Berbers Overview AoE2

[@davidmatlock3149]

I'm glad there's finally an option out there for the camel-curious. Not that I'M camel-curious. No sir, I'm definitely all about the knight line. But I'm glad it's an option. For those other people.

[@abhishekparmar6702]

Camel Archer opppppppppppp

[@MohammadHossainMD]

iTS OK TO BE CAMELCURIOUS! WE ARE BORN THAT WAY

[@sinabagherisarvestani8924]

berbers are the best civilization in the game I think , all you need to do is create camel riders , camel archers and siege weapons , best combination ever . The game designers did a great job with the Berbers , they didn't do a great job with the Saracens , the special unit is ridiculous , its a ninja on a east Asian Mongolian camel that throws a huge sword ??? For the Saracens I would have added a camel rider with a musket , the camel should not be a Mongolian camel , its historically inaccurate

[@diddlefiggins6557]

I hope you get canceled homophobia is not a joke

[@Gigas0101]

Berberians, all of them... Granted, their cavalry bonuses make them seem a bit more stable than other civs.

[@jumpflow7278]

That one's awesome

[@CrnaStrela]

get out

[@tamed4171]

"Stable"

[@ki_da9776]

слава украине

[@verishen6175]

Ber.Berbarian.Ber.Ber.Berbarian DAVE THE BERBARIIIIIIIAAAAAANNNNNN HUGE BUT A WIMP!!.

[@Dubster9990]

That infant-tree was a very nice touch.

[@KTGOZone]

I had to pause to understand what it actually was... :)

[@njung1990able]

Infant tree ahahahahahahaha

[@gaslar3328]

our dear spirit of the law was in a pun mood today

[@rake483]

LOL

[@PLABSCORE1]

I missed.. minute?

[@CreativeForcePro]

As an Algerian I'm feeling honored to include the berbers in the game, pretty sure all north africans share this feeling to.

[@Makofueled]

I love Berber history, it's crazy how much influence they had over the mediterranean for so long, while going often unmentioned. Really glad to see them repped in aoe.

[@sinabagherisarvestani8924]

berbers are the best civilization in the game I think , all you need to do is create camel riders , camel archers and siege weapons , best combination ever . The game designers did a great job with the Berbers , they didn't do a great job with the Saracens , the special unit is ridiculous , its a ninja on a east Asian Mongolian camel that throws a huge sword ??? For the Saracens I would have added a camel rider with a musket , the camel should not be a Mongolian camel , its historically inaccurate

[@mackycabangon8945]

@@sinabagherisarvestani8924 yea, werent mamelukes more like knights (heavy cav)? at least thats what they are in civilization

[@thresss5366]

@Darkseid El Kabyle Punic what the fuck are you on

[@Genius766]

@@thresss5366 he’s on Arab nationalism drug

[@zeera7080]

As a berber myself, it's nice to see my people getting some representation.

[@massinissayaddaden5942]

hhhhhh azul

[@rafsan1578]

Whats your mother language?isnt it French?

[@soulking4896]

@@rafsan1578 it's Tamazight💪👍

[@voicelessuvularplosive]

ⵛⵎⵃⵛⵎⴽ

[@justsomegirlwithamustache3391]

Azul mnwin rak nta/nti

[@katerinakorcakova2085]

these bad boys will always have a special place in my heart because i finally managed to beat the moderate ai for the first time with them

[@TheStreetMan]

I played AoE2 when I was less than 10 years old. Now I'm 25 years old, watching SotL's highly informative videos before bed for both nostalgia and relaxation after a long day. Keep it up, SotL!

[@cadunkus]

Berbers: The guys who heard that Mangudai have no counter and said "o rly?"

[@eulefranz944]

when I hear the guitar solo part in your intro I am always happy :]

[@HECKproductions]

not that it matters much but its a bass just fyi

[@adwans1491]

Do you think your better than me?

[@franekmetrycki4063]

I like it very much too. I have a qurstiin about this : IS it Your private, or piece of any song? Anyone would link me this?

[@stephenh9483]

It's just wonderful

[@kkkansuuu]

@@franekmetrycki4063 he wrote that song. It's in his channel. Or jdut Google spriti of the law intro

[@LombrigaCanibal1]

The precision of your math and your game analysis is soothing! Amazing work!

[@saadelfathi1523]

As a Moroccan, the inclusion of Berbers in AOE made very happy

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

How did Berber kingdom make a living during the time of AOE 2? Malians had mines, Egyptians had farms, Saracens had spice trades, what did Berbers, who located on the opposite end of Mediterranean sea had for the source of money? And did Berbers turned to piracy in Age of Empires 3 (16-17th century) because they lost it?

[@adwans1491]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 berbers have blue eyes

[@jonkoxl2069]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 maybe salt mines?

[@jackal25301]

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 the had sugar * gold silver and leather

[@adwans1491]

@@AthenaMinerva1 they used to had before african Nation took over

[@noidontwantthat7237]

I turned off anime for this......it was cost effective

[@htf5555]

We need to become more cost effective.

[@AlexLococo]

It's alwats cost-effective turning off anime. :^)

[@KageMinowara]

There should be a Spirit of The Law anime.

[@sinabagherisarvestani8924]

berbers are the best civilization in the game I think , all you need to do is create camel riders , camel archers and siege weapons , best combination ever . The game designers did a great job with the Berbers , they didn't do a great job with the Saracens , the special unit is ridiculous , its a ninja on a east Asian Mongolian camel that throws a huge sword ??? For the Saracens I would have added a camel rider with a musket , the camel should not be a Mongolian camel , its historically inaccurate

[@poyloos4834]

@@sinabagherisarvestani8924 don’t wanna be that guy, but why are you commenting this here?

[@dmaxpr]

I bet that Spirit of the Law dont have an idea on how comfortable is to look at the YT subscriptions and find that he uploaded a new video

[@darkdill]

Ah yes, my favorite anti-Mongol and anti-Hun civilization. Great stuff. One thing you should've mentioned with the Berber water bonus, though, is that it makes their Fire Ships and Demo Ships much more capable of reaching their targets. 10% speed might seem modest, but on water that's a big difference. For instance, it lets Berber Fast Fire Ships catch Viking Longboats, whereas every other civilization's ships (besides Demo ships) get outrun by Longboats.

[@zeckul]

The nice thing about there being so many civs in AoE2 is we'll be getting that many civ overviews from Spirit. So much work must go into making these.

[@MrSamulai]

8:40 That's assuming every camel in your army is injured simultaneously. Monks/Missionaries can focus the healing where it's actually needed, while camels can't.

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

I love this civ. Just played them. They're awesome. Tons of options for killing archers, cavalry, and infantry. Get a few battering rams and you've got a stew goin.

[@bbcmotd]

I watch a new civ overview by Spirit. I think "Hey it's a nice civ, I should try it". I go online and get destroyed by cavalry all over my villagers. Every. Damn. Time.

[@lordfabulous6198]

Well,you also need to learn how to play first.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Join noob games with me

[@Mrtrancefreak50]

That's why I only play against my friends. Fuck a meta and not having fun

[@oom-3262]

Sorry to correct you. Berbers are not the rich kid you invite to your birthday. That's spanish.

[@zissler1]

Spanish are the even more rich kids

[@manuam98]

That's why they invaded Spain, they were jealous cause they weren't invited.

[@azh698]

Spanish are the kid whose dad employs your dad and gives him really nice benefits.

[@rafsan1578]

It literally gives you money(gold)😂😂

[@jamestipsfedora]

Can a berber bear a berber's bare bear?

[@Naietz]

No, but a berber barber can barbecue a berber's bare bear in a barbaric berber barbecue with a barb. Not without a barb though.

[@Dkdkkdpsns]

Naietz exactly

[@Hennu_TRM]

Naietz clearly

[@astodone9022]

Me: Yes, but a barber berbe can brghfbl a bareb aerha lkjns,mval;fvzs

[@feetus6548]

how many boards would the mongol horde hoard if the mongol horde was bored?

[@daa3930]

1:51 Since this video might have new players in the audience, it might be worth noting that the "faster walk speed" bonus is not primarily an economic bonus. The more important factor of this bonus is that it enables Berber player to move villagers around the map faster, which is very useful in various situations: nomad, build military buildings next to your enemy, laming, boxing your enemy with walls, rushing for far away gold or stone mines, etc.. The bonus is a utility which enables all kinds of shenanigans and the economic upsides of the bonus are just side effects; not it's primary function.

[@jakubszymanski1623]

I love your videos and all the tactics that you're outlying, even thought I'm incredibly slow thinking and would never be able to play competetive online.

[@pwn3ronetwothree]

I figured I'd subscribe. It may cost quite a bit of resources, but in the long run it's cost effective

[@AyoubusMagnus]

i m a berberian my old family used to live in mountains in Morocco they had a lot of good horses and they were using raiding parties against the french so it make sence for me

[@yahyagannour8486]

Ma3likch ahmadi

[@dragenmaster5385]

berberian lmao

[@Hennu_TRM]

Man that clip of Camel Archers taking down Mangudai at the end...

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

Hgmidd think about vietnamese imp skirm do it! slaughter..

[@lordfabulous6198]

@@nguyenhuyduc9151 not as much. They suck vs onagers, heavy infantry, and cavalry, and just about everything else aside from cab archers and archers.

[@lordfabulous6198]

@@nguyenhuyduc9151 genituar are amazing though. I've personally held the line against 3 enemies at once with genitaur massed, camels, and bombard cannons to counter onagers.

[@mcihay246]

I've seen better. I've seen a Camel Archer take down an Aircraft Carrier.

[@MadMamluk88]

2:49 somehow watching that boar sprint after the villager while Spirit's casually explaining in the background cracked me up. P.S. can't wait for the Ethiopians!

[@ivancoral6845]

OMFG HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I loved the "anti cavalry archer cavalry archer"...Reminds me to the chu ko nu "anti anti-archer archer"

[@danielalcivar6395]

"But at the end of the day being good at running away doesn't really make you top tier" yeah tell that to Mayweather.

[@idontknowimtired3541]

Your channel grew so much since I subscribed at 20k. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@elsaltyboi3081]

I finally restarted to play this game after 12 years omg im struggling so much to take back tricks and how to play some civs😂😂 so ur civs reviews are really helpfull to play better on this fabulous game 👌 and i rly enjoy watching them just for fun, i love the intro and ur voice make it calm and pleasant to hear 😂 Sry for the english, trying to learn it :P Hope u will read this =D

[@69Yosiel69]

Thank you for detailing the Monk's techs it really helped a lot.

[@himanimbob]

Ive been waiting for this one, berbers are my favorite african kingdoms civ

[@Irondragon1945]

9:27 memes. 10/10

[@worthysacrifice975]

Irondragon1945 LOL

[@Apollo3698]

Whew tanks for pointing that out, jumpscares always get me

[@jnb894]

As always, awesome video! Great info, great editing, just plain perfect!

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

I always thought that the Berbers would be the most OP of the African Kingdom civs when they were first being talked about. I felt this way because I always considered "Good Knight rush" to be synonymous with "Good civ", and Berbers had an awesome Knight rush. This made me come to the conclusion that they were going to be over powered and make for a stale meta. Now days, I feel like they're just perfectly balanced. I don't play them much since I'm not one for Knight rushing, but when I land them on random, I do enjoy myself. As for a request...I know you'll probably be doing all the African Kingdoms civs now. But when you get to Rise of the Rajas, can you do my favourite civ in the game (Yes, even more than the Byzantines D:), the Khmer?

[@Baoudor]

nice video, nice comments and math. Also, love the choice of music you used in the background

[@raidarthegunwizard4520]

"But at the end of the day, being good at running away doesn't make you top tier" Joseph Joestar:

[@hadmatter2327]

hold my cola smokey

[@_antares031]

I was about to go to bed. But I've decided to stay awake 16 minutes more.

[@maistromann136]

Was not expecting a SOTL video in my recommendes, but pleasantly surpirsed

[@Gerk0_]

I always like to see overviews from you :)

[@sinabagherisarvestani8924]

berbers are the best civilization in the game I think , all you need to do is create camel riders , camel archers and siege weapons , best combination ever

[@josiahmeier6079]

glad to see you working again on civs

[@修哥-m1x]

The Berbers now have crew-building technology！

[@BrendanBomanTheSwagnificent]

Finally, I had been waiting for this. Thank you SotL ^^

[@Mexican00b]

spirit of the law video watching guide>upvote>comment>watch video

[@smokingsnowman7838]

I haven't played AoC since a decad but sill love your videos especially the Cive Overview

[@morlaw3062]

Long time no see your overview series. I just subscribe this channel few days ago. Love to see this series

[@mikhaogung]

A-well-a everybody's heard about the ber berber ber Berber's the word

[@ArtanisOwns]

good vid, thanks for the update. i appreciate what you do mr law

[@threemonths8826]

For the longest time I've had the feeling, but you have helped me realise, I'm camel curious

[@hybralisk]

That infant-tree visual joke gets me to chuckle every time I see it.

[@samrodrigues3199]

Hey Spirit, I'd argue that the ship speed bonus gives their fire ships and demos a nice advantage on water. It's small, but being able to close the gap a bit faster with those units makes can make a huge difference in the long run!

[@samrodrigues3199]

Just to add, I also think that the no minimum range on the Inca Genitour might actually harm it when dealing with pikes. That automatic retreat it does when it's out of range would be a nice defense mechanism when surrounded by pikemen.

[@HazmanFTW]

I like how you look at different team bonuses with the special team units. Man all these expansion units being anti - unit type - unit type. I wonder if the Indian tech is bugged then, with it not performing as expected? Oh that's nice, I haven't really played the Berbers and I like playing the Mongols for their sweet Mangudai and how fun they are to control so that's cool that the camel archers have a quick response time. I'm disappointed there was no Rock the (C)Kasbah joke.

[@genericprofile2381]

Oh like the guys who cut my hair? Didnt know they had this much power.

[@NobodyAgeofEmpires2]

This is your best overview

[@hergendy]

Lanchester's square law is a nice addition, but in meele fights it's way less of a factor than in ranged vs ranged fights, where units are constantly fightning, especially taking in consideration the bad pathfinding in the game, especially when rallied to battle.

[@Volcano4981]

hergendy I would wager a guess that for melee units in AoE 2, it's somewhere between linear and square.

[@ugurcanuzer9603]

Nothing makes me happier than waking up to a new video from you. Also please consider casting games with Res22 and others.

[@nunyabizness3866]

So happy to see a new vid!

[@jakobendres3771]

i never played berbers but from this video their camel archers look incredible, holy moly

[@AceHawk37]

Thank dank drake meme at 9:30 thou

[@ut7746]

Berbers with Vietnam Allies: We have the best Skimisher variants, nothing can defeat us from range. We have good camels to destroy calvary. We delarce supramacy! Huskarl: *shows up Berbers: Tactical blunder, RETREAT!

[@fabian2045]

12:38 Mangudai: Looks like it's time to be the exception again.

[@iwersonsch5131]

Is the Hussar upgrade worth it? Paladin Upgrade #3.

[@iwersonsch5131]

That's what I'm suggesting for months.

[@Zubsteroid]

Great video and exactly the civ I was looking to see. If you ever get around to covering Malis as well, I'd be set.

[@temphandle01a]

Thank you for the greatest moment in the history of puns.

[@lucasmarchezim881]

Excellent as always!

[@graydisaster2959]

In my view, Berbers are an easy target for civilisation like Indians. Imperial Camel cuts through the cavalry and their infantry can be countered by the archers. A knight rush has to be defended though but having Camels does help.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

Looking forward to the Malian overview, they're my favourite from this expansion

[@Elite_Kamayuk]

Yay!!! Another SOTL video. Now i am gonna have very nice dreams

[@saleem2991]

My favorite unit is Elite Mangudai. It is just so fast and has a very high DpS.

[@bomjus1706]

i can't wait for SotL's burmese overview. i NEED this super in depth look at arambai.

[@mihalynotari2012]

Camel Archers are quite powerful in post imperial fights

[@cameronrox]

They've been my favorite civ since african kingdoms came out, sorry franks! I absolutely love my knights and having great ranged units makes them oh so perfect. The castle age camel archer is basically a heavy cavalry archer that create waaaay faster, even without Kashba. I really think they should be an A+ cavalry civ though, the fact they are only missing paladins is weighed out by the sheer cheapness of the units.

[@adwans1491]

Top tier civ intro for sure though

[@marcolocca7216]

Spirit! Welcome back \o/

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

Doesn't the ship speed count for trading cogsas well? It would give you much faster trading.

[@Dragonette666]

the villager speed bonus is good in nomad. It'll get your villagers to the TC site quicker and if you get into a villager war you can either get away from them or it's hard for them to get away from you.

[@lancapster]

Video Production increase so good Kreygasm

[@fernievanrodrius6078]

Thanks man!!! You're awesome

[@SethBennion]

You said you would go for the genitour against cavalry archers, but you forgot to mention that camel archers have double the base attack so I think they are the better choice

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

but then you might better use the calvary archer as it is easier to mass

[@Skaitania]

Infanttree...I'm embarassed to admit, it took a while for me to get that. Shame on you for making me look stupid. Excellent content again, tough. Thanks for the indepth look.

[@justinmichaelknox]

Holy shit, these guys are definitely OP!

[@xKILLERX54x]

Legit, never clicked a video so fast

[@pekkalaitinen8769]

if you research laser-mouse from university, you can click 15% faster

[@flazzorb]

Lancaster square law applies to ranged units, not melee.

[@morganmccown5572]

Also get a 10% speed increase for trade ships so that's an economy bonus

[@NZAnimeManga]

AWWW YISSSSS NEW VID!!

[@bwilson774]

I usually play britons or mongols, but I like berbers too especially after researching agribah camels. My friend likes to play Gurjaras, so I should team up with him and bennefit from faster created camels. I'm glad to see they bennifit from herbal medicine, that ought to give them some battlefield longevity and save some gold that might otherwise be wasted.

[@theodoric7335]

Yay! a new spirit vid!

[@neolones]

Camel curious!!! Hahaha. Dude, love your vids.

[@hicam3339]

I'm from a Berber origin, I love this civ.

[@solidsnake8218]

Im a berber as well and i love that they speak my mother tongue

[@sarakrause4287]

I'm an amazigh too

[@AceHawk37]

Hey Spirit, your comment about camels in the expansions got me thinking. Have you done a video just on the base (non civ) differences between base and new expansions in HD? I hadn't realized they had made that change to camels and would be interested to learn more now that I am finally branching out and playing expansion games online as well.

[@vegannegan9652]

They should also remove the current +1 bonus vs camels imo, because camels already have less pierce armor then knights.

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

i think they hate camel so much. only one job for them is counter knight, but sometimes pike can do it easily! back to my day when play palmyrian in aoe 1 with camel rush!

[@Gurthcu]

What about berbers bonus of movement speed and both wheelbarrow and hand cart? In video you showed just table for wheelbarrow. When we count generic villager with both wheelbarrow and hand cart its speed is 0,968 on the other hand berber villager with both has speed 1,0648. Thank you for amazing video and answer to my question :) PS I am starting to be curious about ratio of gathering, walking and bringing of resources to TC during farming.

[@rareram]

I like them much better now. I've not randoned them yet, but I think i can now be relaxed if i do.

[@burt591]

Camel archers seems really strong

[@SalamiSteve]

I think the ship speed helps a lot in early game battles. Fire ships are more effective against enemy galleons and galleons are more effective against enemy fire ships.

[@MrShirial]

9:41 attaking this strategicly placed castle with nothing around it but flat grasslands^^

[@assasin4730]

Wait, 3:40, you can't use Lanchester's square law. That's only for a military with range. Melee armies are subject to Lanchester's line law.

[@Volcano4981]

D Void Clone That would assume that all the melee units fight in a perfect line. Like in Total War games, two lines of hoplite phalanxes clashing, with no outnumbering and/or flanking involved. In practice, melee units *do* wrap around others when one is outnumbered, and the extra HP and attack by the surrounding units added, at the very least. Quoting Spirit from his 'Is the Paladin Upgrade Worth It?' vid: "But how often do you fight one unit at a time? Units just aren't gentlemanly like that." I would vote for the Square Law in this case - but depending on the circumstances it is probably somewhere between linear and square.

[@TheAlexSTI]

You know..I still watch your vids even if I dont play the game anymore.But please dont upload it when im going to bed ffs hahaha

[@vasilione]

Alex Hoh same dude lol =))

[@Philosopherus]

why even tho the community is a lot less bigger (in active players) then about 1p.years ago it still has 7000 active players on steam so you can just play the game if you want.

[@lazaruslong697]

Tbh, i only actually played it when it was released. Fuken 18 years ago!!! But i watch Spirit videos nevertheless. That combination of jokes, math and strategy somehow really works for me! :D

[@brianconway8778]

I love your videos but I have to criticize you for the fact that you gave the best knight rushing civilization in the game and A instead of A+ for cavalry.

[@candrarazaka4351]

Brian Conway they missed paladins which camels cannot replace them to go against infantry or archers.

[@alikaostermiller]

WOOOOO!!! SPIRIT!!! SPIRIT!!!