Urumi Swordsman (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. For the unit in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India, see Urumi Swordsman (Age of Empires II).

Urumi Swordsman
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Hand infantry Hand skirmisher*
Civilization(s)	Indians
Age	Fortress Age
Pronunciation	Oo-roo-me Swordsman
Training
Cost	160 Food 60 Coin 2 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	260
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	16
Kill XP	22
Siege attack
Damage	28 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	17 Ranged
Area of Effect	1
Range	2
Rate of Fire	1.0
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.0x vs. Ranged shock infantry 1.75x vs. Heavy infantry 0.75x vs. Cavalry 0.75x vs. Shock infantry

“	Uses a sword whip that does area damage. Good against heavy infantry. Available only from the Home City.	”
—In-game description

The Urumi Swordsman is a melee infantry unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can only be shipped from the Home City. It uses the namesake sword whip that causes area damage, which easily kills heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, and ranged shock infantry.

Overview

Urumi Swordsmen have high hit points, high range damage with a ranged area effect, a high rate of fire, and a multiplier against heavy infantry, light cavalry, and ranged shock infantry. Urumi are incredibly powerful, but are vulnerable to melee cavalry. Due to their high ranged resistance and more than average movement speed, they are not as vulnerable to ranged infantry as other melee infantry. They also have the ability to regenerate health like the Ottoman Sipahi, another unit that is only shipped from the Home City.

The Indian Fast Fortress strategy is important, but Urumi Swordsmen should be mixed with anti-cavalry units, such as Sepoys or Howdahs. Urumi are useful against civilizations that rely on heavy infantry and light cavalry units for their armies, such as the Aztecs and British.

The Urumi has an infinite card available in the Industrial Age which allows them to be massed, especially with the use of Sacred Fields.

Although the Urumi Swordsman has a hand skirmisher tag, but it does not count as light infantry.

Special abilities

• Health Regeneration: Regenerates hitpoints when idle (0.25% per second after 3.5 seconds idle).

Mansabdar Urumi

Mansabdar Urumi
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Hand infantry Hand skirmisher*
Civilization(s)	Indians
Age	Industrial Age
Required Home City Card	"Urumi Swordsmen Regiment"
Training
Trained at	Charminar Gate
Cost	320 Food 120 Coin 2 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	520
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	16
Train XP	44
Kill XP	44
Siege attack
Damage	28 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	17 Ranged
Area of Effect	1
Range	2
Rate of Fire	1.0
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.0x vs. Ranged shock infantry 1.75x vs. Heavy infantry 0.75x vs. Cavalry 0.75x vs. Shock infantry

“	Inspires all nearby Urumi Swordsmen. Uses a sword whip that does area damage. Good against heavy infantry. Available only from the Home City.	”
—In-game description

The Mansabdar Urumi is a stronger version of the Urumi that can only be shipped from the Home City with the Urumi Swordsmen Regiment Home City Card. As a Mansabdar unit, the Mansabdar Urumi has twice the hit points of an Urumi, and increases the hit points and damage of nearby Urumi.

Special ability

• Imperial Service (passive): The Mansabdar Urumi increases the hit points and damage of Urumi in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.
• Health Regeneration: Regenerates hitpoints when idle (0.25% per second after 3.5 seconds idle).

Upgrades

The Urumi and Mansabdar Urumi are automatically upgraded at every Age up starting in the Fortress Age.

• Ankhatari Urumi (+20% hit points and damage)
• Verumkai Urumi (+30% hit points and damage)
• Gurukkal Urumi (+50% hit points and damage)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, ranged infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5% resistance; Inca only)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)

• Cost and train time affect Mansabdar Urumi only.

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the (Mansabdar) Urumi Swordsman

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%

• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8
Conservative Tactics	Infantry hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
7 Urumi Swordsmen	Delivers 7 Urumi Swordsmen, +1 Hindu Villager; costs 500 food
Urumi Swordsmen Regiment	Delivers 9 Urumi Swordsmen and 1 Mansabdar Urumi; enables Charminar Gate to train Mansabdar Urumi, +1 Hindu Villager; costs 1,000 food
TEAM Kalari	Delivers 4 Urumi Swordsmen; grants Ankathari, Gurukkal and Vurumkai Urumi; costs 600 food
9 Urumi Swordsmen	Delivers 9 Urumi Swordsmen; costs 750 food
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priest and Skull Knight) and shock infantry train time -40%, +1 Hindu Villager
Zamindars	Delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every future Home City shipment, including this one; infantry train time -20%

• "Fencing School" and "Zamindars" affect Mansabdar Urumi Swordsman only.

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry siege attack damage +33%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry speed +10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry train time -10%, speed +10%

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry siege attack damage +50%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +15%; Rodelero hit points +20% instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry hit points +15%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand damage; +1 Villager		40
7 Urumi Swordsmen	Ships 7 Urumi; +1 Villager; costs 500 food		1
Urumi Swordsmen Regiment	Ships 9 Urumi and 1 Mansabdar Urumi; +1 Villager; costs 1,000 food		10
TEAM 5 Urumi	Ships 5 Urumi; costs 600 food		10
9 Urumi Swordsmen	Ships 9 Urumi; costs 750 food		25
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Iroquois

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Infantry Attack	Infantry get +15% attack		10
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10
Infantry Combat	Infantry get +15% hit points and damage		25
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack		25

Sioux

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wind Runner	Infantry get +10% speed		10

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Urumis have a ×1.5 multiplier against ranged shock infantry.
• Urumis and Mansabdar Urumis cannot regenerate hit points.
• Mansabdar Urumis cannot be retrained at the Charminar Gate wonder should it die.
• Mansabdar Urumis cost 4 population.

Definitive Edition

• Urumis have a ×2.0 multiplier against ranged shock infantry.
• Urumis and Mansabdar Urumis now regenerate hit points.
• Mansabdar Urumis now can be retrained at the Charminar Gate wonder should it die.
• With update 20322, Mansabdar Urumis cost 2 population.

The African Royals

• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 38254, Urumis and Mansabdar Urumis are tagged as hand skirmisher.

History

“

Practitioners of the Indian martial art of Kalarippayattu, which dates back to at least the twelfth century, begin their education at the age of seven. Once training commences, it progresses through four unique stages of development: Meithari, Kolthari, Ankathari and Verumkai. Meithari is a rigorous series of posture and coordination exercises that helps the student achieve peak physical condition through jumps, balance, and flexibility. Kolthari is the study of fighting with wooden weapons. Ankathari is the study of metal weapons, and near the end of this stage a student chooses a weapon in which to specialize. Finally, once the student has mastered all forms of weaponry, he is taught how to defend himself in hand-to-hand combat using grapples, blows, and strikes to vital pressure points, or marmam. Only the most trusted students of Kalarippayattu are instructed in this honored art. Masters of Kalarippayattu are highly skilled in many weapons, but none as strange, or as deadly, as the urumi, or flexible sword. The urumi is a flexible band of steel about one inch in width, and up to 5 feet in length, that is attached to a handle. Most urumi have multiple bands attached to a single handle. Because of its flexibility, an urumi can be coiled around the waist and inconspicuously carried like a belt. If a fight breaks out, the urumi can be uncoiled and swung like a sword. It is most effective when the wielder faces multiple enemies.

”

Gallery

An in-game Verumkai Urumi

An in-game Gurukkal Urumi

An in-game Mansabdar Urumi

In-game Ankhatari Urumi in the Definitive Edition

In-game Verumkai Urumi in the Definitive Edition

In-game Gurukkal Urumi in the Definitive Edition

The Urumi's history portrait

The Mansabdar Urumi unit icon

In-game Mansabdar Urumi in the Definitive Edition

Urumi Swordsman image from the Compendium section