Who will win against Archers? | Age of Empires 2

[@varunmanjunath9123]

THANK YOU for respecting the archer's range difference! Gives a much more balanced 1v1 analysis!

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

Also gives a slight edge to the fastest units so speed will also be a factor as in real games. Thanks for the comment

[@2TonTonyGalento]

Fun Fact: Incan FU Eagles have the same pierce armor as Huskrls

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@2TonTonyGalento I didn't know that, thanks for the info!

[@reto6859]

I guess inca eagles would have performed better than mayans in any of this matchups, except against the balisaelephant.

[@arturstick]

@@reto6859 would die against the composite bowman

[@jeffer9419]

This test doesnt show the whole picture. There must be fights in big numbers, im sure ghulams would do much better in them, fo example

[@felixsuarez7663]

However Huskarls are still better in any fight against archers, even with their piercing damage, the ghulams are not even close in comparison to the tankiness the huskarl gives you, I think the ghulam to be a better soft counter to archers, since the Hindustanis themselves doesnt have great opctions against archers

[@benedictjajo]

Even In big numbers, if archers are in staggered formation, then Ghulam will still perform way worse than Huskarls.

[@徐瑋成-i5c]

Huskarls is better than ghulams. Because CA in castle age have 6+2 attack 。But Goth eco are not good to win the federal fight .

[@divicospower9112]

@@felixsuarez7663 Fully upgraded skirmishers and hussars. Not bad against bowmen.

[@aadisaadi7638]

​@@felixsuarez7663ghulams have their own advantage of being faster and better against a lot of other units . But ya against archers huskarals seem better not by a lot though

[@5Xum]

Huskarl just does not give a fuck. The other two running into battle, he just casually walks up to his victim and slaughters them. Oh it's an elephant? No problem, watch me Legolas that shit.

[@harshawardhanthopate487]

Poor ratan archer, his death actually hurts 😢

[@SethBennion]

I think that the Inca EEW is more anti-archer than the Mayan one, because it takes one damage from most archers instead of two. Because of this, against a fully upgraded arb, they take 10 more shots, and even more if the archer has 7 base attack like cav archers and a lot of unique archers do. The composite bowman, however, is an exception to this.

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@SethBennion true. I will have a separate video about them

[@SethBennion]

@@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv Thanks! Maybe you should also include Burmese cavalry and the Savar as well. Or, you could make a separate video on anti-archer cavalry if it becomes necessary and you desire to do that.

[@aspirenux8599]

I think every Archer test should be at least 3 archers/group. A

[@fedrick1connery607]

The ballista elephant did not do as well as I expected. Interesting

[@jefferson8055]

I wanted to see the Elite Shrivamsha Rider too

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@jefferson8055 they will be featured in a future video for sure

[@CBHikingWA]

if only 1 archer attacks, the shield will keep generating making the rider effectively unbeatable

[@RheaMainz]

A follow up series could focus on which of these five civilisations counter Armenians the best! Which of their supporting units could lead to their main anti archer unit triumphing over the likes of Composite Bow compositions!

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@RheaMainz true. Armenian bowmen need their own separate video.

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@RheaMainz true. Armenian bowmen need their own separate video.

[@pillbox2079]

Huskarl is Huskarl. I have two questions. 1. What script do you use for two armies to attack each other? 2. I really like the scenes and environments you create for each video. Why not use max graphics for them?

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@pillbox2079 I use triggers, not scripts. I have some tutorial in my older videos if you want to check them out. Check my playlists and you will find them. 2-I do use max graphics. I don't know they come out this way. It's the rendering process that ruins them, despite using 4K capture etc..

[@KananovOffical]

I love this concept.

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@KananovOffical thank you!

[@pa_sya6050]

Хускарл, как батя Показал сынка, кто тут сила👑

[@AhmadFauzi-pd2tb]

One man kill an elephant+man like wtf😂😂

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@AhmadFauzi-pd2tb 😂😂

[@antugino136]

Gimli: that still only counts as one 😡

[@nafg115]

One for the algorithm

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@nafg115 you're the best!

[@TheKobasen]

If used against multiple archer that's where ghulam got shiny.

[@timoschmonsees2652]

Why is the eagle killing the ballista elephant faster than the huskarl?

[@RomaInvictusSPQR]

i think balista isnt archer class so no bonus damage ... instead cav class and eagel have cav bonus attack

[@kalifzerich7187]

Bonus vs cavalry maybe

[@timoschmonsees2652]

Ah right the cavalry armor explains it

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@timoschmonsees2652 eagle has bonus damage against mounted units if I recall correctly.

[@mazterlith]

It is because a ballista elephant is both siege (+5 bonus to eagle attack) and cavalry (+4). This is almost as good as the attack bonus vs monk (+10).

[@sajasdia7976]

How about shrivamsha rider?

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@sajasdia7976 I will in a future video. In this I wanted only foot units.

[@Colo1994]

Ghulamd

[@BirikinPrimary]

In the terms of this its obvious to say : Huskarl %100 anti-archer Eagle Warrior is flexible between anti-archer and anti-cavalry Gluham? sorry they aint any good imo

[@RomaInvictusSPQR]

Ghulam are amazing ... this test doesnt work the right way for ghulam strength

[@SuperD863]

Eagles arent anti cavalry at all. The correct way to see their anti cavalry bonus is as a way to make sure they dont get completely outplayed even by light cavalry. Because even scout line, which is both the cheapest and weakest cavalry line tends to trade very well vs eagles.

[@BirikinPrimary]

@@SuperD863 I didnt said they are %100 anti cav,i said they are between anti-archer and anti-cav half to half...

[@olorinistar9903]

Ghulam are good vs groups of archers because of their penetrating damage, which is not seen here at all

[@benedictjajo]

​@@BirikinPrimaryhow are Eagles any good against anything other than archers? They pretty much lose to all melee cavalry. At least, Huskarls are great against archers, decent against other infantry, and are dirt cheap and quick to produce. If anything, Huskarls are more flexible than Eagles.

[@purevsurenpuje9283]

Ghulam can kill multiunits

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@purevsurenpuje9283 yes but is that enough against archers?

[@muller07]

Dude. You made your test wrong. The inca eagle is better against archers. Is the one with more armor. This simple fact break your whole test

[@3snoW_]

Mayans have more hp, that is more impactful against certain matchups like composite bowman. And aztec eagles have more attack which leads to faster kills, so less shots taken. There's an argument to include all 3 eagles. But if you're only including one, the Mayan eagle is considered to be the strongest in general so I would pick Mayan as well.

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@muller07 mayans have almost double the health. The +2 armor of incas is inferior. I did a comparison not long ago between them.

[@muller07]

​@@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv yes i saw it. And against arbalesters incas was the better...as was in SOTL videos. The mayan is really better weel rounded. The azteca can kill faster. But the +2 in armor makes it count.

[@DemonAgeOfEmpires2-wf8lv]

@@muller07 you are not wrong, I will have to make an extra test about it

[@muller07]

Waiting to watch it.