ELITE URUMI SWORDSMAN vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT (Total Resources) | AoE II: Definitive Edition

The Urumi Swordsman is the first unique unit of the Dravidians in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India. It is an infantry unit that "charges" its attack over a period of time, dealing increased damage on its first attack against an enemy unit.
Urumi Swordsmen can be upgraded to Elite Urumi Swordsmen in the Imperial Age.
Cost: 65 Food, 20 Gold
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Bengalis - Navigate the winding rivers and dense jungles of Bengal as you build a thriving economy to fuel unstoppable armies of elephants. The Bengali unique unit is the Ratha, a sturdy chariot that can switch between melee and ranged attack modes.
Dravidians - Seize control of the lucrative Indian Ocean trade routes and utilize advanced metallurgy as you build one of the wealthiest sea empires of medieval Asia. The Dravidian unique units are the Urumi Swordsman, a warrior wielding a scathing flexible sword, and the Thirisadai, a massive vessel that dominates the high seas.
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[@lukeslivkoff9817]

Tbh it seems a bit op for them to have charges attack, splash damage, and 100% armor negation.

[@darkdill]

They have 0 base pierce armor, even as Elite, so Arbs kill them really quickly. These fights don't show how it'd actually play out in a real game (i.e. ranged units would be micro'd to kite the Urumi's as long as possible, melee units could still be sent against the Urumi's to act as a meat shield). Dravidians also have an exploitable weakness to siege. Bottom-tier cavalry, no Redemption, no Bombard Cannons, and no Siege Engineers. Their lack of mobility also means Hussar raiding will be extremely annoying for a Dravidian player to deal with if they cannot wall their flanks.

[@gianfrancoarezo1859]

They are fast as hell and better archer chasers than persian knights

[@the_number_one]

a bit op and dravidians lose all the time even in water 11

[@fwosti3548]

You're right. It is a bit OP. It's not going to be nerfed either because it's one of the only things Dravidians have as a powerhouse unit.

[@abhimohan4356]

Perfectly balanced. Move along, nothing out of the ordinary here.

[@Neon-Lines]

lmfao they even beat Leitis a cavalry unit with many more weaknesses

[@theovermansailor5519]

No dumbass, this unit is wayy overpowered, it's clearly in need of some nerfs

[@Neon-Lines]

@SquashBro547 maybe they should lose 2 attack or 2 armour upgrades to balance it out

[@atarishrivastava8603]

@@Neon-Lines how about none and just increase the time for their whip slash

[@Neon-Lines]

@@atarishrivastava8603 are you indian? lol this tech/unit is so broken

[@rishabhraj5515]

lol They even countered jaguar warriors and samurais.

[@thebloodwolf9906]

Almost every unit: this infantry unit is too powerful! We cannot beat them! Cataphract: it’s still an infantry

[@widodoakrom3938]

Lmao

[@nitishpatil708]

Still how many cataphracts dead 😮

[@daves6731]

Aztec jaguar warriors thought the same and where are they now?......

[@arzievsultan]

It looks like their mustaches are helping them to win almost everything they meet.

[@michaelmccarty1327]

I've seen the weapon they used tested in Deadliest Warrior, and it was very cool, but underperformed in the tests. It seems like it would be potentially terrifying against multiple unarmored opponents, but any decent armor will render the weapon impractical. Ironically enough, the Dravidians thrive when their enemies invest in armor.

[@Neon-Lines]

thank the silly devs

[@parthibans4969]

That weapon was used in my region. It's kinda used as defensive weapon when a person is surrounded by multiple enemies and have to no ally around . It was not build to pierce armor but to attack enemies from multiple directions. Rather than cutting through bone the blade slices off flesh while swinging . It sometimes backfires wielder if not skilled . Other hand dravidian don't have native horses . I guess to balance they combine urumi with steel tech. I don't think they are overpowered . They lack Mobility and lose to archery , when actual update is released we might see reality by playing it out.

[@fahimalammajumder2109]

Question. Where they using the same type of steel? Unironically it should be very different from a normal steel alloy so maybe that is the reason.

[@Neon-Lines]

@@parthibans4969 they don't really lose to Archers though because of fully upgraded and 25% faster shooting Skirms

[@parthibans4969]

@@Neon-Lines I mean urumi lose archery . Since they don't have high health , armor or mobility. If I choose to play with skirm and urumi opponents can play with knight/ hussar and archery . It can be countered there are several options.

[@thekroks5068]

They almost beat catas as infantry and that say a lot. It is the most broken thing now.

[@Nishantkj]

Cataphract beat Imperial camels and helbs

[@varunmanjunath9123]

lol, good observation, let's see why Urumi beat Cataphracts... Cataphracts have: 1. high melee armour 2. low pierce armour 3. bonus damage against infantry 4. resistance against bonus damage Urumi swordsmen: 1. ignore melee armour 2. have a large charge attack 3. have a decent attack rate Just by looking at it, you can say that the Wootz steel is what changes everything, ignoring armour is what makes Urumi win against Cataphracts and Teutonic Knights, nothing is overpowered about them.

[@varunmanjunath9123]

@@Nishantkj Exactly lol

[@PixXx31]

@@varunmanjunath9123 are you ... ok? expalining WHY they are Op doesn't mean they're not. WTF.

[@Neon-Lines]

obviously Wootz Steel is what needs a major nerf, not Urumi...

[@lscibor]

Charged attack is really weird choice, fluff wise, for this unit. It's a floppy, whip like ribbon of steel you use to flail around like crazy and fend of multiple attackers. Definitely not something that makes one decisive strike, like charge of mounted coustilliers.

[@jerome6383]

I think it would make sense in the way of being charp at the first attack(s). I assume those things get relativly blunt very soon but can cut into bones at first. However, how they ignore (heavy) armor, is the thing I do not get. If it actually gets through the steel, wouldn't it be likely stuck?

[@llSuperSnivyll]

Yeah, since it's pretty much a whip, I think, instead of a charged attack, they should be able to deal trample damage from default.

[@spandanganguli6903]

If you are interested , there are still kalaripayattu practioners who do demonstrations with this sword. You can find them on youtube.

[@RB-fp8hn]

Have you seen actual martial artists use this weapon? It can be a very precise hit, down to aiming for specific joints in the opponent's body.

[@the_number_one]

Have you seen the man in Milan swing around a giant whip to crack it? you could hear the sound from three blocks away. Swinging the whip wildly before nearing the opponent builds up momentum to add to the charge+area damage -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaGxqKBteMl7rdE Later the attacks are rather standard except in the way this takes advantage of its flexible hard steel to cut through chinks in the armor -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaGxqKBteMl7rdE

[@RustyGorbi]

It's not the unit itself or the charged attack that's op. It's the tech Wootz steel that's completely busted.

[@Heavysweating]

Something's wrong when units that are suppose to be counters to them get whooped.

[@asterozoan]

A lot of these units /are/ counters, if they're in control of a player who can react.. E.g. conquistadors will make short work here if they hit and run. Slingers or hand cannoneers will work great if you can use halberdiers or something as a meat-shield to slow the attack.

[@Longknife]

@@asterozoan Still, compare the Urumi to a generic infantry unit. The Urumi is still a net gain vs. archers despite being "weak" to them, because it's barely more expensive, moves faster and has an AOE attack. Archers are in "soft counter" territory here when they need to be a hard counter.

[@darkdill]

@@Longknife No, Archers do better against Urumi's than they would against other infantry because the Urumi's have 0 base pierce armor, even as Elite. That 1 extra damage they'll take compared to Champions or various infantry UU's hurts quite a bit. Besides, we're all looking at the Urumi's in a vacuum. Dravidians might have extremely strong infantry, as well as good Skirmishers and Elephant Archers, but their cavalry is bottom-tier, they don't have Redemption, and they don't get Siege Engineers. All this combines to make the Dravidians weak against siege. They can't go for Mangonel/Onager trades if the enemy siege outranges them. You might say "Light Cavalry with Wootz Steel", but most siege units already have 0 melee armor, so Wootz Steel is moot in those cases. Meanwhile, the Light Cav's lack Bloodlines, Husbandry, and Plate Barding Armor, so they really suck. Also, Wootz Steel doesn't work against siege units anyway. Their lack of a reliable high-mobility unit (Urumi's aren't as fast as cavalry) also means they are gonna be weak to Hussar raids if they cannot wall off their flanks sufficiently. I imagine Dravidians are gonna struggle a bit on Arabia due to the wide open areas for enemy cavalry to flank them, and the lack of water on Arabia negating their naval bonuses. EDIT: They now have Bombard Cannons, but without Siege Engineers. That +1 range is really impactful for Bombards, so the Dravidians still have a hard time with strong siege civilizations.

[@Longknife]

@@darkdill 1 extra pierce armor is nothing if you consider the Urumi's are both moving faster and therefore killing the archers faster, not to mention their AOE attack results in more damage when they reach the target. I welcome you to compare how this unit does in these vids vs. the various archers vs. how comparable units such Woad Raiders do. Woads have fantastic speed too, still kill the archers slower than these and with more losses.

[@redapple9367]

Urumi should be nerfed

[@MrSidneycarton]

Splash is the key. When they're facing massed units, there's a lot of targets getting damage at the same time. Even with archers in scattered formation, they should be easy to deal with.

[@sadakatinty8369]

An infantry that defeats TKs, Berserks, Obuchs and even Leitis, Jaguars and Samurai! What kind of insanity is this? Also, judging by how many units spawn here, they are really cheap! I guess only mass scorpions as a counter, and hope this civ doesn't get onager upgrade.

[@farrelmajamahardika5156]

I think they have S.O.

[@mohammadoulabi4212]

Still this civ isnt so good vs micro considering how depending they are on elephants

[@ParamecioLord]

To be fair, they need an expensive imperial age UT in order to ignore armor, and they are very weak to ranged attacks even by infantry standards (they beat archers in these tests because ranged units without micro suck against anything, even infantry). They beastly in melee combat, no doubts about that, but saying that there are no counters it's exaggerated imo.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

They also take only 22 skirm javelins due to having 65 HP, 0 PA. Champs take 35, Jags/Zerks take 38, Samurais/Woads take 40, Obuch take 95, TKs take 100. That's hilariously weak against pierce damage compared to the infantry unique unit standard.

[@wraspita]

Cataphracts barely defeated them as well. Too OP.

[@toopkoop]

Something seems weird about these charge attacks in these tests. I wonder if they're charge attacking more often than they should be. 15 free bonus damage on the first hit is a lot, but after that they should be hitting for 14 damage (due to ignoring armor) Meanwhile samurai have +15 health (negating first hit) and do 24 damage post mitigation, with +33% attack speed. I'm wondering if there's a case of release coustillier where there's accidental doubling up of charge hits or something similar. It feels like only with absurdly tanky units like the war elephant does the dps seem to decline closer to as expected. Otherwise the math doesn't feel like it checks out, esp. in the case of samurai or jaguar warrior.

[@Bzhydack]

I think charged attack also deals trample. This is why is much stronger than it looks.

[@theobald_indoaoe]

Having the charge attack in the first hit means that you already Decimate a number of your opponent's army. For an example: four coustilliers instantly kill one of four knights with their charge attack. Thus, there will be 4 coustilliers against 3 knights. They already outnumbered the knights to overcome their lower attack and HP. That's the advantage, even we don't consider their cheaper costs yet. Urumi Swordmen themselves are unable to kill both Samurai and Jaguar Warriors with their charge attack. They win because they have ignoring armor ability to easily decimate low HP enemy units standing after the "first wave". Samurai might be a worthy opponent for Urumi, not the Jaguar Warriors since they, despite having similar Rate of Fire, have the slowest frame delay among infantry. Also, both Samurai and Jaguar Warrior need 3 hits to kill Urumi Swordman, but Samurai attacks 33% faster and has more HP. Urumi should be better because of their cheaper cost.

[@guidodepietro1017]

Think in same Numbers sams should win. Here are same resources.

[@Tocaraca]

Pretty sure their charge attack deals splash damage

[@toopkoop]

@@Bzhydack This sounds right, and other people are mentioning the same. It seems pretty strong. Charge mechanics are strong in smaller scale hit-and-run/scraps and number advantaged scenarios where you can overwhelm, murder, run, and recharge between skirmishes. Splash is strong in pitched battles but is easily mitigated by armor. Meanwhile splash charge attacks that ignore armor does... well, this.

[@IammAdriian]

OP the only lost to cataphract, elephants and konninks

[@Stelphy876]

almost to slinger if only they ran, almost to kipchak if only they ran, almost to leitis, and they lost to coustillier

[@arslanakhter3034]

Crazy unit

[@donefinished]

Pretty good case study for the argument that AOE is pay to win. The whole civs that come close to winning convincingly are dlcs civs.

[@JJBeauregard1]

I don't get the charged attack on an infantry unit that doesn't even run. In AoE3 Urumis have an area attack, I think that would've fit much better. Edit: @ StepS pointed out that the charge attack actually has an area effect. It's really hard to tell even on .25 playback speed (because everything dies so fast, lol) but I think they're actually right. The charge mechanic still seems out of place, in my opinion, but I'm glad they gave them splash damage!

[@Ymgarl]

I'd like to see trample damabe that also hurts allies. That would be fun

[@dankstank110]

@@Ymgarl nah that might make more sense than what they have right now but it would make em weak

[@StepS_]

Look closer, they get both the charge _and_ area attack.

[@JJBeauregard1]

@@StepS_ Actually you might be right but i can't tell for sure. However, if there is splash damage it appears to be only on the charge attack.

[@StepS_]

Correct, splash damage is only for the initial charged attack.

[@valnira1147]

While cool these showcases aren't reflected in game Wootz Steel is an Imperial age tech and most likely is expensive. It will help close out a game if you're winning, but if you're loosing I doubt spamming Urumi will help

[@thekroks5068]

It is not expensive and it works in imp like garland wars or only better up to +13 damage

[@valnira1147]

@@thekroks5068 Ah I haven't seen the cost yet and you're right on that

[@fanda2424]

How is this legal? XD okay most archer encounters would turn out differently with kiting or some protection, but they can still beat most of the cavalry and even units like jaguar warriors or samurai, thats not okay.

[@valonreijk7393]

with their charge attack every range unit is 2 hit kill so even they cought for second they will wreck all archers etc.

[@fanda2424]

@@valonreijk7393 yeah, atleast they dont have any pierce armor :)

[@kavinh10]

well they are a castle unique unit that's probably dead to fodder in most cases before they reach archers, also they have a unique tech to ignore armor which is probably what makes them look so good. It'd be nice to finally have a usable infantry unit and honestly they probably aren't OP given dravidians may as well not have a stable

[@clorkmagnus]

@@valonreijk7393 not exactly built to chase archer under castle or heavy protection, they melt super fast against range units and a lot of those range units can run away from them, they are prob kinda op in lower rank ladder, also you have to look at the entire civ as a whole

[@whitehavencpu6813]

They trade equally vs Leitis with 0 relic so its fine. Dravs practically have no stable.

[@markschaeffer5437]

I think what people are missing is that they have the unique tech that ignores armor in imp. So it looks super broken when really this kind of power is only available in post imp. Also explains how they beat the TK

[@XegaZero]

That what I was thinking. For matches that don't start in post-imp, there is a huge investment to consider (Building a castle + Going to imp + Blacksmith upgrades + Castle tech + research time+ Cost and time for massing the unit). There also many other factors outside of the unit to consider.

[@ComeRestusFX]

Ignoring armor is definitely not what's winning most of these matchups, as most units will only have 3-4 melee armor after full upgrades. It's the absurd 29 damage on their first attack. You'd see the same result in 80% of these tests without that tech, the ones that get hit hardest by the tech are Boyars and TKs. Same reason as to why one of the three units that kill them are coustilliers, they have the same gimmick, but higher hp.

[@ObsidianCaramel]

ahh of course they are the natural counters to eagle warriors, as world history has shown us when the Indians fought against the mesoamerica Civilizations. - Abraham Lincoln circa 2022 colorized

[@ardaarsen]

GJ devs.. you finally did it

[@karthikn6507]

As a civilization Dravidian looks weak without cavalry.this unit performed well in open ground.but in actual game the archers did well against them.

[@aniruddhbhatkal1834]

They won more than i thought they would. I guess this shows the importance of ranged units having a frontline shield. Or micro, of chokepoints.

[@abdullahtokgoz]

Next patch: "...charge attack value is reduced..."

[@pepinillorick5741]

YEAH

[@the_number_one]

hell no, Dravidians are already bottom tier. Maybe reduce charged attack if you give bloodlines and hussars 11

[@LexiaKazu]

Somehow Half naked Warrior can survive Arrows Gunpowder based Weaponry and even win some of them lol

[@immortalwarrior2695]

They have shields

[@rajas9803]

Yup. It is analogous to the barbarian guy taking 70 arrows despite having no knowledge of metallurgy

[@alicanemiir]

Berserker: Nothing Urumi Swordsman: Hey, i am real berserker.

[@dennisren8516]

Coustillier: Shifu taught you well, but he didn’t teach you everything

[@the_number_one]

haha.. gold bro 👌🏾

[@user-gm9xd4tc1v]

Totally OP . Good job game designers

[@ahbraveconscript997]

i think we need Spiffing Brit to look into this “perfectly balanced with no exploits what so ever” situation.

[@serbulentsenturk1326]

All units - Where the hell this naked beast come from ?

[@dhruvsharma6826]

These fine moustached gentlemen hail from the Chola Empire.

[@rajas9803]

Man what is the problem of being naked. Don't you know the half naked Fakir destroyed the empire on which the sun never set?

[@serbulentsenturk1326]

@@rajas9803 lol man i liked your ability of sarcasm..

[@alainenricomariabattaglia298]

Absolutely OP

[@gonzalosazo5978]

Insane damage Bro, i dont believe

[@waghprasad]

Omg these guys are OP as a group.

[@obesechicken13]

It's strong but it doesn't have the pierce armor of obuch or serjeants. In line with some of the other newer unique units. Obviously older unique units can't compete.

[@steftso8310]

Urumi Swordmen vs Cataphracts and Teutonic Knights just showed me, how ridicilously OP these units are. I wish the devs would do the same tests before relase like Mike does afterwards...

[@ominousshuriken5578]

Something important to note is that archers usually use hit and run tactics to focus fire and gain an advantage that way. As the archers aren't retreating this isn't an accurate depiction of what will happen in a game.

[@germanpenn]

True with respect to archers. But they still beat cataphracts, samurais and Jaguar warriors. That’s insane

[@_cyro__]

theres no way jaguar warriors and samurai lost these bro... and the fact that cataphracts struggled really says a lot...

[@YTYTYTY7]

You just need some archers behind. That's all you need to counter it.

[@kOaMaster2]

I don't think it's entirely OP because none of those tests are realistic really, however it does feel strong all combined. On the other hand, Coustillier still won vs them and we don't see that unit so frequent or regard it as OP, so let's see. And range usually still beats melee if some micro is involved.

[@victoirej.2611]

That's often the case with those tests. Coustilliers are super op on the paper, but in real games they are not extremely strong. I think that'll be the same with that unit

[@abyssreborn4213]

Exactly. Also these tests are with no micro, urumis lose hard to basically any ranged unit with micro involved.

[@the_number_one]

@@victoirej.2611 yes, look at the Dravidian win rate

[@nozyspy4967]

Definitely use spread formation to counter these guys i guess.

[@oom-3262]

the coustillier was a surprise win for me. I guess the og charged unit is still better at overhwelming the opponent.

[@dsmichael8080]

It's crazy how hard it is to counter them with equal resources

[@germanpenn]

Even samurais lost. Unbelievable

[@Azureshock]

Maybe it's asking a lot to have some micro in these tests, but I think it would be more reasonable to at least give the unique units stagger formation.

[@MrMaxiARG]

They melt everything

[@varunmanjunath9123]

Precisely

[@rock081189]

Samurai- I am the Master of Unique units duels.. Urumi- Hold my Urumi (the whip blade) Jaguar Warrior- I am the master of Infantry duels Urumi- Hold my Urumi.. Teutonic Knight- No one beats me in Melee I have too much armour. Urumi- Hold my Wootz Steel.. (same goes for Boyars..lol) Aoe2DE Community- Is this unit the Scourge of G.o.d? Someone please beat them!! Ballista Elephant-- The world will finally now know my value!! Also- Persian Elephants Cataphracts Konniks Coustillier Paladins Onagers

[@rock081189]

And how about you not allowing the opponent to hit Imp with a huge eco & multiple castles so as to stop Urumi from getting OP in the first place. Urumi are kind of OP only in Post-Imp scenarios. Wootz Steel (750F, 600G) alone is an expensive tech on its own not to mention various other supporting techs. Weak Cavalry in castle age alone will give them a big weakness in mid-game. Early pressure specially in Castle Age is the key.

[@bossbss7938]

its also a broken unit in aoe3 now its has its debut in aoe2

[@guidodepietro1017]

I think same Numbers a lot of these units should kill urumi

[@AotO_DJ]

They beat Paladins with total resources and I don’t think they would die with micromanagement against onagers.

[@rock081189]

@@AotO_DJ U r forgetting that to train urumi u need castles which are much more difficult that arch range or even siege workshops (for onagers).. U r watching these videos which start with 200 US but to train these 200 from even 3 castles working simultaneously will take 10 minutes.. while u can easily hv many more ranges/sw..

[@Tor-Erik]

The are very OP to soften and weaken strong units with their charge attack.

[@frankieseward8667]

They either need to need theur unquie tech or the stats. Way too OP.

[@arslanakhter3034]

Yeah eother reduce the attack speed or increase their cost. Ignoring armor+ charge attack is way too OP for a unit

[@devangnivatkar2649]

Dies in 22 Skirm javelin due to 65 HP, 0 PA compared to 35 javelins for generic champs. Which means anything that does pierce damage, melts them.

[@baristika]

@@devangnivatkar2649 did you watch this video?

[@devangnivatkar2649]

@@baristika There's this thing called 'archer micro' that happens in real PvP scenarios. This video does not cover that. You really think something like an Arbalester/Longbow/Rattan, let alone a Kipchak/Mangudai/Camel Archer is going to stand still on the spot while infantry comes close?

[@Neon-Lines]

changing the cost won't do jack because all of their infantry ignores armour

[@yamatohime2035]

Well, that kind of test are strange. For example archers should try to kite them.

[@wanderinggabe6807]

My biggest takeaway from this is that jaguar warriors need to be given a slight boost. This is exactly the kind of unit they are supposed to counter, but there were still TWELVE Urumi still alive at the end. and this is after a somewhat spendy research in Garland Wars. And they're not a highly armored unit so Wootz Steel can't be entirely to blame.

[@appu.sruthi]

you lost the game already when you face This many urumi with full imp upgrades as a meso

[@gonzaloayalaibarre]

Konnik really messed up the benefit of charge attack with their second life. I really thought Coustiller would also win, with a charge attack of their own. Wait, they did win, I confused them with the Leitis.

[@ladkikadeewana7786]

High HP, low armor units do well against Urumi Warriors. But the best counter is kiting them with Arbs, Plumes, Mangudai,Kipchaks, Camel Archers, CA etc. If you wish to stand and deliver, the Urumi will get you.

[@michaelmccarty1327]

Karambit warriors didn't do that well, though.

[@ladkikadeewana7786]

@@michaelmccarty1327 Karambits have too low HP to be effective. I was referring to Paladins, Cataphracts and Elephants

[@michaelmccarty1327]

@@ladkikadeewana7786 Low HP individually, but so many together means there's a lot to cut through.

[@Someonehahaha]

@@ladkikadeewana7786 LOL Paladins still loose to them.

[@the_number_one]

you forgot siege, just awesome counters to this shirtless low HP unit

[@attilathehun2267]

even killled samurai, teutonic knight. just OP, absürd.

[@fwosti3548]

Even took out the Mangudai and ChuKoNus... geez

[@PixXx31]

Can you maybe repeat that but without the wootz steel?

[@sebastianpalominos3706]

the fact that they beated almost every single other unique unit, with a clear, clear reaming HP says a lot i call it OP

[@atarishrivastava8603]

I haven't seen them being played once

[@akshayband6183]

Karambits in alternate universe.. 😅 Smoked Lietis, Obuchs, Knights, Boyars. And those Kamayuks ain’t safe anymore.. lol

[@magala9287]

My urumi is your undoing!

[@Ymgarl]

What's the balancing factor here supposed to be? Do they take a tremendous amount of time to produce?

[@ParamecioLord]

-5 HP, -1 PA, +20 food cost, no extra speed compared to champions, need big numbers to make effective use of the charge attack, requires castles to be trained, need an expensive imperial age UT to ignore armor. Against melee units or unmicroed ranged units they look amazing, but you need a lot of build up and to hope that the enemy cannot micro their archers to get to that point. Also keep in mind that the Dravidian tech tree is garbage, so a late game power unit for this civ doesn't sound bad.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

They die in 22 skirm javelins compared to 35 for generic champs. The balancing factor is they die at the mention of pierce damage. You don't realize just how bad 0 base PA is.

[@baristika]

@@ParamecioLord ... they beat all UU, and your argument is "they requires castle to build so they are perfectly balanced"

[@pentaflouride3213]

@@devangnivatkar2649 They beat imp skirms here. And they beat almost every range matchup here. They should have negative pierce armor then and less hp.

[@ParamecioLord]

@@baristika Not all units are trained in castles as far as I know.

[@LordAgamiS]

is too OP.

[@roderic3261]

They are barechested, I mean, they should be decimated or softened reasonably from afar with the first or second volleys of ranged infantry but they reach them almost intact

[@abyssreborn4213]

That's because there's no micro in these tests.

[@sixstrongguys]

@@abyssreborn4213 cannot agree, looking at the video, i can imagine that most foot archers can barly win or even lose to the new UU even they kite As the HP of the UU is not low, and their attack is broken high

[@abyssreborn4213]

@@sixstrongguys you're terrible at the game then, so shut up.

[@meghnilkalita5847]

Op but only because of it's price

[@michalsturc7063]

Is it just me or does the charged attack have a blast radius (check the Chu Ko Nu and Plumed Archers)?

[@the_number_one]

1

[@Miklosh.Prostoi]

Urumi swordsman is the best in battle "unical unit vs unical unit", but, how good is this unit in standard battle?

[@karthiksheshadri6600]

Urumi swords do look quite dangerous but having these units beat samurai and teutonic knights doesn't seem very realistic IMO. I could buy them beating Jaguar warriors as the urumi are longer range but the idea of shirtless infantry surviving longbowmen or samurai just doesn't make sense to me. The idea of chola warships being larger than European galleons on the other hand does make sense. Could have left it at that or otherwise made the Urumi a cheap spammable unit which would have been more realistic.

[@dindeleganpatrick4379]

The power of mustache...

[@ntdanh.2k]

9:33 Finally, a worthy opponent

[@mastenox1891]

This unit is too OP it kills actually every unique unit. Can you do same video but against generic units

[@shredmaster2000]

I have seen these units both in live gameplay and in isolate tests like this video. While it might seem like they are OP and appear to take out archers with ease, in a real game they will lose to ranged units the vast majority of the time. Maybe they need some kind of nerf but it's not as bad as this video makes it seem.

[@caocao4731]

It's not as bad as the vid makes it seem- however they certainly shouldn't win quite so handily against units meant to counter them IMO.

[@the_number_one]

@@caocao4731 then why do Goths win against archers, wth

[@viktorianas]

The most OP unit in 22 years.

[@SaraShi2019]

I think ……. Urumi is going to be op unit!!!

[@TMoDDD]

8:13 the battle of the shirtless bois.

[@appu.sruthi]

What we see here is impossible in Ranked 1vs1 only after wootnaz Steel, This becomes possible thus a mid post-imp scenario

[@mehulajax21]

They are high on Idli Sambhar...

[@borizovskimilan]

Naked guys most scariest army in the world.

[@ikinha8966]

a small group of poorly armored men vs a group of teutonic knights who got the best armor

[@garioldwin]

What you didnt say is wootz steel researched?

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

how are those swordsmen when they have whips?

[@Neon-Lines]

when someone says they (Wootz steel) aren't broken because they melt to archers: 0:02 😂😂😂 oh devs, what have you done?

[@koldfire7253]

I can understand the charge attack and splash damage But armor negation? Look what they did to my Tetonic bois

[@rizalspride127]

This is nuts. Wtf were the devs thinking?

[@yhlee1205]

Maybe just me but engaging with trash then your main units did pretty well for me.

[@CardboardBoxGod]

Who would win? The Samurai who trained his entire life to combat unique units? Or Some guy with a whip.

[@CardboardBoxGod]

@Butter Scotch I’m aware ^^

[@pepinillorick5741]

Wow this is insane, we should nerf Cataphracts and War elephants rigth?

[@waghprasad]

IMO all archer units should have bonus dmg against Urumis. Considering they're literally bare chested and not shielded.

[@the_number_one]

what about plumed archers then 11, they never seem to die

[@zervver]

Would they win against Marines with a handful of Medics?

[@braiangomez7691]

Daddy ms needs money Wait for balance next patch

[@ayushtiwari2959]

Damn.

[@bharath211]

Its quite OP - even Berserks and Teutonic knights died to this unit! Other than elephants and cataphracts this unit seems OP!

[@zervver]

Berserkers are no surprise. They suck.

[@lelouchbritannia8525]

All the horse archers getting boned cause they aren't using superior mobility at all.

[@Alex-fo5tl]

holly shit this is the most op unite i have ever seen :D

why not give them lasers too ?

[@yhlee1205]

Use archers they said. It counters them they said.

[@fwosti3548]

Holy Shit!

[@KaelWW]

Summary: they only lose to cataphracts, konniks, coustilliers, and the two elephant unique units. Very surprised konniks and coustilliers did what Samurai and Jaguars could not! Also surprised that chakram throwers (anti-infantry), and ranged unique units that do piercing damage didn't win, given their 0 pierce armor

[@sayedmubashshirulhoquemubi7909]

Chakram throwers and other ranged melee units do melee damage though.

[@KaelWW]

@@sayedmubashshirulhoquemubi7909 ha, realized this right after I sent! Yeah, I mentioned the chakram because it's supposed to be an anti-infantry unit, but you're absolutely right

[@-Zakhiel-]

So much salt in the commentaries. I even saw some people say "they beat every UU OMG!!!!"... Wich is wrong, watch the video again. Also, UU are not supposed to be the best unit of a civ(or at least not always), they're more of a wild card. Using arbalesters (wich doesn't cost any gold and can be mass produced more easily) is a good counter against those guys. Units with a lot of HP are a good counter too. Elephants do very well against them. And units like beefy paladins do fine as well, it would be more cost effective to train halberdiers than urumis against a Frank paladin. Also... siege. They don't have enough hp to survive long enough against onagers. So, even if they seem fantastic on paper, they are the definition of a glass canon.

[@archie2038]

Even teutons and samurai?

[@kaandervis6276]

They didn't lose a single fight against opponents with two feet :)

[@thomasmuller546]

WHAT IS THAT DMG???

[@patrickbateman882]

People in comments saying the unit it OP and needs to be nerfed. These battles are not representative of real life situations. So whether the unit is OP or not, can only be decided after the DLC has released and enough people play with/against the unit

[@josepetersen7112]

Let’s see, a fast, cheap unit that has a charge attack AND high attack AND can ignore armor. Yeah, I think we can say this is ridiculous. Honestly, this is that first new thing I’ve been pissed about.

[@varunmanjunath9123]

@@josepetersen7112 Urumi are not really fast... Coustilliers have charge attack and are faster Leitis can ignore armour AND have +4 attack due to Relics Urumi have low HP and low pierce armour...

[@patrickbateman882]

@@josepetersen7112 Except it has low pierce armour so it is quite weak vs ranged units. It has 10 base attack for its elite version, which is not high at all. It has lower HP than champion and the 'irgnore armour' is a unique tech which is only available in Imperial age. It will take a really long time and a lot of resources to fully upgrade. Most games don't last that long. That is why I said, it is unfair to say that this unit is OP based on this video. Wait till the DLC comes out and see how strong it is in an in-game situation before calling it ridiculous and demanding a nerf before the DLC has even been released