How good is the Jaguar Warrior? (AoE2)

Analysis and discussion about the Aztec unique unit: the Jaguar Warrior.

0:31 Historical inspiration
1:27 Castle age stats/bonuses
2:40 Jaguars vs infantry
5:05 vs other castle age units
6:10 Imperial Age
8:55 Army compositions
10:08 Jaguar Warrior potential buffs
12:30 Sponsor

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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition

[ImRandomDude]

Samurai: unit with the shortest memory span.
Just look at him constantly checking if the sword is there

[nightwehunt]

Since a Jaguar Warrior is way stronger than a Jaguar we can surely deduce its the warrior part that brings most of the power.

[JJBeauregard]

Another hidden bonus is that they have a very satisfying and - as far as I know - unique attack sound.

[cambac-pro]

Jaguar warriors should drop their jaguar on death, similar to how konniks work!

[mocliamtoh]

I really like all the different segues and puns that lead into your sponsored segments in your videos

[kylethomas]

When I played the campaign, I was young and didn't care much about balance, just wanted to build a bunch of Jaguar and Eagle Warriors.

[Predator]

Maybe the Jaguar Warrior would be able to resist more arrows if he followed the Conquistador’s description instead of going Abs out for defense.

[sethheristal]

A good historical and gameplay-wise way to buff jaguar warriors would be to extend his +10 bonus against all trash lines (spearmen. skirm, light cav).
- Jaguar warriors use macuahitl, obsidian maces. Obsidian is a kind of glass. Such material is bad against metal, but absoultely devastates flesh.
- Jaguar warriors are aztec petty nobility. They are called "knights" in aztec codex, and therefore is fair to give them an anti-lesser unit role.
- Despite sources admit the effectiveness of their padded armor, it still can't compare to metal armor.
- Jaguars are in a way an impefect Champion, but in this way they would become the "Perfect Champion" and Aztecs would become absolutely fearsome in late imperial age against trash heavy civ, as it's just since Aztecs were quite the oppressive imperial overlords of many Mesoamerican smaller kingdoms.
- This woudn't umbalance the game too much in my opinion. Basically you pay more than a Champion to get an even better service and population efficiency.
- Aztecs in general SHOULD be weak to guns. It's an historical inspired game after all.
- In this way Aztecs have their horseless knight line split in 2 units. The "fast one" (eagles) and the "heavy one" (jaguars) instead of having it combined in the typical Western Knight. Changes to speed should therefore be unnecessary.

[alishaansari]

Loved the campaign for Jaguar Warrior of Tenochtitlan

[darkdill]

If I were to give the Jaguar Warrior any kind of buff, I’d give them a resistance to infantry attacks, akin to how Royal Heirs makes Shotel Warriors resistant to cavalry attacks. This would reinforce their anti-infantry identity without making them stronger against other enemies, as Jaguars currently have trouble taking cost-effective trades against other infantry UU’s like Samurai or Legionnaires. This would also make them brutally effective against Halbs, which would feel like they’re fighting a Teutonic Knight with higher damage.

[harshawardhanthopate]

It's always lovely to see a video from SoTL right after coming home from work.
Takes away your tiredness 😻

[bsn_cs]

Spirit of the Laundromat changed my Life!

[Terry_T_ODST]

Honestly, the civ as a whole deserves a bit more love these days. Like, if 99% of people can't make them work, and even some of the 1% like Hera are saying they're out of the meta atm, i think a general buff would be nice 😢
As for Jaguars themselves, you could go the old Viking route by adding bonus damage to cavarly in Garland Wars, though I agree that making them faster would make them feel better to play

[Link]

Jags are an essential part of my "naked fast castle and panic when the ai rolls up with a ram"-strat. So give them 50 anti siege bonus to make them better in their role! 😂

[hexxar]

Jaguar Warriors is my favorite UU when I was a little child with berserk being closely behind. Only because Aztec military voicelines sounds fierce and cool.

[QedMaenRawByte]

Given the anecdotic reference to an Aztec warrior chopping a horse's head off with macuahuitl mid-battle, some anti-cav bonus sounds legit

[scardy]

Interesting how Garland Wars benefits more Champions than Jaguar Warriors (assuming equal resources and so more champions). In the test that was shown Garland Wars added 40 dmg to Jaguars (4 x 10 units) vs 60 to champions (4 x 15 units)

[jotfohm]

**Here is your mandatory comment saying: "Oh, we are getting Aztec's Overview soon."**

[Dalboni]

Make Jaguar Warriors faster and make them buff not themselves but the Eagles nearby would make them more interesting and thematic.

[ScudForEver]

A good feature for jaguars would be that they get a % or a fixed amount of health back when they kill a unit.