japanese samurai fighting aztec jagwire warriors in arabia accurate portrayal of historic events since 1999

The Jaguar Warriors were always the coolest to me as a kid, and now I love how historically accurate the design is.

Aztecs: who need cavalry when you have eagle warrior Goth: who need stone wall when you have meat wall

Note: Aztecs are the hardest AI civ by a long shot. There is nothing more terrifying that fully upgraded monks converting everything perfectly.

the +33% gold generation with relic is monstruous if you play in Graveyard, with the 20 relics on the map.

Spirit of the Law: Come for the AoE, stay for the maths

I played the Aztec campaign back when I was 11 or 12 and ever since they've been my favorite civ.

id pay for this man to narrate the aoe4 tutorial

Dear Spirit of the Law, I absolutely love your videos. I have been playing this game not very advanced for a very long time. It's just a lot of fun and very complicated. Your videos are extremely entertaining and even funny. "Saracens team bonus.... how adorable." I laughed so freaking long. Also the glitch videos were absolutely hilarious. You need to be a writer for comedy movies or television. Your youtube grade.... A+

Aztecs should get a free upgrading every time you delete your own unit.

This guy has turned gaming into a SCIENTIFIC SUBJECT! great bro 👍

10:56 "The big thing you are going to struggle with is Hand Cannoneers" *laughs in Spanish*

THANK HUITZILOPOTCHLI! ITS HERE AT LAST!!!

I used to play AoE2 as a kid and recently bought the Defenitive Edition bc I was nostalgia tripping. Just wanted to say that I really aprecciate the videos you make: the detail and pace of ur vids are on point. Also adding memes and jokes makes them less "boring", as AoE mechanics can be fairly heavy and hard to learn. Keep it up my guy

Aztecs team bonus is very underrated. It is very helpful from Early Castle to Late Imperial age.

*gets notified *gets into KZfaq *presses like *watches video

17:34 that's such a beautiful base set up

Man i'm amazed by how close to scientific (as a game allows) your analyzes of this game are! You must be a Professor ou a Statistic or just someone who really learned useful things in College :)

Thanks SOTL. I love Aztecs so much - infantry in AoE2 are awesome. Champions with 21 attack are OP. Their just a really attacking civ. At my level, it's hard to use Eagles well as they are expensive yet relatively frail

Man I remember playing this game in like early 2000s as a kid. I'm so glad they decided to revive the series! Awesome videos Spirit... keep it up!

The altered beast reference almost made me spit my tea out, I miss those days when games were so simple

12:45 massive war happening, Boar walks through "Like I give a shit?"

weird how old the game is and ppl still watch these videos and ur channel is still growing i love ig

Not only have you earned a sub, but you've reignited my need to play this awesome game. Your videos are very detailed and well composed!

"mangonel without faith"

You are my 1 favourite KZfaqr I always smile when I see a new video of yours my sub box, keep up the good work

So glad you've finally made this! Although a little update for your channel would have been nice at the end... ALSO you forgot to add this to the playlist!

8:05 Spirit: "Now lets move on and take a look at the Aztec's unique unit the Jaguar Warrior, or if you are American the Jagwhyer Warrior." Me: OR, if you are from the Hundred Acre Wood, the Jagular Warrior

+4 Attack halbadierwould be kind of OP, but I would really want your comments on +4 attack champions vs other infantry. (Nice work! Love the videos! keep going!)

You missed those dank ass Aztec Genitours, plus one range on an already dangerously trash triangle busting unit and you got some pretty sweet cav.

Eagle Warrior rushes are surprisingly good on the Castle Age. Most people, on the Castle Age, tend to go for one of the following kinds of units: Knights, Crossobowman, or Monks. Eagle Warriors do a incredible job out of countering the last two, and though they are not -That-Good against Knights, during the Castle Age, their very low Food cost, small anti-cavalry bonus and still all-around decent stats make then food-effective against then. This is more important then it seems because, during the Castle Age, one of your priorities will be researching technologies and gathering the resources to go to the Imperial Age, so if you invest too much food in your army, you may lag behind technologically. I am still unsure if they are quite as good as Knights on the Castle Age, but they can cut it.

The siegeonager-shots at the end. such a pleasure to watch!!

i havent played age of empires in 16 years or so. cheers for theese videos keep up the good work! love your civ overviews

I would love to see the Berbers review any time soon! :D The strong knight rush and the unic units make it a quite interesting civ.

FINALLY ! BEEN REQUESTING THIS FOR A YEAR ! AND MY COMMENT APPEARS ON THE VIDEO ! THANK YOU SPIRIT !

Going through your alphabetical order playist is a trip and a half, with how the presentation and production quality changes depending on how many years of experience you had. Commenting on this vid in particular because of 0:30. I just found your channel recently, so it's funny to me that even _seven years ago_ people were asking for you to remake old videos! Just a consequence of covering a game with ongoing and active dev support, I guess. 😉

''sees spirit of the law video, likes, then watches the video''

seems like every siv overview I watch, I'm like, I wanna play with them! sound fun! well done!

8:25 "How did it recognize me??" hahahahaha

Hey Spirit, I thought I was going to pass away before you made the aztecs. Kudos for the great job :) Just 4 thoughts, (the first one is the most important tho): 1) friend of mine (TheGhostmaster) ran the same scenarios for which unique infantry is the best and he found something very interesting. In plain AoC the samurais own jags, hands down (I learned that the hard and painful way) however there is a kind of nerf for samurais in AoF/AoAK since now the matches are pretty even. 2) While the eagle unit line seems to have been nerfed, the fact that you can get eagles in feudal, you can actually pull a pretty decent (and even mortal) eagle scout rush, and keep spaming eagles while you go castle, that strat was not even posible in AoC 3) Atlatl seems to be bigger deal because a fully upgraded skirm has 9 range and 8 attack. Now it is very easy to counter an average brit attack, where in AoC aztecs where very vulnearable to a post-imp brit archer line. 4) Aztecs are kind of a "refined zerg rush", while most of us will agree the most zerg like civ are the goths, aztecs can spam military faster, and even when we know aztecs have not the best infantry (that is the japanese), it is the second best infantry combined with the faster spam speed, and with a very strong eco, you can actually spam units like mad man without caring about they are dead or alive, you just keep spamming until you overwhelm your enemy. Aztecs still have the worst tech tree in all AoE II (making a comparison with the Spaniards who have the most comprehensive tech tree in AoC), they usually will have an awful kill/deaths ratio, but aztecs win by the number. Thanks again for your analysis, I am not let down in anyway.

I have to say, I'm not really a fan of RTS but I love the time and effort that goes into making these videos. They're a joy to watch. Definitely earns a sub.

Just subscribed. (I've watched like 30 of your vids, don't know why I didn't earlier!) LOL. Anyway, I just wanted to comment that your Video Introduction is one of my favorites. Great job on that. :)

The plural form of Condottiero is Condottieri, it's Italian and not Spanish after all.

Yeah, the free loom in the old version was much nicer as it means you can pump out a villie instead of researching loom...also made it easier to wall up middle of BF map quicker and safer than other players because of wolves. Alot of players used to put off loom until castle to focus on villager production & economy first...For Aztecs it was N/A. Now it becomes a consideration, or spend that extra 50 gold to build 10 militia for dark age rush or waller escorts against wolves & enemy wallers. ;)

Yo soy español y mi antepasado se llamaba Manuel Gerardo De Leon y el fue uno de los soldados de Hernan Cortez que combatio contra los Aztecas en Mexico y murio en La Noche Triste. Es agradable saber que halla un juego en donde aparezca una olvidada civilizacion como los Aztecas. Saludos Amigo!

I have literally been waiting for this since day one. The 'tecs are my fav civ and I am drowning in a wave of euphoria of delayed gratitude as my video buffers. Spirit, I cannot wait to see what you have done here.

Time to clear up some misconceptions about the Aztec spear line. Against Cavalry: Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen>Aztec Pikemen Halberdiers enjoy a much higher damage bonus against cavalry than the other 2, and will kill cavalry faster as a result. Viking Pikes can also work well depending on the enemy cavalry they encounter. Their extra HP usually allows them to survive one extra attack unless against Elite Cataphracts, the longer they live, the longer their attack bonus comes into play. Aztec pikes aren't much better than generic pikes against cavalry because the flat bonus damage they get to cavalry overshadows the +4 attack from Garland Wars. Against other units: Aztec Pikemen>Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen This is where the +4 attack from Aztecs' UT shine. Aztec pikes deal 2 more damage than generic Halberdiers, and this really shines in a trash war. Viking pikemen, although the most durable, don't deal enough damage to be effective. They make better meat shields, but better meat shields is misleading information. If you are using the spear line to tank, you are using them wrong. Aztec pikemen are stronger against non-cavalry units at the cost of anti-cavalry capability, whereas Viking pikemen are straight up outclassed by Halberdiers.

Awww the end of the road for the Conquerors civs :( What will you do after? AK civs, Redo civs, Road to 1800 or another Q&A perhaps? Either way great video. My friend was watching a Resonance stream and heard him say "I should get Spirit of the Law to investigate how much gold is being lost in this congestion of trade carts" So whatcha think? :P

Wow good video I loved and watched the entire thing. Yep yet another majesty from spirit of the law of which I watched entirely.

Another amazing overview. i keep watching them over and over again :D i love your work, keep it up :)

I think the Aztecs needs to have the Galleon and maybe the Demolition Ship for at least battling a bit more on water maps

Finally! Been so hyped for this overview! Keep up the good work spirit!

My newest KZfaq obsession. Hope this channel blows, you’re good at this.

Thanks for the great video! Keep up the good work even though you tend to mathematize stuff sometimes, but I know it's a good way to approach some questions :). Loved the lounge music you had on some vid. Remember to hail the Saracen team bonus!

Aztecs, when used properly, are probably the best civ in the game, provided you aren't playing against civs with excessive gunpowder units. They can counter pretty much everything else. My biggest problem with them however is their lack of university upgrades, which leads to their buildings crumbling extremely easily.

that goth game plan thing at the start is right on point

Hey, could you do a video on how the AI handles alliance changes on random maps? (Gonna keep asking till I see it) Love your stuff!

so thats all of them time to restart with japanese and with a wagonload of new knowledge or to jump into the african kingdom ones

your opening music is just awesome

La mejor infantería del juego, me gusta hacer ataques en masa acompañados de asedio con esta civilización.

Jagwire? That's a west coast thing. We say "Jag-wahr."

wish they have the unique technology “Chinampas” it will allow you to create crops on lake surfaces, and allows to build town center on lakes xD, yeah just godlike stuff xD

May I introduce you to our sun god who loves you with all your heart? --aztec monks

You should make Map Overviews. With now knowing how most civilizations work, now you could give us insight on which maps benefits some civilization over others. As well as unique tactics certain maps offer to some civs

Hey I'm American and I pronounce it Jag-WAR, not Jag-WIRE.

Oh yeah, finally the Aztecs

Garland Wars give ALL INFANTRY +4. This means ALL infantry including eagle and jaguar warriors. I guess with that bonuses it can take both samurai and teutonic in 1v1.

I cannot get the "Hey guys, spirit of the *Log* here" out of my head. Gonna have to watch the video where he explains his name once again.

Yo your videos are legit like addictive please make more you beautiful man

One thing you might want to look into: The +5 carry bonus is extremely beneficial for AIs. One of the problems with AIs is that they constantly re-task villagers between different resources, wasting a lot of time. This bonus makes Aztecs one of the best civs for AIs, since the cost of this re-tasking is reduced.

Great overview as always. Looks like AoK to AoFE are done now. I guess AK civs next? Portuguese hopefully.

"Mangonel without Faith" should be a heavy metal album.

Agh, new video! Screw keeping me from my studies. Can't resist. Yeah, Aztecs really trigger my OCD in the late game, namely their trash. They could have otherwise been flawless but as it stands the skirms lack the last armor upgrade and the pikes of course miss halberdiers. Their monks are great though. Whenever I play singleplayer I make use of the pause key to micromanage them as best as possible (usually against a non-heresy civ). It's amazing what monks can do when you give them that kind of co-ordination. Wow, though! We made it through all the original civs and the FEs. I never got a chance to properly play with the AK civs (because my PC can't handle patch 4.3+ for some reason) but I can't wait to hear about them. Berbers and Portuguese always looked really neat to me.

I would like to see you drop some more funny jokes and references. Remember your Mongol Civ Overview? That was awesome.

Thanks for the good work sotl !

nice video, hope to see a malians civ overview soon

love the Aztec civ....awesome video!!!

Think it's time for an update on the Aztecs. Soon I hope . Enjoy the videos

This channel is everything that's right about youtube

Just found this channel lol. I wonder if they haven't changed anything since u first overviewed a civ. I still dont have african dlc, but seeing its the newest version will have to buy it. Keep the good work and ty for all these overviews.

Where were you all these years, I played AoK and conquerers for many years (still suck at it :P) and looked for good videos on internet, and years after I quit this game (long before the hd version) you come with these awesome videos, make me wanna start playing this again. Keep up your good work man.

NEVER CLICKED SO FAST

I subscribed to watch your civ overview videos, good job and thank you

Best Aoe2 civ in my opinion.

thank you for another one time spirit!!! good job!!!

Thanks for this video, Spirit! It's great!

Have been looking forward this so much !!!

Nothing better to start off a day by watching a video of Spirit Of The Law. :' )

I waited so long for this overview

I always thought the jaguar warrior looked like a walrus.

13:31 - Besides, the silly fact of carrying a shield and having no pierce armor kinda drives me nuts. May I recomend to do a quick video with the changes up to the Rajas expansions. Then, you can just put a link withing your old civ overviews and make it up for all at once. Good video, c ya!

Aztecas son impresionantes!

Another great overview! Looking forward to the Overviews of the African Kingdoms Civs

Awesome video once again!

Tho it might be affected in the long run, I never lost a match playing with the Aztecs. The Elite Eagle Warriors paired with the Jaguars are not to be messed around with.

7:00 loom for free is a great bonus for three reason, the third is that you can wall more safely without losing vills bc of wolfs

Damn, they really have no good options for beating Byzantines on land or water.

Please do Portugese next, they seem rather op.

1:53 Wow! SOTL is awesome. Such a better farming rate - will bear that in mind!

We've done it lads! Only the African Kingdom civs left to go. As usual, an excellent video! Personally, I want to see you cover the Portuguese next, but I enjoy all of the African Kingdom civs, they feel a lot more solid than the Forgotten Empires ones. Also, incoming salt about Aztecs not getting A+ for infantry! *cough cough* Celts are better *cough cough*