Jungle Clubmen

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"What will you talk about, Dada? ... These people are savages. They are animals. They are the remnants of those who survived the wrath of Lord Rudra. Don't waste your time on them."

— Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku (cap 17)

In game[edit | edit source]

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Jungle Clubmen — Vital statistics

Cheap but weak stealthy light melee mercenary infantry, meant for use against heavy infantry.

Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
Level 2: Mercenaries Military
2s
(31t)
74 2 10 2s
(30t)
26
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
Wealth.jpg: 80
Krateia.png: 20
1 Senate.jpg None Melee
  • Strong versus most units, especially infantry.
  • Deals negligible damage against vehicles and structures.

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Overall strategy[edit | edit source]

Slow and weak, but stealthy, Jungle Clubmen are amongst a few of the mercenary units of Warbirth capable of concealing themselves. While weak, they are still capable of being stealthed wherever they go, and can be raised in multitudes on the smallest of Wealth budgets. So as a result, these tribal warriors are highly indispensible to the Indians and Bach Viet (and any faction with a presence in southeast Asia outside of Age of Chariots), if only as a distraction.

Use these units to bait and lure your enemy, as well as fulfill the usual functions that most rabble units are wont to do, but do not forget — they are still very weak units, and also suffer an attack and defence penalty against mounted units. Clever wits and unconventional strategies are the best way to utilise these warriors to the optimal level possible in any game.

See also[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

A remarkable feature of Southeast Asia is the different ways people have adapted to local environments. In premodern times many nomadic groups lived permanently in small boats and were known as orang laut, or sea people. The deep jungles were home to numerous small wandering groups, and interior tribes also included fierce headhunters.

Differences in the physical environment affected the political structures that developed in Southeast Asia. When people were nomadic or semi-nomadic, it was difficult to construct a permanent governing system with stable bureaucracies and a reliable tax base. This type of state only developed in areas where there was a settled population, like the large rice-growing plains of the mainland and Java. However, even the most powerful of these states found it difficult to extend their authority into remote highlands and islands.

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