As a Burmese, I can confirm that we never knew how to research Leather Archer Armor IRL.

Sicilians is the only civ that can train a generic unit line from two buildings: The spear line from the Barracks and the Donjon.

The Romans have likely the most convoluted way of balancing something with their infantry: double effect but counterbalanced missing the last armor upgrade and no gambesons but then a unique militia-line upgrade which more base armor. No supplies but faster production and charge attack but only after research. Also Romans have a unit being buffed by another unit type, although you could count saracen monks area healing and hussite wagons cover-mechanic as well here.

Poles are one of two civs to miss Halberdier without having Heavy Camels or an anti-cav unique unit (the other is Aztecs)

The Lithuanians are the only civilization lacking the blacksmith infantry upgrades in imperial. Tatars are the only ones to lack Faith and heresy. Teutons are the only ones to have paladin, siege onager and BT.

Koreans are also the only civ to get all generic gunpowder stuff (Hand Cannoneer, Bombard Cannon, Elite Cannon Galleon and Bombard Tower, that's why I did not say "units") fully upgraded, if you discount Heresy and Faith. They don't focus on Gun Powder, they focus on archers, siege, ships and towers, which happens to include every generic gun powder stuff. Malians are also missing every attack upgrade in Imp. No Blast Furnace, no Bracer, no Siege Engineer (though you could argue the Blast Furnace since Farimba does fully replace it for half your units). Aren't Saracens still the only civ with Knights in Post-Imp (So knights exist, Cavaliers do not)? Also, I wonder if they have the most fully upgraded units. Because most of their units are missing unit-line upgrades, like going from knight to cavalier, but not technologies. I think the only technologie affecting multiple units they are missing is shiprights. Of course, Spanish are only missing Siege Engineer (and Parthian Tactics, though the "affect multiple units" is a bit debatable there). Saracens should still win out most fully upgraded units since they have camels. Teutons have the least offensive Cavalry archer, missing HCA, Bracer and Thumb Ring, resulting in 9 attack with 2 seconds reload and poor accuracy, AND they miss Husbandry so they are not very fast. Vikings also are the only civ missing fire-ships and they have arguably the worst Cavalry Archers. It is funny, they used to have FU Arbalest, so their CA could theoretically only miss four techs: HCA, Parthian Tactics, Bloodlines and Husbandry. They miss all of that. Now they also miss Thumb Ring. Also, they are the only civ whose CA end up with less attack (10) than their foot archers (11).

17:26 Saracens are the ONLY civ in AOE2 that have a fully upgraded Archery Range and Monastery. 🤓

I thought Bohemians lacked CA, because Chemistry castle age CA would be too strong

theres no way its been 4 years, i refuse to accept it

Saracens are the only civ Having Knight but no cavaliers.

Only Chinese and Sarancens have FU arbs and camels, but Chinese have FU halbs as well I don't know if it's uniqe enough... Also before Armenians came out, Chinese was only civ having BBT but no BBC and HC

I'm not sure about this one but Spanish and Berbers probably get the most mounted/range units available having both cav archers, and two mounted/ranged unique uniques, Conquistadors and Missionaries for Spanish and Camel Arches and Genitours for berbers.

I'd argue that suicide units like petards and demo ships don't have a DPS since they do an instantaneous burst of damage at second 0 (or at the very least round down to 0) which ends there.

Chinese I would go with only civ with fully upgraded towers (bombard and keeps) but no hand cannons or bombard cannons

Saracens u kinda missed the obvious Knight but no Cavalier :D

Saracens have full Archery Range, Blacksmith and Monastery

Teutons have the highest amount of melee armor bonuses

This is one of the most interesting Age of Empires videos I’ve ever seen. Awesome stuff.

appreciate the evident work and care put into this video

Is Saracens the only one with generic fully upgraded cav archers?

I was waiting for this video for quite a while now. 1:41 - Isn't it Burgundians with all their eco techs one age earlier? 3:20 - Probably due to Castle Age Chemistry. 3:45 - Britons is the only civ that have Blast Furnace and Last cav armor but lacks both Bloodline and Paladin. 4:15 - Bulgarians is the only civ that lacks both xbow and HC. 4:30 - Burgundians is the only civ with Paladin, last attack and armor but lacks Bloodlines. 6:25 - Chinese is the only civ with Champion, Halb, Heavy Camel and Blast Furnace/Bloodlines. 9:09 - Georgians is the only civ with SR, SO and HS but no direct siege bonus. 9:30 - Goths is the only civ that has a bonus strictly worse than other civ bonus - Infantry +1 attack against building per age vs Infantry +1 attack per age. 15:30 - Mayans is the only civ that has Eagle but lacks Champion. 15:40 - Mongols is the only civ that has SL but lacks last cav armor 16:00 - Persians is the only civ that lacks THS. Can't believe you have chosen Savar to say it is a Paladin. 17:35 - Saracens is the only civ with all 7 AOC techs and Gambeson. 19:20 - Teutons is the only civ with Paladin, SO and BBT. 20:15 - Vietnamese is the only civ that has Hoardings but no building HP bonus nor masonry. 20:45 - Vikings is the only civ that lacks fire ship. Also only civ without Halb, SO and Thumb Ring.

For Franks, they do have a unique blacksmith missing Bracer and Ring Archer Armor. Not the only unique blacksmith but it's something.

trivia is always fun

Awesome video. Keep it up! Thanks Ornlu!

Nice video Ornlu, one that I'd like to see is what is available for very civ, basically the common tech tree of all civs in the game. And please, more custom campaigns please, I love to try the ones you share here! Haha

This was very fun!

Koreans also have the most Free upgrades I think with 7

Can you do a overview and history of each civ. 45 seems fun to do.

This was fun. Wanted to let you know.

I believe Saracens have the most categories of unit (ship, trade, cavalry etc.) that receive unique bonuses, getting bonuses for every unit type except infantry (and maybe trade if you don't count the market bonus)

For Dravidians, they're also the only civ who don't get either Gold or Stone shaft mining. Every other civ gets at least one of those.

If the Britons main difference is the longbow and warwolf ... does that mean their generic units/techs match up exactly with another civ?

I'd be interested in another tier list video: best water civs. Maybe even split it into two videos; best Island civilizations and best Hybrid civs.

Hi Ornlu, since you asked us what can we find in the tech trees: Here's an extensive list of unicity. For all technologies that are significantly split (more than a few civs got it, more than a few don't), here are all the civ-unique combos of 2 techs: Aztecs: no(Halberdier) no(Hoardings) Aztecs: no(Husbandry) no(Hoardings) Aztecs: no(Husbandry) no(Ring_Archer_Armor) Bengalis: yes(Gambesons) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Bengalis: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Bengalis: yes(Arrowslits) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Berbers: no(Siege_Ram) no(Sanctity) Bulgarians: no(Sappers) no(Fortified_Wall) Burgundians: yes(Paladin) no(Heresy) Byzantines: yes(Siege_Ram) no(Blast_Furnace) Byzantines: no(Heated_Shot) no(Blast_Furnace) Celts: yes(Paladin) no(Plate_Barding_Armor) Celts: no(Fast_Fire_Ship) no(Bracer) Celts: no(Atonement) no(Theocracy) Celts: no(Bracer) no(Plate_Barding_Armor) Celts: no(Bracer) no(Crop_Rotation) Cumans: yes(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Husbandry) Cumans: yes(Parthian_Tactics) no(Husbandry) Cumans: yes(Hussar) no(Husbandry) Cumans: yes(Camel_Rider) no(Husbandry) Cumans: no(Husbandry) no(Block_Printing) Cumans: no(Husbandry) no(Fortified_Wall) Dravidians: no(Cavalier) yes(Bombard_Tower) Dravidians: no(Husbandry) no(Sappers) Dravidians: no(Husbandry) no(Heresy) Dravidians: no(Husbandry) no(Crop_Rotation) Dravidians: no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) no(Stone_Shaft_Mining) Franks: no(Ring_Archer_Armor) no(Bracer) Georgians: yes(Parthian_Tactics) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Goths: no(Block_Printing) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Goths: no(Keep) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Goths: no(Fortified_Wall) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Goths: no(Plate_Barding_Armor) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Gurjaras: no(Champion) no(Halberdier) Gurjaras: no(Champion) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) yes(Camel_Rider) Gurjaras: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Cavalier) no(Block_Printing) Gurjaras: no(Cavalier) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: yes(Heavy_Scorpion) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Dry_Dock) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Block_Printing) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Ring_Archer_Armor) no(Blast_Furnace) Gurjaras: no(Blast_Furnace) no(Guilds) Hindustanis: no(Halberdier) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Huns: no(Champion) yes(Paladin) Huns: no(Champion) no(Heavy_Scorpion) Huns: no(Champion) no(Heated_Shot) Huns: yes(Paladin) no(Hoardings) Huns: no(Fortified_Wall) no(Heated_Shot) Huns: no(Fortified_Wall) no(Crop_Rotation) Huns: no(Ring_Archer_Armor) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Incas: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Atonement) Incas: no(Husbandry) no(Atonement) Japanese: yes(Parthian_Tactics) no(Hussar) Koreans: no(Hoardings) no(Blast_Furnace) Koreans: no(Atonement) no(Blast_Furnace) Koreans: no(Plate_Barding_Armor) no(Blast_Furnace) Koreans: no(Blast_Furnace) no(Crop_Rotation) Lithuanians: no(Supplies) no(Blast_Furnace) Lithuanians: no(Plate_Mail_Armor) no(Blast_Furnace) Malay: no(Bloodlines) no(Fortified_Wall) Malay: yes(Bombard_Tower) no(Fortified_Wall) Malians: no(Halberdier) no(Bracer) Malians: yes(Arbalester) no(Bracer) Malians: no(Bracer) no(Blast_Furnace) Mayans: no(Champion) no(Husbandry) Mayans: no(Champion) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Mongols: no(Halberdier) no(Supplies) Mongols: no(Sanctity) no(Heated_Shot) Mongols: no(Sanctity) no(Crop_Rotation) Persians: yes(Elite_Cannon_Galleon) no(Bracer) Persians: no(Sanctity) no(Siege_Engineers) Poles: no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) no(Guilds) Romans: no(Hoardings) no(Bracer) Romans: no(Sappers) no(Theocracy) Romans: no(Bracer) no(Plate_Mail_Armor) Saracens: yes(Parthian_Tactics) no(Cavalier) Sicilians: no(Hussar) no(Block_Printing) Sicilians: no(Fortified_Wall) yes(Arrowslits) Tatars: no(Sanctity) yes(Bombard_Tower) Teutons: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Bracer) Teutons: yes(Bombard_Tower) no(Bracer) Teutons: no(Bracer) no(Gold_Shaft_Mining) Turks: no(Block_Printing) yes(Bombard_Tower) Vietnamese: no(Hand_Cannoneer) no(Blast_Furnace) Vikings: no(Heavy_Cavalry_Archer) no(Sanctity) Vikings: no(Husbandry) no(Fast_Fire_Ship) Vikings: no(Husbandry) no(Sanctity) Vikings: no(Bloodlines) no(Sanctity)

Poles: The only civ to lack halberdier without having a different anti cav unit (heavy camels, super monks+improved pikes or genoese crossbowmen). Saracens: The only civ to have knights but not cavaliers. And additions to these ones: italians: The only archer civ to have FU hussars. Also quite unique by not having neither halbs nor heavy camels, but they have genoese. Berbers: Have the fastest unit in the game (their trade cog when FU). Mongols: The only civ to lack all 3 imperial eco techs (2 man saw, crop rotation, guilds). malay: The only elephant civ with heresy (might be wrong on this one). malians: only arbs without bracer. celts: only paladins without the last armor.

Chinese has a rather open generic tech tree that allows for any style of play and counters despite being an archery civ. Having fully upgraded infantry along with fully upgraded cavaliers and heavy camels and being able to research each tech at a cheaper price in the next age certainly gives a lot of options. That is what I’d say is what makes them interesting. A civ with options. And of course having stronger walls and towers in terms of hp lets them be very defensive.

Dravidians also are the only civ to lack both Gold Shaft and Stone Shaft Mining; not only that, they don't have any compensatory bonus for gold or stone collection!

Saracens got full siege worksop, archery range and monastery with bonuses at some point in time for all of them.

Saracens - only civ with a ranged melee cavalry.

Poles Obuch are the only unit in game that strips armor from other units.

12:15 "stuff that doesn't die when it attacks over time" People die when they are killed you know. Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right.

Franks are the only civilization that has Hand Canoneeers without Ring Archer Armor and also no bonuses for said Hand Canoneeers, though this might be debatable due to the situational nature of the hill bonus of the Georgians, who also get Hand Canoneeers without Ring Archer Armor.

You forgot to mention saracens are the only civ to have fully upgraded knights but ni cavalier

Yo Ornlu, Gujara also have fully upgraded villagers. 😜

Poles lack steppe lancer and “winged hussar” upgrade should be unique upgrade for cavalary with lances.

I don't know why it took me so long to ask this but does Ornlu not count Camels as regional units? Just because practically every Asian and African civ has them? I guess that makes sence, but it would still have been nice to point this out.

I think Incas are the reason Gambesons shouldn‘t be tied to supplies! Justice for the Inca barracks!

I can understand why Franks have the worst Scout line of any Stable/Cavalry civ. Their team bonus focuses around Knights, and everything else is cav in general with a mill, forager, castle bonus, and an infantry unique unit and an upgrade for it to go along with the Stable bonuses.

Persians are the only civ who cannot upgrade past a long swordsman

The dravidian Stable. famously worse than the Aztec Stable

Chinese the only Heavy camel civ without hussar or bonus on Light cavalry

Armenians and Tatars have Bombard Towers but no Keep. It used to be only Tatars.

Poland❤

I just kill Ornlu the 45th times in Genghis Khan campaign.

Arena Saracens the only Civ with Knights but no Chavalier?

I cant my take it anymore give malians gambesons and Italians a discount to pavise I don't care about balance

Are there other civ that only have FU knight beside Saracens? Cause other civ at least have access to cavalier right?

Would Chinese have the cheapest tech in the game if they researched Loom in the Imperial Age? :P

Can you make more costom campaign content