I did these 4 seperate tests with these, one with 1 Cuir vs. 1 counter with me not microing (I have counters btw). One 1v1 with me microing my ass off. And for the Cuirs, because they have a sweep attack and perform differently in groups, I did 2 3v3's, one with micro and the other without.
The COunter that I tested:
CAV: Cav Archer, Black Rider, Manchu, Dragoon, and Ruyter (Tell me if I forgot something and I will test it right away)
INF: Swiss Pikemen, Landskneckt, Barbary Corsair, Ronin, Pikemen, Halberdier, Rodelero, Musketeer, Jannisary.
The results:
In my first round of testing (1v1 no micro) Only the Mercs survived. Notable Exceptions: The halberdier did beat the Cuir down about halfway. Incidentally, the Pikemen was slaguhtered causing only 4 hits and doing a trivial amount of damage. Also Jan did fairly well, but was still pwned.
2nd round: (1v1 Micro) still only the Mercs and Dragoon survived. Notable Execpetions: But with some bump and run the Jan got about 2/3 of the Cuirs HP down. Dragoon bump and run relatively affective, same with BR.
3rd round: This was my first round of 3v3 testing (no micro) so I was alittle worried about the groupings of the Cuirs. As it happened, I had replaced all of the groups on the map and in my first try with this, several groups of Cuirs ended up in formation, which rather invalidated the test but ended up being a fun battle.
Mercs still won in this, dragoons were mowed down causing virtually no damage, as with Ruyters. The Black Riders and Manchus did pretty well, although the sweep damage was telling at the end. The Ronin did incredibly well, stomping the Cuirs with their mad Kung-Fu moves. The Halbs got very close to taking dow a cuir, but the sweep damage ended up killing them in the end.
4th Round: Well, Mercs won in this, although with some crazy mad Micro my Horse Archers and dragoons ended up winning. Also with the Halberds, I lured on out and then would kill it, and this worked until the last one, which stomped them all. Pikemen got mowed down. Jans also did pretty well, would do the same lure strat as I did with Halbs. Ronin continued to be pretty kickass.
SOme notes:
With my Dragoons, the on;y way i really one was because the AI did not pursue them enough and would constantly retreat. Also with Halberds no actual player would be that sutpid.
The Swiss pikemen did not do as well as I had hoped, and I did a special test 30 of them vs. 30 Cuirs, in which the Cuirs actually won.
All of these tests were done with unupgraded units. Upgraded Cuirs pwn all.
Ronin, Black Riders, and Manchu seemed to be the only really affective counter against Cuirs.
After I had finished the tests and was already in the editor, I was depressed at the unblanced-ness of the game. So I decided I wanted to dee some Cuirs being pwned and some Kung-Fu. Not having and Guys armed with swords on horse back to beat up or any Kung-Fu movies on hand, I did the next best thing: 30 Ronin vs. 154 Cuir. Pwnage of Cuirs all the way. I indexed 5 of my Ronin to see how well they did and followed their progress throughout the battle. Ccrazy mad Kung-Fu. That is all for the Cuirassier tests.
-Unit Costs for 5-Philbo1-Explorer Micro-
B_E looks like a demented evil smiley.-Botolf
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