ELITE MAMELUKE vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT | AoE II: Definitive Edition

The Mameluke is the unique unit of the Saracens in Age of Empires II. It is a Camel with a ranged melee attack and an attack bonus against cavalry.
Mamelukes can be upgraded to Elite Mamelukes in the Imperial Age.
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[@godofmonster7405]

Saladin will be proud of them

[@BarisPalabiyik]

Wish they had really long lances instead. Throwing swords on a horseback is the most unhistorical shit ever.

[@jaishkhan7442]

True lol

[@sethparker3122]

Lol I came to comments specifically about to ask if anyone else was concerned about how ridiculous it is that they throw swords instead of javelins.

[@faultier3215]

who cares about history when you have STYLE

[@Ismas96]

Mounted Kamayuks v:

[@robfbms]

@@Ismas96 Steppe Lancers are kind of mounted Kamayuks, but without the bonus vs. cavalry.

[@suyash5608]

2:51 Teutons: "What are those things coming towards us? "

[@MadMamluk88]

Holy Hell I didn’t expect the Mangudai to go down that fast

[@edwardblom2661]

Pretty low HP and takes brutal bonus dmg. Altough Mangudai should perform better with micro and or meat shield.

[@user-mv5df5bb4x]

Historically... Truthfully... Accurately... They did...skilled desert Tribesmen throwing double edge swords are better than costly Persian war elephants

[@varunmanjunath9123]

@@user-mv5df5bb4x lol

[@kd1415]

Well camel counter calvary (except the byzantines) so yeah

[@Albukhshi]

*Ain Jalut intensifies* Seriously though: AoE2's depiction of them is a pet peeve: The Mamelukes were cavalrymen who rode horses, not camels. Arabs as a whole by this period hardly fought on camels anyway!

[@hugohong839]

Didn't expect they beat elephant archers

[@phdbot4483]

Makelukes' bonus damage against calvary helps a lot in shredding through the elephants' massive HP.

[@suyash5608]

Ele archers have zero melee armor

[@jeroen92]

Didn't expect it to be so close, mamelukes counter cavalry.

[@varunmanjunath9123]

Yeah elephant archers need a buff, it's unreasonable for an Indian archer having a 6 foot elephation to have the same range, reload and attack as an Indian foot archer ;)

[@tinkywinky1238]

10:33 it's over saracin I have the high ground 11:56 domestic cumans VS wild cumans

[@ateium2409]

11

[@mabkhraposting9253]

bruh its kinda accurate

[@noemhemeenfag8455]

Best unique unit in the game, just so damn expensive.

[@burtreynolds4577]

Nope, but it's one of the best units.

[@marianxendor3974]

Persian Elephants are kinda OP

[@sgtpepper8581]

In every scenario they are the most common unit to count every unit, it's a beast

[@user-ov3nt4ll4d]

They lost versus cataphracht who should actually counter as cavalry unit.

[@noemhemeenfag8455]

If microd properly they shouldn't lose against any unit

[@TheKobasen]

Now I understand why they make 85g each. Melee attack on ranged with 130hp.

[@jesusrubiomaldonado27]

Memelukes throwing 1000 degrees melting knifes to cavalry

[@Asmodeity]

Mamelukes can melt steel war wagons.

[@alter5057]

funny how mamlukes beat war wagons but war wagons beat cataphracts and cataphracts beat mamlukes. It is like rock paper scissor.

[@Asmodeity]

@@alter5057 Funny how well micro'd Mangudai can beat nearly anything in the game. It is like rock paper scissor nuke.

[@alter5057]

@@Asmodeity mangudai loses to genoese crossbows I think. You can micro mangudai but elephant archer will not be beatable imo. This is how well made this game is.

[@Asmodeity]

@@alter5057 Ok, in a sandbox like this where x mangudai go against x elephants sure. But some of the best pro players (Hera, The Viper) just love mangudai and they said they're broken and have proven they can destroy entire armies with just these archer boys. Elephants are too slow to take on mangudai (same resources and time considered) and genoese crossbows are just underwhelming and easily countered with trash.

[@alter5057]

@@Asmodeity mangudai has weakness to. You can run all day long, but dont elephant archers have range too? They got more hp. Same with war war wagon. So, horses can run around but if they try to shoot, they get shot by elephant archers, ballista elephants and war wagons who have more hp and probably more damages too.

[@iforgot87872]

LOL that elephant ownage was shocking after so many victories. Pikes own both of those units though so it works out.

[@et34t34fdf]

Help! Crusaders are attacking our trade routes!

[@billyBk91]

Reynald is attacking our caravan

[@dennyyarisfaisal1704]

LOST vs cataphract,war elephant,teutonic knight,ballista elephant,imperial camel.

[@emanuelelamattina4264]

Mamelukes lost only to Siege Onagers, Heavy camel riders, Imperial Camel Riders, Cataphracts, Ballista elephant (would say was even this), war elephants, teutonic knights. One of the most powerful unique units if we dont consider micro (with that mangudai and conquistadores are broken)

[@TyphoonJig]

Which fits because it's also one of the most expansive. As long as those test don't include ressources the only thing they tend to tell you is which unit cost the most.

[@user-so7yh7ti6g]

Mamelukes would smoke TK, war elephants, heavy camel riders, imperial camel riders, cataphracts even mangudai and conquistadores if microed properly.

[@jonkoxl2069]

Oh yeah, my favorite unique unit

[@s.c.l5382]

very good work vs the kamayuks !! unspected

[@jeroen92]

Flaming camels did surprisingly well!

[@whydillonbad]

I mean, they are an anti cavalry unit.

[@jeroen92]

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[@whydillonbad]

@@jeroen92 it's never too late to learn new things!

[@jeroen92]

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[@perrypougins379]

​@@jeroen92 zamn

[@sotiriospeithis6659]

I really didn't expect the catas to win

[@elkin1888]

why lost vs catafracts and not vs Tarkan???

[@windwindy5356]

They are one of the best of the best units in the game...but my god they are expensive

[@Yorok89]

There were some fireworks at the end

[@ignacio1171]

THE MEMELUKE BABY!!

[@rivierapersonaltraining8380]

Thanks for all the videos it is really helpful. Mameluk counter : War elephant Teuton knights Cataphract Something else? What about scorpions?

[@squatlebherz4434]

Can actually beat the War elephant with a touch of micro. But are countered by Camels as well Countered so cost effectively by halberdiers (assuming they can close) and skirmishers - although with the price tag a lot of units will be cost effective considering the weighting of gold

[@petervlcko4858]

more archers better britons can beat saracens quite easily. halbadiers and long bow or arbalests with that range is deadly against them.

[@aayushmankatiyar5862]

Every archer and camel civs can beat Saracens

[@aayushmankatiyar5862]

Cataphracts, massed longbows, chuko nu, plumed,Genoese xbows rattan archers, camel archers, kipchak, mangudai, imperial camel, gbeto, massed karambit and many more

[@user-so7yh7ti6g]

teuton knights are too ez for saracens same with war elephant.

[@ekuserushioru8243]

Awesome!!

[@aragornii507]

Mamelukes are OP

[@Hamanuna]

It's strange that the Mameluke has the "Archer" armor

[@pragadeeshwar923]

No they have cavalry armor

[@keremmutlu2089]

Why skirmisher mameluke deals bonus damage

[@denislavdochev3783]

So basically who defeated them?

[@ananddwivedi1599]

How it is possible cataphracts win against mamlukes ??

[@bsn_cs]

So strong. They wreck any cavalry

[@basilbaby2069]

Except catas

[@bsn_cs]

@@basilbaby2069 yeah catas are just ... catas

[@godofmonster7405]

They can win all infantry except teutonic knight

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

GOD Of Monster with micro they probably beat them

[@burtreynolds4577]

@@godofmonster7405 hmmm in a real game no, because they are too slow, for that they are weaks but if they can touch the Mameluke the mameluke are die...But all fast infatry can won, (except the Karambit) Like Eagles (Aztecs and Mayans only) Catapharcts because they are the most OP chavalary, the Shotels, the Samurai and more (i dont remember all) but obiously whit other units making protection to the Samurai (for example) but the Eagles don't need that, the best strategy in european civs are Paladín or Knight with pikeman, and the American civs are just Eagles more Kamayuk (incas) Jaguar warrior or Pikeman (Aztecs) and Plumed archer (Mayans)

[@sobaannaseer7155]

they can even win against byza if you patrol stand ground

[@KenWu-pl3or]

Saladin where are you going with that great army?

[@canko15]

NAAM? AL HOOJOOM!

[@user-di5vd7gd7r]

They even kicked the asses of Samurai...

[@huythiennguyen2264]

I was rooting so hard for the flaming camels

[@imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961]

Meanwhile AOE3 mamelukes are actual tanks impervious to bullets

[@The_Stray_King]

@MikeEmpires - Age of Empires II These simulations would be more accurate if instead of having equal numbers of units fighting, it was equal worth in cost... Let me give you an example: 20 Mamelukes against 20 long bowmen are obviously going to crush them (strictly in a UU Match up with no supporting units.) BUT Mameluke are 55 food and 85 gold a total for 140. Elite longbow men are 35 wood 45 gold, a total of 80. So 20 Mameluke is 2,800 resources, where as 20 longbow men are 1600. So its 2,800 of resources vs 1600 who do you think is going to win? A more accurate battle between these two UU would be 20 Mamelukes (2,800 resources.) Vs 35 long bowmen which is also 2,800 resources. Your match up of Cataphracts vs Mamelukes is good because they almost cost the same so the numbers being even makes sense.

[@huuvannguyen4656]

He is already considering taking cost into the matchup, it’s just he is doing number matchup first

[@The_Stray_King]

@@huuvannguyen4656 thanks yeah I saw that after I wrote this comment. Looking forward to it

[@Foe-be4vg]

Also need creation time comparison. Equal time to create unit because sometimes you have money but cant group up

[@therealdavidleong]

There is a reason why they're so expensive...

[@pedrosetti9786]

And the equal resources?

[@MikeEmpires]

In production. It’ll come out after the equal numbers series. I might release some equal resources videos earlier to see their performance.

[@Hennu_TRM]

@@MikeEmpires Bro instead of equal numbers you need to be doing equal pop space, i.e. 2x as many Karambits. Karambit warriors fighting anything one-on-one just a joke.

[@hardnrg8000]

@@Hennu_TRM Did you count the amount of karambits? Cause they were 30, so that is 2x 15.

[@raymondgoodwill6796]

a teutonic knight tanking more than a dozen of mameluke...

[@haseebzone7674]

Mamelukes best unit in aoe2

[@lutfitaqwaramadhan857]

best unique

[@bosco3656]

Mameluke is the best unit in AOE 2

[@joedalton155]

Scimitar throwing ftw

[@mrsupersyn2381]

My ancestors were so strong !

[@dedenindrataufik1065]

نعم؟ حسنة

[@oday_fa]

حسناً

[@burtreynolds4577]

Saladin have a great army, but the templars decimate them hehe, good day bro and nice video!!!

[@noidontwantthat7237]

Yeah that armour is crazy strong...I guess this means saladin used them arbalest back in the day of the 3rd crusade lol

[@burtreynolds4577]

@@noidontwantthat7237 Yeah hahaha

[@truebeliever786]

Templars are French. Teutonic Knights are German, so I'm afraid you're quite incorrect. Besides, in real Saladin kinda beat the Templars in the long-run (he did lose a couple battles, like Montgisard, but he did eventually take Jerusalem, so yeah).

[@jaredmoore3825]

There is only about 3 or 4 units to beat the Mamelukes in equal numbers, but the problem is, the few that won against them, wouldn’t have won if the Mameluke player micro them even a little bit..

[@justmoddie5963]

I first read "Memeluke" and I was like, why would you call a unit like that? Well.

[@ezequielii2566]

Scimitar-throwing units

[@HaoSci]

Best unique unit counter: elite camel riders Situational unique counter: elite Teutonic knight.

[@et34t34fdf]

Cataphracts didnt really win by that much.

[@SisyphusJP]

A little micro and they would have won

[@dr38]

How cataphracts win against Memeluke that supreme counter cavalry unit...

[@LichenDragon]

Cataphracts instead of having 0 Cavalry Armor have like +12 (+16) Cavalry Armor meaning they actually negate most bonus damage, which is why they can be so hard to counter when massed since even Halbs lose 1/2 their attack against them. Mamelukes only do something like +9 (+12) so their bonus is completely negated.

[@umeda777]

Mangudais could win over mamelukes if they spread correctly~

[@raullopez8503]

Most op unique in the game

[@marianxendor3974]

Persian Elephants

[@Alfre1899]

Turtle ships

[@jonkoxl2069]

camels/halbs + protected (cavalry) archers is a good counter0

[@sethparker3122]

I feel like cataphract might get that one...

[@burtreynolds4577]

The true it's all unique units can be decimated by common units, all units have's a counter.

[@SimpleReally]

That Saracen lategame.. full techs on barracks, archery, stable, monks, gunpowder, siege rams and onagers and what is probably the most difficult unique unit to counter. just gotta get there

[@Yes24275]

Cheap pikes will delete them ez

[@karolcarolos]

They eaven kills war wagon

[@Gunlord]

Wololo

[@hieuminh5947]

Arabic symbol - SABER baby!! show'em knights our saber this saber that and holy saber flaggg

[@TheBikeOnTheMoon]

holy shit, they melt letis

[@kampfer91]

Despite being a meme faction , mameluke is darn strong . Also i believe you missed the match up again mongol mangudai ?

[@windwindy5356]

They are meme in standard match up, but in the last tournament Where they played empire war mode, they are among top tier civ.

[@hardnrg8000]

How did he missed them when it was right there? :S

[@odi8096]

Anyway I prefer elefants...

[@mannlevilthe]

My monks prefer elephants, too.

[@karolcarolos]

Why Cataprathas win?

[@karolcarolos]

@@cdfmn2039 ty

[@karolcarolos]

@@cdfmn2039 lol

[@Jocw27]

Don't really see the point of comparing them with archers with equal numbers. Sure, they destroy units that cost about a third of their price but by the time you get 15 mameluke, your opponent will have 40 longbowmen

[@mrm8896]

Equally pop

[@Jocw27]

@@mrm8896 yeah but this only counts in the endgame when you've got 80 military, not 15

[@mrm8896]

Saracens got good markets

[@ensarunal901]

👍

[@MikeEmpires]

Wow, you were here in the first second of release, man.

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

MikeEmpires - Age of Empires II he was waiting for it !

[@burtreynolds4577]

Damn hehe...

[@sgp492]

전투 효율 전반적으로 봤을때 원톱

[@user-ov3nt4ll4d]

Preform worse then I expected, lose versus cataphracht, who should actually counter also are very gold intense.

[@brunolimaj7129]

What are you talking about, cataphracts do not take bonus damage from mamlukes. In a real situation mamlukes win everyday against same number of cataphracts, even more of them

[@sharishth]

Its cause cataphracht are actually good against most units excepts supermen lineup

[@sobaannaseer7155]

he didnt use patrol and stand ground, also you can except few number of mumlukes to do damage , just add few and see the magic happen

[@Foe-be4vg]

With little bit micro they own catas sure

[@MovieForUMyPal]

catas is camel counter

[@Felipe_XIV-XVI]

It would be better to make value-driven equivalences over numeric ones. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@adriano.guedes]

Abuse the group formation as convenient and not equals their cost value. Then, it is totally fake.

[@dika2saja]

Nam? Aluju.....

[@jaishkhan7442]

AL HUJOOM*

[@Comando115]

Omagers make them sht

[@aayushmankatiyar5862]

There are many civs which can counter Saracens easily

[@apookatzgaming8770]

u noob

[@aayushmankatiyar5862]

@@apookatzgaming8770 how ?

[@justlikeit417]

P

[@Carl007Jr]

Allahu Ahad

[@mensakachun]

Mameluke too expensive, attack bonus not enough, can’t beat paladin with 4 relics

[@oday_fa]

Noob

[@Hashslingingslasher-]

These videos are pointless because you're doing 15vs15 rather than resource cost