Plainly the Ballista Elephant Itself is the siege engineer. Probably uses the research cost to go to a trade school and learn how to demo buildings. Probably has his certificate up on the wall in the castle

Konnic: Gets converted Rider: *Angry John Wick noises*

Ah. There's only one option when your horse starts whispering blasphemous words, apparently.

Imagine if the monk otherwise converts the rider and leaving you with a horse to scout😂

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="645">10:45</a> not even a mother would love that face bruh.

boyars is just teutonic knight on horse, they are so damn tanky vs meele

The samurai strides forward across the marsh. The warship ahead of him fires a ballista bolt, which he deflects with ease. With one decisive blow, the ship is cut down, just like all those that came before it

A fun fact about janissary - originally they were meant to wear their disting ottoman/janissary hats, which you can still see in the original demos or concept art - but the devs decided against this due them seemingly resembling members of the Ku Klux Klan. Which is, of course, ridiculous.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="440">7:20</a> The "totally different and less distinct knife" seems to be a Kukri, which ironically may be one of the most iconic knives ever. They are used by the Nepalese Gurkhas, so I have no idea why they decided to put them on the Gbeto. 🤓

Fun fact: The Spirit of the law channel had an op intro song that was patched off sadly

Nahhhh, that Boromir reference was a foul 🤣

The Karambit Warrior glow-up is my absolute favourite part of the video, thanks for the laughter. 😂

I think u forgot to put in the Coustillier my friend

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="98">1:38</a>: In Boromir's defense, orc arrows are also poisoned, so him switching to Huskarl parameters also wouldn't have helped. Guess the Flemish Militia bit needs a patch that makes them randomly variable again. The Karambit Warrior bit though...

funny enough Magyar hassar still do bonus damage to ballista elephants

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a> "The arrow knows its way."

Should've made one for *D*ismounted Konniks!

Armbi are the gods of *"I meant to do that"*

The Konnic one was hilarious

Part 2 will be "from L to W" I see.

The gbeto are holding khukuri in the profile icon. The more you know!

1 fact for the AoE2 Community : We are so blessed to have a top tier content creator like Spirit of the Law in our midst !

Interestingly enough, Hand Cannon and Janissary used to have identical dispersions and accuracies when the Janissary is upgraded to Elite. But an update happened in DE that buffed hand cannons to make them more reliable, but didn't change the janissaries, making them less accurate

There is a reason why I think Bulgarians should have more monk bonuses and techs. Look! Even the konnik's horse is religious!

Both Boromir AND Lurtz: was I a joke to you?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="728">12:08</a> Horses are known to be very religious. Just look at missionaries and try to tell me that the horse isn't the key element in conversion.

You got it all wrong: The ELEPHANT iteslf is taught some siege engeneering!

I absolutely love the mamelukes' secret scimitar throwing arc. It's like an art form throwing those swords like boomerangs

I remember that elite jaguar change very well from your Aztec overview

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="720">12:00</a> The Konnik rider is a very very distant ancestor of Warhammer's commissars. The horse betrayed the god emperor!

I love facts! Even if I'm not good enough at the game to utilize any of them!

When I wake up to a new SoTL upload, it's the first thing on my to do list after a cup of coffee.

Clearly the siege engineers for the Ballista Elephants are the elephants themselves, having done so much studying they deserve recognition.

I eagerly await when the Centurion quirk will be abused in a diplomacy game. Play as Japanese, have a Roman ally. The Roman ally sends in a centurion or two for you to convert (by briefly setting you as neutral and then back to ally), upgrades, and then sends an elite one. This can lead to an incredible deathball near the end of an hour-long game, where the final battle is often decided by population efficiency.

A samurai taking out a caravel is pretty metal!

My fav fact here is centurion and keshik ones. Thank you for all the videos, sotl, it's always a treat when something new pops out on my feed

Awesome vid!

Karambit warriors had fun with mewing

Of course we know where the engineers are! The Elefants themselves are the Engineers you are searching for.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="98">1:38</a> but he was shot with arrows not javelins.

Hi Spirit, great series, look forward to part 2, 👍🇦🇺

Historically chukonu rarely used in military

A Karambit Coin reference for especially all the long-time SoTL fans.

The composite bowmen shooting straight is actually a biff because approaching enemies will get hit by their arrows even without ballistics where archibg shits would land behind the enemy

Actually is makes total sense to convert the Horse over the Rider. If you didn't, then the Horse would just take the traitor back to base for execution. Horses are Loyal, Don'Cha no!

Frickin' awesome!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="644">10:44</a> LOVE IT!!! Thanks for the hearty laugh! :D

I was not expecting to become an Elite Boyar enthusiast when I clicked this video, but here I am. Thanks SotL. Also RIP Boromir

Phosphoru definitely influenced the Hussit wagon change 😂 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="531">8:51</a>

You're assuming the Ballista elephants aren't the actual siege engineers themselves. They spent 4 long years at elephant college to earn that degree, and deserve to be treated as such!

That boromir bit caught me completely off guard hahaha

Would your horse like to hear about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

The monk finished chanting. The Konnic doesn't feel any different. The Horse looks at the Konnic. Horse: "Actually, I don't believe Christ is King" *Horse get executed for Heresy*

That chakram pronounciation was on point! I was taken aback.

"we should appreciate the fact that an Elite Samurai can take down a boat by singlehandedly while under fire" thats because that one Samurai was the storm that was approaching.

There's a comic somewhere of a Konnik's horse getting converted and then looking up at his rider, preparing to kill him.

The Ballista Elephant is really just the imperial age Trojan Horse. So many people crammed inside to work the auto reloading ballista.

I hate playing against the Hussite Wagon, thanks for the tip now! 😉

I had hoped for real life facts about these units 😄 Maybe an idea for another vid?

The siege engineers trained the elephants to move their head forward just a smidge, because they have a bit in their mouth which is actually the release for the ballista. They're off researching ways to further improve the tech, without risking human life. Medievel automated warfare.

Spirit of the Law throwing blows at the HD edition Karambit Warrior and I'm here for it.

Could you do an episode on the cosmetic look of all UUnits, including the icon vs unit and any small tweaks upgrades make, maybe comparisons vs the HD edition unit & icon etc.

Horse fact, similar to the elephant, there hasn't been any document recording a horse being converted to another religion.

What’s pretty cool with the “oda” campaign in the new DLC, if you play the cavalry clan and do the bonus objective you get stirrups. So now your special charge bonus cavalry are now also 60ish%+ attack speed of a normal cavalier. Probobly my favorite thing with converting centurions. (If that would have been a side thing for jokes, just imagine attack animations actually doing damage on que.

what a wonderful topic

Can you do an optimal mining camp placement video? You could test the efficiency of different mining camp placements based off mine shapes, villagers on the mine, etc (:

I thought the vils have "heavy siege" damage that applies to both the hussite wagon and ballista elephant. Did that get changed?

The siege engineers are hiding in the arrow-quiver, surely.

Did you... did you... did you really pronounce "Chakram" correctly? You just earned my massive respect, my friend! Incidentally, this pronunciation of the "a" applies to a lot of the words around the Indian subcontent, including Hindustanis, Ratha, Bengalis, etc. :) While on the topic of pronunciation, Ghulam is pronounced with a shorter "u" rather than "Ghoolam".

"+1 range is the hardest counter against ao2 pathing" This truly speaks why new players have problem with managing units.

Thank you for pronouncing Chakram correctly

The ballista ele firing down at close range is actually super critical in CBA. Before I knew that I thought it was kind of garbage 11 Also I had no idea about the flemish militia! That’s pretty cool.

1111 laughed so hard at the karambit warrior bit!

I wonder if some infamous high ladder or just in general hussite spam was being to much a problem without a elegant solution that would hurt the bohemeans over all.

Does the Composite Bowman's anti-gravity arrows affect how it interacts with the Hussite Wagons projectile-blocking properties? If I remember correctly, archers can hit their intended target if their shots arc over the wagon.

Loved it.

Very entertaining video. Would have been nice if you added a comparison for the generated gold. Like that is the equivalent of x villagers mining gold, y tradecarts or z relics doing their job.

I dont know you guys, but I LOVE this guy's voice

Gbeto's knife is the picture is kukri: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukri They're mostly assosiated with Nepal and India, although they've been popular all over the place for a long time. Even Roman soldiers sometimes used it instead of their short swords (I can look for evidence if you want).

Hussite Wagons have that thing where they absorb half damage from projectiles that target other units but pass through their collision box. Are arrows fired from a Composite Bowman easier to "block" with a Hussite Wagon than other projectiles because of the flatter trajectory?

Can you please do a video on Japanese champions with both a Centurion and an elite Centurion backing them up? This makes me wonder just how high the militia attack line can go from stacking buffs. Also, I could see the very, very minor arc of the composite bowman's arrows at that range. It's incredibly subtle but it's there.

didnt even notice this was a A-K tell the end of the video xD

"If someone can tell me where the siege engineers are on the elephant" The same place as the servants of the onagre? I've never seen a catapult move by itself :p

It's the elephant getting an engineering degree

From L to W nice

A-K? You forgot the Knights that are Teutonic. Those are the Koolest!

*Double Ballista Elephant mowing down enemy withdouble crossbow Siege Engineer and Mahout, standing proud shoulder by shoulder, holding back tears

obviously the ballista elephant IS the siege engineer. it goes to engineering school before getting its ballista

That Keshik bit should be fixed by devs. There's no way that's intended.

Boromir did look like a Bersek in that old animated LotR movie. But it didn‘t save him…

Does anyone have any idea why some cavalry units have slightly different attack speed?

Vils deleting the Hussite Wagon is funny and potentially useful!

What if the monks always convert the horses and the riders just play along? XD

Funny enough about the Monk converting the Konnik's horse... There is a Bible story involving a certain ungodly King getting taught a lesson from God through his steed (which was a donkey, that started speaking to him).

-Someone should tell to John Blackthorne that samurai charging a unique portuguese ship is a career watched with great interest. Even though the bolts are shooting backwards from melee. -Chu Ko Nu. Chinese Quality. Chinese Quantity. Chinese Thumb Ring so powerful, that the arrows are still bouncing of off the Vietnamese rattan shield. -That bulgarian horse was a heretic! Ok, Inquisitor, I got it. Go test the faith of this teutonic Ballista Elephant instead. -Warrior Priests, Monks and Priests. Hey..You! The guy on a donkey(Missionary).. How about you help us carry a relic, yo?! -So, this one day, the Cuman, the Hunnic, the Turkish, the Mongolian, the Berber, the Italian and the Bohemian Kipchaks, Condottieri and Genitours go into a bar.... And then they all started to build another castle. -Boyars and Rattan Archers go into a fight with Teutonic Knights and Huskarls. They all die.. Either very..very..very slowly or very very very fast ˇˇ -Bohemian Monk and Persian Crossbowman are paid in food and wood only. Apparently, they are all trash :D -Japanese and Roman Chakram Throwers.. Lets just say that that day, they made princess Xena proud. Albeit little turbo ˇˇ -Villagers with daggers. The best armored siege engines of medieval ages and ballista elephants of yore. .Guess who wins........Not the wagons or rams. -The dromedary has only one hump. And is dehydrated. So rageful is the camel archer, that its arrows plunge right through his bigger elephant and horse archer cousins.

It's just that the Konnik's horse is a neighsayer.

noooice

1 fact about spirit of the law: His greeting got once copied by the Viper.

16th time of asking Spirit of the Law to review Romae ad Bellum civilizations like he did with Romans. Thank you for another interesting video and keep up the awesome work. :D

Boromir was shot by an Uruk hai Archer multiple times, not a spear thrower ;)