Loved that little clip of the Paladin riding off into the sunset, forsaken by the world that once rested on his shoulders. It needs to become its own little movie just like Supremacy.

@silvergrove8517

5 жыл бұрын

That would make a good starting point for the SoTLCU...

@tommoolenaar3901

4 жыл бұрын

That actually made me really sad. I hope the Paladin regains its former glory.

@Neotokyovibes-WelcomeHome

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Don Quixote. A Knight in a world that doesn't need one

2:32 he actually did that joke lmao

@arnau9638

6 жыл бұрын

I know right? So subtle

@MijnAfspeellijst1234

6 жыл бұрын

Frankly i didn't see that coming

@Ilichburger

6 жыл бұрын

What was it? LOSS? I don't understand :'(

@yhlee1205

6 жыл бұрын

Ilichburger to be frank, the pun just went over your head

@Ilichburger

6 жыл бұрын

OOOOhhhh that one, I was focusing on the farm building a few seconds before that, it was making me incredibly anxious

That solitary frankish knight was so sad, is there a place for him in this world?

@muskatDR

6 жыл бұрын

In the trash

@CiliophoraEuplotes

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@ricardohoang8452

5 жыл бұрын

Convert him into the Berbers

@samiamrg7

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. In T90’s Hidden cup tournament, there were multiple Frank vs Indian matches and the Franks won decisively every time. The berry bonus + free farm techs + free extra health makes for a silky-smooth transition from feudal age to making buffed knights immediately after hitting Castle age. The Frank players also would support their knights with monks, keeping the camels from getting too close, allowing them whittle down the camel numbers and pick engagements.

@orangeyellow9695

4 жыл бұрын

Become a xolotl warrior

i'm seeing a pattern of qantity over quality : Best archers = Mayans (archer line discount), best infantry = Goths (infantry discount), best cavalry = Berbers (cavalry discount)

@chekovsgunman

5 жыл бұрын

Goths won best infantry because the discount dovetails really well with the insane build speed increase. If they were just super cheap and not anything special, or trained fast but fully priced, then the Huscarl flood wouldn’t really be that special.

@Fif0l

4 жыл бұрын

Quantity is quality of its own - Joseph Stalin.

@peslesfoid1740

3 жыл бұрын

@@chekovsgunman the other aspect is goths have huskarls, which flipping the fact where infantry generally easy to counter by their normal counter and defenses, huskarls is a special exception.

And now siege and then top overall. Great video as well.

6 жыл бұрын

may be top 5 eco civs (mayans and aztecs on top 3)

@arnau9638

6 жыл бұрын

I think siege is pretty easy, my top 5 would be: 1. Celts 2. Ethiopians 3. Mongols 4. Coreans 5. Slavs

@ethanbrown4167

6 жыл бұрын

i think Khmer are very underrated in the siege department because in castle age the scorpions outrage mangoes and archers. (also Koreans has a K)

@coldwind52

6 жыл бұрын

Bessem Fayçal Oh yeah I forgot that category.

@coldwind52

6 жыл бұрын

Arnau Saborido Seems legit Also, It's spelled Koreans (Call me a grammar Nazi if you want no offense will be taken)

Fun fact, Franks are currently the strongest 1v1 civilization in the game at very high level on Voobly while Berbers perform poorly. I think overall "discounts" prices are overrated in your analysis. It doesn't quite play a big part in late game when you have your eco rolling. I would argue, for example, that Persians and Burmese have stronger late game cavalry than the Berbers. It also depends whether you factor team games in the mix, in early imp, Huns are a powerhouse, and the Franks chivalry tech is incredibly useful to get fast access to cavalier and paladin.

@deaclavilis6760

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah once resources are flowing in mid to late game then discount impact become much less crucial. Bebers have no paladins and paladins are still strong tanks (which just need some support as a part of strategy element of the game)

@lucaa.6406

4 жыл бұрын

They have stronger knight line and their cheap castle is broken. They’re a stronger civ due to having better infantry but Berbers have better stable imo

@hb.raafay

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but Frankish Paladins lost their glory like Frankish Kingdom lost its territories quick. There re also Slavs, Byzantines(my fav). Franks don't get the bloodlines. Saracens are also an elite camel civilization...

@RaINZero-sr8ly

2 жыл бұрын

I like Franks more :')

@alex_zetsu

2 жыл бұрын

Berbers can still be a good cavalry civilization without being a good civilization overall. I think their discount makes them a good contender for top five even without Paladins, though of course Franks are better.

I missed you man! Great video :D

You underestimate how amazing the Frank berry gather bonus + free farm techs + basically free bloodlines is. It lets them get to Feudal age with a good economy and immediately have upgraded farms which can then be used to make scouts (which have extra health) or progress toward Castle age where they immediately get another farm upgrade for gathering food for making knights that, again, immediately have extra health with no upgrade-time required. This means the Franks have hands down the strongest knights in early-Castle Age. In Imperial Age, their Paladins are (I’m pretty sure) THE strongest paladins in the game, and they produce *_40%_* faster!

"Not putting the Spanish in the honorable mentions" *Gonzalo, bring the pike*

@glenmendonsa3155

5 жыл бұрын

The conquistador isn't happy

@marcoswillianl

5 жыл бұрын

SANTIAGO!

@Hamanuna

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcoswillianl And he even gave it an A grade or it's complete Hussar, Paladin and Conquistador (which kinda counts)

@marcoswillianl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hamanuna I think Conquistador is more like a Cavalry Archer.

@TheGreatDrake

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcoswillianl They pretty much are as they use hand cannons and are upgraded with archery armor though the game itself doesn't classify them as cavalry archers as skirmishers don't get a bonus when attacking them.

Hey Spirit of the Law, could you remake that top 5 cavalry civilisations including AoE2DE changes? I am a new player and would appreciate it!

@DeisFortuna

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, he'll probably wait for balance to stabilize a bit more. The way things currently are means that with one patch one of the newer Civs could go from top tier to total trash, which would then lead to the comments going "hey can you update this for the latest patch" much like how we're pestering him to update lists and such for DE.

@bdcopp

4 жыл бұрын

Things haven't changed that much. All of these top 5 are still very good cavalry civilisations. However interms of top civilisations according to top players there are: Persians, Aztecs & Chineese. These are generally strong because of their economy bonus rather than military. If you want a strong economy and a strong cavalry then Persians are a very good option at the moment. However as a new player if you find yourself playing very long games that go until late imperial then most people would recommend the Byzantines. They have one of the hardest to counter units in the cataphract, very strong defences & cheaper gold free units.

@assassinhamza1238

4 жыл бұрын

Magyars is still the best cuz they have best cav archers in the game and good paladins

@apookatzgaming8770

3 жыл бұрын

The balance is stabilized now, can you please remake this? I am very reliant on cavalry and siege in my games and would love a new video on that.

@Chokoboh

2 жыл бұрын

With Burgundians and Poles in the game, it's definitely time to remake this now.

I’m a huge fan of Lithuanian scout rushes. Extra 150 food means 3 more villagers right off the bat, which translates to 2 more on food 1 more on gold for blacksmith upgrades.

@quecobpt

Жыл бұрын

Funny to think that lithuanians didn't exist at the time of this video.

I have to say, I just went back and saw some of your older videos again and man your comfort/enthusiasm really has sky rocketed since. Your personality has come out into your content so much and it really feels empty without it. How do you get yourself in the video making mood? I've been interested in being a content creator but I'm not the most comfortable behind a mic.

the best channel I've ever seen. I like your chilling voice so much. Thanks for these videos.

I waited this video for so long :3

Yay! More content from Spirit of the Law!

Always so happy when you upload a new video

Hello Spirit, thanks for your AOE2 videos it help me a lot in playing this game, and if i may suggest Turk civ perhaps could be added in your honorable mentions since they have a complete cavalry upgrade in their blacksmith surprisingly. I know it's not a cavalry civ but i think it worth to be considered. Anyway keep up the good work and i can't wait for your next video.

Keep these up! Always quality videos man, love 'em.

I completely disagree with the Berbers being #1 cavalry civilization just because of their discount. Sure it makes their cavalry very cost effective but cost effectiveness isn't everything. There's also population efficiency, which you touched on a tiny bit with Persia and their War Elephants but I feel needs more attention. There's also their ability to perform their role as well as resist anti cavalry units. For example I value the Persian's +2 damage vs archer bonus very highly because 1 of the main roles of cavalry units is to hunt down archers and this bonus makes them more effective at 1 of their main roles than any other civilization's cavalry. Likewise I highly value the Cataphract as a unit because it is resistant to most if not all of the standard cavalry counters, though I agree it still doesn't make Byzantium a top tier cavalry civ as you want the cavalry to be effective in their role and the Cataphract simply isn't as good as even Byzantine Paladins(which as you said are terrible) for hunting down archers for example or rushing down town centers. With the above in mind, I actually think Persia should be #1. The main thing is that they have literally everything, and fully upgraded at that along with War Elephants. Need to hunt down archers? You have the 2nd best Paladins(behind the Franks) and with an archer bonus to boot. Need to mow down masses of non pike infantry? War Elephants will do the trick and your Paladins will still do wonders. Need to win a cavalry war? You have very respectable heavy camels. Again not as good as specialized camel civilizations but than you have all the other cavalry options as well. Need to fight a lot of monks from say Aztecs, Byzantines, etc? A horde of Hussars would do the trick. The Magyars lack the camels flexibility as well as the elephants, and while their elite Huszar is certainly nice it doesn't really add flexibility, just raw power for the weakest type of cavalry(the trash line). Still amazing mind you but I can't see it being better than having the Persian's flexibility. The Magyars should still be #2, with the Berbers down to #3 Imho.

@khaledabdulkarimful

5 жыл бұрын

Berbers are amazing with light Calvary and I made a scenario with 500 genitours vs 500 war elephants and won only using hit and run . Not only that I used ungapraded genitours and the Persians had elite war elephants . I also tried it with multiplayer and still won .

@loafgaming9381

5 жыл бұрын

That is a longbcomment🤤

@JZ909

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with the Persians being number 1 for cav (that being said, I am bad, so take this with a grain of salt). Persian massed elephants are borderline unstoppable, and are stupid simple to use. Generally, you don't need much support, just more elephants. If you don't have time, just patrol them in and they'll kill almost everything. If you do have time, tell them to attack buildings that you want to die, and the building dies, along with every melee unit that tries to stop them. From an eco/production standpoint, they take an insane amount of food, but personally, I don't find this nearly as taxing to maintain compared to more gold-hungry compositions. Finally, since they are so efficient per pop, and take so much time to kill, you don't need a lot of castles to maintain spam-level production. However, even if you can't get to this, you have nearly the best of everything else. Knight bonuses, Paladin, Heavy Camel and Hussar.

@meivenheaven

5 жыл бұрын

Persian most powerful in Imp but Berbers have all the tools they need to crush Persians in Castle Age (in open map).

@sauravtripathi4128

5 жыл бұрын

@@meivenheaven last time I played online, I crushed a Berber guy with Higher elo rating, who had castle dropped in my base (Arabia) with my Burmese elephants, whom I consider the 2nd strongest trainable elephants in the game.

awesome video! i was desperately waiting for new content!

I haven't played this game in months, I just love your vids

always a good day when spirit makes a vid :D

History is yet to produce a Malian knight, especially when there is no record of domestication of horse in sub-Sahara. Age of Empires 2 is yet to produce an Indian knight, funny when you find most of India's historic generals were expert equestrian.

Nice video, could watch your stuff all day

I know which one is going to be on top: Aztechs

@Linearsteps

6 жыл бұрын

Where is Malay?? Which has the Best Cav Amor

@SpiritOfTheLaw

6 жыл бұрын

Good point. Think of all the resources saved from only one armor upgrade!

@Linearsteps

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah ！ Such a overpower economic boost for Malay cavarly

@waleedmahmood863

6 жыл бұрын

Are you joking? We all know that the Incas are #1

@projeffboy251

6 жыл бұрын

Aztecs have OP monks that can easily convert cavalry, so they should get an honorable mention!

Hey Spirit, love the content dude, extremely well put together, informative and entertaining! I was wondering if you would consider doing some online battles with you playing, just i reckon it'd make for some great videos

I would like you to add to your top 5, not only the best cavalry but the combos of civilizations for cavalry. It would be a top 5 of the best combination among cavalry civilizations.

Another great video!

I'm a simple man, i see the alert of spirit's new video and I just click it as fast as possible. Thanks Spirit!!! And please, try to post videos faster next time, i really love your job!!!

Last time I was this early, my scout had yet to move!

I love the music that Spirit uses for the #1 Civ in this series

Yes! He Berbers are my fav civ! They fit in so many scenarios!

Woah!! Can't believe you pick my 2 fav cav civ at the top Go Berbers and Magyars!!!

What about the Spanish? I believe that they should have gotten an honorable mention, especially for the multiplayer games. Their constant supply of gold allow them to still dish out Paladins when everybody is stuck with trash units. Not to mention their no-gold blacksmith upgrades.

@candrarazaka4351

5 жыл бұрын

Their knight rush is above average, though, with the gold saved from the blacksmith techs, and they synergizes well with conquistadors.

@deaclavilis6760

5 жыл бұрын

Natural ally of Turks in game perspective.

Would love a "best siege civilizations" from your channel, your videos are great!

Never miss a video

You post a video for every four weeks now I now I don't need to wait for notification

I'm not sure if you have already done this, but if you haven't, could you please do a top naval civ list?

that 'the once mighty paladin' montage, so good

love that elephant fact segment is still updating!

Hi Spirit, new subscriber here-I love your videos! You mentioned Lanchester's square law in this one; have you looked into some of the fascinating math that follows from the differential equations behind Lanchester's laws, including the Pythagorean Theorem of RTS's? In particular, as you may already know, if an army of size y fights a smaller army of size x, and both armies are composed of the same units, at the end of the fight the superior army will have sqrt(y^2 - x^2) surviving soldiers, assuming the armies are large and all involved soldiers are active in the fight at all times-hence why people call it the Pythagorean theorem. It's one of the coolest bits of RTS-related math I've learned, and you can see it play out in the scenario editor. I'm just letting you know because it seems like the sort of thing you might find interesting. Thank you for all the great work you do! Your videos have gotten me back into the game.

Excellent Choice!

Most helpful and funniest AoE2 KZreadr

The music in the end is great!

The amount of bad puns is too damn high! I love it!

You finally uploaded something :)

I definitely agree with your list. I appreciate the honorable mention to the Byzantines when judges as a cavalry civ. Of course, more systemically they're weird as hell, because the Cataphract forces a brute force counter, and most brute force counters have a hard counter from a trash unit, which the Byzantines do very well. Most brute force counters are, as it so happens, cavalry (and the other brute force counters (ie. Teutonic Knights) are countered by the cataphracts), which means discounted halberdiers.

omg Spirit. that part starting at 2:57 is just so brilliantly funny. Thanks for that laugh.

>SotL Uploads a vid >I drop everything, make some popcorn, and fill up a big cup of soda. >I watch the 8 minute video.

@coldwind52

6 жыл бұрын

... but you are not the senate. I feel the same way about SOTL videos.

@therealsosi8204

6 жыл бұрын

Then you watch it 5 times in a row

@dirtydan6945

6 жыл бұрын

i am THE SENATE

@squillamsquallace2468

5 жыл бұрын

Shouldent you be begging Critical?

Is there a paladin Shelter we can donate to?

Hey Spirit, first of all, great video, enjoyed it a lot! I was wondering if you would like to do a meta gameplay series? I would say mainly arabia and 1v1 as that is the most comp setting atm. Would love to hear your opinion on this!

GREAT LIST

What about a top 5 trash units civs?

@noahg2068

6 жыл бұрын

Turks #1 for sure.

@jeremiecampeau-poirier2636

6 жыл бұрын

#1 : Byzantines with Berber allies

@Anonymous-zz7sm

6 жыл бұрын

Turks, Turks, Turks, Turks, and Turks honorable mentions: Turks

@mavislenya1110

6 жыл бұрын

NJG 319 may i ask why?

@Linearsteps

6 жыл бұрын

But Turks still has the best trash version of cav Archer 11

The Paladin running away montage alone merits my like. Same with Elephant Facts.

Quite the Frank evaluation. Good to see a new video. :)

I thought this was gonna be another top 5 video that completely ignores the Berbers, so first place was very unexpected, glad they have finally gotten the credit they deserve!

Make a video about the top five defensive civs, please :)

big fan of your videos, especially the comparisons! I really like the meso civs and every time I get to post-imp eagles I think to myself that Spirit should do a comparison between three eagle special techs... whats your take on it?

finally a video, plz can you apload more often plzzz?

Spirit: "at the number 4 spot is the franks" Aoestates.io: "hold my states"

"Dude ur so cool" "I know" 11

Nice video SotL, I think you missed one great civ though. Slavs new farming buff probably helps them in the best knight rush out of any civ. I would love to see how Berbers resource saving compares against those. They also have the Boyar which is hard to mass but pretty good. At any rate, I think they atleast deserved an honorable mention.

Hey guys Spirit Of The Law here. I missed this mention. long time no see!!

I love your vids

Well it was pretty satisfying getting my first win against hard AI with Berbers. Funnily enough the computer was going for a knight rush as well, but that extra 15% reduction in cost ended up making all the difference.

you forgot the guitar intro 💔

@martijn9568

6 жыл бұрын

That's only for civ overviews.

@clearfact2588

3 жыл бұрын

Guitar intro sucks

@bluedoom

3 жыл бұрын

@@clearfact2588 oh how you dare

@tushardeshpande97

3 жыл бұрын

@@clearfact2588 i wish you get sniped by a Japanese treb

Hey, I'm early for once! Not a single battle elephant civ in the list? That's surprising, but I can't say any of the others don't deserve to be there, so... Well done, Spirit!

Finaly some spirit♡♡

ty for one more video

Looking at other civs that could have been implemented: Portuguese with their gold cost discount have a great knight rush in Teamgames, and when slung can do big damage in early imp with cavaliers. Slavs with Boyars especially looking at their insane farm eco.

Is it time to do a Version 2 of this video? Things have changed, like Teuton armor, introduction of Lithuanians and Cumans. Some variables mixed. I even think that from the existing choices, that Magyars and Berbers could share place 1. Opinions? Ideas?

Genitur (or like wiki says, jineto) was btw in the original AoC map editor, shooting arrows, but with a militia skin

I think we all want more SoL videos please. Thanks.

Does anyone know the piano song that starts playing at around the 3:20 mark or 5:00 remaining mark?

I have a question I'm hoping someone could answer for me. Is there a button or function in the game to drop 1 currently selected unit. Like a clear selection but just for a single unit rather than all currently selected units.

@diegobasterrica6311

6 жыл бұрын

if you have a bunch of units selected and you want to drop one hold the ctrl key and left cick the unit you want to drop. if you hold shit and ctrl you "drop" or unselect all units of the same type.

2:23 such painful farm placement x-x, but great vid!

My favorite top 5! I love cavalry facs.

Can you please do a video on cannon galleons and how to use them

Honestly I love the huns. Even more I love the tarkan. Especially against archer civs. A tarkan/light cav combo with skirms backing them up really hurt archers. The speed of the calvary forces engagements, and of course the skirmishers following behind to shred them. They can either keep retreating, which is fine bc my cav won't take much damage, but the archers will, or they can stay and fight and get hit with the cav and the skirms together. I've noticed typically they retreat until they are under a castle, and at that point I peel off my tarkans to knock it down. Those castles melt with 40 tarkans on them. Meanwhile their expensive bowmen are getting shredded by my skirms and light cav. And if they pull out siege, my tarkans are fast enough to go around their infantry and smack some siege around. It's also nice not worrying about protecting trebs that much. Trebs are just there to knock down walls. And if they do pull out spearmen, again I have skirmishers so I'll just send my cav where they pikemen aren't and let the skirmishers do the work there. I'm just a mid level player though so take my experience with a grain of salt. I already liked the huns, but last night when I beat the britons and the chinese in what was basically a 2v1 because I had a useless team mate, I absolutely fell in love.

love this vidéo

Also Id have Burmese in the 4-5 range personally. Elite Battle Eles, Arambai, and Cavaliers all with full upgrades. Plus a couple cavalry unique techs.

Spirit Of The Law!

Hi Spirit of the Law, I have a few thoughts I wanted to share about your choices, specifically your top choice. While Berbers are a great cavalry civ and a clear choice high on the list, their knight rush is not as strong immediately as others civs' with bonuses because of the limited amount of stables that you can put down in the castle age. You need that extra wood to build town centers, which results in no more knights for the Berbers player, but instead some saved resources. Berbers save about 9 food and 11 gold per knight in the castle age, which means that it would take about 9 knights to equalize the resources saved by the Magyars with free iron casting (though usually that tech isn't researched until late into the castle age, its benefits are still present early on) and it would take 16 knights to pay off its total cost. I agree with where you put Franks on the list, but the free bloodlines has a similar effect while also including some potentially lost research time if you're not floating the resources going up to the castle age. A long castle age knight war might favor the Berbers, but early on the extra bonus the Magyars get may pay itself off further in the form of raiding. I realize that all of these factors that I am considering are very hard to quantitatively measure, so this is mostly based on my own experience playing the Berbers. In the late game, the Berbers also don't get Paladins, which generally isn't significant in 1v1, but in team games is significant. Paladins' main advantage is their lower rate of turnover and extra strength against archers and defensive buildings (that is to say they are better at raiding) which is difficult to measure in its significance but is a real advantage. In terms of cheaper cavalry, too, Magyars win with their Magyar Huszar which is a very powerful trash unit. Early game too, Magyars are stronger because of their free forging and cheaper scouts, while the Berbers have no immediate bonus to cavalry at that point. This makes the scout rush more viable for Magyars, which in turn makes the transition to a knight rush easier. TL;DR I think Magyars should have the #1 spot :) I love the methodical approach you have to your videos and how you explain everything from the point of view from a casual player. Please, never stop. :)

how did you do that , what key need to press pls help mee 2:16

@dontspikemydrink9382

6 жыл бұрын

Celequi aka MuffaPuffa shift then left click

Can someone tell me the name of the song which plays during the 1. place? i know its from epidemic sound but a name i can search for would be good :D

great vid man but you mainly considered more cheaper cavalry units which in my opinion quality is better then quantity as my favourite 3 are franks, byz and persians as they are mainly the only units i use are cavalry. i know u mentioned halbs and monks about elephants but byzantines at least have a awesome cataphract which woulda got my number 1

I've always thought as Calvary as weak AF because they are so easily crushed cost-wise by piketech but maybe that's because I only play black forest where it's hard to fight outside of a choke. Calvary archers and archers too. They seem to get crushed by onagers.

Can you make best unit per population or best late game units video?

@Spirit Of The Law could you make top 5 cavalry units?

@spirit of the law, I just wanted to know about the update on Vietnamese CIv Overview... I have not seen it yet, if you have already done it please let me know the link I couldn't find it on Search...!

@Chenla

6 жыл бұрын

He didnt release it yet.

can't wait for the top 5 siege, when you decide to make it.

Hey spirit, I have aoe2 rise of Rajas. I didn't get through steam, I downloaded it.I cannot find anybody in the lobby and can't play multiplayer.I have voobly but it doesn't have rise of Rajas lobby...What should I do? Pls help me guys.....

Top 10 Meta Civs on Arabia/.. 1v1,3v3 with strategies would be nice

whats the name of song playing 7:20+?

These new civs have some scary good cavalierly

Hey. Great Work. Can you make a video about the best civs at the sea. I only knew the best sea civs at age of kings. Not from the new civs. :-(

nice play on the word frank 10/10

Hey Spirit, can you make a video that compares the strength different civ's cavalry? Like Chinese Cavalier vs Byzantine Paladin? Also can you make a video that compares towers? Like what's better: Yeoman towers, Yasama towers, Korean towers or Stronghold Celtic towers?

new video of spiritofthelaw my reaction: AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWYEAAAH!!!

In your Magyars civ overview you gave them an A+ for cavalry while you only gave the Berbers an A on account of them lacking the Paladin. If you had a chance to revise the grades would you switch them? I think both are top tier but I agree with you that the Berbers inch out the Magyars with their stable discount.