Age of Empires 2 - Best Civilizations
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Aztec's mass human sacrifices: sending swarms of pikemen late game.
Nicolas Leblanc I admit, I lol'd.
12 attack-pikemen destroy all trash, including skirmschikers
carlos m just started playing this game a month ago and I always make pikemen 😂
When i was little I loved Britons. Just make tons of longbows and snipe everyone.
Me too :) its actually a good strategy if you can expand on it and not just go all in on longbows
I have no idea how it would work in competetive games I have never played any. Do you know any comp games on youtube with someone that uses this strategy?
+DarkEgg11 Look for Resonance22's channel, he has done practically a video about any civ massing the unique unit, hahaha. He has even tried a monk army with spanish, or attacking with spanish villagers, xD.
+Iván Flores Vázquez me alegra que gente que habla español vea estos videos xD
Trotis Apple
Somos pocos pero fieles, jaja, es el juego de mi infancia. También veo a Spirit of the Law, por ejemplo, pero ese es un tipo diferente de videos.
Order of the video:
5. The Aztecs
4. Vikings
3. The Mongols
2. The Mayans
1. Huns
You're welcome! Like so others can see
The real MVP man!
Thanks ! :)
Celts>Vikings and Mongols on land maps. They have good economy and a strong military in all ages. Vikings have a good economy but lack a strong land force. Mongols are great in the Feudal and Imperial Age but mediocre in Castle Age because their Cavalry Archers are outclassed by Huns and Drill does not kick in until Imperial Age.
Oh, and these are the top civilizations in Age of Kings, in no particular order.
1. Teutons - Town Centers had +5 range, so Teuton players resorted to fast Castling and TC rushing their opponents.
2. Chinese - They only started with -150 food as opposed to -200 food in AoC, so they end up with a 3 villager lead over the other civs.
3. Britons - Cheaper town centers and the best archers in the game. Thumb Ring did not exist in AoK.
4. Franks - Although weak in the early game, their FU paladins were unstoppable except to Viking and Japanese pikemen. Byzantine and goth pikemen could cost effectively counter them as well.
this need to be pinned
I think the best civs are the Franks, Slavs, and Mesoamerican civs in the late game.
It's so nice to see so many different opinions on the best civs. I think this means the game is pretty well balanced and with lots of diferences between each civ :)
+Josep Pi - Easy Piano covers! i agree. in my opinion there isn't a best civ, they all have strenghts and weaknesses.
Except for Saracens. Their civ bonus is that cav archers have a bonus attack on building XD
I mean come on, why the aoe2 made the Saracens' unique unit cost 85 golds and yet they are weaker than lots of troops.
Except for that, I think you are right. Every other civ is unique with its own strategies.
@@ahmedsorush3726 Mamelukes are devastating against cavalry, and they're the best counter to mangudai.
@@germanpenn yep, but still expansive.
Although in DE expansion saracens are a much better civ now due to foot archers having bonus attack on plasmid walls, now they are a very nice civ
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"Let's get down to business, to defeat, THE HUNS!"
lack of cavalry and gunpowder units for aztecs and mayans can really hurt. So I disagree with those. Korean's can be bad for no eco bonuses but once they're going they're pretty unstoppable. Mongols I agree are great. Vikings are not great if not on a water map. So as an overall civ. They are terrible and I'd put them in a worst 5. Turks I think are unstoppable, provided they have enough gold. And Goths with that unit production speed are very hard to deal with. So my top 5 would be: 1.Huns, 2.Mongols, 3.Koreans, 4. Turks and 5.Goths.
Have you tried playing against a good Mayan player? Their eco will let them steamroll you flat.
koreans have no eco bonus not worth it in competitive play imo as for goths there early game is terrible compared to other civs but I agree with turks on 4v4 but on 1v1 with no trade there weak they are too gold hungry. Mayan and Aztec are best for competitive play with eco bonus and all around good game except for water.
raid their eco? or in a team game, late game they'll get flattened. I usually play team games. AOE is about counters and if you don't have access to cavalry then that's one less option you have to counter.
trevor Wilkinson The eagle warrior is a good alternative to cavalry and plumb archers are equal to a cavalry archer.
Mayans are incredibly strong late game. Not sure who you play against, but watch the top players like DauT, TheViper, Jordan, Tim etc.... They know how to play Mayans.
good little overview of the civs -
nice to have you back!
My favourite was always the Spanish. My 11 year old self just thought Conquistadors were awesome, the thought of men with guns riding around on horseback.
Also liked the Byzantines, Persians and Saracens.
I liked Byzantines best
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Can you also do the Worst Civilizations?
I would love to see a remake of this. This time, making it more situational. Best water maps civs. Best 1v1 civs. Best closed land map civs and so on. That would be much more helpful.
For the water, Vikings, Spaniards, Byzantines and Koreans are the best. I love being Spanish literally.
Can someone explain to me how to have this panel, which is located in the lower left corner, where options to stop?
Loved it! You should do a similar video except with post-imperial civilizations.
IN the end, skill and experience wins games not the civ.
Marcus Petrushko it's like money; it doesn't make you happy but certainly helps.
A good player with a good civ is better than himself with a bad one.
Edit: spanish autocurrector changed "you" for "hoy".
Just like when a professional Melee player destroyed my Roy with his Roy even though he mains Luigi and I main Roy...
I honestly think Vikings are very underrated on land maps, they're my go to civ and they fucking wreck on land.
ikr that pikemen is pretty the most cost effective counter to horses =) bonus HP in all ages, plus dont have to research halbs c:
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After watching both your videos on the Viper winning 1v3, I would tend to agree the Huns are an awesome civ for online mode. You do need to produce and micro the cavalry archers well though in order to see the Huns strength. Not going cavalry archers means the Huns are not near as strong.
This was really entertaining :). Makes me want to make the AOE3 counterpart :)
I thought that the Teutons we're the strongest. Those Teutonic Knights are a force!
Teutonic knights are probably the second single strongest unit (not including heroes) in the game considering their stats. The main problem with them though is that archers are a really big problem because they move so slowly. Of course if you compensate for the archers with onagers or the like, you can counter the weak point of Teutonic knights. :) Teutons have a nice economy with their farming discount and lots of strong options. The problem with them is that they are a bit lacking in their earlier game. The cheaper farms does help, but compared to some other civilizations...
Viper00799 Couldn't agree more
too slow, Huskarls are faster just as strong, can be trained at barracks, and are virtually the strongest unit in the game, the only unit that can possibly combat them is a unique infantry
Being slow along with low(or not high enough) pierce armor is a huge problem with those Teutonic knights. They can be easily destroyed by archers and catapults, especially by catapults
Slow BUT very strong units. Barbarossa was my favourite campaign about 15 years ago.
Byzantines should be on this list they can build a diverse army as they have access to all units
And how can he forget Cataphracts. And cheap trash too.
Cheap trash is not a bonus. They already cost nothing so pay less for that. And for the Byzantines I rather like not to have light cavalry and have bloodlines and blast furnace.
"Byzantines for the win!" - said everyone that played the game (including me) when they were 12 years old.
@@loganvervicos8395 In other words, you prefer the Teutons over Byzantines.
I'm planning to start playing this game! Can't wait! :D
I was expecting the Teutons to be here.
Anyway, it doesn't matter. I loved playing as the Britons because of the Longbowmen when I was young. Now, about 3 years later, i've got the game again and I still pretty much love them.
My top 5 are:
5) Celts, best siege civ, fast wood gather & fast infantry always useful, Celts are dangerous because they can vary their strategy, they are the best dark age rusher with 15% faster militia that can close the gap on villagers, they can also go late game with their potent siege, Celts are especially dangerous on Black Forest
4) Aztec, balanced w/ eco & military bonuses, strong monks which are cost effective units, encouraged to collect relics (40 gold per minute per relic compared to the usual 30), their only weakness is late game unit killing power, but can make it work w/ good micro & unit mix (skirms, eagles, monks and a couple trebs)
3) Chinese, 4 eco bonuses useful on any map, out of the competitive civs Chinese benefit most from age rushing due to cheaper tech each age, and a chu ko nu death ball is hard to stop, chu ko nu are the only archer unit that gets through pierce armor, so there isn't a unit that can withstand their volleys
2) Mayan, disgustingly overpowered civ, 20% more natural resources, cheap archers, potent unique technologies, dirt cheap walls
1) Mongols, useful civ bonuses all around, early game best scouting & food (hunters), late game elite mangudai and 50% faster siege onager is known as the god army and ultimate unit killers, will decimate any army (several armies with good micro)
Huns ironically didn't make my list because they have worthless unique tech, awkward unique unit, no real eco bonus, overvalued housing bonus and no unit power bonus (other than treb accuracy, which isn't a good one). Cheap cavalry archers isn't enough to justify picking Huns over the 4 god civs with well rounded economy & military (mongols, mayans, chinese, aztec)
"overvalued house bonus"? I don't play Huns because I won't play what the majority play. Instead I normally play Mongols (1v1) or Goths (team games), but that house bonus is OP and the best bonus in the game. It is beneficial in many ways:
1) One less thing to multitask
2) Villagers are all working instead of wasting time building houses
3) Save the wood cost of houses
4) Never get housed (and I've seen top experts get housed in videos, so it happens to everybody)
Add to that the fact that they get cheap cav archers (almost as cheap as foot archers), full paladins and hussars, siege rams, and halfway decent trash, and they are the best civ, no doubt.
I play Mongols a lot, but they have a weakness vs full paladins. They don't get halberdiers, and their heavy camels lack the last armor upgrade. I hate building camels anyway, because they suck vs anything other than cavalry, and they aren't even that good at killing cavalry, and they cost a lot of gold on top of it.
Suggestion:
Top 10 Best AoE2 units(including the Forgotten)
The eagle warriors, Teutonic knights, conquistadores, Korean turtle ships, jannisaries, longbowmen.. damn. I think all of them are great (but not the throwing axemen who are cool but very weak).
I know Zak probably didn't mention it about the Mongols because you don't see it abused in really competitive AoE, but one extra fun thing about the Mongols is their unique tech that increases siege speed. I love trolling the AI by loading up siege rams with champions and arbalests. The rams zip them across the map, bust down the walls, and then the infantry floods the base.
This list was surprising, but it's pretty cool!
My personal favorite civilization has to be the Spanish. They just seem like all-rounders (despite their limited archers) and the Supremacy bonus is nothing short of invaluable for expanding to hostile locations, especially when paired with the sappers technology
Aztecs, Vikings and Mayans are one of the top 5 best civilizations in Age of Empires II.
History : Am I Joke to you?
more when u know that the Mayans where extinct as a civ when America was discovered by the Europeans
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the huns are great and i agree with their placement but it is very important to keep your opponents of the defensive because the huns lack on the defensive being limited to watch towers not having access to fortified walls or stone shaft mining as well as other aspects like a lack of building related technology in the university
well.. i guess i'm a little bit late, but great video. i played the game as a kid and recently started to play it again. i hope i can win over my friends with the help of your videos ^^
Not bad, but for me personally, my top 5 would have been:
1). Byzantines
2). Huns
3). Mongols
4). Celts
5). Teutonics
I normally play deathmatch so i don't really focus on economy that much. I also took into consideration 'The Forgotten' DLC changes and civilizations.
I love the Mayans!
Me too. My interest in Mesoamericans SOARED because of this game. I have been to Copán in Honduras where I was born. I'm Spanish. I discovered my Spanish racial heritage thanks to this game and my beard when it started growing in college. I plan to learn Mayan and Náhuatl as well as many other languages.
This was really entertaining :). Makes me want to make the AOE3 counterpart
Completely agree with that top 3. So maybe I have some understanding of the game after all!
Are there civilization(s) that should never be chosen if you have the choice?
That's another video ;)
The Amazing Ace Meracruzer incas are really good, unless you're still a newbie. They're just hard to understand to use them well in the beginning, but when you have had enough practice with them, they can be deadly, specially with their special units and their unique castle techs. And their houses supporting 10 pop. is a time savior, along with their cheaper castles and TCs.
Bunny Hat their nice in closed map TGs against cavalry. mmmm +1 range halberds. but i have to disagree otherwise
+The Amazing Ace Meracruzer
Well, slingers is their best unit imo. They have +10 atk bonus against infantry, and fire fast with precision and from a very good distance. Minimum range reduced for them and skirmishers as well, that's very useful. Also really fast eagles, only surpassed by hussar. Nice siege and full blacksmith. I've been playing with them and once I managed to tank against 3 other players in post-imperial until we won. But yeah, they probably need a good buff in their late economy.
The Amazing Ace Meracruzer Incas are one of the better Forgotten civs IMO (none of them are great). The most common army with them is slingers + skirms + spears. Slingers are like HCs that are available in Castle Age. The house bonus is nice. They have the best scouting in the game with the llama + eagle. -15% stone cost is good too. One nice thing about this is that they're the only civ in the game that can make a offensive or defensive tower in Feudal and still have enough stone left for a TC when they get to Castle Age. Tough villagers with 4/6 armor. Their team bonus is the worst in the game though.
I think Byzantine is strongest civilization in AOE 2. the units they are missing that the South American civilization, otherwise they have all kind of units, including Bombard cannon, hand cannonier, every cavalry unit, every archer unit, a strong navy, not to mention top notch defense, high hitpoints of buildings, bomabrd tower etc. their unique unit cataphract may be not that impressive (in my opinion) but other units availability make up for that.
+Koustav Das
Not that impressive? Cataphracts are anti-anti-cavarly units. They're strong against pikemen and camels (They don't get a boost, but you don't need it, especially if you have a ton of Cataphracts attacking together)
still enough halberdiers are cost efective to couter cataphracts, and with goths you can mass them pretty easy due to their team bonus, cheaper infantry and unique techs. trow some hand cannons and the cataphracts are done.
Thanks for making this nice video. I have been only playing the Byzantines for a while because I liked their defensive stats, I tried the Persians and soon realized that Persians have more offensive capabilities but lack in tower defenses and have been searching for a well rounded civilization ever since... Thanks to your video I think I will try Mongols and then the Huns.
Rachel Turner GET THE TEUTONS! towers garrison twice as many and they have bombard towers
Great advice. Now back to Steam for a DM!
Considering how much value the AoEII Pro community places in cavalry and navy, I'm surprised that the Persians and Saracens aren't on here. Oh wait, that's because they can't feudal rush. I almost forgot how biased the pro community is towards flashy flushing civs.
+Shoes, Couldn't agree more. To the so-called "pros", there's only one type of game (1v1 Arabia rush) and one type of civilization (cavalry civilization).
Boring as f**k....
+JG That's why I prefer playing with fellow noobs. I started playing AOE2 in 1999. Didn't start playing multiplayer until it was released as HD edition on steam some years ago. Before that I just played campaign mode and standard games vs AIs..
Shocked with the fetish for rushing and noob calling and cav fetish.
+JG nothing more I hate than a standarized meta. People going in RPGs for Crit freezelocks because easy crit dmg and freeze locking the enemy down, and then when you try something else they're like "lol that won't work lategame"
So what if I won't reach lvl 100? It's not "Yet another freezelock build"! I AM HAVING FUN, YOU SMART ASS
All RTS games fall down to cake recipes for winning when they're brougth to professional play. Watch some Starcraft matches, the winner is whomever can pull the canned formulas faster, often by a difference of seconds.
CidGuerreiro1234
Take a look at a series called "Break the Meta." Maybe you'll reconsider that assumption.
The 3 most powerful civs (for land maps):
3) INCAS: arguably the best military, considering all the updated expansions. Incas have the best counter-units in the whole game: the best anti-infantry unit (Slinger), the best pike/anti-cav unit (Kamayuk) and, as if that wasn't enough, Couriers tech now gives all their units +1 armor/+2 pierce armor, which makes them almost invincible to arrows as well.
So, basically, Incas have the best anti-inf, the best anti-cav and all their units are anti-archers (and they have Eagle Warriors with +2 pierce armor) - in other words, it's very difficult to defeat them in a head to head battle.
Incas are an 'anti-everything' civ - that's why they have become one of the best.
2) GOTHS: their infantry is so ridiculously cheap that, no matter how many units you lose, the damage to your economy will be invariably smaller than the damage caused to your enemy's economy (assuming that both are minimally decent players, obviously). Not only that, but Goths can create Huskarls at barracks, and all their infantry are almost instantly generated (and very powerful).
Very aggressive and easy to play with/straight-forward civ. They do very well at rush games and at late games.
1) BYZANTINES: quite simply, they have the best unit in the game BY FAR (Cataphract), which has literally no weaknesses: anti-cav units, such as pikes and camels, don't really work that well against them - as their bonus attack against cavalry is reduced against Cataphracts (not to mention Cataphracts kill infantry almost instantly and have trample attack, which damages anything that surrounds them). There isn't much that can be done to counter a massive Cataphract attack.
Then the Byzantines have extremely cheap trash/counter-units (Pikes, Skirms, Camels) to go along with the Cataphracts, which provide them with an overpowering combo (whatever you save making cheaper trash, you use for Cataphracts).
If you get to Castle Age and manage to get a castle up, it's almost impossible to lose playing with Byzantines.
+JG The Byzantines are the best.
How does this trample attack work? I never understood, how.
+Kai Ullrich It does damage to units surrounding your Cataphracts, it is great in mass unit battles, like in death matches. Group of elite cataphracts can actually over power cavaliers despite having lower attack power because of the trample damage. They are just insane against infantry. They have very few hard counters, that's why people like them. But they are so expensive and you cannot mass them as easily as you think, since you have to spam castles. It is viable when playing death matches, but in most 1v1, you just won't be able to sustain them. I think the reason why people like the Huns is that they have good cav units, which have great mobility. I can attack, raid, pull my units back very quickly. They are great in the castle age, but in the late imperial age, they do lose some edge. But, a lot of 1v1 doesn't even get past the castle age. They don't need houses as well, which means you are never population blocked.
The problem with the goth is that you have to get to late imperial age with a whole lot of resources and map control to mass up those infantry. You cannot sustain a huge military that easily without controlling most of resources, if you are controlling so much resources, you are likely to win regardless. You can rush your opponents with Huskarls, but you cannot build strong walls, meaning you can get rushed as well. But, if you manage to sustain a large army, it is crazy how quickly you can make infantry. Actually, i find the goth quite powerful on death match, they are great at countering the huns.
Nick SPP Let's say a Cataphract gets attacked by four Militias on each side left, right, towards, backwards. If he attacks one of them, the other ones take damage too? And how much of this damage do they take? Does every single Miliata take the Cataphract's normal damage or just a little bit like 20%, 30%...?
And do the Militas even take damage by him when he's just passive and doing nothing?
Ps: Thank you for the explinations about Huns and Goths as well.
Kai Ullrich If the other units are close enough, yes, they will take damage as well.I think the surrounding units take a set amount of damage regardless of their defense stats, I think it is around 5 damage. I am unsure whether the unit being attacked gets the additional damage as well. But, the Cataphracts have to be attacking the units. It works similar to the Druzhina for the Slavs.
What's the map name used in number 5. is it possible to play with this map online?!?!
TBf kinda suprised the Teutons weren't here due to their excellent defensive bonuses like the garrison bonus and crennelations plus the Teutonic knights with their stock armour
Number 1 was obvious :D No love for the Teutons or Goths tho? :(
I love the Teutons :D
I love their free murder holes in castle age, and crenellations with Tcs and castles all over your base makes you a epic turtle civ, tks and siege onager are awesome and they get paladins which is pretty cool, but I think without bloodlines and a defence upgrade? I might be getting them muddled with celts there, but they get shit archers, tks are really slow moving and can get shredded wit Arbs, plumes, chu ko nu, longbows etc, I do love playing Teutons when I get dealt them, but I wouldn't say they are top 5 worthy compared to some civs
The Teutons may be not the best in battle but they look the best they fight in style
teutonics are good but teutonic kts are only good if you crush and get them out faster than your enemy can make an army. their paladins lack husbandry. theyre good but they arent the best. though i do wish teutonic kts werent so slow or else they'd be badass and not wrecked by anyones siege
i love Teutons. They're great for defensive play. Also they have Teutonic Knight which is coolest unit in AoE II.
I love byzantines and Persians
I main mongols, but I'm thinking to switch to Huns or Magyars. Are Mags any good as cav. archers with their +1 range? or, is it not worth at all?
I think this video can be revisited with all the new civilization!
(1)turks(2)spanish(3)mongols(4)byzantines(5)persians.these are not my favourite civs(exept turks),but i think that these should be the best.
trash units sucks!!!i mean a am not gona spend almost all my resources on units that will DIE in 5-6 hits.and gunpowder units are one of the strongest units,and they are almost cheap.the turks have cav archers with the most hp+all blacksmith upgrades+good defence.and btw huns are dependent on gold twice more than the turks,cus they are a cavilry civ,and cavilry are one of the most expensive units just behind seige.btw i expected this coment cus there a lot of people that hate the turks not cus of these reasons,cus they don't know how to play them.in fact i can name you players that say turks are one of the best cus they get there guns early becouse of there unique unit,the janissary.those players are NOT PRO yet they can wipe your ass with the turks!
in team game, especially with spanish and aztecs (for more gold from relics and trades) and berbers (for the 90-hp jenitour), turks can be very good... but in 1v1, you better hope that your rushes (archers or scouts in feudal or knights in castle) or your fast imp into gunpowder strat be effective because when you'll be missing gold, you won't be able to rely on halbs (or even pikes) or elite skirmishers in late game... i agree that thrash units have horrible stats but they're great counters to expensive units (fully upgraded halbs do 70 damage per attack to War elephants and 42 to paladins)
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Actually no, even if it was 4 years ago, you are absolutely wrong and totally speaking nonsense right now and in the past
Worst Civs next?
What would be your list, lad?
whatdahfukkz
Goths aren't weak to melee, they have hand cannoneers..
Thats huskarls then, not goths. :) Dont judge a civ on its UU
guys its not all WEAPONS AND DEATH (think I said that in nerd3 voice)
what's that hidden farm bonus for Aztecs that you mention at 0:42?
Hum... Occasionally I play AoE 2 with a couple of friends who are far more experienced because, unlike me, they used to play when they were younger. I'm watching your videos to see if I start kicking ass as well. ;) Have a great year, by the way.
Why Teuton or Spanish is not in ?
or japanese (in the expansions)
next up: TOP 5 WORST AOE2 PLAYERS!
me winz :D
Don't speak too soon. I am a fierce competitor for that #1 spot.
Then I'd be number 0. I don't think I've ever played without cheats.
Nah. I'm bad, but not a loser.
I once built farms into a battlefield And gone afk for 15 minutes
As well as me. I didn`t play AoE 2 for 8+ years and never online nonetheless ;-;
Hi man love your vids just recently subbed amazing the playability this game has after all these years. How would u rate the Celts and Persians they are usually who i play.
I remember back in the day all my friends *hated* playing as the Aztecs and Mayans for their lack of cavalry and gunpowder. So, I find it amusing that they're now considered top tier in 1v1 full random pro matches.
Despite their lack of stables, it's actually pretty impressive how well balanced the new-world civs are against other factions. Good job, Ensemble Studios!
So, what would my pick be for the Top 5 civilizations?
Number Five: Saracens. This is a very powerful and flexible civilization in my opinion. Possessing incredible water dominance with galleys attacking 20% faster, the Saracens you may think are weak on land, and with no amazing economy bonus, this can be true. However, the Saracens have the best market in the game, allowing them to actually have the most flexible economy in the game. For example, if you are harassed massively and your economy becomes severely imbalanced (Lots of wood and nothing else), you can build a market in the Feudal Age, and take advantage of the Saracen's 5% commodity trading fee at the market to re-balance your economy in this situation. Furthermore, they have dangerous options in the Castle Age with fully upgraded knights, and crossbowman. In the Imperial Age, Saracens have a wide variety of gold units: Fully upgraded Arbalests/Champion, but the true strength of the Saracens lies in THEIR cavalry archers. Having full upgrades (BOTH Ring Archer Armor and Parthian Tactics), the Saracen's Heavy Cavalry Archer has equal armor to a cavalier with PLATE Barding Armor, making their heavy cavalry archers surprisingly tanky and difficult to kill (80 health and 5 armor/6 pierce armor isn't exactly easy to kill... especially with speed, 11 attack, and 7 range on their side.) Saracen's Heavy Cavalry Archers are in fact equal to the Mongol's cavalry archers, having a small advantage over the Mongol's Heavy Cavalry Archer and being almost equal to Elite Mangudai! The Saracens also have pretty good trash to fall back to with fully upgraded Elite Skirmishers and Hussars. With regards to conservation as well, the Saracen's market comes in handy once again. Thanks to the lowered commodity trading fee for Saracen markets, they can extract more gold in the late game from selling excess wood and food (Since these can be gathered in MUCH greater abundance) then any other civilization can, allowing the Saracens a bit of an easier time supplying gold units in the late game. Oh, forgot to mention that the Saracens also have very deadly siege with Siege Onagers, Siege Rams, and Bombard Cannons all available WITH siege engineers.
Number Four: Mongols. Like I said, I have to give this civilization a safe pass due to their undeniable strength in the earlier stages, especially thanks to hunters working 50% faster. They can struggle in an Imperial Age battle however on the land when gold is scarce...
Number Three: Mayans. I decided to give the Mayans a pass due to the extra food they can rack up from their sheep and boars in the Dark Age for starters. The Mayans can struggle with high aggression civilizations, but profit most from their incredible endgame capabilities, which beats all other civilization's endgame states, as well as being sufficiently good on the water. Once the Mayans get their castles up and the plumed archers start spawning, you better pray!
Number Two: Vikings. Being the ultimate naval powerhouse, and fairly strong on the land consistently, only falling behind perhaps in the Dark Age, the Vikings have a strong economy, navy, and hold well in the Feudal Age up to Imperial Age with their military, but sadly lacking in the trash department.
And finally, Number One: Britons. Now I know what you're thinking: "Why the hell is Britons on the list, much less number one?" Well, there's many reasons for this. First one being the shepherds work 25% faster bonus. This is surprisingly remarkable as it not only allows the Britons to take a faster Feudal Age then normal, but also serves a good help in case you cannot find your sheep early on and become hard pressed to sustain villager production. The Britons can get that sheep meat in faster to keep villager production going a bit easier. This is the Briton's Dark Age advantage. Next is their Feudal Age advantage: Their team bonus of archery ranges working 20% faster. This allows for faster archer/skirmisher production. But, there's more waiting in the Castle Age: The Britons have the BEST economic boom in the game thanks to their town centers costing -50% wood starting in the Castle Age. This is an incredible boost as it allows the Britons to grow their economy much easier then any other civilization. Furthermore, the Britons get +1 range to their foot archers (not skirmishers) in the Castle Age for free. Finally, in the Imperial Age, the Britons get another +1 range to their foot archers (not skirmishers) for free. As for their actual Imperial Age army, having the longest range foot archery in the game is devastating, especially when there's large numbers of them which is by no means impossible to do; foot archers aren't very expensive after all. The Britons also have a full barracks available to them along with all the blacksmith upgrades, giving them meaty Champions and Halberdiers if you so wish. Their siege can be questioned as the Britons are the only civilization in the game to not have any endgame siege unit, but they do have onagers and capped rams available with siege engineers, (which is better then Huns at least) so it's not the end of the world. The Britons by no means have good horses, lacking bloodlines and hussars, making their raiding abilities questionable, though not impossible. To top all of this off, the Britons do have every naval technology available except for Cannon Galleons, giving them pretty good capability on the water. Also, the Briton's archers have a long enough range in the Imperial Age that they can actually destroy onagers BEFORE the onagers get in range to make any shots. The Britons have very good defensive capabilities as well with Architecture available at the university, hoardings for the castles, keeps are available, and even heated shot is available for destroying enemy ships on the water. The Briton's unique technology Yeomen as well is +1 foot archer range (this DOES affect skirmishers) and +2 tower attack, giving the Britons very strong keeps, especially on the water with heated shot.
So, this sums up my Top 5 civilizations personally. :)
Dude, you must consider all factor in games. I mean Saracen is very strong only with gold units, camels such at archers too. And to counter your Briton army you only need elite Eagles. A fu eagle vs longbowman dies with 50 shoots... (Maya). You can kill Briton with paladins, cav archer, onagers, etc. They are great unit, but archer plus halb isn't as great unit combo as a lot of other. Let's say eew plus plumes. Paladin plus archer, paladin plus onager, mangudai plus hassar, huscarl. This top five is about 1v1 pro game, about aoc, full random. British isn't the best in this circumstances but in real life British impeire was the largest and strongest. They did have "hand cannon", Cannon gallons and cannons in general. Top civ in real life lol
Memo Contreras
But you forgot that on Full Random, more maps are water then land, and Saracens do just that: Dominate water with their superior galleys (though not as well as Vikings). Also, elite eagles? What if you're killed BEFORE you reach that point and even then, wouldn't fully upgraded champions be a real issue? 50 gold vs 20... Paladins, sure they're good for just about anything, but who is going to be able to afford THAT in a 1v1? Cavalry archers can be countered by skirmishers, which Britons have some of the best of in the game. Onagers can be destroyed BEFORE they get in range if the player is micromanaging his troops, which in a competitive level game, is probably going to be the case. Elite eagles + Plumes. That's a good plan if you have a lot of castles that is... Paladin plus archer, I don't think I need to explain why that won't work in a 1v1. Same for paladin plus onager. Mangudai and hussars can be beat by halberdier/elite skirmisher actually. Not to mention, getting to the point of getting elite mangudai and being able to make that many would be almost as expensive as paladins, and you'd need a lot of castles for that as well. Huskarls are good, if you're the Goths specifically of course. Unfortunately, one other problem arises there. Goths have a much weaker early game then the Britons, and if they gain an early advantage and go for a hard push, say in Castle Age, that could be the end right there for the Goths. So they have to LIVE long enough to get to that point against a civilization that has a pretty good early game. Perhaps you forgot about the early game?
Ok, i did go into a imperial game 11. Im not a very good at 1v1 games, and i havent played 1v1 vs a briton player, so i tell you in an arabia like situation 1v1 top player game. These games develop in the feudal age so any real bonus for the briton isnt very useful, the 25% faster sheep gathering may be a little useful but only 8 sheeps and you only take 4 in the dark age, then you move on to other kind of foos res. The bonus isnt really good as mongol bonus. just saying that. So you will go up in feudal you do will hape a faster archery range. But you can easy counter archers, with archers, skmisher, skim + men at arms, scouts, tower up. archer rush its the easier to do and defend. Archer are seen in the late feudal war, when you need to transition. Briton archers are very good at castle age +1 range. Strong units but nothing too much for a mangonel. You may micro one mangonel, 2 mangonel vs xbow means death. So mangonel and pikes or mangonel and monks (this may be risky). Eagles suck arrows, knights too, skimisher do extreamly well vs xbow.
You do save 135 wood per tc, so if you make 2 thats the usual thing you save 270 wood. Thats like 9 huns saved houses. Add the time building the houses and the extra not cutting that wood in the dark and feudal age seconds. And you get more eco bonus as huns .-.. Way more useful huns bonus just defending its top 1 civ. So you do save 270 wood, viking bonus better, as frank you have 200 wood and 200 food in eco bonus, as teuton you also save more wood, as celt you chop more wood, as aztec you get strongest eco. So a lot of eco bonus in aoc is better than briton eco.
1v1 game top level of play. You dont let a briton player mass archer just like that. Thats the obvious thing to do, you go mass skimisher and you will stop archer production and make a counter. So 1v1 game briton dont get to win a place in the top 5.
As for saracens in water maps, consider all the important eco bonus about wood and faster feudal time, and you dont stand a chance in water maps.
They do are good, but huns vs sara in wter like map, huns win, saving a ton of wood.
Mongol vs sara, you will get a faster feudal time, and make the first gallyes, and thats the most important thing to do.
Maya do get faster feudal time, cos of last longer res+ extra vill.
More wood as celt mean more docks and boat and you win the battle,
viks OP water.
Saracen ships are great, but water wars is about good feudal time. Saracen is a good civ, but not top 5. Mameluke is the easier unit to counter, as being a camel/ship/cav archer/cavalery/meele type unit it can be counter with tons of unit. They cost a fucking lot of gold. You cant go cavalier. So you get a good archer/range civ, with decent trash and good siege. not good enough as these top 5.
As well they will die against real eco bonus civs in the early game, the market bonus is handful yet not important. Sorry for my bad english.
Dude. Seriously. Paragraphs.......
Paragraphs much needed. Did you even try to read what you posted. Paragraphs!!!!
Take best 5 teamgame civs :D Because Spanish and Saracens are beasts! And also Persians, that have a very strong boom due to a good start! :D
I like Persians +2 team bonus against archers, but if don't like how they only get long swordsman, and their castle unit isn't a viable option in a lot of situations although epic and good fun to use, and there villager gathering bonus is sweet, I would probably put sarcerens as the worst civ In the game, Mamelukes are cool, but they are so lacking in nearly ever other aspect besides camels, which are a crap unit anyway except as a caverly counter. I love playing as Spanish, they are so versatile, great on water, conquistadors are epic, they have a fantastic stable, fully upgraded barracks and hand cannoneers, bombard cannons etc, but they don't even get Xbows so that is somewhat holding them back, but out of Persians, Saracens and Spanish, the Spanish are easily the best, and they are probably top 7 next to goths at 6 followed by what zero has said
Mamelukes destroyes both all pala heavy civs, and they do evry well vs infantry also! So i don't knwo where you get your fact from? And mamelukes destroys Conquistadors btw ;)
I meant that their Mamelukes are a fantastic unit, but everything else about the Saracens as a civ sucks basically
lillukepossy But even there you are wrong! They got best camels, they got great markets! And their Warships fire faster, which makes them a great force on the water! They can also fully upgrade their light cav, with all upgrades, and they got full arbalest with all upgrades too! I don't see what's shit other than their limited knight line.Oh and did i forget to say that they got bombard canon, hand canoneer, siege rams AND SIEGE ONAGER! Saracens are one of the best civs in the game, and they're very versatile!
Spanish maybe but the Saracens team bonus is next to irrelevant
Aztecs really excel when it comes to infantry and the garland wars upgrade because it really boosts infantry attack. Makes them super strong and they can really stand up to even Paladins. Teutonic Knights though still have the best defense and attack when it comes down to it. They're tanks
Hi folks. is it possible to download AoE2 from the web? i cant seem to find the game in the market......will appreciate any ideas on how to obtain this game...... used to love playing it but for many years haven't been....... :)
omg is this game still active???
Uh, yeah....Tons of people still play it! I love this game!
"The Huns are versatile"
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The civ that auto-folds to castle age goths because it can't handle huskarls at all is versatile?
They have horses, horses and more horses... And that's about it.
You should watch some high level arabia hun wars, they are damn versatile and certainly would beat the goths 9 times out of 10 on arabia with similar skilled top level players
ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 They still are anything but versatile. They are strong as hell at what they do but they simply don't have a lot of alternate strategies once it gets to the later stages.
Yes, their early game is very versatile because their house bonus allows them to do pretty much anything you could imagine, rush in any age, do any strategy in the book, but if the opponent doesn't intend on matching strength with strength, they may just run out of steam.
Maybe that's where the confusion comes from. I view versatility as the ability to counter anything in a prolonged lategame while you probably mean the ability to execute any play in the big book of opening strategies.
Still, the Huns can fold to a lot of strong lategame civs and while they can perform a whole lot of different openings successfully, in the end, it will come down to a pretty narrow set of answers to certain types of strategies.
While the huns can use their eco to determine the terms of engagement, they are really strong, but as soon, as lategame kicks in, they can fold very easily to certain types of unit compositions.
Ultimately, many Hun games will come down to how easy the opponent's base is to wall off.
+naphackDT 1. Before you can pull out huskarls the huns already have 20 cavs in your base. 2. huns do not get much stratergy but the paladin + cavs is hard to counter in the late game, even those who counter huns like saracens is probably not gonna make it in the late game. 3. Before your opponent decide to pull a different stratergy on you the huns already dominate your base. 4. ' as soon as the lategame kicks in' - probably will not if you are against the huns. Also, before you can make a unit composition against huns the huns will have twice as much army as you. 5. huns are banned in pro matches and all pros dedicated to aoe all agree that huns is simply the best. What you said is very very situational. versatility is about dealing with every situations and huns are just the best. I dont play huns.
+ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 I would replace the Aztec for the Persians because of the war elephants
+naphackDT Under versatile he meant that the huns are capable of doing anything, They are capable of fighting on the water, capable of making semi useful infantry and their horses are beasts. But you are right, they are strong at cavalry, thats true. And cavarly is easy to counter. Still, versatile, even if they are easy to counter
have you thought about doing a AOE2 player personality countdown i.e. the builder, the raider, the sieger amd so on becuase a lot of people like having a personality to use for thier play style i myself am a Goth,mongol raider
Hi,
I am long time AOE player but never played online. I've recently tried to play multiplayer and keep getting kick because I don't understand all the short forms people use. Is there a guide somewhere ? Please help a brother out.
My top 5 (when used by me);
5)Vikings
4)Turks
3)British
2)Teutons
1)Spanish
Still takes a technology to take them off that horse
+Grant Dosland conquistadors?
I think he was joking
I love the Teutons personally. Cheaper farms and fantastic at defense. Them and the Britons are my top 2 favorites.
NOOOOOOO! You forgot the Byzantines!
There is no problem that cannot be solved with more Cataphracts. Byzantine Invictus!
+AxelPaul307, Yep. Pretty much the best unit in the game.
No wonder they are so expensive.
+Yami_O_Kiru Yess!! I always loved them. Plus how hard they are to siege with their buildings having soooo much HP.
+Yami_O_Kiru I know right.
Meanwhile in the
Fall of Constantinople.
how come you have so much map in your screen?
My screen shows like 1/2 of what you get on your map. Is there any specific setting?
He has a large monitor
I recently bought AOEII HD, but I'm not sure I'm actually running on HD. Is there something you have to select in options to change to HD? The graphics in this vid look so much better than my games, but that may be because you're running a better machine than mine. Any thoughts?
And... where are the Byzantines dude? :c
@asdf they have a good economy, especially since they are defensive, so they can defend their economy.
why didn't the Byzantines make it on this list?
or the Chinese
THANK YOU
Because they are terrible.
Because they are piece of shit
The Chinese are weak at feudal since they can't really do much against a rush. The Byzantines have to survive until Castle Age to be relevant. Both are more late game oriented civs
yeah, i'd change aztecs for saracens, cause of the mamelukes, and bonus for camels, nice markets, good civ in water maps, can go hand cannons and nice archers, + are able to harass enemy in open maps with cavalry later on. Aztecs can't do that and they don't have halberdiers, which makes them kind of sucky IMO. Completely agree with the mayans though.
Hi, it would be great to update with the changes in new HD version.
you can go ahead and call me a noob because when I played this I was a kid, but I think the sarancers(correct me if I'm wrong on the name) have one of the strongest special unit in the game, they are fast and very strong, low range units, you can make them fast for low costs and they own the castle age, I mean everytime I played them when I entered castle age I started making the special units( I forgot their names) and started attacking the enemies with a bunch of them, they attack really fast and do big damage really good at destroying buildings and killing melee units, and from my fathers opinion( he also played the game allot) he says that the byzantines should be here.
spanish are the best
no way
individualist00000 10 kamyuks absolulty murk a group of those shitty horse gunners I cant remember the name of
individualist00000 and no archer game
they make it up for not having good foot archers, fast cannons, missionaries, ability to turn their villagers into soldiers with their unique technology, no gold needed for blacksmith...
incas have the same tech with the villages mate. it isn't unique
what is the best civ for booming? i am challenging myself trying to beat hardest AI on arabia without rushing
Do some vids to help us improve our times Zak! I mean feudal time in open maps, closed etc and especially castle time in a flush. If everyone learns how to flush first, they should also learn to get out of it 2nd.
I can't stand Mayans, Aztecs and Incans because of their lack of cavalry.
My favourite civs are the Spanish (they have many techs and the conquistadores are just fantastic), the Byzantines (because I never have enough gold, so I usually mass halbardiers and elite skirmishers, which cost less for the Byz), the Slavs (don't know why, I just like them) and, my absolute favorite civ, the Magyars. I love Hussars because they only cost food and consequently they are easy to mass, and for this civ they cost even less food (72 instead of 80)!! Then they have the Magyar Hussars (that are practically slightly better Hussars with an attack bonus vs siege units), which cost 80 food and 10 gold (a 300 food and 200 gold tech makes them cost only 80 food), and they have free Forging, Iron Casting and Blast Furnace, which add up to +4 free attack for infantry and cavalry in the Imperial Age. I finished my first game with this civ with more than 400 cavalry units, all Hussars and Magyar Hussars, 10 siege units and 5 monks. I didn't even bother building an archery range.
I rate the Britons Chinese and Spanish pretty high as well
Can you do a new top 5 best and worst through african kingdoms for team games?
I love this game so much
you should put chineese
1 Assyrians. They were the first civilization and conquered a lot and we invented math and Weapons made out of metal and a calculator the very old kinds
what?
dip shit u need to understand who Assyrians ARE and aoe should have Assyrians and
Babylonains also aoe 2 should have Assyrians and speak when we click on a Villager or knight
Bitch ass you r the useless
troll
ok, the Assyrians were op af in the original AOE but they do not appear in later games, i get what your trying to state though.
thank you ! for dar help!
Can you please make a video about the attack bonus mechanics for fighting from hills against valleys? You mentioned it once during a commentary and I have no idea how it works.
It's quite simple really mate, the units on higher ground will have a hit 25% above normal! and the units on the lower ground will hit 25% less, so you have a 59% attack advantage in total on higher ground, it can win you matches just actively using hills and gradients to your advantage
50%
What about British?
Terrible siege, terrible stable, no hand cannons, completely reliant on arbs longbows and champions, definitely not a top 5 civ
The British is probably one of the best civs for All Techs games, but in any other case they are weak
One of the weakest civs in Imperial Age, but one of the best civs pre-Imperial Age. They're second only to Mongols in rushing speed with sheep bonus. Archery bonuses are good, as the meta in Castle Age is massed xbows (except if Hun). Cheap TCs. In a 1v1 they are very good if played aggressive.
I would guess if this list was expanded it would be #6 Celts #7 Britons
Rossboi and they still created a great empire and ruled for 200 years.
Rossboi i always found it hilarious how the british don't have gunpowder in the imperial age. Briton, Spanish, and French were the imperial age! they were the ones who had cannon galleons! not to say that the middle eastern countries ie turks and persians didn't have it but still!
why are aztecs better than japanese ?
samurais kill eagles and jaguars
japanese get better fishing ships and dock tree
japanese are one of the 2 civs that get fully upgraded archery range.(better than aztecs ofcourse)
aztecs dont get hand cannons either and no cavalry archers and no knights
knights are clearly the best unit in castle age whereas aztecs cant do anything but xbows in castle
japanese champions kill aztecs champions
aztecs cant counter japanese' mass cavalry archers and cavaliers bcoz they dont get halberdiers whereas japanese have best halberdiers in the game
only thing aztecs is better than japanese is in siege onagers.
so overall i am sure japanese are better than aztecs
No, the Burmese Halb is the best in the game. And can beat the crap out of Japanese Halbs 1 v 1
On land maps Aztecs were better. Japanese were better on water maps.
@@chirantans2162 bro there was no Burmese civ from when this comment is from.
@@sexbansal it's for other ppl duh
If we agree taking team play into account, you have to include the Spanish just for their boost to trade gold. 33 percent boost to that in team games is absolutely insane. Even in non team games, seeing someone play the Spanish in a lobby will generate some interest as the trade bonus will keep you going. Not to mention their other bonuses too. I'd put them in top tier
I love the Mongols/Huns, definitely my two favorite civilizations to play.
The Mongol Empire drowned in the Spanish lake.
How about the Spanish and the Britons?
Not if you have enough longbowmen in an attacking force and they're good for defense
***** Defend your longbowmen with halberds and heavy cavalry. You always diversify your units when you attack
***** When I play as the Spanish I have my attacking force of Conquistadors (50 or so), 50 paladins and about 10 trebuchets. This is conservative
To be honest, Britons are truly bad. Archers are the only thing they can really do well, and even those get slaughtered by Mayan plumed archers.
hmmmm.... strange top. The Teutons are the best
lel no
lal yes (;
+El Gato de OS I agree
My favorites are the Teutons. They not only have canon towers, but they also have musketeers and their knights are just op
best civ is clearly the teutons because of the teutonic knights, they tank everything and a full army of them can molly wop amd one if you have a few trebuchets, yeah their slow and can be beat by archers but they can tank enough damage to survive if you have some paladins there to support them
what about teutions? for me are the best teutions..
any teutons not move
Japanese samurai are a good match against teutonic knights tho...
BlitzTaifun You know teutons do have units besides teutonic knights right? they have paldins, bombard cannons, siege onagers, heavy scorpians, champions... there are very few times where a good player will use teutonic knights.
the turks are ALWAYS underrated!
whats with the britians ?
Hii bro...i have been watching ur all AoE videos👍👍...i need ur help...i have AoE the expansion...but from where can i get extended version of AoE (indians, Italians etc civilizations with full campaign)....thanks in advance 👍👍
then you haven't played me😂
+Scott Rogers Maybe you want to 1v1 then?!
+ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 so... the results of the match? :)
Seeeeemss legitttttt.
These spam posts aren't even smart. 'Online hack'. What is that supposed to mean?
they're bots
I think Byzantines and Spanish should be in there
+jv studios,
Byzantines for sure. Spanish are just regular.
JG Spanish are awesome what r u talking about
I think it depends from the strategy of any player. I am for Teutons: slow but strong as hell
I have a great defensive tactic for 3v3 (espeially during castle age)
better use Byzantines
first layer up your walls by 3
use castles for defense instead of towers(castles will be all you need for housing)
in every gap place a bombard tower
plece two gates per side(one on front one at the back)
in every castle place 1 cataphract and release them if youre being rushed
build a castle and a siege workshop near an enemy base (but youre stupid not securing it)
create cataphracts
create petards
make siege weapons
lastly
you do the rest
I can't disagree too much with the list. Though I think the Turks and Franks deserve an honorable mention. Frankish Paladins are absolutely insane.
I can understand Mongols, Vikings and Huns being on this list, and I get why people love Mayans for good economy and cheap units. But Aztecs... I don't think they deserve 5th place at all. And what's this about free loom? I've never seen it. Not in the original conquerors exansion or in the HD version. If they did have it, maybe you could be right about them deserving 5th place, because then they could rush in the dark age with villagers, but they just don't have it. Plus they're slow, and monks, even aztec monks, are easily dealt with by light cavalry. I don't know what should be in 5th place, but it's not Aztecs.
Because they have one of the strongest economy's in the game, Eagle warriors are the best late game raiding unit and the aztek EW's get +8 attack making them even scarier when 30 of them charge into your base at 30 mins... + they get siege onogers.
They do have free loom. Check the tech tree.
HawkZ13 I just checked, and it turns out I didn't check properly. They don't have free loom in the original Conquerors expansion, and in The Forgotten they merely start with +50 gold, but I foolishly thought that meant the HD version had the same as The Forgotten. Out of the three versions, only The Conquerors HD has the free loom thing, which also means this list is only for the HD version.
To me As a starcraft player the Lack of Houses Seems damn op.
What is the Tradeoffs? So what is the weakness of the Huns?
Swordsmen + Plumed Archer as Mayans is one of my fav combos in the game, the swordsmen occupy enemy ground troops and run over skirms while the archers take out the enemy from range. Mayans