Burgundians: Researching Husbandry is 50% cheaper.Burmese: Researching Faith is 50% cheaper.Bulgarians: Blacksmith upgrades that benefit Elite Kipchaks from Cuman Mercenaries cost -50% food.Aztecs: Elite Kipchaks from Cuman Mercenaries are created 11% faster.Parthian Tactics (+2 attack against Spearmen) Kamayuks, Genoese Crossbowmen, Huskarls, Skirmishers, Eagle Warriors, Genitours, Mangonels, Scorpions, camel units, Rattan Archers
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However, in free for all games or 1 vs 1 matches, it may be preferable to just train Kipchaks the regular way in several circumstances, unless the player needs Elite Kipchaks at the ready (not the regular ones) and has not researched the elite upgrade.įurther statistics Unit strengths and weaknesses Naturally, if an allied civilization has further bonuses and unique upgrades for Cavalry or Cavalry Archers, those will apply to their ten Elite Kipchaks.Ĭuman Mercenaries stacks up, so it can facilitate the production of the Elite Kipchak even on a team entirely composed by Cumans.
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Kipchaks work well if they are paired with Light Cavalry (which only cost food, so the wood and gold can be spent on Kipchaks, and Light Cavalry can be used as "cannon fodder" for the front lines, as well affected by Steppe Husbandry) or Steppe Lancers (which can deal very effectively with most anti-archer units that Kipchaks may have trouble with, especially if massed).Įlite Kipchaks can be considered a semi-shared unique unit and a "semi-trash" unit, since they become available at the Castle for free to every allied player after the Cuman player researches Cuman Mercenaries, but limited to 10 of them. Also, they are affected by Steppe Husbandry which boosts their creation speed, while the Kipchaks are not affected. However, Cavalry Archers have more HP than Kipchaks, and may be used in circumstances in which the player need to soak damage instead of harassing the opponent. Not only do they have a better attack, but Kipchaks also cost less gold than regular Cavalry Archers.
They are also weak against camels, especially the Berber Camel Archer, and other anti-Cavalry units such as Kamayuks and Halberdiers, but they can hit-and-run them if properly microed.Ĭuman players should prefer the Kipchak over regular Cavalry Archers in most circumstances, unless the player does not have enough Castles to produce a sizeable army of them. However, they should still try to avoid anti-archer units in general.
But due to the high number of arrows fired, the Kipchak (especially Elite) still deals a considerable amount of damage, especially to Rams. This is because most anti-archer units (such as Skirmishers) can survive archer fire due to their pierce armor. Unlike other cavalry archers, and in a similar fashion to the Chu Ko Nu, they can still fare fairly well against most anti-archer units. As their secondary arrows deal 0 melee damage (in addition to their regular 3 pierce damage), they are a great counter against Rams. They perform exceptionally well against slow-moving units. Kipchaks are great harassers, especially if massed, as their extra arrows enables hit-and-run arrow volleys.