Top 10 Elite upgrades (AoE2)

While every Elite upgrade gives multiple improvements, let's look at which ones give the most benefit to their unique units.
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[@Fourslash]

My favourite elite upgrade is when my youtube front page is upgraded whith a new Spirit Of The Law video

[@CormacHolland]

Fucking facts

[@frostfire5208]

lol I haven't played since AOE2 originally came out but I still watch these

[@victorantonioblancosegovia472]

smoooth criminal

[@3polygons]

+12 piercing armor.

[@hopelesssituationwarrior6996]

0:31 that Excel sheet is the content that makes me feel proud I suscribed

[@Dethleffff]

2:29 "The whole list isn't just expensive melee units" 2:38 ELITE TEUTONIC KNIGHT

[@Mortality90]

The “two tons” pun is why I stick around. Haven’t played AOE2 for a while, but still love the puns and data crunching that happens.

[@caret_shell]

8:58 Oh damn, this must be a good upgrade because SotL is rolling the "conclusion/victory" music! 😃I assume that the music all comes from KZbin's royalty-free music library, because I sometimes here these tracks played on other YT videos, and I always think "Hey, wait a minute, this music has already been claimed by Spirit of the Law, you can't use it for your random video unless you're talking about a technology's time-to-beak-even!"

[@baptistesarrette6705]

Cool! Now we want the opposite video of the 10 worst elites upgrades

[@dembro27]

No Elite upgrade costs 1337 resources. Shame.

[@AtlasJotun]

That would be particularly nice for the Frank Throwing Axe as a nod to the campaign and the Hundred Years War.

[@felixalexisortizlagos6904]

Im here for the Elite Teutonic Knight

[@GoodOleDFT]

2:36 and be happy!

[@Mexican00b]

you know what we missing? an Elite Monk... a Cardinal with a 2x2 and 3x3 (Castle Research . Imp Only . stupidly expensive in gold) tech in convertion, with a recharge rate of +50% for each extra unit converted...

[@grSuchtie19]

Or maybe Indulgence: after conversion you get a part of the unit/building cost

[@Healermain15]

A flying monk would be a gamechanger, but it's small HP pool would presumably balance it out. It may also have difficulty converting people, since it's hard to carry a book and read it when you have feathers for hands.

[@selimcamur2552]

I always think that cardinals would be added as unique monastery units of a new civ: Papal States. And their castle unit is of course Swiss guards

[@Jondiceful]

I don't know why, but the first time I read that, I thought you said "Elon Monk"😂

[@DaddyMouse]

Once you can afford the Cardinal upgrade this will cardinally change the direction of your match. Hence the origin of the name

[@huunghianguyen2027]

i welcome you all to 10x mode, where elite upgrade are also 10x that make it very noticeable. Most of the thing mention in the video also OP unique unit

[@selimcamur2552]

Ah 10x mode, where Cataphracts simply kill everyone by just riding their horse

[@huunghianguyen2027]

strong range unit like consq, hussite wagon or organ gun can kill them before they can even touch you

[@devilpistons1269]

"the first two are outliers" and then number 8 shows up Well done

[@ethantaylor8306]

Hoping we get to see the flip side of this list in another video down the road. Always love it when new Spirit of the Law videos drop.

[@Walgriff]

A new sotl video has dropped !! Tell everyone 🎺🎺🎺🎺

[@michaelblosenhauer9887]

You should do the bottom 10 elite upgrades, too.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

The elite janissary still doesn't give them their fancy hats. Worst. Upgrade. Ever.

[@MP-oh9lt]

The Teutonic knight is the only knight where the k isn't silent.

[@Maxidemt]

*head explode gif*

[@marcuspontius3967]

The single most impactful elite upgrade is without a doubt the AoC Elite Mangudai 🏅 When regular Mangudais were quite mediocre back than, Elite Mangudais received their ecstatic 0-Framedelay. Boy did I love it to micro those Elite Mangudais. No ever so scientific research would convince me of anything else.

[@DaddyMouse]

Me scrolling through my YT feed not knowing what to watch. Sees a SOTL video. Well, now I know what to watch :D

[@willemverheij3412]

It is still a pity that there is no visual difference between the regular and elite upgrade while all other units do have that.

[@david_oliveira71]

10. Mameluke 9. War Elephant 8. Teutonic Knight 7. Janissary 6. Rattan Archer (6+4 pierce armor) 5. Ghulam 4. Organ Gun 3. Tarkan (+50 HP) 2. Boyar ( 8/3 armor) 1. Hussite Wagon ( 1/10 armor; +70HP)

[@Reluxthelegend]

Do one on the worst elite upgrades.

[@Krecikdwamiljony]

Elite chukonu in all ten spots?

[@bartelvandervelden9894]

@@Krecikdwamiljony 1-8 chu ko nu, 9th and 10th for arambai and conqs I guess?

[@PrakharBhatnagar-t1u]

Your Voice is so relaxing , especially " Hey Guys Spirit of the law here "😃😃 Just love it man🥰

[@sourathghosh5170]

Was expecting elite mangudai to be in the top 10 witht he +2 attack and increased bonus damage to seige. Is that upgrade close to the top 10 or is much lower down the list

[@ListersHatsune]

I'm actually not so surprised to see elite tarkans so high up. Back in the day I used to pad my Tarkans out with Paladins as an "anti-unit" unit because it wasn't cost effective to exclusively use Tarkans. The devs have actively tried to make this unnecessary.

[@sniperjelly9537]

I wish every game I play had someone like SotL

[@Doktersocks]

The secret spirit of the law formula

[@bristleback3614]

i like the running animation of ghulam, like they charged the archer with a malicious intent

[@TuoDev]

@SpiritOfTheLaw Can you release the entire spreadsheet as a Google Doc so that we can look over all of them? It would be nice to see how each one stacks up.

[@juanmanuelruizromero7989]

Janissary elite upg got the plus that with turkish game play you probably are making janissaries in castle, and got a decent mass of them when hitting imp

[@fernandosalcedo6968]

What about elite skirmisher? Almost everyone gets it if they have it

[@bluedistortions]

This list was for unique units. Skirmishers are not unique units.

[@fernandosalcedo6968]

@@bluedistortions it was called top 10 elite upgrades, not top 10 unique units elites upgrades

[@Maxidemt]

I dont even play AOE2 but I never miss SOTL videos

[@mikemee8002]

If the wagon is arockin, don't come knocking.

[@Zhongda95]

No Mangudai? I would expect them to be a #1 candidate, since the difference in micro-management and hit and run tactics is immense, regardless of perhaps relatively lower stat bonuses.

[@JackSparrow-re4lb]

The brave voice of science ''Spirit of the Law'' ❤❤

[@robertwagner4671]

Awsome vid. Live the spread sheet.

[@markrainsford4211]

Spirit of the law upgrade is Elite spirit of the law! 🎉 My favourite upgrade is the elite samurai

[@30Salmao]

Gold weighting. Love it.

[@Flavourius]

I know you like maths and all and even though I like math as well I still have a brain of a monkey that would've liked to see a battle of non-elite units against elite units while counting the elite upgrade into the costs. Example 10 elite Mamelukes against 17 non-elite ones or something similar.

[@aoefsmrap]

Spirit, can you please announce a DLC?

[@seanchen7391]

(See the title totally wrong way) Me: Easy, the man-at-arms upgrade.

[@guthriecollins5307]

I can't believe he snubbed the Chu Ko Nu. They get 5 whole arrows, how can you beat that?

[@Olifantenstaart]

I consider Supremacy to be the best Elite upgrade.

[@Iam2lazy2register]

any chance to get access to the spreadsheet?

[@jesusrubiomaldonado27]

For me, the #1 elite upgrade is skirmisher 11

[@emilsoderman3691]

It is kinda funny how we have 3 different versions of Janissaries in 3 different games and they work nothing alike in any of them.

[@theOGSG]

first. SotL video dropped, let's go.

[@renehei2352]

How good is the condottiero video please!!!

[@jaspervanderploeg6199]

Doesn't a unit being expensive make the upgrade less worthwhile? You have to spend more recources to get 1x the amount of upgraded stats.

[@DrNoorcool]

SoTL is the GOAT

[@raffilevy2029]

What’s the best civ if full tech tree is turned on?

[@m0k2k75]

they lose their bonuses, unique techs etc. so its all the same

[@bartelvandervelden9894]

@@m0k2k75 except (castle) unique unit, so one that counters the meta (like ghulams) or has a specific strategy (conqs) would be best I'd guess

[@adwans1491]

Im just gonna say. I am stuck at the portugese campaign mission 5 And I just say it, the Shivam rider is the most broken unit ever.

[@h3m75]

2:40 nice

[@YouEra]

Cool. Now gives us the ten worst

[@ChrisNihilus]

Worst upgrades next week? I'm more interested in those

[@qwerasdf-oy6uo]

Spirit, can you input cavalier/pala and xbow/arba into the sheet, see how they score ? I'm guessing non castle UU like imp skirm or houfnice would probably score high on this list

[@gatau8391]

Top 10 worst upgrade : 1. Elite Composite Bowman

[@AnthonyAvon]

Is Hera so good because he actually knows all this?

[@ObiwanNekody]

He doesn't academically know most of this. He's learned a fair bit of it by doing it tho.

[@alexciveira9418]

Law the guys of here spirit hey

[@ddurst1]

No Elite Longbowman?

[@OldMLPlayer]

👍👍👍

[@xavier5034]

What, no Elite Cataphract?

[@thescribe509]

Here comes 10 worst Elite Upgrade video where #1 with a bullet is Genoese.

[@johannkrause3262]

Can you share your calculation?

[@sanmitranaik]

Hey guys, Elite of the law here.

[@Salnax]

What, no Bottom 10?

[@Neonblue84]

next: worst 10 elite upgrades

[@akale2620]

10th for top 10

[@jeffery_tang]

huskarl?

[@leonardo_pandaboff]

Nerf Hussite Wagoon...

[@harshawardhanthopate487]

1

[@1q34w]

I don't think the number of units matters so much. Price and training time should be more important. You can't train units while upgrading, right?

[@javierramos185]

Worst elite Is kipchap

[@matthewharper4135]

Not arambai

[@fritzfahrmann4730]

first

[@superbeam12345]

Still boycott aoe2de until meele pathing is fixed! 😮

[@quaintserpent]

I prefer the old Teutonic knight with 12 base attack and 5 mele armor. The elite upgrade should increase its attack to 14 attack and 7 mele armor. This unit is too OP and their stats just don’t make sense. When elite tk fights malay battle elephant it’s just hilarious to watch. Guy with a sword punch harder than an elephant? There’s no justice for elephants in this world. 🐘

[@nedalgaber4039]

You can’t be a aoe2 player if you don’t know sotl 💙💙💙

[@KretenSedam]

You intro is horrible. Please consider removing or making a new one, at least change the music.

[@theguardianAoE2]

There isn’t an intro in this video? 😂

[@KretenSedam]

@@theguardianAoE2 I know, just wanted to remind him.