Italian overview (2024 update)

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1:20 Condottiero
2:10 Advancing costs -15%
2:52 Dock and university discount
4:04 Fishing ships
4:50 Gunpowder units
UNIQUE UNIT AND TECHS
6:16 Genoese Crossbow (deep dive video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnO2kq1_ipqHpsk)
8:10 Unique techs
TECH TREE
10:00 Archers A
10:30 Infantry B
10:50 Cavalry B
11:21 Siege B
11:40 Navy A
12:08 Monks B+
12:26 Defences B+
12:47 Trash units B-
13:07 Strategies and final thoughts
14:40 Squarespace
Original Italian overview (2016): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGSkiZ5moJecjMU
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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition

[@Alron112]

I don't even play AoE2 anymore. I'm here just to listen to Spirit of the Law's voice and chill out.

[@jarkkovahamaa7272]

Same here. You never know when I'll need the info!

[@darkdill]

Same. Who knows when I might come back to AoE2, even if I didn't play multiplayer.

[@SIGNOR-G]

What a shame. I hope one day you will rekindle your interest in the game.

[@sharpasacueball]

This is the problem with all RTS games. Very few people watching the content actually continue playing the game

[@IDKisReal2401]

I play it just not online

[@diemulltonnencrew3020]

At this point when spirit of the law is done with the civ overview remakes they're gonna be so outdated again, that he can just start over with the series. Kinda genius if you think about it...

[@Floris_VI]

he could do a civ overview every week or 2 if he really wanted to aswell but spacing it monthly makes it a pretty much permanently repeatable cycle

[@Zsamoff]

Sisyphus of the Law

[@mattutter3525]

@@Zsamoff Theseus of the Law: after all civ reviews have been replaced piece by piece, are they the same civ overviews or a completely new civ overview?

[@gamingwithmrgoblin]

Who would've guessed this was gonna be the next civ overview!

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

Everyone.

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

after I pointed it out the first 4 times he did this, everyone

[@arkbuble]

I know, i was expecting the Egyptians.

[@firehawk894]

Nobody expects the Spanish Civ Revision!

[@jaikumar848]

After condotterio video, it was obvious

[@godmarilputente7460]

Living near Milan, I'm wondering where all those discounts went...

[@Kawabongahlive]

At least food is cheaper in italy compared to argentina... which makes no sense since we're massive producers but you know. Corrupt feudalism does this to a nation.

[@mathhews95]

Gone with the Renaissance

[@PurpleWarlock]

Well, Milan's army had more of a Teuton/HRE influence.

[@Floris_VI]

@@PurpleWarlock definitely not teutonic, they were present mostly in the baltics but yes the HRE ofc was there historically

[@kostadinpantev]

There is a saying in Germany that Milan is the southernmost German city and Munich the northernmost Italian one.

[@tlsgrz6194]

Italians lacking Halberdiers finally explains, why the pope has to get his traditionally halberts wielding guard from Switzerland

[@paterson90]

🤣

[@yohanbeck8172]

Swiss DLC incoming when?!?! :P

[@darkdill]

A little bit of trivia here: Italians are presently the only Archer civ that has Redemption. Every other Archer civ lacks it so that they can be countered by Mangonels. Chinese used to be in that category, but they lost Redemption after getting Block Printing.

[@patricklml5811]

omg

[@ddurst1]

Portuguese?

[@Davtwan]

I bet weld see a lot more monks of that Bombard discount didn’t exist.

[@willemverheij3412]

You know what, I didn't think the Italians where that great but this totally redeems them.

[@tankofnova9022]

That would be so annoying! "Ah, he's going archers. Let's squish them. WHY IS IT SHOOTING ME?!"

[@2MeatyOwlLegs]

I love the puns you come up with for the squarespace ads

[@claytonknowles25]

Same 11, I’d lowkey visit these websites

[@franciasii2435]

​@claytonknowles25 what are you talking about? These are all SOtL's real businesses.

[@claytonknowles25]

@@franciasii2435For reals? Or are you being sarcastic? I can’t tell😅😂

[@TheOhioNews]

YESSS

[@Vincent-sk7xl]

It's been 8 yrs SOTL When is the updated Japanese civ review coming 🤦‍♂️

[@CrnaStrela]

Tbf he did that already though it's probably was also outdated. I felt like he didn't want to do a remake of a remake on a civ until everything else were done

[@Jondiceful]

I have no idea if he is doing these in alphabetical order, and I'm too lazy to find out, but if he is going in alphabetical order then I think the Japanese would be next on the list.

[@THOTHGames]

This might disappear beneath the comments: But as someone who really likes goofing about with Italy, my favourite go to is early scout rush to cause trouble in the enemies' camps then when in castle age, pick up pavise instantly and begin Genoese production. Its probably not the greatest plan, but its fun and creates a high energy mood in the game that helps transition well into the slow, almost siege line style, Castle Age on Italian style I play with Bombards, Castles & Genoese to hold back threats.

[@thegermanbladx7009]

The discount hint at the end was very clever

[@thibaud1330]

I would love a legal analysis of each unit's and civs warcrimes just to put the "law" back in Spirit of the "Law"

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

Can't wait for complete redesign of Italians in the next patch. 11

[@samphelps856]

11

[@spookynya3066]

They'll be splited into 4 new civs and SOTL wil have to cover them all while they're still brand new 😂

[@Floris_VI]

🤩

[@thefidgetspinnerofdoom]

Clickbait title; I expected an overview of Italian grammar in 2024, and got an AoE video instead

[@ackbarreserve]

Lasciamo perdere, che è meglio

[@inductivegrunt94]

Italians were always a favorite civ of mine. I really enjoy using gunpowder units and their cheaper upgrades and gunpowder units really incentivize mixing in some gunpowder units into your army. So that really helpes me like the Italians a lot more. That and their two really cool unique units.

[@petrpinc7695]

So as somebody suspected under the Genoese crossbowmen video, Italian overview is here

[@3ak426]

That was me I believe 😂 SOTL managed to make his civ re-reviews pretty predictable atm

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

As well as under Condotterio video.

[@Davtwan]

The only slightly unpredictable thing this time is that we got a twofer before the overview.

[@Floris_VI]

*everyone

[@Progeusz-]

More like almost everyone thought it's so obvious at this point that there's no need to mention it anymore.

[@NiDe500]

Literally gave a quiet “YES!” when I saw you’d redone the Italians. The old one was hideously dated, and Italians are just a really fun civ to play with all their counter units, a less defensive and more punchy Byzantine flavor.

[@predwin1998]

At this point I have to believe that the primary factor limiting SOTL's upload rate is that he's constantly setting up and managing all these side-businesses. Fortunately building the accompanying websites takes no time at all thanks to this video's sponsor: Squarespace.

[@AdrickBruno]

Gotta love those square space ads in the end, always delivering

[@paterson90]

Im surprised there isn't a tech on how to make an authentic pizza, that gives 10% morale to the troops.

[@SIGNOR-G]

Be satisfied that theres a pizza in AOE 3

[@evilvitamin]

Well of course, they’re saving that for when they release the nest set of American civs with the Iroquois.

[@evilvitamin]

They’re saving that for the next North American civ pack with the Iroquois.

[@joeya289]

That's "first crusade" and owned by the Sicilians.

[@paterson90]

@evilvitamin I would actually like a new Meso Civ pack with like 3 more northern native American groups and to like give the other 3 Mesos a reskin of all there units to make them look less Medieval Europe.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

We've come a very long way since we've used Byzantines as the Italian and Roman placeholder...

[@kevinnorwood8782]

For those who don't know, Pavise is the term for the shield that we see the Genoese Crossbowmen standing behind. It was literally a real-life version of the Deployable Cover equipment from Halo 3.

[@Scarfboii]

Hi Spirit. I wanted to let you know you’re content is THE PERFECT LENGTH - this 13-17 minute episode length is perfect. I have enough attention for one episode of SpongeBob no more no less, so this is perfect.

[@cougareinfeldt7427]

I have said it before and I’ll say it again, the Italians’ theme song/music is the best.

[@Blooticus]

Holy cow the Italians civ jingle goes hard

[@imsmeagol911]

In team game closed maps, they're super underrated, going fc into genoese is so strong because the genoese is a borderline OP unit for the crossbow-knight meta.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

My preferred core ranged deathball is 50% Genoese Xbow + 50% Hand Cannoneers, adjusted in response to the enemy comp!

[@Mattroid99]

Molte grazie per la recensione degli italiani! E viva Genova la Superba

[@SIGNOR-G]

Forse un giorno ci glorieranno anche della vostra acerrima rivale, la Serenissima!

[@Mattroid99]

@@SIGNOR-G Sono d'accordo! Personalmente a me piacciono come sono al momento gli Italiani, ma spero cambino Silk Road per qualcosa che rappresenti Venezia! Magari la Galeazza o qualcosa del genere

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@Mattroid99 la Via della Seta è stata una trovata astuta. Penso che se ci daranno Venezia avranno la Galeazza come unità unica. Il vero cambio dovrebbe essere il condottiero. Storicamente erano a cavallo. L'intera strategia rinascimentale si basava intorno alle "Lanze".

[@isaisotarriva8162]

Italians are a great Michi civ, countering the most common units we see on those maps (knights, bbcs ,gunpowder and massed onagers). Their only kind of weakness is they are quite slow. Sorry if I only talk about Michi, but that is what I usually like to play.

[@Jarlaxle33]

Perfect timing I’ve been wanting to play Italians more. Spirit of the law coming in clutch.

[@Jz4p]

"Spirit of the Latte", man, I love your Squarespace ads. The puns are fantastic. Good job with the video overall, too!

[@mscbijles1256]

Perfect timing for the start of the Tour de France, in Italy this year

[@bleach-chugger]

i keept wactching Spirit of the Law for aboute a year now and i forgot to subscribe... this is a reminder to all off you

[@erwinwendler4621]

for the fising ship bonus, you also have to add the work time of 1 vil you can skip instead of regular civs that need 1 extra vil on wood for constant production. so if you make 5 fishing ships, the savings is more than 55 wood

[@guilhermecesar9185]

Sometimes the Italians reminds me of the Goblins of World of Warcraft, because the players came from islands, and had a famous phrase "I got the best deals anywhere!", which ia their racial too giving them discounts overall ( They also like guns and explosions for gunpowder units...). I rally enjoy a italian play with their unique units! Great Vídeo!

[@flakstruk-8481]

Im here so early, the pasta isnt ready

[@UnDeaDCyBorg]

And another great transition to a Squarespace add. I wonder if he'll ever run out of those. Also, wonderful to see this new series of reviews. If he'll persevere (not guaranteed), I'll be around for round 3 in 5+ years. This game has already been around from late childhood memories to today, might as well share it with another generation.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

for italians i find using both archers does wonders, crossbowmen for the pikemen/infantry geneose for the horse/elephant cavs.

[@mitchellclapp1618]

Always love the square space transition 😂

[@erictokunhaga9482]

Maybe a discount for the barracks would be a nice buff for open maps.

[@kleuafflatus]

So Italian doesn't have heresy, I didn't expect that. Although for the Spanish I expect--

[@oredi]

14:42 that was a smooth transition.

[@volcanic_sloth]

spirit of the latte sounds amazing

[@djavanalderromero]

you should make a video about a civ *you* would like to see in the game. or a mechanic you'd like to see implemented. Idk i think most people here would love that

[@mikoajk.8853]

They are my 2nd favourite civ. Love them.

[@VRichardsn]

1:10 I just realised both teams have 9 players instead of the normal 11.

[@malikshabazz2065]

great stuff! :-)

[@thomasfplm]

4:55 Italians is basically the discount civ

[@antoniomele4830]

Funfact: "latte" in Italian just means "milk" so i never understood why it is called that way

[@OniGarro]

They kept asking for latte (milk) to make Italian style coffee "softer", with time it led to them asking straight for "latte" and Italian bartenders straightly serving them caffelatte.

[@antoniomele4830]

@@OniGarro so basically "latte" is what we in Italy call "caffelatte". It's a very popular thing to drink here for breakfast

[@comack669]

These have always been so well made. Can you please do faction overviews for AoM:Retold when it comes out?

[@jamesmattila-hine1133]

It really does feel unfair that they have tec that is only useful in Team games I guess if you can secure an enemy market it might be useful but I don't think that happens too often. Maybe if in addition to it's current effect it increase the price that goods are sold at the market I think that would be a little bit better in singles

[@smaoproducts]

Italians deserve a split: Venetians, Genoese, and Milanese, with regional Papal States units. Age 3 is onto something with them.

[@ComissarYarrick]

I didn't played AoE2 in years ( if not a dacade) yet I still watch almost all of SoTL wideos. I grew to really like his detailed overviews, soothing voice and dry jokes.

[@cyancookie1937]

Lumber: Spirit if the Saw Salad: Spirit of the Slaw Drilling: Spirit of the Bore Desserts: Spirit of the S'more Mining: Spirit of the Ore Home Renovation: Spirit of the Floor/Door

[@MAD2192]

Babe wake up a new Spirit of the Law civ overview just dropped.

[@jonathanperigo6853]

I also dont play AOE 2 anymore at all, but i still come here, as a game designer, for the amazing knowledge and insights your content brings.

[@AlexMathiesen]

7:05 "If the game ended in castle age, Genoese crossbowmen would have a better reputation." Genoese crossbowmen: "Where's the cereal box/demo version of definitive edition when we need it?"

[@Vektordeformacio]

I play Italians when I don't want to play Tatars or Vietnameese, yet I do not want to struggle economically to play Magyars. Good middle ground.

[@mangekyoubyakugan5913]

fun theory: spirit of the law could make a second channel about terrain bonuses in aoe2: spirit of the lawn

[@andomlyranonymous6488]

Nice.

[@cypherusuh]

Mammamia

[@arkadiyyaslynsky9294]

I know that a few words pronounced the same in the Ukrainian and Spanish languages. a few countries Francia 🇫🇷 Italia 🇮🇹 and vino 🍷 fotografía fútbol ⚽️. what I want to do as a future career when epilepsy ends is to open a cafeteria. as he did. Latte is the Italiano word for leche 🥛/milk.

[@felipeuseche332]

So many side businesses, forget the Law, this guy is the true Spirit of Enterprise.

[@Lotiras92]

Yes, PavisE is better, but it actually is PavEse, not PavIse (with accent on the first E). Thank you very much for the attention to detail anyway

[@OniGarro]

I said the same under another video but look, it actually says PAVISE in his game menus, so it's in English and should be pronounced without the last vowel.

[@sneakybeak4032]

Bring on the updated Japan review!

[@rensvopstal]

I haven't played AOE2 in years, I don't really care about the balance but spirit of the law always gets my views. Especially his side hustles are top notch every single time. 10/10 would visit the coffee website again

[@royalrepublican3480]

if i run update, will my custom changes go back to default?

[@daa3930]

Once I saw the sponsor, my guess was that your next side hustle would've been "Pizza of the Law". Welp, maybe next time you need to talk about Italians in detail. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@reubendias18]

I wonder when we'll get to see Spirit of the Coleslaw, or Spirit of the Chainsaw

[@commanderkeen4971]

SOTL: "Shoutout to Squarespace" Me:"Oh yeah a SOTL ad!"

[@commanderkeen4971]

was not disappointed with Spirit of the Latte. So smooth. . .

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

I so missed the intro 🤩

[@niklasw.1297]

have to appreciate the pun into sponsor transitions.

[@nietbasxoudenh3772]

i think the imp unique tech should be change for something specific in 1vs1 or 2vs2 and more like a reduction of the cost of the villager from 50 food to 35 good if you are raid but not good if you are attacking so i't balance becaus on imp so you don't make a lot of villager

[@kentsang7410]

hope that the next DLC will break italian into three civs which spirit can do the civ overview all over again

[@Zakuzelo]

I'm still annoyed they don't get siege engineers. 33% off that cost is giant cost is so juicy and their cheap cannons miss the range so badly. And good god, what is with elite genoese crossbows? It feels like they just forgot to give them more stats and never fixed it. Is there a less impactful elite upgrade anywhere in the game?

[@AnNguyen-gp1jy]

Please do Italian vs Chinese

[@AzureKaioshin]

I think spirit of the law loves genoese crossbows.

[@Davtwan]

The Italian Merchant Union is here and telling YOU how to save big (this SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY)!

[@sokarash]

I'm a bit confused with the ratings for techs: University has all techs exepct one, plus all are discounted. While Siege Engineers is an important tech, is that enough to bump it down to B+? (assuming there would be A-, A and A+ left) Same for the monastry: Only heresy missing, which I don't consider to be the most important tech. Everything else is there. Yes there are no additional bonuses, but is that enough to bump it down that far?

[@lonewanderer6172]

Keep in mind that if you enjoy pineapple on pizza or if you break the pasta in half before cooking it, you lose those civ discounts and the game too

[@omegaj8431]

Description - archer & naval civs Real play in game:discount civ

[@edopronk1303]

Aren't unique techs researched at the castle? (I haven't played for years). Because than the trade car tech is even worse; you sort of have to wait with going big on trade until you have built a castle, and there it slows your capability to amass the crossbowmen.

[@Ustaleone]

"I've looked into this unit in the PAST" Literally 5 days ago 😅. It is technically in the past haha.

[@MastaDJMax]

You should put the dancing woman back in the intro...

[@coreypatterson5827]

Spirit of the Wordplay strikes again. =P

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

gli italiani sono fantastici.

[@TheKobasen]

So, which one is better? 15% discount on next age Or 66% faster research on next age

[@teliph3U]

A matchup I recently had problems with is me as Berber vs. Italians. They tend to build Genoese Crossbows and Hussars. I basically have to build Camel Archers to counter cavalry, which are directly countered if not microed properly. And Skirmishers are not very effective since they always attack the cavalry. Any idea how I could counter this mix?

[@Mattroid99]

Heavily pressure them in Castle Age to not let them get into Imperial age in a good shape nor get into a healthy Genoese Crossbowmen mass, as that unit kills everything Berbers can do (You can do it with 3 stable knights as with Berbers is not that all in, but 2 stable + siege seems especially smooth) If they get to that mass you probably need to leverage on cheaper Hussars to raid as much as possible, Bombard Cannon trades (You have Siege Engineers, theirs are cheaper) and your Skirms to pick of the Crossbowmen. Italians' win conditions should be either Crossbow powerspike in early Castle as Berbers have to still get going, or the mentioned Genoese mass that is very hard for Berbers to fight in one spot.

[@SIGNOR-G]

Ahhhhhh at long last this review has come. Italians really needed a modern overview. 8:14 Also in italian its PAVESE

[@TheTungdil2]

Japanese update one day soon my brother?

[@nafg115]

The intro is back or was there all the time?

[@MegaPerfectJesus]

hey spirit law of the guys here

[@Fregler]

The Italian's have so many discounts they accidentally discounted their winrate on open maps.

[@shykorustotora]

When.. WHEN is SOTL going to run out of website puns? WHEEN!? XD Keep it up ma boy~

[@jjforcebreaker]

Tesoro svegliati, è appena uscito un nuovo video!

[@user-fu4cr7fu1e]

ily

[@carloscampo9119]

Spirit of the Latte. Another great side job from SOTL. 😂

[@ManuAD]

like for spirit of the latte!

[@Javeec]

It's the Britsh that should get a bonus on fish and chips

[@imsmeagol911]

I mainly come here to see what punny side hustle spirit has come up with this time.

[@lucianojose69]

A little trivia to point out: if you go to the history setting of the menu and click on Italians, the image that represents them it's a portion of the La battaglia di Anghiari of Leonardo Da Vinci 🤓🤌🏻