"Looking at the monks, there is no redemption." They are beyond salvation.

"If its a Cuman it ain't human" Henry of Skalitz.

Me, getting attacked by Rams in Feudal: Oh lord, he Cuman.

"What are you doing steppe-bro?"

I'm pretty sure the most aggressive way to play Cumans is to delete your starting TC and drop *two* TCs on your opponent.

Any Civ: lack Bracer Spirit of the Law: I'm about to end this man's whole career

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.

Ahhh! I clicked on "Magyars Overview AoE2" and this was on Up next! KZfaq doing great with the instant recommendations (for once)

Cumans: Get a C+ in defenses Goths who got a F in defenses: Bruh, what about my wall of Huskarls

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.

SOTL and me: Our mutual love for Bracer. ❤

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?

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!

I don't even play this game, but still am watching this videos.

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 ❤️👌

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

No matter your opinion on the Cumans, we can all agree that their campaign is hella fun

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?

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!!!

Long live the metal mustached masks!

Hello, I am from Makedonia. My tribe and Family(Ouglashoglu) Cuman origin.

I don't know about you guys, but I _Kipchak-ing_ SotL's channel for this Cuman's overview video xD

I gotta say, I love your intro so much I never skip it! I think you’re the only KZfaq 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?

Steppe husbandry: stables go brrr

Cumans Analysing capabilities.... Processing... Recommended role: Harassing, Booming.

Thank you i've been waiting for ever!

The last time I was this early, Franks had seriously OP paladins

Finally, I’ve been waiting for a video on Cumans

This helps make the start of the week easier :)

Been waiting for this eagerly

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LETS GOOOOOOO

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

Thank god for this @SOL. Been waiting for this and I don't even play AOE.

An honour to watch your video within 30 min of upload ❤️

Gotta say, I simply 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.

-makes 15 min vid bout cumans -ends with "that's the cumans in a nutshell"

Protip: Do not refer to "Cumans" as "Cummy's"

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

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!

Never has a vid been more timely. I’m on the last mission

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.

@SpiritoftheLaw i would realy love to see a video on husbandry! Especially on the damage increase when chasing units. Love the content

Should play the strat of building the second TC and type "XXX has advanced to castle age" to scare off any opponents

Love your videos

I love this channel.

great video!

I'll say this time and again "La Hire" is a word but "Spirit of the Law here" is an emotion.

good work as always spirit. you did forget to mention however that you DO get ELITE kipchacks with cuman mercinaries...even if you havent researched the elite upgrade yet. which can be nice in early imp.

Damn the extra arrows have 3 pierce damage and 0 melee damage? That must have taken some working out! :p

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.

All my friends can't say anything but Coomers when referring to this Civ.

Such a good video; 10/10 would coom again.

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.

I'm surprised that the Monks and Navy didn't get a "D" or "F". Is a "C" the lowest we go anymore?

drushing into boom is quite good as cumans, relieves the pressure from your base andgives you an edge over your enemy.

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.

thank you Spirit!!!

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.

he did it! he reviewed all the civs

Oh, a nice SoTL video. That's Cuman!

GJ Spirit

Yay, overviews! Teutons next?

¡Gracias!

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.

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."

Need a video with an old grizzled Kipchak talking about “the good old days” before The Nerf

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

bailiff's mace: equipped ice cold saviour schnapps: cracked lady stephanie: screwed yep it's cuman killin' time

Nice one! Now, will you redo some other civilisations which have evolved a lot since 2015, or will you pause it? If you continue the reviews, I think commenting on the army composition a bit more could be interesting? Always happy to watch anyway!

5:50 Ah of course, the infamaous "Cuman and Slam" strategy.

Thanks for all your effort, SotL. Will you make a remake of the Huns? I really want to see a in depth analysis of their trebuchet bonus and the tarkans.

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!

OP CUMANS

Cuman! My favorite Spice!

Hey spirit. Love the content. Tho, Would you ever consider making such mathy videos for Age of Mythology?

i'm cooming for cuman.

Finally.... It's here... Yo!

Time to find out if I have been playing my favorite civ wrong all along.

Nice! That's all the new civs. Can you do Goths next Spirit?

Cooooom.

yes finally my favourite civ XD

I'm cuuuuuming

12:14 That brave wolf

Hell yeah!

Overall, its a great spice and I'd advise using it liberally.

One of the first viewer from INDIA.

Love the video! Now when will we see the Lithuanians?

Damn, the graphical quality of these overviews just keeps increasing.

Ahhh yes my main civ

I think the cuman unique unit will good with the saracens with +4 attack bonus vs buildings for cavalry archers

Not at all related to the Cumans but I have a suggestion for a video if SOTL wants to look at my comment :P (which I doubt). What about a video on how/when/where you can use your villagers to fight? Such as assisting a lone spear-man against a 3-team of scout cavalry in Feudal age. Or what type of units Villagers can defend themselves from and when they should run for the TC

Nice video as always SOTL. May we have another Slavs overview? The old is very outdated nowadays. Maybe even Britons,Teutons,Celts and Huns too?

Would it be fair to say that for some Civs their Kipchak Mercs would be better than Cuman Kipchaks?

Hendy of Skalitz sends his regards.

Hmm.. I feel like I would've made the buff +150% to Palisades to make it more defensible. That way multiple layers could match stonewalling early on, although it would definitely lag behind fortified.

Howdy Spirit, nice vid as usual. 🙂 So just to be sure; with Kipchaks doing 0 melee damage with their extra arrows, that means they'll practically do 3 melee damage per extra arrow against rams, right? Edit: since the Cuman feudal tc takes longer to build, how many villagers would it take to build it asap for a tc rush; i've tried this a few times but so far im not sure how much the number of villagers used building the tc affects the total building time. Also i wonder what happens if you delete your starting tc and rebuild it at your enemies base in feudal age, and then - even though it pretty sure is a big waste of ressources - build your 2nd actual feudal tc on your starting position.

A lot of civs have been modified quite significantly, do you mind rework those civ overviews?

Cumans have some of the best drip in all of history