Spanish overview (AoE2) - updated for 2023!
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1:28 Team bonus
2:00 Builders work 30% faster
3:20 Blacksmith techs don't cost gold
4:00 Gunpowder units first 18% faster
4:34 Cannon Galleons have more accuracy
5:10 Conquistador
8:08 Missionary
9:15 Unique techs
TECH TREE
10:50 Archers B
11:16 Infantry B+
11:35 Cavalry A-
12:03 Siege B
12:22 Navy C+/A-
13:05 Monks A-
13:25 Defenses A+
14:00 Trash units A-
14:24 Strategies
15:25 Sponsor
Previous Spanish overview from 2015: • Spanish Overview Aoe2
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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition 
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2:20 as a spanish, myself, I have to say that the saved time from buildings is not to get back to work sooner, but to take a siesta sooner.
LMAO.
The beer after work with a good tapa 11111
MembTV would agree!
Puedo morir feliz JAJAJAJAJ
Im spanish too, and this fella is not joking
The Spanish are unique in having a unique unit that's actually good in castle age
*Laughing in goth*
Most good UUs are good in castle age, it’s more good UUs that are rare. I can’t think of one that is worth going for at all but not in Castle age. Berserks are coming to mind because of the imp tech for regen, but they’re not _bad_ in castle just not at their peak level.
@@popopduck877 Many Spaniards are Goths, such as probably the so-called "king" of Spain who is of a French dynasty and not the native Iberian race of black hair, shorter stature and brown eyes.
@@scintillam_dei lmao you missed the point so hard
@@Pronzershrecken I knew what his point was. You missed MY point.
Even though they updated the civ match start chant, you still used the "HEY LAAHEEEY" sound. What a boss.
Fun fact: The Spanish Inquisition always made itself known when it came to town, and there was always a grace period during which people could voluntarily confess before the investigations and trials started.
So yeah, Monty Python lied to you.
Do you mean that when you research inquisition that you need to ring the townbell first?
Although of course the court could have been set up in a city centuries ago. In which case the 30-day period would not mean much. in the 16th century they started ditching the 30-day grace period for towns (the edict of grace) and replaced it with the edict to faith which was more a 30-day period to denounce your neighbors (the edict of faith).
You forgot their infamous archer rush. No one expects the Spanish Archer Rush!
i think the archer rush is irrelevant rn (probably because spanish isn’t good as a flank and has to farm their eco as pocket to maximize their broad techs)
and maybe because of people watched SOTL’s previous Spanish video years ago, people currently might be able to prepare for skirms/scouts against their expected “unexpected spanish archer rush” 😂😂
@@cannnds sotl is archiving the old one to make the archer rush more unexpected! (Though he showcased it in a more recent video vs Guarajas)
For all the things that Definitive Edition did right, it whiffed hard by changing the Spanish match opener to something more historical and less flamenco. “HEYYLAHEYY!”
Remember how Sandy Petersen cringed when he saw "Indians" as a civ? Same thing with that opener: too regional for the civ itself and like 400 years off historically speaking
Honestly, I like the new theme better.
HD is better. It's consistent, isn't cartoony and doesn't have hunchbacked, weak conquistadores.
That flamenco thing was anachronistic for the time period of AoE2, unless I'm mistaken.
@@darkdill Flamenco was anachronistic for the Middle Ages, certainly. But really, we tolerate a huge amount of anachronisms in this game anyway.
Spirit of the Lull is appropriate for me. I sometimes watch your longer videos to let the calm atmosphere help me sleep.
Honestly I would consider Cannon galleon as their 3rd unique unit. Generic CG is a anti building unit, Spanish CG is a anti siege, anti ship and anti building unit.
World map: Spanish ships can reach everywhere except the middle of the Sahara, Tibet and a few more spots.
He only glossed over cannon galleons here, their fast projectiles make them so so deadly.
@@scintillam_dei _Mongolia_
@@The-jy3yq No. I easily destroy Mongolia from Lake Baikal which has a river connecting it to the Arctic. See my videos on the Spanish Empire VS the Mongol Empire in Age of Empires 2 in my world map.
A strategy I love to use as Spanish is inspired by real life pike and shot formations.
Build a mixed group of halberdiers and hand canoneers and put them at a strategic point. If cavalry comes for the gunpowder units stop them with anti cav. If they send infantry let them walk into a wall of bullets.
It’s surprisingly affordable and pairs very well with a few monks behind them.
and what if they come with siege onager or skirm ?
@@raulcalimann7738 bum rush with the pikes. I can build 50 more in the time it takes to build a single onager and get it across the map. It’s way cheaper too.
You’re really pumping these out nowadays. I’m impressed.
Man’s done the exams for his 15th degree and has some time now
Makes it sound like he's defecating or laying eggs.
He's switching to maining Spanish. He works 20% faster now.
"More!!!" - liver (tren) king 2022
He needs the money. He lost passion
Props for keeping the "HEYLAHEYYY" giggle.
Ah memories of Isit turning fleets of Spanish cannon galleons into a game-ending strategy
*Nobody expects the **-second-** Spanish Inquisition!!*
Spanish review, what day of beautiful to see a lot of Chad villagers beating cobra cars 🤣
Still waiting Supremacy Movie release..
What I like about the Spanish in AoE 2 is that they felt as almost futuristic for the time period most of the civilizations from both AoK and AoC seem to have their castle and imperial age in, with arguably the best cannon galleons, the first "dragoon" unit and arguably one of the best blacksmiths in the game, while the Spanish in AoE 3 are the exact opposite, relying on mostly archaic melee units... From a historical warfare perspective, this is a hilarious devolution.
The civ which I started playing with in 2000 and I still love them the most of all civs! The vocals when you pick them, the voices of their units and the general aesthetics of the conq are my fondest memory of this game. Also their campaign is very interesting!
_Construir_
Spanish Cannon Galleons are my single favorite late-game Ctrl-1 doom stack. *SO* damn satisfying.
I really would like him to revisit how they have changed over time. I could be wrong, but I get the feeling they haven't changed much since they were first introduced. i think it is hands down one of the most stable civs over time in the game. They are a fun civ, back when I used to play this game they were one of my top three favorite civs just because they felt so well rounded.
He does, for several civs already, more surely coming soon. Look up "Through the ages" on this channel :)
They ruined the conquistadores by making them hunchbacked and weaker (plus cartoony). HD is better.
The only changes that I can recall right now are obviously the addition of Inquisition and Missionaries used to heal only half as fast as monks but now they heal at the same speed.
I'm pretty sure that conquistadors became less accurate(at least compared to age of conquerors). They classed as ranged units, but when watching pros play them, pros use them point blank(as if it's melee unit). What I'm trying to say is, that conquistadors are RNG unit unless you're using them as meleevunit.
Conquistadors became vulnerable to skirmishers. Again with their bad accuracy and slow fire rate, was it necessary?
Their trade bonus is reduced from 33% to 25%.
I believe there was some change to their faster building bonus.
True. The AoC civs wouldn't be a bad edition to that series since they're really only a year younger than the AoK civs
Oh wow, an update on my favorite Civ! Thanks Spirit of the Law! It’s been so long since the original video, I am pleasantly surprised.
This was supremely entertaining. You have some accurate straight-shooting with nary a miss on a fact. I’ve been converted to this civ, and I’m sure it will be a blast. This seems like a cost-free upgrade to the civs I’ve been playing; truly a profitable trade
It's not a cost free upgrade, it costs 300 food and 200 gold to upgrade a civ to Spanish. Also, it's only a profitable trade if market trading value is not yet bottomed out.
29 Paladins, 20 Conquistadors, 11 missionaries - square formation, stand ground for a mobile conversion/healing center - with the option of shifting attack stance and formation selection, fairly powerful and flexible mobile-wise.
One thing you didn't mention about the Missionary vs Monk debate is the fact that Missionary's are affected by bloodlines. Being much more tanky is a huge help with getting that conversion cross the line - especially in the situation where it might be 10 light cav vs 10 monks/missionary's
you missed the part where he mentioned that
Got back into this game recently mostly thanks to you! Used to play it over 16 years ago.. wow. Appreciate all the quality videos ✌️
Fast building bonus is one of my favorite!
they're a great civ, one of my favourites. Main downside is poor archer line, but everything else is very solid.
I always like the bonuses that are always useful. Upgrades not costing gold and the faster building will be great for whatever army you make.
Can help to get all the blacksmith upgrades out of the way quicker.
And gunpowder units shooting faster is just really great and makes them good at siege too despite lack of siege engineers. Their cannons and cannon galleons bring down castles faster.
Nobody expects the spanish overview!
Yo, desde luego, no me lo esperaba.
Appreciate the updated civ overviews
Tells about how good your vids are, im not even playing the game but still have watched all of your vids
Same :D
The fastest click in History for me. Spanish for life
Morir es vivir....
Such a good intro, gets me every time
I certainly didn't expect this upload
Quality video as always.
The Spaniah are my favorite civ. I've been playing them since I was a wee lad on my parents computer.
Spanish tower wish is oen of of my favorite things to do in 1v1s, and everyone always wants Spanish on team games :D
Spanish, the meme civ that all allows you to villager rush with Supremacy and faster build speeds.
Not to mention Conquistadors being a great gunpowder and cavalry unit.
Yup, Spanish really are great civ. And one of my favorites too alongside the Byzantines.
Also the other type of monk for meme builds, I forget the donkey monk
No one expects the Spanish archer rush.
Wanna know what's smoother than Spanish's transition to late game trash war?
It's SotL's transition from civ overview to the sponsor's ad!
Disappointed the cannon galleon isn't talked about more. It's absolutely a beast unit in costal and river maps like highland. You can snipe villagers and monks pretty much. You can kite galleons pretty well with them.
spirit of the law intro always gets me hyped xd
Letsss go thanks for bringing back the old intro 🎉🎉🎉🎉
SOTL video - an excellent start to the weekend
Been waiting for this update forever!! Thanks SOTL
I click so quickly on this video as much as Spanish builders
To me they are the best civ! There is no way to beat mass cannon galleons
Mass Demolition boats
Yes, us Spaniards are the best. Thanks. We had the biggest empire.
Here come idiots saying oceans don't count while they count... deserts. Idiots.
Brits are exceedingly overrated. Ensemble Studios is biased towards the English 'cause they're English-speaking, from anti-Spanish Black Legend perpetuating countries, and they are generally English-looking fellas. Yet they couldn't deny the power of Spain.
@@OhioUltimate979 Mutual destruction means everyone died. Look at all those innocent civilians who died for that cause.
Will you be the one telling those widowers and orphans what you forced them into?
/j
Mass cannon boats protecting your massive trade fleet is scary, imagine finally destroying their navy just to see they already produced 60 new ones
@@OhioUltimate979 not if u cant have any harbors 11
I just got AoE2 DE haven’t played this game in like 20 years.your videos are the best Ive seen for this game and really appreciate the content keep it up🔥
That was some smooth Spanish transition to the Square space ad at the end :D
Real glad you used the old flamenco singing the spanish had as intro back in the conquerors days
Gotta love that intro vibe every time!
Nobody expected an updated spanish review !
My favorite civ! Thank you SOTL! :)
you're really conquistadoring these civ overviews. thanks spirit!
We need a video like this for teutons. A revised one. Thnkyou
Nice to see civ overviews of not so new civs. I reckon some need updating as they have seen significant changes in DE
If you’re remaking these civ overviews, I’ll love you forever.
I gave up on the game ages ago, but I still enjoy these videos.
Finally, the classic intro is here again.
65% accuracy with such a high damage unit is actually not a bad thing, if I remeber correctly, attacks that miss can still deal half damage or something like that to other units, so if you focus fire with a group, the inaccuracy creates a pseudo aoe attack
feels bad man
I live for SOTL's puns in his ads
Yay the intro is back!!!!
You can win the Lepanto scenario just with Spanish cannon galleon. They dominate on water
Yey old intro! 😊👍🏻
great video.
Truly didn't expect a redo overview of the Spanish. Very nice, SotL!
the spirit of the law website examples get wilder every time its mind boggling
I search for spanish guide and turns out you just dropped one 2 days ago excellent timing
Hey SOTL just been looking through your channel and then looked for a recent Japanese overview like this Spanish one and realised you haven’t done one in 6 years 😮, if you see this please eventually can you upload a up-to-date one thanks 😊
U should show hoardings tech when show defensive tech tree part of the video.
Great Content! TY!
Yes, my favorite civ finally!
Doing overviews before the biggest patch and balance changes ever seen 👀
I'm a simple man. I see the intro, I leave a like and comment.
Could you please do a video on the knight line? I'm curious to see a breakdown of their cost effectiveness and population efficiency.
A- for monastery, despite a cheap unique tech, a unique unit and the entire tech tree? Seems harsh, as do some of the other ratings imo. Nothing drastic, just felt that sometimes your Bs could have been B+, b+ could have been A- and so on. Would be curious how they compare to other civs that have similar grades
0:58 In every video there's always one of these moments when I unexpectedly burst out laughing
Awesome segway to sponsor from conquistador was the high point of this video :D .
Yey! Overview
Aaaah yessss the OG civ theme 🥲
Those elite canon galleys are effectively a third unique unit.
One thing not discussed as well as I would like is the synergy between their various gold bonuses. Faster building times for villagers leading to more time collecting resources, plus better trade, plus blacksmith techs costing no gold is a pretty awesome synergy already. The icing on the cake, in my opinion, is the missionary and supremacy. Supremacy because tankier villagers means fewer villagers lost in raids, leading to more resources being collected (compared to the time needed to replace lost villagers), and fewer resources needed to defend them from raids. Even the missionary adds to the synergy if it is used for healing your conquistadors since it's added mobility ensures that they can keep up better than a monk. Their range reduction is also not an issue since they will need to be kept close to your units anyway to keep them safe.
To be fair, I am probably overselling their abilities here, but that unusual level of synergy between practically every bonus they have is worthy of mention, in my opinion.
I love this into!
Hera just posted a civ ranking for Arabia. He said he thought missionaries are underrated. With the recent uptick of monk use, I look forward to seeing him use missionaries after building a castle and his opponent assumes skirmishers and is surprised.
Before I found your channel, I was a basic Byzantines noob. Now I'm an enlightened Spanish main.
Just a thought about 8:44: it should show how the techs affects each one, like the Ms, more life... To become more clear all the things that are supporting the unit, like the support gems of poe
Love playing Spanish (I’m not very good) but massing cannon galleons is deadly with the faster firing
Oh finally! I can't wait for TURKS review then!
20 years ago when I started playing "The Conquerors" , I thought this new Civ was the most versatile and that made it the best. Now playing "DE" I still think the same.
Spanish were always my favorite civ to play. Their versatility is excellent, and the playstyle is just plain fun. Context: I don't enjoy 1v1s on tiny maps.
They are so good that even dinosaurs are as Spanish civilisation in AOE
I really wish the supremacy tech came with a minor change to the villager AI. Minimum of either continuing to work when attacked or fighting back with defensive stance rules, but adding defensive stance behavior when in "villager" mode (or a new mode that activates when you tell them to attack) would make them so much more enjoyable to use in a scrap.
Something that should be mentioned was that the missionary heals at half the rate as monks(i think).
A common tactic I use for the spanish is a square formation with 1 missionary for every 6 conquistators. Their mobility and healing allows for survivability when raiding, as well as the ability to convert enemy siege/knights if needed.
I also dont get how they get a B+ on infantry and a A- on Cavalry. For both barracks and stables they have full techs, and the same bonus(no gold cost on blacksmiths). They should have the same rating considering they have the same bonuses/all tech.
The bonuses to the cannon galleon make it basically a totally new unit. The ability to put the occational cannon on the ocean is huge. Its like having a Bombard cannon on your side during a skirmisher battle. Only downside is that its the most expensive unit in the game at 225w 225g.
I gotta say, I disagree with almost every rating you gave. I think they should all be a full grade higher. Having full tech of trash units should be an A, then having a bonus(blacksmith no gold) should make it an A+.
Barracks and Stables should be A- at least, with the bonus pushing it into A.
Archery range.. i actually agree here.
Docks, i agree on the early game but think it should be A for late game. The cannon galleon is argueably the best ship in the game, or at least on par with all the unique ships out there.
Monestary should be an A or A- due to full tech. Then the UU and inquisition should shift it up to A or A+. And unless youd be going pure monks/conqs, you will be getting blacksmith upgrades. SO the gold saved from that allow you to make more monks.
The strength of spanish is their tech. Correct me if Im wrong, but I think they have more technologies than any other civ in the game. And this is clearly reflected with full barracks, stables, monestary, dock. Even made more powerful with a UU for dock, monestary, and Stables/Archery range.
I dont know if I would call them OP, by virtue of winrates you showed. But they definitely are on the stronger side of things.
I think the difference between their infantry and cavalry rating is based on:
1. While Spanish infantry works well, they don't really match with the overall mobile playstyle of Spanish (as highlighted by their Conq and Missionary)
2. Infantry usually needs more than 'fully unlocked' to be great in current meta, as top tier infantry civs relies in broken units/tech/bonus to make them A tier. On the other hand, cavalry are fine as it is.
@@zeroyuki92 good points. However if thats the case, i wish SoTL would mention such.
I am really sad/disappointed by the weakness of barrack units in this game. Espeacially seeing how well it was implimented in aoe4. While infantry have been slowly buffed over the years, i dont think its enough. Seen by the lack of such in 90% of games.
My recommendation would be 1 of 2 options.
Either give all melee infantry +1 range armor. Or make ranged troop reload timer only active when standing still(exceptions for only a few units).
Instant like after hearing the original "music" that appeared after choosing them xD
HE BROUGHT BACK THE INTROS ITS LIKE THE SECOND COMING OF AOE CHRIST
I feel you sort of missed how good their cannon galleons are man. Not having to build a massive support navy is insane.
I'm a simple person - the intro starts and I hit like
Did anyone used to play back in the late 90s? I used to love playing the Spanish in Post-imp team deathmatchs!
Big hype, as always
1:06 MY JAM!!!
I love Spanish cannon galleons
Supremacy villager movie when
Only like 30 something years on the countdown
4:25 i can never unsee the default cannon galleon shooting balloons
that conquistador must be a terminator to be able to hold an arqueabus in one arm
Nobody expects the Spanish Overview!
Gentlemen, ready the ICBM Galleons, it's time!
When you showed the missionary and then said not that one, and the conquistador showed up, I further expected you to say not that one and have the villager pop up.
Time to remaster all the civ reviews!