One Unique Fact for Every AoE2 Unique Unit (Part 2)

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9 күн бұрын

In this video we'll look at one unique fact for every castle and dock unique unit in Age of Empires 2.
0:15 Leitis range
0:35 Longboat useless attack bonus
1:05 Longbowman vs castle
1:34 Magyar Huszars and Indians
2:01 Mameluke elite upgrade
2:28 Mangudai horses
2:58 Missionary improvements
3:20 Monaspa ability range
3:42 Obuch damage repaired
4:10 Organ gun vs skirmishers
4:35 Plumed archers vs huskarls
4:58 Ratha conversion bug
5:32 Rattan Archer elite upgrade
6:00 Samurai animation
6:22 Serjeant conversions
6:48 Shotel Warrior creation time
7:13 Shrivamsha Rider vs onager line
7:33 Slinger vs hand cannoneer
7:57 Tarkans vs gates/walls
8:35 Teutonic Knight vs rams
9:00 Thirisadai size
9:31 Throwing axeman icon
9:53 Turtle ship projectile
10:10 Urumi Swordsmen vs buildings
10:31 War elephant size
10:48 War Wagon bonus damage
11:05 Warrior Priest vs eagle warrior
11:22 Woad Raider battle cry
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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition

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@Thescott16 8 күн бұрын

Fun Fact about the Tarkan: their biggest nerf was going from HD to Definitive, when they had the "thwump" sound removed from their attack.

@TheOhioNews 8 күн бұрын

T90 smurf account confirmed

@eighty2018 7 күн бұрын

I always wondered what weapon they used

@spyrofrost9158 7 күн бұрын

@@eighty2018 A torch, which explains the damage vs buildings.

@Binarokaro 7 күн бұрын

I miss the "thwump" so bad

@JoeKnaggs 7 күн бұрын

It's a buff because now the enemy can't hear them!

@Thought_Criminal 8 күн бұрын

Obviously the teutonic knights can walk faster than their animation, but they always need to look cool so they can only go full speed when the ram is covering them.

@nicolaaffatati5355 8 күн бұрын

That make sense! 🤔

@daotrongkhanh1205 7 күн бұрын

Or the momentum of ram wheels give them a little boost

@bluerendar2194 7 күн бұрын

@@daotrongkhanh1205 They can lean on the ram, taking the weight of their armor off of themselves!

@CallofDutyBlackOps28 7 күн бұрын

My favorite is using rams to make them go faster. … using a ram to make a unique unit faster; now we’re cooking with fire! Edit; spirit talked about it. Haha. Good call.

@Gyallarhorn1 6 күн бұрын

Well... it was a german, therefore a teuton, who invented the car... Here is another fun fact about Teutonic Knights for you: In the german version of the Game they are called "Deutschritter". "Deutsch" literally just means "german" in german.

@dinges1996 9 күн бұрын

Damn, I always thought the Woad Raiders yelled POGOOO, because they are enthusiastic pogo jumpers...

@abraxusurtur 9 күн бұрын

😂

@tamaskosa4456 8 күн бұрын

Me too! They fit perfectly into a hardcore rock party as well!

@nicolaaffatati5355 8 күн бұрын

I alway said instead Co Go

@AussieFlavio 7 күн бұрын

That or Spanish speaking metalheads, raring to go to the moshpit.

@ns-islandsroblox 7 күн бұрын

I thought they said go goooo

@xthetenth 8 күн бұрын

Elephant fact: Elephants are highly social animals and are known to cuddle with members of their herd. It is not surprising that they can get close to each other if needed.

@Healermain15 8 күн бұрын

Aww, thats so cute!

@kwiiin_ 8 күн бұрын

Cockroaches do that too. In fact human beings are hyper social animals and no other animal needs company as much as we do.

@Pigsplayterraria 8 күн бұрын

I love elephants

@Davtwan 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for being the Elephant Fact.

@robdillenger4763 8 күн бұрын

2 consecutive videos covering elephants, with no elephant facts. SotL is losing it. 🐘

@The_Foxymew 8 күн бұрын

The throwing axeman is actually a Rayman. That's how he has 'infinity' axes. It's not that he has a lot of them, it's that his hand comes back with the axe so he can throw it once more.

@highhorseo7875 8 күн бұрын

Rams setting farms on fire makes perfect sense: farms are made from wood, rams are made from wood (and gold). Start a fire by friction heat from the wood. That or the farms are a secret front for the hay they use on Flaming Camels.

@tenhayz1889 6 күн бұрын

My bad for thinking a farm was made of soil

@highhorseo7875 6 күн бұрын

@@tenhayz1889 an honest mistake

@nschep 8 күн бұрын

Ooh ratha converted ratha with recurve bow sounds pretty good

@AdmiralWololo 8 күн бұрын

Turks (+20 HP) and Japanese (+2 vs archers) are also very good

@richeybaumann1755 8 күн бұрын

6:45 Having made four new civs for a mod, I can confirm that there are technical reasons. The buildings are tied to the civ, not the unit, and to enable Donjons for other civs would require disabling their tower line.

@Staklihen 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the information.

@thomasfplm 7 күн бұрын

It would be interesting if after being converted they would be capable of building towers.

@nicholase2868 7 күн бұрын

All infantry should be able to build walls and towers imo. That's what an army does when it's not fighting.

@Staklihen 7 күн бұрын

@@nicholase2868 Like AoE IV Delhi Sultanate?

@matthewsteele99 7 күн бұрын

What kind of civs did you make?

@Redeemer115 8 күн бұрын

With the olympics coming up, why was I expecting a Tuetonic Knight fact to be about how that one knight did not cheat in the last AoE Olympics.

@EvilDoresh 6 күн бұрын

There was nothing wrong with that run, I swear.

@luciangrand1943 8 күн бұрын

Elite Rattan with armor have 10 PA; they take 1 dmg from arbs, CA, and only 2 from powerhouse CA like Magyar HCA or Elite Mangudai. It's like Elite Huskarl: gaining the extra 2 armor is critical in a lot of matchups. Then again, Vietnamese have Imp Skirm, so they aren't hurting in that department.

@Horstiboy2000 8 күн бұрын

Here is one unique fact for every one unique Spirit of the Law: 1. Spirit of the Law is objectively one of the most awesome guys on KZfaq.

@sarahsigman5010 8 күн бұрын

how embarrassing.

@HasekuraIsuna 7 күн бұрын

You need to list all his side gigs ;p

@LordVilmore 6 күн бұрын

he made the intro song himself

@Zazume_ 8 күн бұрын

The Woad Raider is just a massive Sabaton fan I guess.

@martind5653 6 күн бұрын

They basically yell: Waaagh! everytime

@funny_liquid7111 8 күн бұрын

Turtle Ships actually deal friendly fire, something not many people know, but you need to be careful when attacking docks, not to get too close to it with ships.

@masonfreedman2722 7 күн бұрын

You missed the xotol warrior!! lol Great stuff love your videos!

@merrydiscusser6793 8 күн бұрын

8:52 I mean, you can push a skateboard faster than you can walk as well. Rams have wheels too. :P

@aralyaren4759 8 күн бұрын

I just love how detail the game is in several occasions; that elephant icon on the ship is hillarious

@Polo88Kai 8 күн бұрын

0:15 1:34 I guess you should also mention that Magyar Huszars' spear are like x1.5 longer than Steppe Lancer and still didn't get that extra range

@nicolaaffatati5355 8 күн бұрын

But also the steppe lancers has too much range, considering it attacks the air in front of the target, in my own mod i set all steppe lancers and spear lines a 0.75 range, the eagle line a 0.4 range and the kamayuk a 0.95 range, because having 1 full range make them able to attack enemies behind the wall

@zsoltmautner3250 8 күн бұрын

Yes! I finally got an answer to my previously asked question about which units count as light cavalry in terms of the Hindustani team bonus! Thank you! I had a suspicion about the steppe lancer and the shrivamsha rider. I'm surprised that of the unique units only the magyar huszar is included.

@deutscher1a 8 күн бұрын

most uu melee cav is a knight/pala replacement or specialist Just like uu inf is usually champion or specialist I mean, you dont want your special unit to be an expensive trash unit

@oom-3262 7 күн бұрын

Now that you're talking about the cogo battlecry, the spanish have literally the same in game. One of the quotes is "¡Guerra!" that translates to "War!". They also say "¡A ellos!", which roughly means "Have at thee!". But the most interesting one by far is "¡Santiago!". Santiago is a very famous city of spain. This battle cry comes from "¡Santiago y cierra, España!", that is something the christians would shout during La Reconquista when facing the moors. It has multiple possible meanings: cierra could mean to get closer to the enemy or to hold ranks and not run away from them, while the españa part is mostly who the battlecry was shout at, the spanish troops. This battlecry has appeared in various comics and stories, like in alatriste, and capitán trueno.

@matercheff 8 күн бұрын

The samurai should get that animation back it looks epic

@tiestofalljays 7 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, we live in a world where Western game devs are politically and socially correct to a fault. They’re afraid of a bunch of losers who don’t even play the games they complain about. It’s wild stuff.

@MartinAndor 7 күн бұрын

@@tiestofalljaysOmg, do you happen to find woke conspiracies everywhere you look? What if the devs changed it just because it didn't make sense to commit harakiri when the samurai was obviously killed in combat? Not everything is about your culture wars.

@EvilDoresh 6 күн бұрын

@@MartinAndor I have to agree. It's _a bit_ silly of them to commit seppuku for the dishonor of... _dying_ ? Even putting basic logic aside, dying in battle for the glory of their lord is pretty darn high in terms of honorable deaths for a samurai. It _might_ make sense to play the animation if you delete them manually, though.

@tenhayz1889 6 күн бұрын

@@tiestofalljaysOf course you do have a specific example of someone complaining that the old animation was not politically acceptable and a dev saying they changed it for that reason, otherwise you would be talking out of your ***, which is something you would never do

@tiestofalljays 4 күн бұрын

@@tenhayz1889 Have you been living under a rock these last 7 years or so?

@Clarissa_Star 8 күн бұрын

At some point Age of Empires 2 could fill up and even start a class because of its many intricate mechanics and details. Age of Empires 2 101: How to Drush.

@user-ix1nd7jg3i 8 күн бұрын

spirit the fact about tarkans being too strong anti building unit really have some historical emphasis it was well-known in history that when they invade they use the fire torch to incinerate camps tints and houses

@EvilDoresh 6 күн бұрын

They're basically the light cavalry version of rams

@Kubinda12345 8 күн бұрын

I thought that the Woad Raiders yelled "Go Go" because how fast they are 😀

@ns-islandsroblox 7 күн бұрын

Yeah same 11

@inductivegrunt94 8 күн бұрын

I like how strong the Throwing Axeman is to not only throw his large double-bit battle axe, but carry so many while being able to move at a good pace.

@Tiberium10332 8 күн бұрын

Samurai should get there removed death animation back, but only use them, when they die to the effect of heresy. Even tough the Japanese don't get heresy. That would be a fun secret.

@solsunman383 8 күн бұрын

Or just when the unit is deleted by their owner

@EvilDoresh 6 күн бұрын

@@solsunman383 I was about to say this, too. I'm not sure the game even supports different circumstance-based death animations, but it would be well worth in this case.

@Firefocus-fz2we 8 күн бұрын

So Woad Raiders cosplay as 40k's Orkz, good to know 🤔

@nicolaaffatati5355 8 күн бұрын

Yhea, zo even if they are umies, we will chop 'em

@omkargouraje6243 8 күн бұрын

Just was waiting for part 2

@redredroze 8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the subtitles.

@mteinsten 8 күн бұрын

shotel warriors with 7 allies? who they gonna fight? xD Gaia? lol that info abt samurai, animation is kinda cool, wish the devs kept it.

@root_squash 9 күн бұрын

Wait, the woad raider's cry is unique to the woad raider? Thought that was just part of the celt infantry lines. Huh.

@SvanTowerMan 8 күн бұрын

Nope, it's available to all Celt infantry as well. However, most people probably associate the Celts with the Woad Raider, so the battle cry is associated with the unit. I know that I myself typically associate foot unit voice lines with a civilization's unique unit if it's a foot unit, so hearing the lines come from other units is always very strange.

@nicolaaffatati5355 8 күн бұрын

Indeed it is used by all celts military units except cavalry, siege and shios, so this includes foot archers as well

@treyblake7963 4 күн бұрын

Samurai in original: performs Hara-Kiri Samurai in DE: falls over like most units

@spyrofrost9158 7 күн бұрын

I never even noticed the Samurai seppuku was gone in DE. That's horrific, they need to bring it back.

@griffentheif 8 күн бұрын

How did people comment 20hrs ago when it was released 1min ago😂

@mr_ekshun 8 күн бұрын

Idk for sure but I know KZfaq has a feature that lets "channel members" (a paid subscription I think) have access to that channel's videos early. Somebody more informed please correct me if I'm wrong lol.

@thoneras9611 8 күн бұрын

Channel members?

@eodo14051 8 күн бұрын

@@thoneras9611 paying subscribed members

@ms9001 8 күн бұрын

how can teutonic knight push the ram faster than they can walk? well they are not pushing the ram, they are manually powering an engine inside which drives the ram forward.

@mcadder 8 күн бұрын

Fantastic videos!

@PDRINHO3 7 күн бұрын

Love these videos

@AdmiralWololo 8 күн бұрын

Great video, as usual! I made a video about the Ratha's quirk (and something similar for the Warrior Priest) a few months ago, but that's my favorite on this list.

@integralinsanity1641 8 күн бұрын

Continuing ot love it.

@mausshow-pn5tz 8 күн бұрын

Good video!

@emilie4058 8 күн бұрын

The Throwing Axeman fact is wrong. You can see a few pixels of his wrist; it's just that it's bent towards the camera, so his palm is in the way of most of it.

@zil9980 7 күн бұрын

11:32 Chu-ko-nu says "Zuo zhan!"(作戰！) when going to war, which literally translates "make war" or "do war" and means "(military) operation" in modern Chinese, also similarly as "sakusen" in Japanese. The Japanese samurai in AoE2 says "Ikusa-ja!"(戦じゃ！) With that "-ja" just as a modal particle for affirmation, it is also like "War (it is)!"

@ethanbrown4167 8 күн бұрын

correction for the missionary. one of the biggest changes to them is something you did not mention which was they needed a a castle to be built in order to be created

@WackyConundrum 5 күн бұрын

Amazing!

@GunterXyax 7 күн бұрын

Seems to me that the Teutonic Knights are using the ram like a skateboard, maybe even a bobsled

@TheBalthassar 8 күн бұрын

Is that not just a dark bracelet on the throwing axemen graphic?

@8XSaintX8 7 күн бұрын

Great video. You should do one about the mechanics behind each seige unit.

@jacobwood3326 7 күн бұрын

That obuch fun fact is insane!

@stylesrj 8 күн бұрын

Longbows outranging castles was why I liked the Britons when I was a kid. Just mass Longbows and the enemy's base defences couldn't hurt me. Although I did play on Easy too so any defenders were also Longbowed just as easily.

@bristleback3614 7 күн бұрын

just ally with saracens and you got long a range ballistic missile

@mausolus8466 8 күн бұрын

Holy Hell, I never noticed those elephants in Transport Ship. Good work!

@MoRDekai1364 8 күн бұрын

Bout the woad raiders...always imagined them playing with toy train, shouting Kogoo..😂

@WJen8 4 сағат бұрын

Love these fun fact videos! 💯

@3polygons 7 күн бұрын

Delightful. :)

@kln5705 3 күн бұрын

"at least at the Castle and Dock" Warrior Priest: am I a joke to you?

@cannnds 7 күн бұрын

10:48 is reminiscence of an old quote: “10 Elephants fit into one transport ship…. 11 Archers don’t”

@Skenderax1 9 күн бұрын

Nice 😀.

@ArgempLum 5 күн бұрын

I had no idea the Berber unit tech Kasbah stacks up, what a surprise!

@nvmtt1403 7 күн бұрын

The fully upgraded longbowman outranging castles should be a pretty well known fact. anyone who has played the scenario agincourt has probably faced this choice. you can keep your rams fresh for amiens this way.

@DanielBerke 5 күн бұрын

Yeah, I picked up on that fact as a 12-year-old when I first got AoE II on CD since I always hated losing units to defensive fire. I also miss Korean Siege Onagers being able to get up to 12 range. 😢 Played some really fun games against the AI on Black Forest...

@nvmtt1403 4 күн бұрын

@@DanielBerke tbf, that was really OP in black forest, especially back when onagers couldnt cut trees.

@CallofDutyBlackOps28 7 күн бұрын

The Ratha chariot being converted and then the auto change could make sense; maybe in the sense that the chariot is forcibly being removed from the owners place, and someone else of that civ taking over.

@shykorustotora 7 күн бұрын

"What's wrong with this hands!?" "He's French~"

@grammaton3773 7 күн бұрын

My opinion about Toad Raiders just went up. A lot.

@micahbush5397 8 күн бұрын

I wish they had kept the Samurai death animation.

@lincolnvolk7609 7 күн бұрын

Spirit of the la hire!!

@UnfamiliarPlace 7 күн бұрын

1:00 the camel/ship plot thickens

@agustinfranco0 8 күн бұрын

SOTL, i think its time... you need to do a video fully explaining what "battle events" are. we need an answer, its been almost 25 years

@AtlasJotun 8 күн бұрын

You killed your opponents' entire 100pop army? More of a skirmish, really, doesn't justify the axe icon. But you flattened 20 halb with one big onager shot, now THAT'S a battle 11

@hakonbrre804 8 күн бұрын

"each unique unit from a castle. Next up, the longboat"

@shnoogums1 8 күн бұрын

can you do optimal mining camp placement? like the most efficient given the mine shape and number of villagers and when a second mining camp on the same mine is worth it?

@thomasfplm 7 күн бұрын

3:44 That's a huge range. I think the devs should make it a lot smaller.

@eRic-hr3yl 8 күн бұрын

So Coustillers got definitely forgotten :(

@lolwhutization 7 күн бұрын

I want the old sudoku death animation back now why did you remind me of that?

@michaelandreipalon359 7 күн бұрын

When it comes to the Longboat bit, camels = ships just never dies. Ah, yes, the Longbowman bit is helpful in Agincourt. Can agree that the Samurai bit should be returned for Heresy conversions and deletes. Pertaining to the Shotel bit... the frak?!?

@Razius33Officiel 8 күн бұрын

Gosh, I didn't know that halbs had +1 bonus against eagles

@fsiguy7539 8 күн бұрын

@spiritofthelaw, how about a deep dive into language/words used by various civs?

@jangzhang7323 8 күн бұрын

Omg i always thought woad raiders were yelling ‘pogo’.

@Aarygon 8 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@Geothesponge111 7 күн бұрын

11:35 ORKS! ORKS! ORKS! ORKS! WAAAAAAGGHHH!!!

@bensonrabe6728 7 күн бұрын

How i used to take castles down back in the day was with longbow men

@LuisManuelR 8 күн бұрын

I'll never be able to accept "cogadh": it will always be POGOOOOO to me

@amitvishwakarma7210 8 күн бұрын

Please make one video exploring funny unit icons of aoe2 too...

@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman 8 күн бұрын

turtle ship projectiles fly faster so they can hit moving naval ships, it looks really awkward otherwise.

@DanielBerke 5 күн бұрын

Yeah. Even with the shorter range, if their projectiles moved as slowly as cannon galleons' they'd have a hard time hitting anything non-stationary.

@colbunkmust 8 күн бұрын

In regards to the mangudai, Mongols were generally shorter in stature than Europeans, and horses in general in the medieval period were smaller on average than modern horses, so the differences between the two wouldn't be that significant to be noticeable at the scale of the models in the game.

@schwetang 5 күн бұрын

The Throwing Handman.

@informitas0117 8 күн бұрын

Has he done one with the best trash of each unit? Like "best halb" etc, if so I can not find it and am interested.

@bungalo50 8 күн бұрын

Also from how the Throwing Axeman is holding his axe (in DE) you can deduce he is a Lefty

@DanielBerke 5 күн бұрын

So, it's funny, I'm right-handed when it comes to doing things with one hand, but when holding any sort of tool with a long handle (like a shovel, or an ax) I naturally switch to using a left-handed grip. I've noticed both my father and grandfather do this too, so I suspect it's (at least partly) genetic. I _can_ use a right-handed grip, but it feels less natural.

@bungalo50 4 күн бұрын

@@DanielBerke There *is* some randomness to it I agree. I play hockey with a lefty stick even though Im a righty

@TheKobasen 8 күн бұрын

Is +1 against camel the reminiscent of camel used to have ship armor?

@kln5705 6 күн бұрын

Explanation for the new Organ Gun attack bonuses: the devs added the dreaded Kidney Stones to their ammo list.

@MartinGreywolf 8 күн бұрын

On the height of horses as found in excavations (height from ground to top of the back): - medieval riding horse, often used in war: 130-140 cm - medieval charger, super expensive and only used by the rich sort of knight: 140-160 cm - Mongolian horse: 120-140 cm - modern pony: under 150 cm Those Mongolian horses would be about the same size as the vast majority of the European horses found on the medieval battlefield. You get this reputation from early modern era where Europeans did breed their horses to go to more of a 160-180 cm range. Source: even Wikipedia has an article on this citing Royal Armouries barding, go look there for a generalized overview

@Kidneyjoe42 8 күн бұрын

You cite wikipedia, and yet everything there gives a range of ~140-160 cm for European warhorses in general during that period, not just the Destrier. And specifically the royal armouries barding you reference was for horses that were 152-163 cm tall. Wikipedia even gives a height of 132-142 cm for Irish Hobby horses, which were considered small and light even at the time. Mongol horses were smaller on average than even the horses used by European light cavalry and large Mongol horses were the size of small European warhorses. And it's worth noting that Arabians are also 145-155 cm tall. So this wasn't/isn't even just a European thing. Mongol horses are short and stocky compared to most other horses and you'd probably have to go back to antiquity for that to not be the case.

@ZendikarMage42750 8 күн бұрын

Woad Raiders really are the best, heh heh

@JohnSmith-vl1ql 7 күн бұрын

love the 2 videos, but no coustelier? 11

@user-co6wc8di5l 6 күн бұрын

Fear the power of Saracen powered long bowman. Say good bye to your castles eventually. 😂

@ethribin4188 8 күн бұрын

War waggons realy have been treated unfairly for a long time...

@DanielBerke 5 күн бұрын

They should really be replaced by hwachas; we already have the organ gun, it'd be something fairly similar, but really cool looking with the rockets.

@raulcasabianca758 8 күн бұрын

New video idea: Whats the best posible converted Ratha

@AdmiralWololo 8 күн бұрын

Someone has already made that

@BrentZahradnik 5 күн бұрын

I play Spanish all the time and didn't know missionaries are impacted by bloodlines and husbandry! I'm researching those nearly every match anyway so thats good news, but still.

@osaka_phong 8 күн бұрын

8:48 that's because they use foot power like the Flintstones.

@tobiasjanssen8770 8 күн бұрын

Is it just me or did Spirit of the Law forgot to give an unique fact for the Coustillier?

@counterman-namreview516 8 күн бұрын

So, Woad Raider basically W40K's Orks for screaming WAGGGGGH when get in battle eh lmao

@thomasfplm 7 күн бұрын

6:40 They should be capable of building towers after conversion.

@kaulinbauer7631 4 күн бұрын

I wonder if the seargent actually forgets how to build entirely, or if it just checks to see if the Donjon is in the tech tree, and if it isn't removes the build option.

@BrownFoxWarrior 7 күн бұрын

Does "Put Your Capes On" have any notable unit stats once combined with civ bonuses?

@tyranitararmaldo 8 күн бұрын

Leitis begin!

@AshwinNarasimhan 8 күн бұрын

A couple pointers on the pronunciation of Indian units. Ratha is pronounced along the lines of "Ruh-thuh" rather than like "Wrath" - Ratha in sanskrit translates literally to "Chariot" Shrivamsha is pronounced like "Shree-Vum-Shah", like the "vam" taking a shorter "vum" sound rather than like "wham". Shri is a deity in Indian religions and vamsha translates to "dynasty". So Shrivamsha riders would be "Dynasty of Shri" :)