Indeed. If I recall correctly, he was just an ordinary Woad Raider with name and stat changes using scripts, his purpose being a nod to the historical phenomenon of mostly Christian ascetics living as hermits on the many islands far into the ocean from what is now the British Isles. I suspect someone decided they were going to have Aethelfrith be in another campaign, so they created the hero unit, and then decided to replace the Lonely Hermit with it since it didn't hurt to do so.
@@genericpersonx333 That's an interesting point, I had heard that many Christian monks from Ireland would set sail into the Atlantic and settle as far as Iceland and Svalbard, but I never knew they sailed that close to the Americas.
@@TheAmericanPrometheus Well, to be fair, they didn't so far as we know. That Lonely Hermit was representative of the ones who made as far as Iceland and others, not North America proper. Sorry if I seemed to imply that as that was not my intention. Mind that the mission Vinland Saga is not a historically precise one, but rather an abstract mission derived from a legend, so the Lonely Hermit is not actually in North America, he is just far to the west on his own little island that is beyond familiar waters. We know Norse made it to North America, since we found their remains, but the Vinland Saga is not necessary telling us the story of those Norse who actually made it to North America. All we know for sure about the Vinland Saga is that it was a story, possibly fictional, being passed around many generations after the supposed time of the events being described by the Saga occurred.
@@hernanreipp3321 I'm in the same river, here. I used to play Age of Kings with my whole family some 15 or 16 years ago, but haven't picked it up since. And my current computer won't run the Definitive Edition anyways. But somehow, these videos and this channel is pulling me in. And you know what? I think I'm going to subscribe now.
@@hernanreipp3321 loved the game as kid. Spent whole time in map editor. Maybe it's childhood "trauma", cause whenever i tried to play vs AI, it always monk rushed me. And sound of conversion was most anxiety inducing thing ever
Also, I wish there was a Abul-Abbas hero unit. If you don't know Abul-Abbas was an elephant gifted to Charlemagne by the Abbasid caliphate. It was described as a White elephant and since it's from Persia it would be a war elephant.
@@br2485 Thanks, Some sources actually do argue Charlemagne used Abdul in battle so maybe making Charlemagne a war elephant would be cool. The Franks are a cavalry civ so having like the king of the mounted units head up this cavalry civ. Or at least make him a Paladin. Seriously Charlemagne being a Paladin makes so much sense since he literally invented the concept of the Paladin. The Paladins were the elite of his court. Him being a throwing axman might be to compare him to Charles Martel who is a throwing axman. I think that makes sense for Martel because Martel means the hammer and axes are kind fo like hammers, and in the ancient world the terms were used interchangeably.
In the Lithuanian campaign there is Jogaila, who in a few missions levels up as he kills things. His stats can get pretty obscene. There are definitely other missions where you can increase hero stats by using them.
On a recent playthrough of the Hammer of the Scots mission I never trained any other siege unit and just cleared everything with the warwolf. To put his range into perspective: It actually outranges its line of sight. The projectiles fell into the fog of war or even unmapped areas. The castles etc never got flames, because they were technically not visible to my units.
@Bryce Pruitt God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbor are, in fact, based on real history. These were the nicknames of the siege engines used by the crusaders in the Siege of Acre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1189%E2%80%931191)#The_kings_at_Acre "On 2 July, Richard deployed his own siege engines, including two enormous mangonels named God's Own Catapult and Bad Neighbour (Malevoisine in the original French)."
So happy Hrolf the Ganger gets some love. Fun fact: Ganger comes from the Scandinavian word "gång" and in the context of "the ganger" it would translate to "the walker", so his name is very up front with his speed :) If I remember my history correct, he was called the walker because he was simply too big to ride horses.
What about that Bombard Cannon hero who appears in Joan of Arc campaign and has all stats worse or equal to the normal Bombard Cannon? He could be mentioned as one of the worst as well.
@@zan4336 This. He can at least safely attack castles and other fortifications before he dies, and it takes a while before you can train more bombards in his level.
I don't know if Archers of the Eyes or Hunting Wolf should be counted because they're clearly not supposed to be special characters even though they're technically heroes.
Yeah I kinda agree, as they're more like special units that can't be replaced rather than unique heroes. I suppose they're more of a relic from the original game design where special scenario units were placed in the hero category instead.
Hey, Spirit, any plans to continue with the series following the historic accuracy of the missions and the technologies associated with the civilizations? Those were very good videos.
In the kill Dagnajan scenario, All you need are 40-60 elite skirms and just snipe him off lol The fun part is the side tasks you do to weaken his army.
Lol yesterday finish this mission just using 40 skirms 20 halb I don't know how mission was complete but there are some halbs that go inside a jungle chasing some troop and later on finish this elephant and skirms got him at the end of the day before knights attack
Lord de Graville: "wow, I didn't know I'm not one of the worst, yay 😁" (The guy with almost same stat as arbalester but with more hp, but doubles reload time...)
Please continue the series about the real life counterpart of the wonders! There are plenty of new civs since your last video, and they were very informative and fun!
I always assumed the reason why Robin Hood, Friar Tuck and the Sheriff are in the game is to prompt players to make their own campaign in the scenario editor. Little John wasn't in the original game either, he was added later
The Archers of the Eyes makes me hope we one day get Nubians, and their UU can replace the Archers of the Eyes in campaigns. Would add some visual variety.
It's very difficult to say just what William Wallace means to Scots. I remember playing his tutorial campaign in AoK and, accents aside, thought they'd done a great job... except they didn't have his claymore then, he just looked like a champion. Not all these people are heroes, but Wallace really was. Without him, the Scots would have been lost to the most tyrannical king known to England. Which Braveheart did get right. Whilst many of our families are now cross-border, across generations, back then, if not for Wallace, we would all be speaking with an English accent, have lost Gaelic, and lost Scotland as a result. This is why his monument stands in the middle of our country at the gateway to the Highlands, and I can see it from my window. War is terrible, but humans like Wallace remind us how precious freedom really is, and it is worth fighting for. Alba gu brath 🏴🇺🇦
I thought most Scots revere Robert the Bruce more? The one time I went to Scotland on a tour, the tour guide was pretty gnarly about Braveheart (not least the fact that Mel Gibson was clearly not six feet seven).
@@raevenblacke Braveheart is a brilliant film, but very much fiction. You're right in that Bruce won independence in 1314, but this wouldn't have happened had it not been for Wallace, which is something Braveheart got right. Bruce was a strategical genius, with the Battle of Bannockburn being the peak of his skills, and the most important for us. They are both revered in equal measure. The Outlaw King movie on Netflix was far closer to historical accuracy, and Chris Pine's accent is much better!
I expected a tournament to see which is the strongest but in hindsight doing it this way is better, as the raw 1v1 test would have produced a duller list or what I would presume to be mostly elephant and tanky cavalry heroes, been bit controversial with specific attack bonuses and being unable to take water and siege as well as range and speed into account fairly. Nice list.
While it can be debated if it should count, since it's technically done by in scenario triggers, I think Jogailas and Jadwigas level up mechanic is worth a mention. If you do level them up their stats gets pretty juicy in the later stages. Jadwiga especially gets a regeneration speed so fast she basically regenerates faster than she takes damage, making her extremly hard to kill. Also nice to see some recognition for Abraha Elephant as most people don't even knows he exists. A 770 HP 25 Atck War Elephant that cannot be converted, regenerates and does 100% tramble damage, yeah I suggest we all run.
I feel mildly robbed that the decision on which melee infantry unit was going to be on the list was not decided in true “Spirit” fashion: Trial by combat.
All three trebuchets are historical units! We all know about Warwolf at this point, but God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbour are also historical trebuchets. And Bad Neighbour is actually a pretty funnty name, so we can tell people could have a sense of humor in the old days from that alone. Also, Hrolf the Ganger is pronounced "Gang-er", not "Ganjer." It means the Walker, because he was too big to ride a horse. Vikings liked these sort of names, like you can see from King Erling Crookback (his spine was bent), King Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (his eye had a weird mark), and King Harald Bluetooth (rotten teeth). Other people got Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Catherine the Great. We got King Toothrot.
The irony between Minamoto Yoshitsune and Oda Nobunaga was that Yoshitsune was known for his martial prowess while Nobunaga was a cunning strategist and tactician. I guess their stats reflects their accomplishments vs their actual abilities to fight.
I played around with the custom scenarios all the time on the disc version of AE and had a good feeling and three names came to my head who would be on the list as the best, happy to see all three of them made it!
Hey guys, thoughts on a monk that can heal multiple units in a radius ? It is my concept for a Unique unit called the Arch bishop for a hypothetical Papal State civ.
I can see the reasoning behind that. Mechanically I wonder if you're best applying what's basically a Herbal Medicine aura from the Monk/Unique Siege Relic thing.
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 The thinking behind the Papal state. Is that they would have a bad military and rely on the Arch Bishop to heal their units and convert other units. Their wonder would obviously be ST Peter's Basilica. Their castle unit would be the templar but I am not quite sure how the templar would play.
@@doomdimensiondweller5627 Maybe a heavy cavalry unit like a better Cataphract or Boyar, throw in the Lithuanians Relic Bonus to represent their temple-guard duty and make them take extra bonus damage from Camels. You could make a unique upgrade to make them more resistant to conversions. They would need to be elephant-level slow for balance.
@@TheNorthWind23 It is a radical balance idea. But another idea I have for a civ bonus or unique tech I had was to straight up make Papal state units immune to conversion. My idea for the Papal state was to be an on the surface weak civ that relies on unorthodox strategy.
Frankly I've wanted some spice to be given to monk play. And I've wanted a Christian head civ. (Byzantines doesn't count; not enough monk emphasis.) Aztecs was about the best I could hope for for years. I really wanted the Papal States. I would have settled for Armenia. I rejoiced when I saw Ethiopia and Poland (even though they're not really monk heavy sadly). Bohemians are intriguing (filthy heretics lol). But I still want monks to up their game somehow...
Back in age of kings days I was tasked with making an essay about a military leader. I was wondering about the strongest hero in the game, and so I learned a lot about the kahn. Cool to see him on the list
Games have influenced my research papers in school, as well. Caesar II and Odell Down Under taught me a lot about ancient Rome and ocean fish biology, for instance!
There's a mod where you can make all the heroes depending on what civ you have. It's usually played 6v2 against an AI that cheats. It's really fun-Multiple Buffs Mod v1. You'll need to install the mod and a language mod along with it to see the icons (there are extra technologies and units in the mod).
Genghis Khan is certainly one of my favorite units. Being the only Cav Archer that can just wreak havoc with 25 attack from a distance, it’s like taking Wallace, putting him on a horse with bow and letting him go ham. It’s pretty crazy.
I have fun idea for a video, if every civ has every tech open for them, which civ will be the most op, just imagine all tech game but every civ still retain their civ bonus.
The river map at the start of this video I know there is less room but it would be great to see some random maps like it maybe allow some grass machete cutting for some units and river crossing make stones to walk over maybe for cheap
I've waited for Admiral Yi! since the first seconds of the video! I'm happy he's in the top 10! Loved to use him back then in the campaign against the Japanese!
Something I would have loved to see would have been a quick secondary top 5 for heroes that are the 'best' for the situation at hand. There are a few that have lower stats, but absolutely roll the enemy with them because of the nature of the campaign mission they are in; easy example would be (though I wouldn't know where to rate her) Joan, who has mediocre stats for a hero but she's mostly killing men at arms and archers.
Before Hidden Cup 4, T90 set up a "tournament" between the different heroes participating in the event, and Admiral Yi took down a Cobra Car one on one. Definitely think you're underrating the Admiral here.
I knew before the start of the video it would be Genghiz, love the Mongols but believe a lil more tech needs to be added otherwise I'll keep playing Turks loved watching your video. Keep it up!
I'd argue that Archers of the Eyes and Hunting Wolf are pretty solid Hero units when adjusting for their lower scarcity. Once you have 6 AotE, yes they take up 6 population space, but they're better than a lot of single heroes aren't they?
I actually Buffed the Archers of the Eyes, and for personal Preference, changed their Sprite to a Archer, while also making them attack marginally faster
You missed a Robin Hood Unit. Friar Tuck. He was in the original game from the map editor as a hero monk. The problem was that if he picked up a relic, he would turn into a normal monk.
I think you should make another video showing the Best heroes per clases, example Best and worse Archer, cavalry, infantry, etc. And show which one has modified status or unique ability.
This is brilliant - as usual - Sir! Excellent work. 👍😁 A complete ROBIN HOOD campaign (including the gallant rescue of Maid Marion!) would be awesome. 🤗 I hope the Devs are listening / reading.... Fingers crossed. 🤞🤞 M 🦘🏏😎
good list but any cba heroes pro could tell you that martells outperform haralds by quite the margin in a 1v1...or more like in a 100v100 weird that you put that monster of an elephant archer as first/last, looks totally op to me
Abraha Elephant shows up in HD at least for the Indian Campaign, which was totally revamped. I remember that at some point you have to fight this unit. Indian (now Hindustanis) campaign was pretty wild on HD version.
La Hire not getting an honorable mention is a crime against humanity
La Hire wishes to kill something.
and so La Hire wishes to KEEEEEEEL something...
The blood on La Hire's sword is getting dry
His formidable spirit is mentioned at the start of every video on this channel, so give this guy a break.
La hire is cool but el cid will always be a childhood hero of mine
IIRC in the original CD version, the lone Woad Raider in the Vinlandsaga campaign was simply named "Lonely Hermit"
Yep
Indeed. If I recall correctly, he was just an ordinary Woad Raider with name and stat changes using scripts, his purpose being a nod to the historical phenomenon of mostly Christian ascetics living as hermits on the many islands far into the ocean from what is now the British Isles. I suspect someone decided they were going to have Aethelfrith be in another campaign, so they created the hero unit, and then decided to replace the Lonely Hermit with it since it didn't hurt to do so.
@@genericpersonx333 That's an interesting point, I had heard that many Christian monks from Ireland would set sail into the Atlantic and settle as far as Iceland and Svalbard, but I never knew they sailed that close to the Americas.
@@TheAmericanPrometheus Well, to be fair, they didn't so far as we know. That Lonely Hermit was representative of the ones who made as far as Iceland and others, not North America proper. Sorry if I seemed to imply that as that was not my intention.
Mind that the mission Vinland Saga is not a historically precise one, but rather an abstract mission derived from a legend, so the Lonely Hermit is not actually in North America, he is just far to the west on his own little island that is beyond familiar waters. We know Norse made it to North America, since we found their remains, but the Vinland Saga is not necessary telling us the story of those Norse who actually made it to North America. All we know for sure about the Vinland Saga is that it was a story, possibly fictional, being passed around many generations after the supposed time of the events being described by the Saga occurred.
Almost 20 years later I finally know what he was suppose to represent 😅
I have no idea, why this is so entertaining. I haven't played AoE for 10 years, but somehow your channel is one of a S tier for me. Good job, mate
Literally never played game 2 but I love the channel
@@mp5284 give it a shot
Wait. You haven't played AoE for 10 years? How you made it? I can barely do a week with out clicking the logo.
@@hernanreipp3321 I'm in the same river, here. I used to play Age of Kings with my whole family some 15 or 16 years ago, but haven't picked it up since. And my current computer won't run the Definitive Edition anyways. But somehow, these videos and this channel is pulling me in. And you know what? I think I'm going to subscribe now.
@@hernanreipp3321 loved the game as kid. Spent whole time in map editor. Maybe it's childhood "trauma", cause whenever i tried to play vs AI, it always monk rushed me. And sound of conversion was most anxiety inducing thing ever
I STILL can't stop hearing "Hey guys, Spirit of the La Hire"
I wish he'd say it that way whenever La Hire appears in a video
LA HIRE'S SWORD IS NOT BLOODY ENOUGH
LA HIRE WISHES TO KILL SOMETHING
LA HIRE WISHES TO KILL SOMETHING
Saaame
Fun fact about gengis khan is also that his attack range exceeds his vision range
Gengis "Wall hack" Khan
No wonder he created Mongol Mondays 🤣
The blood on La Hire's sword is almost dry.
La Hire wishes to kill something.
Loved the sneaky voice line in the end - "You challenge my every decision". A nice callback to the start of the video.
Also, I wish there was a Abul-Abbas hero unit. If you don't know Abul-Abbas was an elephant gifted to Charlemagne by the Abbasid caliphate. It was described as a White elephant and since it's from Persia it would be a war elephant.
cool fact, thank you!
@@br2485 Thanks, Some sources actually do argue Charlemagne used Abdul in battle so maybe making Charlemagne a war elephant would be cool. The Franks are a cavalry civ so having like the king of the mounted units head up this cavalry civ. Or at least make him a Paladin. Seriously Charlemagne being a Paladin makes so much sense since he literally invented the concept of the Paladin. The Paladins were the elite of his court. Him being a throwing axman might be to compare him to Charles Martel who is a throwing axman. I think that makes sense for Martel because Martel means the hammer and axes are kind fo like hammers, and in the ancient world the terms were used interchangeably.
So you’re saying Charlemagne received the first white elephant gift? 😁
@@jefffinkbonner9551 I guess so
@@jefffinkbonner9551 apparently Charlemagne was smitten by it though
Bert, the lone woad raider in Vindlandsaga is actually a reference to one of the Forgotten Empires developers, Bert Beeckman.
In my game he is called "the lonely hermit". I haven't upgraded the game since last century.
Is the Hunting wolf a "Sheep in Wolves clothing"?
Because they take all bonus damage, just like sheep...
:O
In the Lithuanian campaign there is Jogaila, who in a few missions levels up as he kills things. His stats can get pretty obscene. There are definitely other missions where you can increase hero stats by using them.
It kinda feels like SOTL was sleeping on Jogaila and Jadwiga with this one.
I guess it's because the upgrades are made with the Editor triggers, and he's comparing Jogaila's base stats
Could have deserved a honorable mention, but I think its only fair to compare base stats.
Jadwiga’s heal speed at max level is just obscene
La Hire after watching this video:
"La Hire wishes to kill something."
On a recent playthrough of the Hammer of the Scots mission I never trained any other siege unit and just cleared everything with the warwolf. To put his range into perspective: It actually outranges its line of sight. The projectiles fell into the fog of war or even unmapped areas. The castles etc never got flames, because they were technically not visible to my units.
Love that little Bleda voice line there at the end
This video just reminded me how badass of a name 'God's Own Sling' is. Definitely going to use that for a DnD campaign if I can!
@Bryce Pruitt God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbor are, in fact, based on real history. These were the nicknames of the siege engines used by the crusaders in the Siege of Acre.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1189%E2%80%931191)#The_kings_at_Acre
"On 2 July, Richard deployed his own siege engines, including two enormous mangonels named God's Own Catapult and Bad Neighbour (Malevoisine in the original French)."
Bad Neighbor is the best name ever but God's Own Sling is so fuckin METAL.
So happy Hrolf the Ganger gets some love. Fun fact: Ganger comes from the Scandinavian word "gång" and in the context of "the ganger" it would translate to "the walker", so his name is very up front with his speed :) If I remember my history correct, he was called the walker because he was simply too big to ride horses.
Another epithet mightve been Hrolf Horsecrusher then?
What about that Bombard Cannon hero who appears in Joan of Arc campaign and has all stats worse or equal to the normal Bombard Cannon? He could be mentioned as one of the worst as well.
Not as bad as something like Sherrif of Nottingham because Bombard Cannon is a strong base unit to begin with
Jean de Lorraine and Jean Bureau?
Dude, de Lorraine has a kick-ass beard!
When you get it, it's a blessing cause you can make them.
Jean de Lorraine deals 100 damage at least. Jean Bureau dies to a cold breeze.
@@zan4336 This. He can at least safely attack castles and other fortifications before he dies, and it takes a while before you can train more bombards in his level.
I don't know if Archers of the Eyes or Hunting Wolf should be counted because they're clearly not supposed to be special characters even though they're technically heroes.
Yeah I kinda agree, as they're more like special units that can't be replaced rather than unique heroes. I suppose they're more of a relic from the original game design where special scenario units were placed in the hero category instead.
Hey, Spirit, any plans to continue with the series following the historic accuracy of the missions and the technologies associated with the civilizations? Those were very good videos.
Damn, look at William Wallace's _Stance._ There's just an aura of _Power_ there in the way he's carrying that sword on his shoulder.
In the kill Dagnajan scenario, All you need are 40-60 elite skirms and just snipe him off lol
The fun part is the side tasks you do to weaken his army.
Lol yesterday finish this mission just using 40 skirms 20 halb I don't know how mission was complete but there are some halbs that go inside a jungle chasing some troop and later on finish this elephant and skirms got him at the end of the day before knights attack
If you don’t do one of the side quests then he gets war elephants
It's a shame you forgot Barbarossa but then again, so did his own campaign.
He mentioned Emperor in the Barrel though
My favourite hero.
At the Robin Hood part: You forgot to mention Friar Tuck.
That Warwolf Trebuchet is sure an enlightened individual out there of all generic trebs, with that light aura...
250 kilograms of stone that travel over 160 meters. That's Warwolf.
La Hire thinks this is rigged, How could such a honorable and noble man not even be mentioned on this kerfuffle
Lord de Graville: "wow, I didn't know I'm not one of the worst, yay 😁"
(The guy with almost same stat as arbalester but with more hp, but doubles reload time...)
Please continue the series about the real life counterpart of the wonders! There are plenty of new civs since your last video, and they were very informative and fun!
I always assumed the reason why Robin Hood, Friar Tuck and the Sheriff are in the game is to prompt players to make their own campaign in the scenario editor. Little John wasn't in the original game either, he was added later
The Archers of the Eyes makes me hope we one day get Nubians, and their UU can replace the Archers of the Eyes in campaigns. Would add some visual variety.
Nubians are in the same area as Ethiopian right?
@@TheKobasennorthern Sudan and southern Egypt
@@Usmodlover they're not overlapping with Ethiopian kingdom
Aren't the Nubians in AoE 1?
@@the_SolLoser nope. I wish they were.
I remember when Bleda wasnt a hero unit
Remember guys the real heroes are the villagers
It's very difficult to say just what William Wallace means to Scots. I remember playing his tutorial campaign in AoK and, accents aside, thought they'd done a great job... except they didn't have his claymore then, he just looked like a champion. Not all these people are heroes, but Wallace really was. Without him, the Scots would have been lost to the most tyrannical king known to England. Which Braveheart did get right. Whilst many of our families are now cross-border, across generations, back then, if not for Wallace, we would all be speaking with an English accent, have lost Gaelic, and lost Scotland as a result. This is why his monument stands in the middle of our country at the gateway to the Highlands, and I can see it from my window. War is terrible, but humans like Wallace remind us how precious freedom really is, and it is worth fighting for. Alba gu brath 🏴🇺🇦
I thought most Scots revere Robert the Bruce more? The one time I went to Scotland on a tour, the tour guide was pretty gnarly about Braveheart (not least the fact that Mel Gibson was clearly not six feet seven).
@@raevenblacke Braveheart is a brilliant film, but very much fiction.
You're right in that Bruce won independence in 1314, but this wouldn't have happened had it not been for Wallace, which is something Braveheart got right. Bruce was a strategical genius, with the Battle of Bannockburn being the peak of his skills, and the most important for us.
They are both revered in equal measure.
The Outlaw King movie on Netflix was far closer to historical accuracy, and Chris Pine's accent is much better!
@@roolaing Well, good to learn something!
I expected a tournament to see which is the strongest but in hindsight doing it this way is better, as the raw 1v1 test would have produced a duller list or what I would presume to be mostly elephant and tanky cavalry heroes, been bit controversial with specific attack bonuses and being unable to take water and siege as well as range and speed into account fairly. Nice list.
You could argue hidden cup is the tourney you are looking for 11
While it can be debated if it should count, since it's technically done by in scenario triggers, I think Jogailas and Jadwigas level up mechanic is worth a mention. If you do level them up their stats gets pretty juicy in the later stages. Jadwiga especially gets a regeneration speed so fast she basically regenerates faster than she takes damage, making her extremly hard to kill.
Also nice to see some recognition for Abraha Elephant as most people don't even knows he exists. A 770 HP 25 Atck War Elephant that cannot be converted, regenerates and does 100% tramble damage, yeah I suggest we all run.
La hire deserved an honorable mention for his dialogue
If they run out of ideas for updates, I would love them to add a option to recruit a hero unit at the castle (or wonder?) like in LOTR: BFME.
I feel mildly robbed that the decision on which melee infantry unit was going to be on the list was not decided in true “Spirit” fashion: Trial by combat.
All three trebuchets are historical units! We all know about Warwolf at this point, but God's Own Sling and Bad Neighbour are also historical trebuchets. And Bad Neighbour is actually a pretty funnty name, so we can tell people could have a sense of humor in the old days from that alone.
Also, Hrolf the Ganger is pronounced "Gang-er", not "Ganjer." It means the Walker, because he was too big to ride a horse. Vikings liked these sort of names, like you can see from King Erling Crookback (his spine was bent), King Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (his eye had a weird mark), and King Harald Bluetooth (rotten teeth). Other people got Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Catherine the Great. We got King Toothrot.
The irony between Minamoto Yoshitsune and Oda Nobunaga was that Yoshitsune was known for his martial prowess while Nobunaga was a cunning strategist and tactician.
I guess their stats reflects their accomplishments vs their actual abilities to fight.
"Aahh The blood on La Hire sword is almost dry."
I played around with the custom scenarios all the time on the disc version of AE and had a good feeling and three names came to my head who would be on the list as the best, happy to see all three of them made it!
You challenge my every decision 🤣🤣🤣...this dialogue was in previous Heroes video too... good video btw...was waiting for this from 3 years
The real strongest hero is the castle all these guys are gonna get shoved in so they cant mess up the mission
Hey guys, thoughts on a monk that can heal multiple units in a radius ? It is my concept for a Unique unit called the Arch bishop for a hypothetical Papal State civ.
I can see the reasoning behind that. Mechanically I wonder if you're best applying what's basically a Herbal Medicine aura from the Monk/Unique Siege Relic thing.
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 The thinking behind the Papal state. Is that they would have a bad military and rely on the Arch Bishop to heal their units and convert other units. Their wonder would obviously be ST Peter's Basilica. Their castle unit would be the templar but I am not quite sure how the templar would play.
@@doomdimensiondweller5627 Maybe a heavy cavalry unit like a better Cataphract or Boyar, throw in the Lithuanians Relic Bonus to represent their temple-guard duty and make them take extra bonus damage from Camels. You could make a unique upgrade to make them more resistant to conversions. They would need to be elephant-level slow for balance.
@@TheNorthWind23 It is a radical balance idea. But another idea I have for a civ bonus or unique tech I had was to straight up make Papal state units immune to conversion. My idea for the Papal state was to be an on the surface weak civ that relies on unorthodox strategy.
Frankly I've wanted some spice to be given to monk play. And I've wanted a Christian head civ. (Byzantines doesn't count; not enough monk emphasis.) Aztecs was about the best I could hope for for years. I really wanted the Papal States. I would have settled for Armenia.
I rejoiced when I saw Ethiopia and Poland (even though they're not really monk heavy sadly). Bohemians are intriguing (filthy heretics lol). But I still want monks to up their game somehow...
These are my favorite types of videos- I’d love to see more!
Or videos on campaigns and some of the things you’ve liked or thought were best
The Bleda quote at the end is reminiscent of a young SOTL channel!!
Back in age of kings days I was tasked with making an essay about a military leader. I was wondering about the strongest hero in the game, and so I learned a lot about the kahn. Cool to see him on the list
Games have influenced my research papers in school, as well. Caesar II and Odell Down Under taught me a lot about ancient Rome and ocean fish biology, for instance!
You forgot to mention that these units are immune to monks which is quite an advantage over regular units.
Somehow I never knew about Aethelfrith
Also I thought you were gonna mention the original Harald hero
The monk from AOK? Yeah, nobody talks about AOK heroes anymore.
Respect u still uploading video abaot Aoe2 hope u gonna be more popular
I've always wished the tutorial campaign was Robin Hood since several characters appear in the game and had William Wallace be a regular campaign.
There's a mod where you can make all the heroes depending on what civ you have. It's usually played 6v2 against an AI that cheats. It's really fun-Multiple Buffs Mod v1.
You'll need to install the mod and a language mod along with it to see the icons (there are extra technologies and units in the mod).
i like how this is almost the progression of the map soldier store as well
Genghis Khan is certainly one of my favorite units. Being the only Cav Archer that can just wreak havoc with 25 attack from a distance, it’s like taking Wallace, putting him on a horse with bow and letting him go ham. It’s pretty crazy.
the way your pronounce Le Trien is so hilarious xD
I found Waldo
Hrolf the Ganger is another name for Rollo, who was the inspiration for Rollo from the "Vikings" TV series
I have fun idea for a video, if every civ has every tech open for them, which civ will be the most op, just imagine all tech game but every civ still retain their civ bonus.
#1: La Hire (he wants to kill something)
i have waited so long for this!
AoE2 campaigns are amazing! 👏 🙌
That Waldo joke was great!
The river map at the start of this video I know there is less room but it would be great to see some random maps like it maybe allow some grass machete cutting for some units and river crossing make stones to walk over maybe for cheap
I REALLY like these vids man, i love campeign, wish there was more, i forgot a bit about the heros en some i never seen, MORE please aoe2
The Waldo at the start was *chefs kiss*
Decided to subscribe after years of on and off watching
Le Hire will always be the #1 hero in my heart
La hire : "Them Brits can't make a castle stronger than La Hire"
La hire : (get wrecked after a few shot from british castle)
La Hire wishes to have an honorable mention
Seeing a SOTL notification always makes my day
Hehe.
I too find that Sir Waldo the Well Hidden is one of my favourite heroes
I've waited for Admiral Yi! since the first seconds of the video! I'm happy he's in the top 10! Loved to use him back then in the campaign against the Japanese!
I love to see a list of the most interesting bonus damage/armor classes hero units have
Something I would have loved to see would have been a quick secondary top 5 for heroes that are the 'best' for the situation at hand.
There are a few that have lower stats, but absolutely roll the enemy with them because of the nature of the campaign mission they are in; easy example would be (though I wouldn't know where to rate her) Joan, who has mediocre stats for a hero but she's mostly killing men at arms and archers.
Before Hidden Cup 4, T90 set up a "tournament" between the different heroes participating in the event, and Admiral Yi took down a Cobra Car one on one. Definitely think you're underrating the Admiral here.
And gave it pure summer (a Teutonic knight) 😂😂 Love the captions
I knew before the start of the video it would be Genghiz, love the Mongols but believe a lil more tech needs to be added otherwise I'll keep playing Turks
loved watching your video. Keep it up!
2:15 In AOE, wolves don't eat sheep. Now we know why: rams can run wolves over!
Now I want a mod that allows you to create your civ's heroes. Obviously in this mod, all wolves would be changed to ornlu the wolf.
About Hrolf the Ganger at 10:12, Gangr means to walk in norse. He is slow because he is Hrolf "the walker".
The Bad Neighbour's and God's Own Sling's names are pure gold XD
And they were real. The two appears in the last Saladin scenario, belonging to Richard Lionheart, when in reality they owner was Philip II of France.
That Waldo! Hah! 😂
You're so awesome!
Gengis Khan.
Is the best hero in campaign.
Appears just only once.
Gives you some speech.
Leaves.
I'd argue that Archers of the Eyes and Hunting Wolf are pretty solid Hero units when adjusting for their lower scarcity. Once you have 6 AotE, yes they take up 6 population space, but they're better than a lot of single heroes aren't they?
I actually Buffed the Archers of the Eyes, and for personal Preference, changed their Sprite to a Archer, while also making them attack marginally faster
You missed a Robin Hood Unit. Friar Tuck. He was in the original game from the map editor as a hero monk. The problem was that if he picked up a relic, he would turn into a normal monk.
These new unique hero skins looks AWESOME. When did they add these? On release?
I have NEVER PLAYED AOE2 DE but I know tgat I absolutely NEED to know this.
I think you should make another video showing the Best heroes per clases, example Best and worse Archer, cavalry, infantry, etc. And show which one has modified status or unique ability.
Lol Jungingen is like 25 kilometers away from my home
Hey spirit!! Love your vids, so awesome. Just so you know, I believe genghis khan is said with a g sound, not a j😄😁
One more day until I get to play this game for the first time. So excited this came to console.
7:30 "Again, it's hard to compare his stats to land units directly..."
Yeah wouldn't want to meet Admiral Yi on the shallows
can you make a top CBA and other scenario list, people have really forgotten about these now days
This is brilliant - as usual - Sir! Excellent work. 👍😁
A complete ROBIN HOOD campaign (including the gallant rescue of Maid Marion!) would be awesome. 🤗 I hope the Devs are listening / reading....
Fingers crossed. 🤞🤞
M 🦘🏏😎
La Hire demands an honorable mention on the list
The strongest unit is summoned by 'How do you turn this on'
TheViper is my hero!
good list but any cba heroes pro could tell you that martells outperform haralds by quite the margin in a 1v1...or more like in a 100v100
weird that you put that monster of an elephant archer as first/last, looks totally op to me
That ele is too slow to use and micro. If you send 20 skirms against him he dies
You guys should listen to The Great Chinggis Khaan by the Hu. Great song and its appropriate for the placement.
Abraha Elephant shows up in HD at least for the Indian Campaign, which was totally revamped. I remember that at some point you have to fight this unit. Indian (now Hindustanis) campaign was pretty wild on HD version.