The Cuman Kipchak - An Analysis

Since the condottiero’s buff last month, that UU now also changes to the second-best counter tier (see https://youtu.be/iQTXkEBlCh4?t=300).

That leaves the kipchak winning cost-effectively against just 4 of the other 40 UUs…

Microing in big imperial battles is tough. You can’t always babysit kipchaks when your attention is seeked everywhere, all across the map.
Especially the condottiero hurts, since it’s the co-4th fastest infantry unit (co-2nd fastest if Celt), so a short moment of inattention and the barracks UU destroys the kipchaks.

The attack of the elite kipchak should therefore imo be upgraded by one. As I pointed out back in April and there’s a thread about it right now, the Cumans are execrable on water, arguably the worst in the game (see Cumans navy unfairly weak?). They should therefore excel on land maps! Average’s not good enough. That just makes it a weak civ. overall.