To justify his S-Tier rating he says “the dismounted Konnik have similar stats to a Champion, if my mind serve me correctly”.
With all due respect to TheViper he is clearly misinformed here, this may simply be due to him not noticing the recent changes to the Konnik. With 39 civs in the game it’s understandable that even the elite does not have in-depth understanding of every single unit with every patch.
The Elite Dismounted Konnik has 50 HP compared to the Champions 70 along with lower armor and lower attack speed. It’s closest comparison is the longswordsman.
I think what you along with most people fail to realise when they look at the Konnik is that its attack speed is slower than any cavalry in the game with the latest patches. This is why it looks good on paper until you read the fine print. The Stirrups does not make the Konnik attack faster than other units, it makes that the Konnik get an attack rate equal to other unit, you’re paying to have a penalty removed. The dismounted unit never gets his attack speed upgraded. So in order to judge the Konnik correctly one has to subtract about a fifth of it’s damage before Stirrups.