Civ 5 AI Only Battle: All Ancient Era Unique Ground Units Deathmatch

Very slow and epic free for all battle between Ancient Era unique units. All animations on. If someone interested in battles like this, I can do that for other eras too.
And I don't know why a Shoshone pathfinder just "leave" on 0:30 , maybe he could not find his path this time.
Music: Gerard K. Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan, Jeff Rona, & Cris Velasco - Blade of Olympus, Marios Aristopoulos - For Helen Part I, Tom Hedden - A New Game

[@steelcladCompliant]

I swear, the ai works in misterious ways. "We are armed with spears and the capacity to regenerate wounds faster. Lets neither attack nor defend and heal, but rather walk around the horse archers while arrows rain upon us. Glory to the god king!" *dies*

[@adrianziecik6280]

Greg M. Pastur Ai always cheats in games

[@jjohnson4474]

This is a perfect display of how bad the AI is as combat.

[@BaconMaken]

The ai gets its strength from having unfair bonuses. The higher you raise the difficulty the more ai can just bang out cities and units with no gold or unhappiness penalties that a player would face.

[@SanD1721]

What we learned here is that if you run around randomly and let ranged units keep hitting you, you'll eventually lose.

[@ManicMercurianAstrology]

🤯 mind = blown

[@ntr5420]

Watching AI's stupidity is very painful

[@guccilibrarian4728]

Ikr. The ranged units had a huge advantage, since they could attack without taking damage, but the almost never attacked when it was their turn

[@greywolf7577]

@@guccilibrarian4728 But the ranged units are trapped in a small area with the melee units and the melee units are stronger. The horse archers did have the advantage at the end because they could attack and then retreat across the valley.

[@guccilibrarian4728]

@@greywolf7577 If there's nowhere to run, then they should've at least shot someone. I know the melee units are stronger when attacking, but ranged units don't have to take damage when attacking AND they can attack first

[@fucknuggetish]

I thought the barbarians were going to win at one point...

[@ShadowReaperX07]

Every advisor to every nation: "Shall we kill the barbarian axe flingers sir?" "No, lets leave them alive to weaken us and everyone else, I want to see how that plays out"

[@wbwam7710]

They basically did

[@PhoenixStriker1]

A ten minute testament to AI stupidity

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Shoutout to the Immortals for completely throwing that fight at the end.

[@syphonfillter]

Ikr? They wasted two turns for no reason lmao. The AI in civ 5 is really stupid af at times

[@tobynelson2729]

lol I'm not surprised the horse archers won, I am surprised the AI managed to use the horse archers to win when it came to a 1v1 vs immortals...

[@Fulgrim88]

I like how everyones just pointlessly derping around. Except the axe throwers. They'll have none of that shit

[@erictyson5947]

The barbarians are always the smartest in the game when it comes to combat tactics, I've noticed this in every civ game which proves they could program the other civs with batter combat skills but choose not to for some reason.

[@lheng2474]

@@erictyson5947 Ig it might be cos the barbs were in eternal war with the other civs and tend to be more aggressive whereas civs can be more passive, I'm not sure if it's really better

[@evanseifert8858]

* epic music * Units wandering around aimlessly...

[@yigitdemir3723]

Watching this stupid AI almost gave me cancer

[@christianpetersen163]

AI: Can't we just all be friends? Also AI: MUST... KILL... ELEPHANTS!!!

[@tranlewlinign9592]

Battering Ram: "What am I doing here?!"

[@Deneiral]

those fucking immortals couldve defeated the huns my god

[@jaybe9627]

I know lmao they just kept walking around them.

[@user-zh6ot4nx2e]

This actually shows how weak strategy and tactic skills of AI in Civ5

[@burstcity3832]

Not as bad with ranged units though.

[@joaomarcelovanacorbretanha1706]

The Zulu's strategies are pretty good

[@TeamMCFD]

Persia had then locked in a corner and could have killed the last 1, but then the AI decided to be brain dead as usual

[@jave285]

My God the AI is stupid...

[@kaihussin]

9:35 Dumbest move in the history of CIV

[@superpain9359]

lol absolutely true

[@Lyserus]

I'm melee he's a range so sure let's run around and do FREAKING NOTHING

[@frisianmouve]

In the beginning I thought healing was off or something, but the AI is even stupider than I thought

[@quanvotangky8118]

9:47 ... _and between the high mountains, upon the hot sand of Doomland, the triumphant horse archers still run amok to this very day_

[@Boreasos]

The only thing this video really showcased was how utterly stupid the AI is.

[@siyarg.4900]

Boreasos especially the Persian one

[@Quantum-yz9fc]

Edward Elric the Hunnic one wasn't much better. Most turns it didn't attack.

[@siyarg.4900]

Quantum Yeah but the Persians could have easily won if they kept on attack the Mongols

[@Hroros]

How could they attack Mongols as they were not in the game?

[@AndrewRichesson]

If the Persians kept attacking the horse archers at the end they would have won.

[@chjialong]

Strange AI offensive value. No strategy. No revenge. Not humanistic.

[@BrandyBrandalia]

Never realized how dumb the AI is. Persia should have won this game easily.

[@solwen]

Looked like an insect fighting video: Most of them stood in their corner and didn't want to fight.

[@JAM_564]

yeah

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

very strange and even idiotic calls from the AI, notably the immortals's AI.... odd behaviour, they could, and should, have won that bout without a lot of difficulty.

[@sirhoovythesandvichdispens6309]

the poor battering ram

[@khajiit268]

Me: it's an easy battle, why video lasts 10min AI: just wandering around the enemies Me: ...

[@aaronfrechen7201]

That was very painful to watch

[@khatack]

I don't think the AI got the memo about this being a death match xD

[@justinsamsa5612]

Shows how bad the ai is when moving troops

[@justinnnnnn5676]

9:35 Present turn: Should I attack,,, nah Next Turn: Should I get out of range... nah.

[@MasterCoD124]

The immortals could’ve won if the AI wasn’t stupid

[@jakubmastalerz5513]

if the ai wasnt stupid they would keep horse archers out of immortals range 100% time

[@luca3812]

I really wanted to see the battering ram win..

[@lheng2474]

Peace and just standing there winning would've been cool... but i guess their Penalty on Defense (33%) made them too weak on melee defense...

[@Greggery]

Best strategy on this situation is just put yourself on defence and then healing defence. While they lose health you gain health.

[@minimalgrammar1276]

You will still take damage.

[@al-oq7ob]

This can't work if you're melee units against ranged units but doing nothing is usually still the best option.

[@notrsean2236]

0:30 Shoshone pathfinder used Teleport!

[@Xe4ro]

They just went to the moon right away XD

[@JuanFelipe3374]

fuck this shit i'm out

[@BenColeman]

I'd like to see this with experienced players controlling the units. Then we'd really see who is the best rather than the luckiest.

[@zimne5212]

Ben Coleman First ohne to attacks would always lose. So nothing would happen

[@rosebudtv4660]

The luck will still play a major factor on early stage, since your survival depends on whether other players decide to attack your unit jointly or not.

[@Kelliyi]

i was totally rooting for that battering ram

[@BlackSmithWolves]

The AI is so dumb lol

[@mattmackie9298]

Pathfinder said fuck it, over the mountains we go

[@voyager2192]

Rumor has it that those horses still are wandering around that island

[@PassivesAbseits]

Super smart AI... focussing the Elefant in the room, before he gets Nukes and destroys everyone with it...

[@thecrazyplaceofjandb3175]

Shoshone at 0:30 "fuck this shit im out"

[@VelocityZap]

Lol

[@martinsalvia5705]

Greeks: *Running* Litterally all the others: *Attacking* Greeks: *More running* They burn a lot of calories boys.

[@carolynharris4993]

Marathon

[@daleldalel]

Basically living Spartan conditions. Discipline only

[@Leon_Schuit]

Yeah, except that Spartans never retreat and never surrender ;) Those must have been the Athenian boylovers that Leonidas mentioned :P

[@chefboyardee2223]

Is this channel drew in disguise?

[@akostoth9389]

Huns: *waits for the persian troops to heal up* Also huns: *gives no Fs about hunnic archers and ram* 😡🤯🤦

[@Martinus777]

Wow, the AI is so goddamn stupid.

[@Crushnaut]

Yup that was a waste of 10 minutes

[@azerefendizade6017]

That poor battering ram

[@rodionaugustus2685]

Poor elephant

[@BaileyFox1818]

The AI is bad at first because AI often treat their first unit as a scouting unit, I think. They settle a city with their Settler, then they explore the land using their Warrior. Without a Settler or a Warrior, I think their military unit assumed the Warrior role and went exploring that tiny bit of land, before they got serious about killing anyone That said, the AI is still horribly bad at war

[@aubreystewart3772]

"Immortals...... we'll put their name to the test." ~Leonidas (300)

[@Mecha_Hitler]

Damn I was sure that battering ram was gonna win.

[@szczesliwekomunikacjeladow383]

If the immortals attacked instead of walking it would be ez win for immortals

[@Adam-xf3ko]

Kind of an example of how bad the AI is at times.

[@dankanubis1345]

5:03 Finally, the AI gets smart for once.

[@Draugtaur]

was almost expecting the barbarians to win, seeing how everyone just ignored them

[@Commanderziff]

For a while there it looked like the Barbarians were going to take it. They were the only ones consistently doing damage.

[@djtechzz]

for a second i thought barbarians would win

[@mackmasters325]

god the ai sucks

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

0:30 SHOSHONE JUST DISAPPEARED

[@Ahmadabdal_]

actually they are the true winners because they used camo to hide while other's kill each other and start a secret farm underground so while other's starve and kill each other they will survive

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Ahmad abdal But... what did they farm? And how did they get underground?

[@Sepulgurath]

What they had was basically a scout. If there's nothing to scout, there's no use for it, so the AI just deleted the unit.

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Guus Thijssen just what i thought after i commented that and i think thats what happened.... I just didn't want to admit it xD

[@Ahmadabdal_]

Eetu The Hunter going underground is their secret technique and they grew potatoes that is why at the end of the game the screen faded to black instead of you have been defeated screen appearing open your eyes and get woke

[@zecoregamer5288]

Dunno who thought battering ram Attila would win

[@tenacity25]

If they didn't get attacked until one, low health melee unit was left, they theoretically could've won. Unless I'm mistaken and they don't do damage on counterattack at melee, I'm not sure how that works and I'm too lazy to do some easy af testing.

[@andreasmouyiannides2468]

I watch these videos to remind me why i hate Civ5 war AI.......

[@JonatasAdoM]

Pathfinder has found their own path.

[@AeonQuasar]

MVP barbarians.

[@domesticcat1725]

In the end, the immortals were... Mortal.

[@domesticcat1725]

Not seeing anyone else make this pun was disappointing

[@r4nowo]

This new battle royale looks good.

[@Patapipe]

That was painful to watch

[@derpidius6306]

Saga des Gémeaux Barbarians almost won lol

[@Drumpro31]

i like to think they were all looking for the barb camp so they could get a settler lmao

[@crt6232]

why did you torture the battering ram like that?

[@lornsumm3249]

AI enemy units have less combat use than using a worker as a decoy lmao

[@platinumpaunch4528]

is the ai really that bad?

[@SaintEternity]

100% Yes

[@Ramesses_XII]

228% yep

[@j.j.2853]

Webbie +1 And it’s worse on Civ6. Firaxis catch some good element but develop them in the wrong way. They focus too much on useless depth of game play while they forgot to improve AI and graphic animation which are so bad

[@djolly3438]

Darn, was hoping the battering ram would win

[@amir_artur]

Barbarians are MVP of this match :D

[@Mr.Clothier]

those guys throwing axes wont even get attacked by any unit.

[@michaelmoran9020]

the problem with this is its literally in nobodies interests to attack

[@mechwarreir2]

not meant to be strategic. I think this is just a fun toy to play with.

[@BrandonSchleifer]

Why don't the ranged units attack? There no tactical advantage to them moving around so much!

[@Avalons1000]

The AI does not agree with you.

[@Caipiranha89]

The real question is, why do the melee units refuse to engage in direct combat with the (weaker) ranged units? Instead they dance around the barbarians and let themselves get shot...

[@ryanmccoy8980]

+McShine It's obviously XP farming, the AI is playing 7d chess while you're playing checkers

[@bobbyferg9173]

Somehow the guy with the huge Elephants is one of the first to lose.

[@samarkand1585]

where in history did you see horse archers square off against elephants?

[@rodigoduterte9192]

Bobby Ferg because horses are mobile and elephants are not easy to breed under captivity

[@bobbyferg9173]

Knight and Crow Still you would think he would last longer then the guy who brought a flipping bartering ram

[@bobbyferg9173]

John Bartholomew What where a guy brings a battering ram to an elephant fight?

[@texnikozero4934]

Real video title: AI - Artificial Idiot

[@Novusod]

This is the kind of simulation that would have to be run multiple times to see which one really was the best.

[@CanWeGoBackRIPhiphop]

You're not supposed to skirmish away from the ranged units.

[@JoshuaRellick]

Why did it take so long for anyone to kill the barbarian unit?

[@imfromtambunan]

because AIs are fucking retarded.

[@SwordofSouls]

Because AI in Civ 5 largely ignore barbarians unless it's a city state quest or there's a certain threshold of direct threat to them (which is apparently higher than "actively attacking you")

[@mattscrutton]

The immortals should have won because they heal twice as fast, get a healing bonus for killing other units and have an advantage against all horse, scout and ranged units at this stage of game. Spawning in next to Persia when you start the game as anyone else is a nightmare on high difficulties, because they expand quickly and you are always weaker militarily through the AI research starting bias in a vanilla game. So it's a case of do everything you can to stay friendly until you catch up, then beat them down until they don't exist anymore

[@miasmi4422]

You gotta remember that the ai is terrible except for deity, where they are sub-average

[@jeremyjones453]

@@miasmi4422 The AI doesn't really get much better, It just cheats more.

[@miasmi4422]

@@jeremyjones453 They get a kindergarten class on "Strategy" when on deity

[@jeremyjones453]

@@miasmi4422 yea

[@ShermanMark1]

At first it looked like the barbarians were going to win I also liked how my two favorite AI were freinds intill near the end

[@touieg1211]

For nearly 3 millennia, the battle raged on

[@SeanKula]

I had my money on Persia and then I saw the final showdown, *tisk* *tisk*

[@TheLostArchangel666]

And here, we see broken AI in action!

[@Craysus]

Babylon and Persia basically killed themselve

[@HerraHissi]

Unit Civilization Turn Pathfinder Shoshone 2 War Elephant Indian 5 ?Chariot Archer? Egyptian 10 Jaguar Aztec 13 Hoplite Greek 16 Atlatlist Mayan 17 Hand-Axe Barbarian 18 Battering Ram Hunnic 18 Pictish Warrior Celtic 20 Maori Warrior Polynesian 25 Slinger Incan 29 Bowman Babylonian 49 Immortal Persian 64 Horse Archer Hunnic -

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

HerraHissi But egypt had a normal chariot in this

[@HerraHissi]

That is suprising. I assumed every unit was the unique one from each civ like title said. Thank you

[@MathStringInputOutpu]

I was rooting for the hand-axe...

[@MrCrapDude]

I was rooting for the immortals the whole time gyahhhh if they didn't move so much they might have won :(

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

CrapDude "Unless your the Mongols" Kudos to anyone who gets the reference ;P

[@sanpablo4668]

9thRoyalPirateAssassin (Mystic Stirling) crash course is it?

[@baronblackdragon9078]

Weren’t the horse archers Hunnic units?

[@sanpablo4668]

Baron Black Dragon sad, couldve been perfect

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

Baron Black Dragon Huns are Future Mongols. It counts ;P And yeah! Crash Course! Thanks Stan for this meme!

[@stormtrooperelite1453]

poor elephants, that was proper animal abuse it was

[@user-wj4mp3uu9y]

The battle AI is clueless

[@Choppytehbear1337]

Poor battering ram...

[@crusader7659]

I would have loved it if the battering ram won.

[@weston142]

Ghandi should’ve had nukes not elephant archers

[@dauw_]

The music was MUCH cooler at 2x playback speed

[@noahbutler6135]

Cool idea, although I wouldn’t have included the battering ram since it can’t attack

[@llamapi3]

the AI has the downs

[@AngelOreos]

One tribe just disappears at 0:29

[@dogeilante]

wtf lmao

[@mwplaylist2890]

Pathfinders: 'Aight. I'm-a head out.

[@Senza32]

I feel like under normal conditions there'd only really be four serious contenders here, the war chariot, the horse archer, the elephant, and the immortal. First three because they're highly mobile ranged units, and the immortal because of its high strength, bonus vs cav, and doubled healing. Dumb AI doesn't help since it doesn't realize it can move and ranged attack in the same turn.

[@cleavly6162]

Senza32 No, melee troops destroy the ranged troops easily and the ranged units have no where to go, especially because they can only move one space by enemies

[@Senza32]

In these close quarters yeah, I just meant in more normal gameplay conditions.

[@cleavly6162]

Senza32 eh maybe. They might win if you position them well

[@DoABarrelRol1l]

It looked like ranged units only shot at damaged units..? It seems they have some basic understanding of finishing off a low health enemy but that's kinda it.

[@lornsumm3249]

Very basic ai, usually I fight wars by gaining advantage through range unit damage by baiting out enemies