Burmese Overview AoE2

Analysis of the bonuses, units, and techs of the Burmese from AoE2 Rise of the Rajas expansion.
1:01 Team Bonus: Relics visible on map
1:58 Free lumbercamp upgrades
4:03 Infantry +1 attack per age
5:00 Longswordsmen +2 attack in castle age vs knights
6:15 Champions and halberdiers +3 attack in imperial age
7:25 Burmese infantry vs other infantry civilizations in imperial age
9:07 Monastery techs 50% cheaper
10:27 Arambai
11:30 Arambai accuracy
13:08 Elite Arambai upgrade
14:00 Manipur Cavalry: Cavalry and Arambai +6 attack vs buildings (+3 after masonry)
15:10 Howday: Battle elephants +1/+1 armor
TECH TREE
16:20 Archers C-
17:07 Infantry A-
17:45 Cavalry A-
18:55 Siege B+
19:30 Navy B/C+ (early/late)
20:10 Monks A
20:35 Defences B
21:00 Economy B+
21:35 Overall impressions
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[@gcool011]

I love how he is always lowkey in stating how good the japanese are

[@09kaustubh]

I think you wanted to write 'in' instead of 'is'

[@09kaustubh]

First time playing Well, low-key is not a verb. It's an adjective. So the sentence should have been "I love how he is always low-key in stating how good the Japanese civ is. " You can drop the 'in', sure, but you cannot miss the 'is'.

[@gcool011]

First time playing and Kaustubh .Tiwari I will change it up thanks!

[@09kaustubh]

First time playing I agree with your version more than with my version. The subtlety of the difference between the two expressions is almost beautiful. Thanks for the tip! English is a second language to me. So, I adopt the humbler stance here.

[@09kaustubh]

First time playing I read recently about the use of than. The antecedent to than can be many and different variations signify different degrees of emphases. I am a grammar instructor myself so I love these conversations but I also think we are trashing the OP's post by talking grammar on replies to a comment on a video related to gaming.

[@elPatrixf]

"Two and a half spearmen" jesus you're a legend man.

[@gluteusmaximus8881]

elPatrixF *This man is a legend! A LEGEND!*

[@agreeable_frog]

Harold Saxon I dont think so... Aoe3 isnt exceptionnal and feels empty compared to aoe2 (thats my opinion)

[@gluteusmaximus8881]

Harold Saxon I don't know what the original comment has to do with AoE 3

[@day2148]

Having both AOE2 and AOE3 with at least 50 hours on each, yeah AOE3 is terrible compared to AOE2. You can tell the Devs wanted to appeal more to the twitch gaming crowd with its higher game pace, except that's not what makes AOE unique. As a result AOE3 feels like a generic RTS.

[@ahumblemerchant241]

@Day Y. the "twitch gaming crowd" Didn't exist back when they made aoe3.

[@gravity8120]

*Conquistador:* "Noooo I have a literal gun, you can't do more damage than me without one!" *Arambai:* "Hahaha darts go brrrr."

[@ethancourtney3363]

10:36 rip penguin

[@cryptosporidium01]

Lmao what the actual fuck xD

[@mxnkiiGG]

I saw the pinguïn then i was looking for this comment😂

[@Tatatatatatattttatata]

Arambai were actually elite cavalry from Manipur Kingdom. It’s fascinating how it is incorporated in this game.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

no they weren't

[@moirangthembhorotsingh8966]

Yeah the are

[@Nongrouli]

Its still practice in manipur ...we have the arambai weapons and techniques and how to use practiced by manipuris till today ....

[@TheCherryTrader]

Make the top ten voice acting civs

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

That'd just be won by the civ whose vills keep saying, "ERECTUS!" :p

[@stylesrj]

Commandament? E whizz! E men a so! I won!

[@salildeshpande7]

Don't know about top 10, but Vietnamese are certainly the worst one

[@jthfear]

OOSHLASHMOOSH

[@jagosvujovic2086]

i think byzantines and italians have good ones from memory

[@planescaped]

Arambai darts were used en masse historically, often thrown in bunches from horseback, so it makes sense that they have low accuracy.

[@Nongrouli]

Meiteis manipuri poison them ....once it hits an enemy and an open wound is made the enemy die for sure ...within minutes

[@pascalflorian9822]

3:25 Sappers makes villagers cut trees faster :o

[@Sakobedig]

Yea wtf it's a hidden effect or some shit?

[@justinz.3993]

Nani?

[@fatman1992]

the more you know

[@eschel2155]

Trees have hp, so it makes sense

[@Lucas_Jeffrey]

IKR I learned today thanks Spirit !

[@user-kj7xb3nf5u]

Random person: "sir, what is your sexuality?" Me: "Im monk-curious"

[@NeonLine]

lol southpark

[@kvash1039]

When tf is someone gonna ask you that? lol. "Excuse me sir, what is your sexuality?"

[@kvash1039]

"where is your sexuality?"

[@Storm-knight101]

What about Elephant Curious lol Wolooooo

[@musicman24X]

Hellfire starts playing in the background

[@theburger9060]

I'm so happy to see a youtuber still caring for this game. Thank you so much man.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

There's quite a few YTers still covering the game. Spirit, T90Official, ZeroEmpires, Jred, Resonance22, etc. The community is alive and well. :)

[@ibeyan]

There are active tournaments going on all the time too. Check aoezone if you're interested.

[@muskatDR]

You should check out Among the hidden Its not gameplay but very entertaining

[@gKaasboer]

A message from the future: Age of Empires is finally booming :>

[@rovsea-3761]

The bonus building attack is actually really powerful for hussar because it allows them to take TCs much faster, giving them a lot more threatening raiding potential. Usually, hussar are too slow to really threaten TCs, because they don't do enough damage to destroy it before you can get reinforcements there, but with manipur cavalry this is a different story.

[@xanecosmo5061]

I'm a player from Myanmar. Half of the reason why I bought the game is because they included Burmese.

[@jwpark3693]

Those SE Asian civs in AoE have made me adore their history. As a Korean I confirm that they were stronger than ancient Korea (Goryo and Chosun) until European traders started colonization.

[@timelight6009]

First Of All They Repel All The Attacks From British And Feared The British With Massive Attacks Near The East Indian Company I Mean By Counter-Attacks ...If By Chance Burmese Were Able To Conquer The Company...Burmese Would Have Chance To Become A Strong Country Like The Japanese.. They Really Have The Potential... In History Burmese Defeated Siamese Several Times And Colonized Siam... And Secondly The Mongol And Chinese Have Been Defeated... Several Times Even If They Tried To Conquer Burma... And Laos Cambodia And Vietnam Were Nearly Conquered...And They Even Threaten Majapahit (Today... Indonesia)...Their History Is Really Magnificent..

[@samhandy3453]

I've been waiting for this overview for so long I love this civ! Thank you!!!

[@alejandrosmusic8685]

Nice review! Always love your videos, specially your civ reviews.

[@stijnbarneveld3999]

Top 5 Naval civs'' waiting for this one :D Appreciate the time stamps btw great vids keep it up man!

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Rankings: 1. Italians 2. Malay 3. No one else because those two civs are way too damn OP and AoE2 water balance is terrible as a whole and every naval fight is decided in Feudal Age. I would rather play AoE1 or AoE3 for water battles.

[@clashprofile8865]

Anirudh Viswanathan forgot spanish and vikings

[@TheMrZachHill]

Thank you for making these videos. I've been a fan for 3ish years.

[@thomasrogers3008]

Thanks man. Been waiting for this vid for a while. Epic analysis as always.

[@1337Jogi]

Its always a good day when I see one of your new videos pop up :)

[@chirantans2162]

Additionally, we need to factor the time that goes into researching the lumbercamp upgrades. Burmese lumberjacks start delivering added wood instantly- this compared to enemy Civ who has to expend that quantum of time before cutting same amount of wood. The Franks have a similar farm upgrades free bonus - other than resources it’s the time saved that’s the real advantage there! In the case of Franks there’s a two fold advantage (actually 3) : 1. Resources 2. Time to research farm techs 3. Wood saved cuz farms last longer needing less wood for refreshes. So in case of the Burmese, lumbercamp upgrades for free adds 1. Time to research 2. Resources saved 3. Additional wood for farms or extra farms So it kind of works out more or less the same for both the civilizations

[@skevball2792]

Love the videos dude keep up the good work 👌

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Yes I was looking forward to this a month or so ago :) Awesome to have it out

[@jnb894]

Jesus your content is so great and top quality! You deserve more subs mate!

[@zenologic7786]

As Burmese I usually mix elephants, halberds, and champions. Occasionally I'll add Arambai depending on enemy army comp

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

that's the name of the darts tho reading wikipedia makes me expert

[@kelthuzad43]

Im very happy to see that tout still upload videos about This game . Thx

[@dctalk56]

Man, I love your videos! All of them! I remember playing this game when I was in high school and absolutely loving it! This channel has definitely given me some nostalgia. By the way, I think a fun/interesting game to see (I know it would probably take forever) would be playing without bombard cannons/trebuchets. I would like to see how certain civs and people's strategies might change without those units. I love your gameplay videos, I would love to see more :-) Thanks!!

[@IamRayson]

Yay! You’re still alive! Now for an awesome video. :)

[@SnowElf_96]

Its been like 200 years since this DLC came out finally im happy you finally did this.

[@chirantans2162]

Among the new Civs the Burmese are my favorite! They have exactly all the things I need! Relics, best Halbs in town, powerful castles by housing Arambai inside and a fantastic unique unit the Arambai - no need to build siege with them though they’re quite weak even against Skirmishers. And Manipur cavalry makes all their Cavs amazing in destroying buildings! A bunch of 10 Arambai can take down a TC in 5-6 strikes - these are amazingly OP Defenses are underrated because you tend to use the Arambai for hit and runs and always housed in Castles- and you get Max castle fire with just 6-7 Arambai garrisoned in castles - similar to the Mangudai. They’re super weak and hence best only for surprise attacks otherwise keep them in castles to boost ur defense. Most important economic upgrades are the lumber camp upgrades- and you don’t have to bother about them - best part of the early game! Arambai are weak against siege units tho it supposedly has a bonus but I couldn’t feel any! Battle elephants are excellent as anti siege units tho! My favorite used to be the Franks but now it’s easily the Burmese

[@agustinmoreira5937]

This guy makes my day everytime he releases a video.

[@glennhefel]

I've been waiting for this for years

[@Haterswillhateme4er]

Keep on being awesome Spirit of the Law! Love from Toronto =P

[@ameliacrossley8485]

21:30 the dreaded maracas of micro-management!

[@suhyun0428]

Thx to you :-) I’m waiting for this video~~

[@alian6965]

Good job your vid is filled with the latest changes.

[@Clerkius]

Excellent Choice!

[@thepersonwhocomentz]

I want to live in the alternate timeline where the Arambi got the full +6 damage vs. Castles.

[@HB-ej6iq]

I was looking forward to this video. I really like the Burmese

[@RomaInvictusSPQR]

great job as always

[@lordmoncef5494]

new vid you just made my day

[@paradigmagabriel7500]

One thing that you forgot about Arambai is that it's probably the best unit to be garrisoned in castle, just 12 of them are enough to make Castle fire the maximum 21 arrows, making Burmese Castle on of the most formidable castle in AOE2 (this is a big step ahead of gunpowder units like Jannisary and conquistador). I think this is the main reason why Burmese didn't get Hoardings

[@TheWitchking123]

Dude you're the best AoE YT channel out there! Could you make a video in the future talking about your thoughts regarding AoE3 or maybe why you think it failed to be as popular and good as AoE2?

[@TheWitchking123]

I agree with the Victorian era thing. The heart and core of AoE has always been on the medieval warfare side of things.. AoE3 personally for me was a good game but was not an AoE game. Was more like a spin off of Total War... Also, lets not forget the fact the game absolutely dropped the balls when it came to the campaign. Instead of revolving around actual historical scenarios like prior titles, it relied on some bland, fictional story which imo was a HUGE waste of potential considering plenty of important historical events and battles took place at the time..

[@ghostapostle7225]

The "deck" stuff is what killed the multiplayer, it's good for variety, but too hard to master the gameplay.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Also, range units have a stupidly long reload time, around 3-4 seconds in real time. I tried to micro longbowmen as British, and it seriously wasn't worth it. They just take way too long to reload and they end up getting mobbed by even a very small group of cavalry, if they have more than 100hp.

[@lizardemperorkorbac4281]

@@TheWitchking123 The heart of AOE hasn't been medieval. AOE1 is about the classical age, AOE2 is about the medieval age, so it made sense for the series to move ahead in time for AOE3 as it has done before. I would say its there is no deeper reason than that AOE2 is just a better game than AOE3 is.

[@pablodeoliveira5142]

Great video! At 8:27 you can see the effect of the Slavs' unique tech, it's hilarious lol

[@Gui101do]

Watched the ad, liked and commented before even watching!

[@Jon0007723]

3:50 ...while knowing your long term woody fish and sea is handling itself. xD Love you spirit

[@SomethingEls]

This vid is the best thing I could wish for getting back from work at midnight.

[@culturainutil861]

Damn spirit, you're getting REALLY good at creating content. If you branched out into other games you could seriously get some top tier views

[@tomascanevaro4292]

That's crazy. I searched up yesterday for a burmese overview of you in case you had done it, completely unaware you where gonna release one today.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

Wow, as somebody who hasn’t played this in years this I didn’t expect to love this civilization so much but I do, sounds so fun and flexible

[@RundownMan100]

Very nice. I love the elephant facts.

[@Cheapstall]

Love your videos

[@eksmad]

Spirit I love your videos

[@terrab1ter4]

With most channels I like to speed up videos to minimize the time I spend watching but with your channel I don't want to. Your voice is simply too nice to listen to.

[@betsecaf2227]

I would love to see a re-done Teutons Overview when you finish up the expansion civs, i don't play aoe2 as much as i did before but Teutons along with Mongols were always my favorite civ

[@DaniFabri97]

i don't play this game about 5 years but i like your videos and brings me back memories

[@vietdungang3073]

The Campaign v. History video led me to think you would redo the Huns overview... But then again, the Burmese are the Burmese, so I can’t really complain. And your video is incredible as always And now, onto the Vietnamese!

[@chungus816]

OMG SPIRIT OF THE LAW UPLOADED A VIDEO MY DAY IS SAVED XD

[@powerist209]

Burma, my home country in the videogame...like first time. (I thought Arambai was weird romanization--as usual, like Pyay is called Prome--until it was referencing Manipur darts. Ironically Manipur is traditionally enemies of Toungoo...though they do adopt similar horseback javelin throwing similar to the game unit and Manipur cavalry.)

[@Dracobyte]

Great guide!!

Peeeerfect video As always

[@Grachtnakk]

Thanks for watching.

[@szentesibence]

Finally a Spirit of the law video! :D

[@DiehardMechWarrior]

Yes. YES. *YEEEEEESSSSSS!* New SoL video? AND it’s a civ overview? Daddy treats us right, y’all.

[@fo0l913]

DIS WHAT DEY BEEN WAITIN FO

[@Jel.Awesh.M]

I love the intro!

[@satyakisil4289]

Top 5 ways to stop Burmese - 1. [N/A] 2. [N/A] 3. [N/A] 4. [N/A] 5. Pick Britons and pray that you don't get attacked till Castle Age.

[@yizhenji5564]

Satyaki Sil Actually there lots of civs with unique units that can beat the Arambai

[@satyakisil4289]

It's not the lone Arambai which is broken, but a combination of Arambai with Mangonels. That combo is the strongest Castle Age combo in the game right now. Very few civs can hold against that.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Pick Berbers. Go triple layer walls into Fast Castle and pump out your cheap camels and Camel archers, that totally wreck Arambai+mangonel combo.

[@satyakisil4289]

Well, it would be very hard to triple wall against a strong m@a tower civ like Burmese. Once they see you are full walling, they will drop towers right away.

[@yizhenji5564]

Anirudh Viswanathan Triple Walling is also very ineffective in terms of resources since Rock are much more useful for Town Centers and Castles

[@goliver9991]

Could you do a video on why is aoe3 so broadly hated and more indepth on your personal reasons why dont you play it ?

[@vladnovikov7736]

Is it? Imo AOE3 is realu cool because of all of the differences between civs. It realy feels like playing fresh game from the same franchise

[@RaptorIndian]

Mr.Halogames I think aoe3 is a great game

[@bloodpanthera9300]

Mr.Halogames It's not that AOE 3 is hated, it's just not as loved as AOE 2. Nowadays the developers only focus on 2 releasing new stuff and patching making it even better and therefore bringing more people to it, while 3 is just slowly rotting away.

[@UM96lol]

Mr.Halogames 3 plays out really differently. It's hard to compare Sword+Bow+Catapult gameplay with a Musketeer+Skirmisher+Cannon gameplay. It comes down to personal preference. I prefer Guns, but I can see why many people don't.

[@leonardoeras7962]

Some things I didn't like about aoe3: - No European nor African maps or campaigns (aoe2 world seems bigger in comparison, what happened to the thirty years war, the Napoleonic wars, Prussian wars, etc (this was included in Napoleonic Era mod though) ) - Military units created in batches while villagers won't (unless you play with Russia) - The maps feel small in comparaison to aoe2 - While water combat looks amazing, you cannot make tons of ships (amazing armada of 10 ships isn't amazing) - In general building limits, cannot make a lot of outposts, etc

[@barrythaw9616]

Loving this Burmese!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DMiso90]

Another video, another elephant fact! The day got much better already!

[@DraconiusDragora]

This Civ plus the civ that gives the Relics Food generation is a good combo. Not only can both rush for monks, to get the relics, and the food + gold generation helps keep the gold + food units pumping out.

[@christianderbyshire744]

Thank you for all the info in all of your videos I can finally beat my older brother

[@emperorcaesar4311]

*instant like*

[@hbarudi]

Finally this video is out and of course we have the malay video too. Those are the new Rise of rajas civilizations that miss the castle age blacksmith upgrades due to being designed to make other units stronger and give them a powerful unique unit that needs the entire civilization to be balanced around that unit but also they have benefits to their infantry and cavalry with their battle elephants having several bonuses. Only the vietnamese video is left for this channel to have a video for every civilization in aoe2 including the new expansions. The burmese look very good when you look at all their non archery range units, but when it comes to the archery range, I am glad they got a C- grade there even without something that the celts have when it comes to archers. They do have the bracer but still no crossbowman +2/+2 armor for this civilization and usually my playstyle had to change when my crossbowmen just didn't perform when they miss that tech. I played the campaign with not a significant use of arambai besides the few in the first scenario to go raid that king by going down along the side of their map and that was about it. I used siege units a lot in that campaign. But I didn't like how the 4th and 5th scenarios had no villagers and town center to use while the 4th scenario was unique experience and I did after several playthroughs defeat all enemy units before the timer runs out, it was mostly monk fights. That 5th scenario was one that I didn't like their decision of not making it a usual villagers and town center where I could really test out how the burmese perform in general without their archer armor upgrades, but that is something that can be done in the scenario editor. However, the first 3 scenarios were great to use the burmese, but even the third scenario we were missing walls and towers due to religious concerns.

[@federicobalboni9157]

Love elephant fact:)

[@ObviusRetard]

I just noticed you said "These are just my opinions on the Burmese though" at the end of the video. Yeah, it's just an in depth 22 minute video and probably the most comprehensive guide to the civilization out there. Just an opinion : P.

[@justinz.3993]

Spirit of the Voicepack!

[@HAHA4625]

Coming back to this video after playing DE is something else.

[@Alche_mist]

With the free upgrades, you might also mention that you get them on spot when you advance, therefore taking effect sooner (because you just don't have to wait for them to be completed). It's not much, but it still somewhat helps directly after advance (when the resource hunger is probably the direst).

[@jayrosado5894]

Thank you finally geez

[@chirantans2162]

I keep criticizing here often but that doesn’t change the fact that I think this is easily the best channel on KZbin I’ve subscribed to 👏🏻

[@EvernightDreamer]

Your humor is definitely an honorable mention ;)

[@TomSmith-li5se]

Finally you reviewed the OP civ

[@jthfear]

i loved the arambai for a more obscure reason, their fortification bonus. you only need 12 in a castle to max out its attack (+21), but the flipside is you need to remember putting more than 12 arambai in a castle is a waste.

[@imsusaf2038]

As a Burmese person, this is very interesting

[@reubendias18]

21:24 ... Spirit of the lol

[@berndbrachmann1360]

Excellent work as always, Spirit. Maybe you could do a 'Top 5 Versatile Civs' Video.

[@bryanguerrero6213]

Man you are brilliant. I hope your gifts have made you rich.

[@aniruddhbhatkal1834]

It's not just cost saved, it's the crucial 30 seconds... when you have 15-40 villagers on wood, they will gather quite a lot more before others have done buying the Upgrades if the opponents can buy it the second they hit the new age

[@nepolianmoirangthem4073]

The Arambai is a troop type of the Meiteis (present day Manipur, India). We killed the burmese and invaded them with our special unit Arambai.

[@captkewl1808]

20:19 The lone purple ram taking out the monastery. So awesome.

[@haoghaog9249]

Idk why but I have always really liked this intro

[@martytu20]

I’m a simple man. I see a SotL video, I upvote.

[@-Raylight]

Gotta love these elephant facts, it's like getting clairvoyance -Did you know that Elephants have poor eyesight but an amazing sense of smell?-

[@3chan812]

Pls man never stop making content

[@hdrdzt]

will there be a video with the top 5 monk civs? Epic stuff spirit :) keep on going

[@GuilhermeMiranda89]

In order: Aztecs; Burmese; Spanish; Sarracens; Slavs.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

I would replace Slavs with Teutons. Those cheap farms helps save a lot of wood(especially in Castle when you're eco is on farming simulator) so you can plop a monastery without much concerns for wood. Also that healing range being doubled means the monks can heal your expensive knights/Teutonic knights safely at the back or behind walls.

[@GuilhermeMiranda89]

Yeah, we can make changes. I Selected Slavs because of their +3/+3 defense.

[@GuilhermeMiranda89]

I selected Aztecs because of their eco boost and 95 HP is not just a extra HP. It makes a huge difference in the long run. I prefer Aztecs monks because they don't die easily and resources are more valued. Of course, Spanish, Burmese and others have their good points too. But yeah, probably in castle age Burmese get advantage in a monk war.

[@lizardemperorkorbac4281]

@RuneDillen In a monk war Aztec converted monks die, while burmese monks become aztec monks, so Aztec > Burmese in monk war. I would however go with Saracens in a monk only war.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

16:58 no F ? Remember the Goths' defence ?

[@NeonKnightOA]

Well, he may have run out of Fs to give, lol!

[@Murzac]

Aztec water as well later down the line lol

[@eRic-hr3yl]

I AM SO HAPPY

[@johnapple6646]

WHAAAAT! I was just about to go to bed! Oh well bed can wait

[@TheHaighus]

Regarding defence- their castles are especially potent, because garrisoned arambai increase the number of fired arrows quicker than any other unit. They can create arambai to defend a threatened castle and drastically increase its damage potential very rapidly.

[@redclaytanto]

Oh yeah! There'e that intro music I crave.

[@HaBBiSiFy]

I love your work. Thought I'd argue about the archer line C-; good flush and no word about the Arambai there (amazing cavalry archer)? I'd give them B.

[@martytu20]

HaBBiSiFy Arambai doesn’t really offset the fact that their skirmishers are the worst in the game and their only trick is Arambai and feudal archer rush.

[@yizhenji5564]

C- is already good because Burmese have some of the worst Archers in the game

[@Volcano4981]

Much like the Celts, who are very strong with archers early, if not Briton/Mayan level, the Burmese have a pretty sharp dropoff - actually even more so than the former. Hence, C- is an overall grade, averaged across multiple game scenarios. For Celts, they get a C or C- too I think - A for the archer rush; B- for mid-Castle Age and F in the late game. By that logic, Burmese have the early game probably a B+; Arambai settle in with an A-, but literally every archer else they have is pretty much an F all around.