THIS GUY SAID! in caps.
Would you consider to do a "How to counter" series? For example "how to counter aztecs" with each of the other civilizations and maybe map's specifics strategies?
that'd be awesome
It'd be great, and it'd be distinct from Hera's "So You Want To Play _____?" series without just nakedly copying him.
@@jefffinkbonner9551 Sadly, even if he would take the idea, I don't think SOTL will see the comment ☹. I will repost it (again) if I can be earlier next video.
Counter aztecs: play byzantine and fast castle.
I like this idea
No matter your opinion on the Cumans, we can all agree that their campaign is hella fun
You've inspired me to actually give it a try.
I don't know about you guys, but I _Kipchak-ing_ SotL's channel for this Cuman's overview video xD
XD keep checking right?
boo
Hello, I am from Makedonia. My tribe and Family(Ouglashoglu) Cuman origin.
Hope you like the game. Cumans is one of my best civs.
That's quite interesting. Your family name's "oglu" part means "son of" in all Turkic languages. Like all those germanic surnames that end in "son" like Bjornsson or the sort.
Cumans
Analysing capabilities....
Processing...
Recommended role: Harassing, Booming.
The last time I was this early, Franks had seriously OP paladins
you dont know how much I hate bloodlines for that :c
With the power creep of other civs (Teutons extra melee armor, Lithuanian relic bonus and LEITIS, other Paladin civs' open tech trees) even giving the berry bonus and chivalry creation time tech to Franks seem underwhelming. Sure, their online win rate is top-tier, but I still think that since the introduction of bloodlines in The Conquerors, Frankish cavalry should have a +25% hp bonus instead of +20%. Or perhaps +20% Castle, +25% Imperial; that way, it'd be like free bloodlines in Castle for knights, and in Imp, cavaliers would have 150hp vs 144 now, which is a lame bonus vs generic 140hp, and paladins would have 200hp vs 192 now and 180 generic.
@@jefffinkbonner9551 yeah buff the top tier civilization. good plan
@@matheusrios4223 life hasn't been the same since.
@@jefffinkbonner9551 not sure how that would help with balance though given how they're already top tier. They'll probably take one cavalry armour for that the extra 5%, making frank hussars weaker than they already are. Frank Paladins are fine now but I miss the days you could demolish entire armies with them without having to worry about counters. More than the civ creep the introduction of halberdiers really nerfed cavalry in general.
Long live the metal mustached masks!
-makes 15 min vid bout cumans
-ends with "that's the cumans in a nutshell"
Well, in fairness I didn't specify the type of nutshell. Coco de mer can weigh over 50 lbs. If you count those, nutshells can be quite large.
yeah Amol...geez, familiarize yourself with some nuts dude...
@@SpiritOfTheLaw Those are... big nuts
Protip: Do not refer to "Cumans" as "Cummy's"
Refer to them as "Coomans!"
i love the cums!
@@ramsesbams what a fucking EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Aaaagghhh. I'm gonna
MAKE ME
Steppe husbandry: stables go brrr
I'll say this time and again "La Hire" is a word but "Spirit of the Law here" is an emotion.
I like to play the cumans like this (in nooby teamgames):
Fast feudal -> double tc boom -> late castle -> instantly build a castle -> imperial -> FU elite steppe lancer spam
As a micro nerd, I've been enjoying this new civ a lot, having played since AoC. I love SotL's on-paper analysis and it has its place, but this is not an on-paper civ where two armies are 1-A'd (that is, attack moved, in Starcraft jargon) into each other. His conclusion makes this point clear. The big theme for this civ is mobility, even in the palies. I'm going to "main" this civ for a while and see what comes of it. The things I see so far is that you have to have good map awareness, and know how to develop your econ while you play aggressively in the field. You can't afford to have your opponent meet you at your base. Anyway, sick video as always. Would love to hear some thoughts from other fans of the civ as well.
100% true
All my friends can't say anything but Coomers when referring to this Civ.
I say Cummers
I'm surprised that the Monks and Navy didn't get a "D" or "F". Is a "C" the lowest we go anymore?
I thought the same
Aztecs deserve an F
@@CoranhonPlaying On Navy sure, but they have the best monks in the game
Oh they actually did get an F for late-game navy, being the only civ without Galleons and a substandard tech tree.
College may call for me to join the Zoom chat but...Spirit of the Law has my heart when I see his videos pop up. Must watch
Should play the strat of building the second TC and type "XXX has advanced to castle age" to scare off any opponents
Damn the extra arrows have 3 pierce damage and 0 melee damage? That must have taken some working out!
:p
I gotta say, I love your intro so much I never skip it! I think you’re the only TH-cam channel where I can say that. Please keep using it! No remakes, no nothing =)
As a hobbyist musician and music producer I do think it could be produced "better", but I’m SUPER GLAD it is the way it is because it has loads and loads of character.
Btw: Have I mentioned that I love your intro?
Interesting civilization especially the part about making extra town center and ram in feudal age makes them able to spend more time in feudal since they can use their rams to rush even on maps such as fortress. With a good sized feudal army, they can prevent someone from reaching castle age or attack them in early castle age and defeat them before they do much research. The unique unit is a cavalry cho ko nu.
Hera showed a good strategy in one of his coaching sessions. (I think he was coaching Daniel). It's an all in fuedal play. First go fast feudal archer rush with 2 forward villagers. Build an archery range and 1 tower to secure a forward base. (Don't build more towers, it's just there to help secure the forward.) Mix in a spear or two to defend against scouts. Next, build a blacksmith, and a siege workshop. Make 1 ram, but don't commit with it. Just do any damage you can with the ram (kill a house or a lumber camp), and keep the pressure up with the archers. As you build up your economy, there are a couple options - add more rams, add scouts, or add your second TC. (Preferably all three). Once you have sufficient military numbers, you can try to kill the TC with 3 rams. Load the archers and any spears into the rams. If vils come out to kill the rams, pop the archers out and run in with your scouts.
I've tried this strategy many times, and it's definitely not easy to pull off. The hardest part is the economy management. You need a lot of wood, for the blacksmith, siege workshop, rams, second TC, and stable. On top of that you need to keep applying pressure or else you will lose your forward and probably lose. If they get to castle age, you can still win, but you really can't lose your army.
Cumans may be a B+ for siege overall, but they're definitely A+ in the early game. by which i mean, they _have_ siege in the early game.
There are S in early game because there the only one Who have siege in secand age
The early siege can for sure be strong, though Im not sure if people have really figured out its potential, which makes it that much more interesting.
any siege is better than no siege!
Pretty costy though
@@CrnaStrela the fuedal ram is almost useless. Castle age capped ram is massive though.
Ay man, just wanna say 'thanks' for making all these reviews, tutorials, and overall gameplay vids! I was huge into AOE and AOE2 with my brothers when it first launched and we have just gotten back into it. You bringing info and excitement back to the game (even though, yes, it's a relaunch with it's own due excitement) has really brought a lot of fun back to me and my brothers.
Jyuuuuuuuuuuuuust sayin', keep on keepin' on and big thanks!!!
bailiff's mace: equipped
ice cold saviour schnapps: cracked
lady stephanie: screwed
yep it's cuman killin' time
mom: dead
dad: dead
Bianca: dead
yep it’s Skalitz time
@@RedXD42 this is a certified henry moment
kittykatmann we did it, Sir Radzig
wholesome 100 big czungus Charles IV moment
@@RedXD42 SOYVIOR SCHNAPPS
SOYVIOR SCHNAPPS
You can go 19 pop into second tc without too many issues so that there is no worry about your villagers getting attacked while they are building it. The real concern is getting tower rushed especially if your stone is not safe. A fast castle can also punish this as well.
1:28 "That's a bit unfortunate for Cumans since, like Goths, they don't have stone walls at all."
* shows "I'm in danger meme *
Goths: "I'm not in danger. I AM the danger."
Finally, I’ve been waiting for a video on Cumans
Thank god for this @SOL.
Been waiting for this and I don't even play AOE.
Never has a vid been more timely. I’m on the last mission
Nice! That's all the new civs. Can you do Goths next Spirit?
He has already done it right?
@@varunkaushik2732 yeah but that's old and only applies to hd. Plus with all the changes they could use an update.
Yeah! New Goths are quite different.
@@frankseward7017 Isn't still get to Imp and spam?
@@martijn9568 but now they have even more strategies than imp spam. Early Feudal thanks to free loom. Milita rush. Men at Arms Rush thanks to +1 attack on buildings. And because Goths can counter viturally anything, tgey don't need to rely on imp spam all the time.
5:50 Ah of course, the infamaous "Cuman and Slam" strategy.
I had never heard of these guys before this game aside from the name popping up as a barbarian hideout at times in Civ4. This inspired me to look them up and they're pretty interesting, the way they lived everywhere from Mongolia to Hungary!
Cumans on black forest are fun. Go fast feudal and attack with rams.
That way you can stop one (or two) players castle age and their boom while getting a 2nd tc in feudal yourself, making you feudal ecco stronger than your opponents.
Disclaimer: since I only did this in lobby games I may not guarantee I was not playing with low elo legends and therefore will not guarantee any success. I am unranked myself.
@Bob :) go wild!!!!!
I would be interested to hear if it worked for you :)
An honour to watch your video within 30 min of upload ❤️
So you can counter most of their conventional strategies with pikes for the horses and swords for the surprise siege, that's good to know
Let me get this straith - I play most of RTS games, AoE2 included, more like city-building simulator than how most of players play them. That being said, I dont rush (obliteration of enemy comes in the very last phase of game), I try to make my town(s) to look nice and beliveable, and I just enjoy the creative options in the game. When AoE2DE came out, Cumans were literally first civ I played. I had no use for their first two technologies (I build new TC only after my main town is largely developed, and since my "no rush" style, earlier siege in useless to me anyway). So, perhaps my game-style could be classified as role-play? Idk, you tell me. But people could say I couldnt pick a worse civ for that style, and maybe they are right (although, with this style, which civ would be viable anyway?). But I still play them and enjoy that. I like their architectural style, I like the idea of semi-nomadic heathens and I simply enjoy it. Perhaps playing "full tech tree" is even better with this style (although it is big pain in behind that you cant cant upgrade steppe lancer before you upgrade battle elephants in ftt, since their icons are on same place).
So yes! My playstyle is totaly lame, in multiplayer I would get pulverized even before I would get to Feudal Age and in singleplayer I can play only against standard or moderate AI. And I bloody love it!
I have the same approach to the game...Gather a lot of resources,ammass a large army and have a defendable city with two o three castles before even thinking about attacking...Defend your area until your enemies run out of resources and then starting the offensive...All said, it needs less than ten minutes to an Hard AI to destroy me XD
thats how i enjoy this game with friends and relatives who don't play this game much at all.
Thank you i've been waiting for ever!
Gotta say, I simply love your Intro.
This helps make the start of the week easier :)
Need a video with an old grizzled Kipchak talking about “the good old days” before The Nerf
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LETS GOOOOOOO
Love your videos
They're an interesting Civ to play with. Their second TC bonus is a high risk/high reward strategy.
Overall, its a great spice and I'd advise using it liberally.
I love this channel.
drushing into boom is quite good as cumans, relieves the pressure from your base andgives you an edge over your enemy.
I am so happy about AOE IV, imagine all the Spirit Of The Law videos
Has there been a new announcement about it? Y'know, aside from that trailer from some 6-7 months ago?
@@MrDibara Nope, I think it was a pre-alpha footage so we will be waiting a lot more
@@petrvorlicek466 Shame. But oh well, can't rush anything with this pandemic, so we just gotta make do with what we have, at least for now.
he did it!
he reviewed all the civs
Been waiting for this eagerly
Such a good video; 10/10 would coom again.
Oh, a nice SoTL video. That's Cuman!
devs: lets cumans build another town center in feudal
all other civs: wait that's illegal
12:14 That brave wolf
Hey Spirit. Thanks for the video. It must feel amazing to have finally done all 35! That being said, do you think you could revisit a few of your old overviews and update them? The Huns one in particular is quite old and not up to the high standards of your newer videos. If you redo the video could you actually take an in depth look at the Tarkan and talk about its strengths and weaknesses. I think its always been a community favourite UU but they're a bit neglected in game since people just go for Paladins instead. Could you also look at their more accurate trebuchet bonus; see how much of a difference it makes to DPS from missing fewer shots, and how much of a difference it makes to treb wars? And their cavalry archer bonus was reduced again since you did your last video as well. Anyway its just something to consider. Hope you're having a good day!
But definitely keep that shuttered horror at the sound of the Huns civ startup jingle. It is and shall always be the soundtrack of nightmares.
Detail oriented
I've had some success with a fast castle capped ram push on arena. It's not extremely strong, but the surprise factor is good when your opponents expect you to feudal boom.
@SpiritoftheLaw i would realy love to see a video on husbandry! Especially on the damage increase when chasing units. Love the content
Ahhh yes my main civ
One of my ancestors was a Crimean tartar - a nation which old name was the Cuman people (before the Mongols invasion 1226 A.D. into their lands). So they should have a stone walls, as they had in Crimea.
idk you were talking about cumans being pocket but i think they could do very well on a flank too. They can pressure hard with archers in feudal without sacrificing too much in terms of eco with the second TC. if they get an early win and can pressure harder they have the option to batter down the wall with rams and get into that juicy enemy eco In the late game they have 2 decently strong cav archer options.
SOTL! Saracens are great with the Kipchak Mercenaries! Why do you ignore us so?
Remember lads: First like, then subscribe and finally watch the video
OP CUMANS
Cumans have some of the best drip in all of history
Yay, overviews! Teutons next?
GJ Spirit
i never played cumans and was so flabergasted to see tc and siege in feudal i had to come here
Damn, the graphical quality of these overviews just keeps increasing.
How I would improve cumans;
- add them stone shaft
- add them bonus that cavalry archer
have 1 additional range and kipchaks 1 attack since castle age
- elite kipchak upgrade cost 800food 600wood
- scouts have additional 5% speed bonus since Dark age and cavalry archers, kipchaks and steppe lancers also additional 5%speed in imp age
- steppe lancer attack speed from 2.3 to 2.2 + they get one pierce armor, Elite steppe lancer attack speed from 2.2 to 2.0, get additional 1melee and 1pierce armor so they will have 1m 2p armor
- kipchaks (both) have plus 5hp
- 2nd town center in feudal age can be built in 225 second instead of 270 (ingame time)
- steppe lancer cost 5less gold 45 --> 40
Or make steppe lancer trash unit, give them their old cav speed boost along with the above and access to mangonel in feudal age.
¡Gracias!
A lot of civs have been modified quite significantly, do you mind rework those civ overviews?
ΤheViper: smiles in Norwegian
XD
I had no idea age of empires 2 was still so popular :0
Best game since Tetris.
great video!
Cuman! My favorite Spice!
Куманнар искиткеч!
Kumannar Iskitkeç!
i'm cooming for cuman.
Vietnamese kipchak aren't affected by their bonus to the HP of Archery Range units, as Kipchak are created from the castle.
Yeah, thats what i thought too since the hp bonus is archery range units only and no overall "any-archer-unit" bonus.
Imagine for a second with me Saracen Elite Kipchaks.
Well, some of the Cumans mercenaries that moved to the Middle East _DID_ eventually form the Mamluks, so... _yeah, that seems legit._ (legit OP, I mean)
The speed bonus is actually 1.05*1.05*1.05, which means it is better than generic hunsbanfry.
Everyone gets their civ, but not Poles. We had the ultimate hussars, folks. You couldn't get better than that.
thank you Spirit!!!
What I kinda wanna see is a Feudal start Nomad with Cumans. That just sounds silly. Two towns on opposite sides of the map right at the start, or a single massive town really early on. Add to that if your 3rd Vill finds the enemy early, you can just plop a Siege workshop and spam rams, and they can't do anything about it that early.
Cumans: Goths on horses
Hey spirit. Love the content.
Tho, Would you ever consider making such mathy videos for Age of Mythology?