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Ethiopians Overview AoE2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2017
- Shotel warriors and siege onagers with torsion engines? Yes please!
BONUSES
0:50 Team Bonus: Towers and Outposts +3 LOS
2:05 Archers fire +15% faster
3:07 Receive +100 food and +100 gold when reaching the next Age
4:04 Pikemen and Halberdier upgrades free
CASTLE
5:10 Shotel Warrior stats
6:50 Shotel Warrior vs Town Center calculations
8:10 Royal heirs (Shotel Warriors are created nearly instantly: 3 seconds)
9:20 Torsion Engines (Siege workshop units blast radius increased)
TECH TREE
12:50 Archers A-
13:15 Infantry B
13:51 Cavalry C+
14:20 Siege A+
14:52 Navy B-
15:10 Monks B-
15:40 Defences B
16:08 Economy B
16:32 STRATEGY IDEAS
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Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, and Rise the Rajas expansions
They also have an attack bonus against all Italian units.
what do you mean by this?
It’s a history joke
@@alexchatter692 italy failed to conquer ethiopia in WWI and had a hard time in WWII
Based comrade programmers
@@albertoandrade9807 they had to gas them too
"If you're doing it right, you're hitting enemy targets more than your own units." - Spirit of the Law, on advanced Age of Empires II tactics.
sound like something come out murphy’s law of combat
I don't always get hit by siege units but when I do, it's from my own units.
Better than Sun Tzu's Art of the War.
I came here to say that I, in fact, did not do it right.
My favorite part of the Ethiopians is the voice acting. The actors stubbed their toes before each recording.
*Male villager* "Ow-w?"
*Female villager* "Owww..."
*Military Unit* "OW" (In an eargasm worthy deep bass
In Amharic, that means "yes"
Yuri?
Donahe?
OwO
Whats this
"This is a shotel hit enemies with the sharp end" best instructor ever XD
Now get out of here!!!
Go go go go go...
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
0 per cent of educational trauma hahahahaha
@@entertainmentprime101 It’s actually an original composition by Spirit of the Law. He’s got a link to it in the description
Getting Pikemen free seems like a good bonus against a knight rush. If you have a barracks up, you can make pikes, which will scare off knights, where everyone else has to make spears or wait for the upgrade while knights wreak havoc.
DrearyPlane8 yup, having the bonus itself is very good even if you do not train any of those, it tends to scare the shit out of franks of Magyars players.. ^^
I just build four barracks then train 40 of them at a time.
8:50 The Berber unique tech actually stacks, so you could theoretically have an Ethiopian player with seven Berber allies producing Elite Shotel Warriors in under one second apiece.
what's that with turbo mode + 200% handicap?
Spirit of the law has helped me mastering english pronounciation as a second language. Thank you.
Way to go leaning another language! (But, 'me master English' is how I would have said that). =)
American accent is one of most degenerate of english accents. Singlish being the most disgusting, followed closely by Irish.
Which one do you mean? Generic American accent, Southern American accent, or African American accent?
Its like saying english accent for all the commonwealth.
Chill out everyone. My original comment was suppose to be a compliment to SotL for is exellent pronounciation. It's an english accent that is North American but it can be understood by all english speakers around the globe. I think he is Canadian btw.
Damn those mamelukes at 1:33 XD
I found Kamayuks more impressive
You meant longmams
had me laughing
More like... mamenukes.
Ba-dum-tss
Paladin's worst knightmare
Thanks for doing another one man!!
Spirit told me massacring my own troops with onagers is a legit strategy
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
@@entertainmentprime101 It's from Spirit himself, it's here on the channel, just look up Spirit of the Law intro song
Last time I was "fast and unpredictble" she was't too pleased. =(
Lmao dude
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
@@entertainmentprime101 It is clearly linked in the description
@@thrashes6208 really where
@@thrashes6208 yess yesss syesssssss finally a year later i found it
YES! Another video I can watch the s**t out of.
EDIT: Didnt know that LOS is capped, learned something. This overview was even better than expected. Thanks SotL!
18:05 I appreciate the Magic reference
perfect joke honestly
this really grinds my torsion engines
Ayyyy!
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
Opposite take on the +3 LOS bonus... Town patrol costs 300F/200G and stops villager production from that town center for 40 seconds. Whereas a few outposts strategically placed can provide the same, if not better visibility than town patrol would for significantly less, and you'd have the vision benefit from dark age.
AOE is great, but I think I am actually interested in how you investigate how a game works. I installed AOE after learning from you. and the Cities Skylines after you introduced it to me. Honestly, Your way of explaining is extra ordinary. I really hope you'll look into more games, may be low system requirement games, cause I dont have a high spec PC.. Either way, Spirit of the Law, you're awesome. keep up the good work and keep expanding.
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
@@entertainmentprime101 he composed it himself. The full version is there as a separate video, just search Spirit of the Law Intro.
4:06. During a game I pushed to get to Imperial Age so that my pikes can get that instant boost in the field (I was playing against Franks with swarms of knights) and was somewhat surprised to see that my pikemen did not get upgraded. I was quite disgusted when I saw that a recent patch removed the free Halberdier upgrade, which is a big nerf for the bonus.
Corsair Mechanic yea the Nerf was fucking bullshit and Hit them hard
It's not quite planar cleansing, the siege units also take out forests ;)
lol good point
The extra blast radius is a little under-appreciated. For the 3 ranged siege workshop units, the larger radius helps to deal with enemy micromovements. The increased damage for units surrounding the original-target tile kills the enemy much quicker than those made by other civs, especially if those enemy units are like arbalests or BBCs that like to hit and run.
The 15% faster archer fire rate is usefull for micro, your archers will shoot before the enemy archers so you can shoot then move your archers before the enemy shoots back...
Finally!!!!! Another civ video!
I usually sleep to your voice and the civ overviews... But lately I satrted to actually notice that I remember the contents and started using it... So yaaaay
Just to point out, faster firing also means they are more responsive to commands, giving a big boost to archer micro, allowing you to spend more time having your archers dodge skirm or mango fire while keeping the pressure on. It's not quite as good as Mangudai with their faster move speed, but the effect is similar.
Ethiopians full upgraded onagers are deadly in tight maps, such as Black Forest. Moreover, the shotel warrior fast production is useful when enemy siege rams are destroying your castles, and the bombard cannos are specially good to the take out enemy trebuchets. I would say they're a very insteresting civilization due to their strong army overall and their interesting eco bonus. Their weak late cavalry is not a big problem, since in the last expansions the number and the potential of anti-cavalry units have increased. Nice video, Spirit.
A funny little trick I have fun with is shotelmobiles; loading rams and siege towers with shotel warriors to get them in close to buildings. It's dumb as hell and if enemies don't notice it you can drop a dozen or so right next to a town center or a castle that might still be attacking the arrow-proof siege equipment. Works best if it's a hidden part of a bigger army, though.
"just planar cleanse them...." *MTG card pops up*
I C what U did there.
Great video! But I think you're understating the significance of the archer bonus during archer vs archer microing. The Ethiopians will fire their 2nd volley of arrows first, which means it widdles down their archer numbers by 1 before the enemy can even fire essentially picking off 6 enemy archers for free before the cycle restarts.
I know I'm not the only one to scream yes when I see an upload from Spirit :D
Excellent video as always. I've added spanish subtitles so the spanish community can understand a little bit more your videos. Hope you accept them soon.
Wow, incredible work. Thanks!
Always nice to see the new civ overview, it's one of the perfect ways to finish my week. :)
By the way, from 10:07 , did the siege onager w/o torsion engine give 3 more damage to the mid-point than the one with torsion engine? I'm just curious.
How did this wizard manage to make this post an entire day ago?
Patreon Supporter, they get to view video one day early.
Yes, because RNG
every time Spirit of the Law references AoE3 I cry a little harder
Nah
Come on it's actually an excellent game !
Yeah! It's just eclipsed by the best game, AoE II.
is a good game, but a horrible age of empires
I thought AoE3's ship combat was the worst part.
Young me: "What do you mean I can't build more than 5 caravels and 3 frigates?! What kind of dog doody is this?!"
Does Torsion Engines tech increase blast radius of Petards?
It only affects Siege Workshop units, the Petard and the Trebuchet are unaffected because they are created at the castle.
I LOVE Ethiopians. When playing Black Forest Regicide, one of my favorite strategies is to use their resource bonus to reach Castle insanely fast, and then make Rams and Shotels to king snipe the enemy. The power spike of Shotels is up there with Teutonic Knights and War Elephants, and spitting out two or three to raid mining camps and treelines can SEVERELY hurt your enemy's economy. Once I was playing one on one against a Teuton player and I Castled up so fast I killed him while he was in Feudal so he couldn't counter my Shotels with TKs.
Try this strategy just once, you'll love it. Once you get Castle blacksmith upgrades, you can kill vills without loom in two hits.
Torsion engines affect cannons? AoE2, you have done it again.
Great review, Spirit. Can't wait for the next gameplay.
the 15% bonus for archers is super important for micro
Mentioned AoE 3 several times... holy hell, I'd really love to see Spirit of The Law making some videos about AoE 3 as well
Blows my mind how your videos are always so well made
Always so much details and exceptions explained, you're great!
I think their archer firing rate bonus should be 25% (or 33%) to mimic the japanese infantry attack speed
Also needs an update, since the free Helbardier upgrade was removed (but is still there in the description wrongly)
was gonna comment this
Thank you very much for your wonderfull content! Not only rekindled you and old crush of mine for this game, you also might have made me a better player - which i was ever doubtfull of. Thx a lot for a lot of fun and good times watching your videos!
More review, featuring different topics.
Ethiopian Team Bonus washes out in late-game, sure, but prior to that you're getting some nice early warning against rushes (provided you make towers/outposts). I think this bonus would be super-good if outposts didn't cost stone, because you'd be able to spam them easily (though at a cost of villager income because they'd be building, not gathering).
Surprised you didn't mention how Shotel Warriors were actually nerfed after their initial release. They lost 1 bonus damage against buildings because their TC snipes were too strong at pro level. Sure, if you have 20 of them attacking a TC, it's still gonna die, but at pro level you can't pull off that Shotel swarm nearly as easily because you'll probably get spotted.
I like, Ethiopians Rams, they are the best rams to take out buildings, seriously you send them against TC or Castle and they take out House around it as well :-D.
About the missing Crop Rotation, it makes sense they doesent have it, they are the African Civ after all :-P.
That's Savage man.
When is your next aoe2 campaign video btw?
I dont have anything right AoE II related now so I dont know, I can answer - 'When the opportunity presents itself'.
To be honest I am mostly waiting for AoE DE to come out, since Empires Apart release date got postponed and unfortunately I cant show anything from the Beta.
I prefer mongol rams
who builds house just next to the TC or castle though.
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
11:40 One of the most satisfying things I've seen in a long time...
I love all of your videos! you are doing an amazing job, keep up the amazing work. I really cant wait to see your opinions on Malay
Originally the increased ROF on archers also affected skirmishers but this was a bug and they fixed it in a patch.
Wasn't a bug, it was a feature, but it was too OP so they removed it
Pretty sure they said it wasn't actually intendet.
The team bonus would be better if it increased maximum line of sight as well so that it’s not the same as every other civ in the late game.
Oh my god, I loved the MtG Planar Cleansing reference at the end, haha. Great overview as always, Spirit!
SotL mentioned AoE III in the video.
I'm happy.
I'm crying.
11:25
That was the wrong scientist. You should have put an image of Sir Isaac Newton there. It breaks the law of energy transfer.
Played Teutons for over 20 years (and still love them), specializing in heavy siege, heavy infantry, and defensive play.
However, when I got to higher levels of play, it was just too difficult not having viable archers AND not having fast calvary (No Husbandry) with only the Knight lineage.
With the Ethiopians, I have even better siege, rock-solid archers with a fire-rate bonus, heavy camels, hussars, and still get cavaliers (which I rarely need).
My siege lines now have never been better supported!
Find out what your playstyle is and seek civs that really capitalize on your strengths.
Just wanted to say how much I love your videos. I'm sick today, but your voice is so comforting XD
by the way, isn't another advantage of the blast radius that the opponent would have a harder time doing the micro at 3:01?
I want to thank you for make possible the join of two of my greatest passions; AoE2 and statistics
OMG! I was literally about to request this yesterday. But somehow I got side tracked. Either way. AWESOME! Thanks Spirit!
Your tip about massing attacking units under the Town Center overhang or porch/veranda is very astute and something I figured out by experience decades ago. Very smart, and it can male such an attack successful and quick. It applies to any attacking unit. I don't know if any of the AI's do it!?
in fact, i watch your videos more than actually playing the game. You have a really calming voice to listen to.
Amazing video!
But i feel like you couldve mentioned that FU shotels are the only infantry/calvary unit besides elephants to 2 shot villagers.Thats huge!
That makes them 50% faster then palas at killing villies while not being nearly as expensive.Just sending a few into unprotected woodlines can mean death for many villagers
IT'S ALIVE!!!!
your intro is the only long intro I really, really like
Big Boy SotL with 100k subs. Keep it up dude!
the Ethiopian theme music is a traditional Ethiopian Orthodox music called "Mezmur"
Great review! Thanks man, really looking forward to a Burmese one now. Have a good week.
aww geez, next is one of my favs, Malians!
Yes malians are great! Loved them since I first played african kingdoms on release day. :)
FINALY!
Spirit best youtuber to exsist xD
*puts hands on face and cries*
When goths berbers and ethiopians are on the same team
(Sweating profusely)
I don't even play online, ever, but I watch your videos like a fucking addict
2:06 For I second I thought you were gonna say that it was just feudal archers, dat bonus.
hope they change the range and sight cap
Didn't see the MTG reference coming, appreciated
good to see my favourite civ getting love.
11:51 I love that deer, big battle, no shits given
I love civ overwies keep making these! ♡
i see an overview from Spirit of the Law, i instantly stop any other video i'm watching. This is the priority now!
Don't most players skip Town Patrol though? it's expensive for what it offers, so Ethiopians get a lasting advantage.
*I* personally usually pick it up whenever I can, especially to avoid Town Centre idle time. However, since it has gold in the price tag, that is actually well saved, I would argue as well.
Awesome video! This is *almost* better than Saturday morning cartoons as a kid.
Next, could you do a video comparing and contrasting all the unique 'throwing' units?... such as Gbeto, Throwing axemen, Mamaluke, slinger, and Arambai.
Just wanted to say i love hearing you on civ overviews at work. Just add the playlist, put my headphones and work wth you. Nice narrator voice and really entrataining. Make up civs and keep doing random overviews please xD
I think their infantry deserves at least a B+. The Shotel Warrior is an excellent raiding unit and they don't get Champions to balance it out. Besides, the free pike upgrades are also a big bonus for infantry.
Almost a thousand likes after less than 3 hours. Nice going man, you deserve it.
There are too many Magic cards like planar cleansing.
Supreme verdict, breaking point, day of judgement, worldfire, child of Alara, wrath of God, winds of wrath...yeah.
Now I will forever think of MTG styled oblivion whenever I spam onagers. Fantastic video.
Feel like this needs another overview , just because content is cool 😎
Hey SOTL, can you compare the Celts and the Ethiopians? I see lots of parallels and some things the newer civs do better and would like to hear about the redeeming qualities of the old
FINNALY another vid its been a long time
I don't actually have much to say about the Ethiopians, they're not a civ I play much. But I do have a few insights...
Did you change the...key thing? Or your intro? I'm no music buff, but it sounded a bit different.
And finally, I appreciate you giving the Ethiopians an A+ for siege. The amount of options, and above average stuff certainly makes them good. Although, their Scorpions and got shit on my Khmer babies!
8:53 xDD definitely one of my favourites youtuber
it's nice to see that you're still doing these :)
MTG references? Well this channel just got even better.
Nice review. I played less than 10 times with Ethiopians but i liked what i saw. Good infatry, good archer rush and good siege? Seems pretty solid for me.
These videos are really good!! Would be nice if you made them more often though
Hey spirit,
As always, loved the video, but I have a few things I disagree on. First, I think you vastly overestimate their siege. While their siege units are very strong in the late game, the Ethiopians do not have any siege bonuses before the imperial age, or even before building a castle. Celts, Koreans, and Slavs all do. I also think that in the super late game Celt siege is better because of its increased survivability and pound-for-pound damage with the faster attack rate. I also think you underestimated the Ethiopian archers. Against things like knights, getting just a few extra volleys in can make a huge difference in the castle age, and in the imperial age, their arbalest are much better against melee units. To be fair, most of my experience with the archers comes from playing CBA, but there is a very noticeable difference in performance between Ethiopian arbalest and generic ones.
Those are my thoughts on the issue. I feel more strongly about the siege than about the archers, mostly because of how expensive it is to invest in Ethiopian siege and the fact that it is generic until Torsion Engines, which is not a cheap tech, is researched. In most games, with the exception of black forest and michi, the game won't reach a point where the Ethiopians have a distinct advantage over a civ like the Saracens, who are only missing heavy scorpion. Those are my thoughts on the issue, and you are free to disagree.
After soo many days finally got the intro👍👍
Nicely done mate, keep up the good work!
Your explanation is so smooth, that I could fall asleep listening to you talking and explaining.
It sounds weird coming from a fan you don't know, but it's that calming.
I always feel so tired after watching your videos, that I have to switch to T90Offical.
The way you actually study the game and teach us is amazing.
You need +70 IQ or more from this.
I'm only good at explaining things that I'm good at...
Not gonna lie, I've been playing since I was little and I'm a teenager...
I can't even understand some things because I'm apparently not that educated?
I'm kidding. I tend to ramble on, but holy cow...
I can't even make an explanation video without getting distracted. I honestly need to record the game before I actually do anything? A voice over sounds decent but I'm literally lost. *mutes the microphone and shouts when I kill a villager*
Well, whoop-de-do! Time to actually learn more. I need to resume this video AND learn before I have only no education.
A new video? My life is happy now :)
some of my thoughts on them : i feel like they're pretty much un-knight-rushable since you will probably have a barracks in Castle age for your archery range, so you will have pikemen when your ennemies will send their knights, which can do well against spearmen but much less against pikes; also, if their archers firing rate also concerned the skirmishers and was a bit higher (20-25%), they would have the ranged equivalent to Japanese infantry
Shotel warrior has a very high attack p, ms and non existent hp pool with relatively high cost. That means they are good at dealing dmg in situations where they are not attacked. They are perfect for buildings and villagers raids.
3:08 i would cry if somebody would do this vs me
how the heck do you even do that
@@thedarkestlight4563 i know i'm late but anyway you can micro your units using the Z, X, C and V hotkeys.
Good video man. I had no idea that LOS was capped, so I'll probably avoid getting town patrol later on with these guys from now on.
Also, I would argue Korean SO is so much stronger than Ethiopians. ;)
Spirit, I really wish you would do all this for Warlords Battlecry games! Way lower audience I guess, but these analyses are brilliant.
The civ with the most op 256 tech mod technology
We all know ur a math wiz, but when you run out of civilizations/bugs/upgrades to talk about, would you consider doing short videos about the history of different units. We already have the histories about the civs, but I think learning about the cataphracts, gbetos and such would feel very enlightening.