I was about to make the same comment, but you beat me to it 11
@TheSpiritedFendron
6 ай бұрын
@@zamlent2492 a community full of thieves oof
@michabaron4129
6 ай бұрын
Nah i think its a prelude to Bulgar redux
@michaelandreipalon359
6 ай бұрын
For some reason, I miss them being used for Amerindian units in certain maps and missions for the pre-HD/DE AoE II.
@commiecomrade2644
6 ай бұрын
Woad raiders were my JAM when I was a kid playing age of kings and didn't know wth I was doing. Then I moved onto War Elephants. I could barely beat the medium AI. Cheese Steak Jimmy and Robin Hood helped me out a TON lol.
@SirAroace
6 ай бұрын
I do love the Woad Raiders but their anachronistic nature (bronze age) does make me understand why some want to replace them with Gallowglass
@informitas0117
6 ай бұрын
We have Mameluks throwing away expensive swords.
@RoastCDuck
6 ай бұрын
We have franks in medieval times instead of just french... and aztecs, mayans... no olmecs... native north americans... teutons... no lithuania... we have huns... yeah it's mixed.
@James-sk4db
6 ай бұрын
Why not both, Gallowglass would be a cool champion reskin, like a Persian paladin.
@devangnivatkar2649
6 ай бұрын
Aren't those already represented by Celtic Champions?
@lmnisop5516
6 ай бұрын
@@RoastCDuckwhat do you mean no Lithuania?
@claudioolate2516
6 ай бұрын
0:14 Gooo goooo
@arthur-yq4ic
6 ай бұрын
scogoo
@ezio_aoe821
6 ай бұрын
pogo
@RyuFireheart
6 ай бұрын
dogo
@MagicHjalti
6 ай бұрын
Cocoo cocooo
@arthur-yq4ic
6 ай бұрын
how can i forget "dogo" @@RyuFireheart
@Max-ej4oh
4 ай бұрын
My fave civ. I sneak a castle to the side of the map, not even for defense nor attack and start to mass em. They don't expect the Woad inquisition running directly into their unprotected buildings. And when they do it's already too late, it was my low elo strategy, love it.
@HazmanFTW
6 ай бұрын
What would be great is that if you could get Hoang to give some insight on Celts for the civ overview.
@Caio22011
6 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite unit when I first played this game MANY years ago
@DidYaServe
6 ай бұрын
I like Woads. Great for a late overwhelm if you have resources and pop space.
@MrChill56
6 ай бұрын
I love this content! I have a question though: why do you keep saying "Age of Conquerors"? Wasn't the expansion called juts "The Conquerors"?
@JoeLiningToolFilms
6 ай бұрын
I love how you've kept the same sick looking logo over the years instead of switching to some boring "minimalist" modern logo
@toylan
6 ай бұрын
SOTL was not did something about woad raiders when i searched about this video 1-2 weeks earlier.
@ZarfuRS
6 ай бұрын
celt fast castle into woad raider spam has been my go to for the last few weeks, nice to get a few wins in before everyone sees this haha
@TheEarlofBronze1
Ай бұрын
I struggle to see the reason to even make cavalry as celts? The Woad Raider speed seems to render them essentially redundant. Knights may be theoretically the better unit, but they also get countered by pikes, which youre almost guaranteed to be up against. Why not just mix range and siege behind Woads and save the res on cavalry?
@TheKobasen
6 ай бұрын
"With William Wallace and his WOAD RAIDERS on your side the English might be in trouble. Once you have a large army and plenty of siege weapons, go destroy the English castle."
@vishnujayakrishnan-vj5646
6 ай бұрын
0:13 Woad Raiders go gooo goo gooooo !!!!
@ranierberger8697
6 ай бұрын
dude id love to seeu comenting tournament matches toghter with memb
@likeaboss1104
6 ай бұрын
Hey guys spirit of the law here!
@eliminshrintar
6 ай бұрын
Hey Spirits! Law of the Guy here
@BenjaVeraV
6 ай бұрын
Hey Law, Guy of the Spirit here
@MP-oh9lt
6 ай бұрын
Here Spirit! Hey Law of the Guy
@diablodelfuego6633
6 ай бұрын
Maybe they'll give the Woad Raider a shield just like Shrivamsha Rider
@kampfer91
6 ай бұрын
Ya know , some civ lacking some techs cus balance and Civ flavor , but what if they do have that tech , for example how would it be if as Celt you get to have Squire , how fast the Woad Raider become and will it change everything ....
@JJBeauregard1
6 ай бұрын
Maybe I'm just seeing things but I wonder if the design of their axe is meant to to be a little Easter egg for the axe-man in AoE 1. Their axes look almost exactly like the upgrade icon in that game and as far as the timeline goes, Woad Raiders would actually fit better in AoE 1 as well so I like the idea.
@vacronda
6 ай бұрын
I would pay real money for those puzzles....
@tankofnova9022
6 ай бұрын
The Woad Raider is what you get when a Huscarl forgets his armor
@claudioolate2516
6 ай бұрын
They look cool, they have fun voice lines and you can raid the woads. Said that they are superior😂
@bristleback3614
6 ай бұрын
Making the Celts angrier just making their siege stronger
@georgeprchal3924
6 ай бұрын
They historically should have been in AoE 1, and they look kinda dumb but they sure are fast and pack a whallop, with some of the best base attack for infantry aside from Teutonic Knights and Berserkers.
@PauxloE
6 ай бұрын
I missed the comparison how good they are against villagers.
@redcastlefan
6 ай бұрын
You forgot to bring up the fact that unlike milita line the Woads are much better at picking favorable fights in particular vs the champ theyre not that good against. Even good infantry civs with good bonuses struggle to clear Woads attacking their vils faster than light. at least cav or CA civs can somewhat keep up.
@voidgods
6 ай бұрын
The devs really shouldn't be so conservative regarding Infantry UU. Even civs that would love to play into UU can't afford it every game, playing for castles and keeping them up is hard. Being an infantry unit just makes it even more unlikely. There should be higher incentive to go for Woad/Samurai/Jaguar/TTK. Even on the best case scenario, going for these units feel like a mistake and that is a bad sign.
@astrid2432
3 ай бұрын
celts are surely build different, if they can easily power walk and be faster as some american people, who even when running are slower as them heck they even beat knights to a certain degree
@StanislavHoferek
6 ай бұрын
How good are woad raiders when fighting near celt castle with stronghold improvement?
@adnivisorx5873
6 ай бұрын
I have a feeling that we are getting a new update of the civ overview on celts, am i wrong?
@ΠάνοςΚΜ
6 ай бұрын
which unique unit u think is the strongest rn? I havent kept touch with the game for about 2 years. Back then i think it was longbowmen and Magnudai
@kotharianlightning
6 ай бұрын
Depends what you're facing. War Elephants are the toughest and win vs. basically every normal unit with equal resources, but are countered heavily by monks. Mangudai, Catapracts, Conquistadores, Kamayuks, Monaspa, and Mamelukes come to mind as good choices. And while Magyar Huszars aren't the greatest unique unit initially, a tech replaces their gold cost with food, so they become the best trash unit.
@derekstryder2281
6 ай бұрын
2:29 Celt eat TC
@SuspishFish
5 ай бұрын
Am I a bad person that I always pronounced them as _Wood_ Raiders?
@SchrodingerMil
6 ай бұрын
It would be hard to balance, but from a design philosophy I wish every Civ with a unique unit that's easily comparable to the generic one had no reason to build the generic. Why build Champions when you have Woads? Why build Paladins when you have Cataphracts?
@Irfanhill
6 ай бұрын
They're impressively resistant given that they only wear a thin layer of pants and otherwise can take a few arrows in their bare chests and go on power walking and raiding.
@mandowarrior123
6 ай бұрын
Well, the woad stops them bleeding and getting infections, and the pants protect their gigantic balls.
@flydrop8822
6 ай бұрын
Their manly chest hair blocks arrows/javelins
@nathanielstanford3115
6 ай бұрын
it's the Conan the Barbarian hair
@Jondiceful
6 ай бұрын
It's the same logic behind female armor in most video games😜
@DuringDark
6 ай бұрын
@@Jondicefulwhy aren't they wearing body builder thongs >:(
@HelloFutureMe
6 ай бұрын
my favourite units :O
@shane1948
6 ай бұрын
What a surprise! How long have you been playing this game? I love your worldbuilding videos
@HelloFutureMe
6 ай бұрын
@@shane1948 I have about 1000 hours in it. Still play it regularly and have for years! Celts/Hindustanis/Byzantines/Vietnamese/Mayans are my go tos.
@TheCherryTrader
6 ай бұрын
my favourite writing channel :O
@MrMarinus18
6 ай бұрын
Though perhaps they could change their animation to have them be running. They look kind of awkward as their animation was meant for their original speed and it was just sped up.
@stosslegionen
6 ай бұрын
New Zealand jump scare.
@redcastlefan
6 ай бұрын
william wallace would be mad so ill say 10/10
@SizzleCorndog
6 ай бұрын
The pain that is seeing a block of these running around outside your base before you even have champ ready
@mattender8323
6 ай бұрын
Cav is better against them.
@justalonesoul5825
6 ай бұрын
@@mattender8323 not cost effective. Siege or hand cannons much better. Scorps with trash units...
@balazsfenyes3880
6 ай бұрын
call the teutonic order for pesticide
@JazzJackrabbit
6 ай бұрын
@@balazsfenyes3880 - TKs are too slow. The infantry will run circles around them while they get shredded with Scorpions/Onagers.
@balazsfenyes3880
6 ай бұрын
@@JazzJackrabbit We are talking about wood raiders and most infantry/ most melee units has 0 chance against TKs and WR is one of them.
@Cblazer100
6 ай бұрын
Honestly, watching SOTL go over a classic AOE2 unique unit gives serious nostalgia vibes and satisfaction. Love this content.
@IammeoramI
6 ай бұрын
Someone else finally put into words why I watch Sotl despite having not touch AOE2 since 2012
@dj_koen1265
6 ай бұрын
@@IammeoramIthe game is fun, worth playing, even campaigns can be good if you avoid the original campaigns
@SvanTowerMan
6 ай бұрын
I have found that power walking like the Woad Raider allows you to have great speed for a longer time frame than if you were conventionally running, probably because you're moving your arms and legs less. Perhaps there is something to their animation.
@benne6512
6 ай бұрын
see the Malcolm episode where Hal powerwalks
@zachariastsampasidis8880
6 ай бұрын
You can walk fast but not run
@citricdemon
6 ай бұрын
You can't run because you don't have any legs
@SvanTowerMan
6 ай бұрын
@@citricdemon What are you talking about?
@OandCoGames
6 ай бұрын
So good to see an in-depth analysis that includes the critical metric of post-fight cliquiness
@ImRandomDude
6 ай бұрын
ever since I was kid, when I thought Woad was a mistype for Road Rider, which made sense to me back then ... to this day I cannot bring my brain to rewire it to proper name
@dj_koen1265
6 ай бұрын
i always thought it was supposed to be a wood raider
@bluedistortions
6 ай бұрын
Hahaha.. some people do mispronounce R as W. Elmer is the cartoon character that personifies this. "Woad wider."
@marktaro
6 ай бұрын
Wholesome af
@ElendilAOE
6 ай бұрын
Got know the pain when these little guys swarm your base
@AlexMathiesen
6 ай бұрын
2:30 HE SAID THE HOAGG LINE!!!!
@Jeff_the_Hobo
6 ай бұрын
Celt Eat TC
@ns-islandsroblox
6 ай бұрын
I STILL YOUNG AND HANDSOME
@tantegreta
6 ай бұрын
I was looking for the comment, UP YOU GO, SIR!
@THOTHGames
6 ай бұрын
Back when I was little I would play the AoE2 trial a bunch, and because I liked Woad Raider's aesthetic I would use my monks to convert as many as I could so I could have my own woad raider army.
@Ghostbellrei
6 ай бұрын
Tutorial loves them so much
@JJBeauregard1
6 ай бұрын
Petition to finally give them a running animation!!
@willichtenstein7071
6 ай бұрын
And lose the power walking intimidation factor? No thank you.
@blacklight4720
6 ай бұрын
@@willichtenstein7071 How about a petition to upgrade WW power walk into Techno-Viking power walk?
@L3monsta
6 ай бұрын
I would love to see them use the eagle warriors running animation. That would be sick
@simonlindner693
6 ай бұрын
HELL no, walking faster than other units run is the ultimate flex
@niklasw.1297
6 ай бұрын
Spirit Of The Jigsaw 👌 I appreciate the pun-transitions into Sponsors SOTJ does, it's almost like he gets a civ bonus for that
@hansoskar1911
6 ай бұрын
A compositional benefit of Woad Raiders is that agaist Celts most players arent eager to clump up their ranged unit so just 2 scorpions mean you often get to fight staggered formations.
@PeterFendrich
6 ай бұрын
....... How did I never know that I needed Spirit of the Law jigsaw puzzles until just now
@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana
6 ай бұрын
Sniping monks 🙏 and siege (especially Trebuchets and Bombard Cannons) is a great benefit of speed too. Plus, speed is generally helpful in a game for getting units to where they need to be or running away from things. The training time being low is also really good, especially for defence 🛡. Also, the unit upgrades are really expensive and time consuming for the Militia-line. Elite Woad Raider is expensive, but you can use the un-upgraded Woads for specialist roles in the meantime. Whereas Militia-line units behind on upgrades are basically useless 🚫🧰. Celt Champions are probably still a great addition for extremely late Imperial Age, though, outside of the Woad's specialist roles, as they are less gold intensive. Though you only tend to transition to that extremely late, so it will just be a normal Champion transition. Also, the Militia-line is a counter for Eagles. Overall, it is important to know how much of a replacement they can be, to know whether or not you should eventually tech into Champions.
@WheissRS
6 ай бұрын
personally i feel the coolness of the "walk running" animation of a bunch of woad raiders attacking you more frightening than any other of most powerful units, needless to say is my favourite unit since back my childhood haha
@marksnoei
6 ай бұрын
Great video, I assume we will see a Celt overview soon! I noticed recently looking at the civ stats that the Sicilians are having the opposite phenomenon of the Chinese. Sicilians are the number 1 performing civ for low elo games but the bottom performer in high elo games. I was wondering why that is, I would be interested to see what your take on it is.
@historymax5479
6 ай бұрын
Maybe it's because the higher rated players have counter strategies while low elo players are still able to use the civ bonuses against newbies, but I suspect that's just one of many reasons.
@pierredefraguier3877
6 ай бұрын
I'd say the scouts into kts play (which is the easiest/best for low elo) is really strong with sicilians because opponent needs to be careful of fights taken with counters because of bonus damage resistance. Cavalier with imp UT are busted, so if it gets there, it's even harder. Not sure how viable/popular it is at low elo, but I could see donjon/serjant rush be quite oppressive. At higher level, timings and rushes will hurt Sicilians. They are too slow to get going, lacking a significant early/mid game eco bonus. And if you choose your strat carefully against Sicilians, you can nearly avoid the bonus damage reduction to play a role
@leonciesla5456
6 ай бұрын
8:03 This is the funniest thing I have seen this week at least. Just Imagine how baffled those horses must be that these naked celts are just running them down.
@MrMethekill
4 ай бұрын
I know it's a bit late....but....but...they are not even running. You have to realize that they WALK those horsed down.
@AtticusKarpenter
3 ай бұрын
People can actually outrun horses, just not at short distances. People can develop incredible stamina comparably to most land animals (thanks to effective sweating), so while initially horse always create distance gap because of raw speed in fresh condition, it soon become tired so human catch up to it and then outrun. And if horse already tired (or wounded) this will not take too long. This is actually hunting strategy of stone age, manage to wound animal with some javelin or similar weapon, then annoyingly stalk that animal until it become completely exhausted.
@Ollieb6477
6 ай бұрын
Spirit your the best
@raureif1874
6 ай бұрын
Celts eat TC
@rahzoriel2103
6 ай бұрын
Elite Eagles being faster than Woad Raiders shows just how mogged Celts became after every iteration of power creep in the game.
@hotjavalava
6 ай бұрын
SOTL got a square space sponsorship?! He's big time now.
@jessicajsk7757
6 ай бұрын
Trying to find your Spirit of the Jigsaw website, Cant find it though.
@chinerpeton
6 ай бұрын
Why do I watch a detailed unit breakdown video for a game that I'm not even interested in playing? No idea. Still good video tho!
@joshuagrosvenor9837
6 ай бұрын
NGL I'd actually buy one of those jigsaws
@akshay12328
6 ай бұрын
We know whats the next video now! Celts overview 😊
@rochreech3173
6 ай бұрын
Wow! Another Indian AOE fan! Hi there, I feel like we are a rare and dying breed. Keep Gaming on !
@arthur-yq4ic
6 ай бұрын
catle for woads baracks for pikes and siege workshop for scorpions
@DarkOmegaMK2
6 ай бұрын
Spirit of the Jigsaw is another one of SotL's many businesses, among those there's: >Spirit of the Log, a wood trading company. >Smelting of the Law, his very own smiting company. >Smelling of the Law, his otorhinolaryngologist clinic >Spirit of the Loss, his funerary services company. >Spirit of the Lawn, his gardening company.
Could you please do a video on the knight line? I'd love to go down the history of how the knight rush has been the meta for literal decades.
@UnfamiliarPlace
6 ай бұрын
As a frequent Celt player, I would agree with your conclusions here. Especially with general infantry upgrades over the last couple years, champions have come to replace what Woads once did in my army, except when I really need the speed. They really are great at raiding - a dozen Woads in an enemy open base is a huge headache, and 20 elite ones becomes a real threat that can take out a generic TC and the vills hiding in it. I usually bring them in just as the tide starts to turn in my favour and I can breathe enough to afford to add them, and then they quickly snowball.
@boarfaceswinejaw4516
6 ай бұрын
4:19 very historically accurate considering how Strabo and Tacitus described the relationships between celts. cough cough
@vallytine
Ай бұрын
5:40 Honestly? Historically accurate Medieval Scottish Army. (If you ignore the fact that Woad Raiders are more like Pictish soldiers, and it'd be more accurate if the Celts unique unit were Gallowglasses instead.)
@2nightwehunt
6 ай бұрын
I think you should make a website SpiritOfTheRaw where...well..
@dilutioncreation1317
27 күн бұрын
Aren't they good against siege units? I'm a little surprised that wasn't explored somehow. Like, how well would they do against a mixed army of onagers and militia line. Not a demand, just a curiosity
@Whomobile
6 ай бұрын
I like them cause they have a funny name
@wololowarlord9855
6 ай бұрын
PogoOooooooooo!!!!!!!!
@Klautsche
6 ай бұрын
I couldn't find spirit of the jigsaw anywhere, could you link it maybe?
@TheSpiritedFendron
6 ай бұрын
*sigh* since my last 2 predictions were right, you know that my third will be just as right. Not complaining tho, but he made it too obvious the last time lol
@Ratciclefan
6 ай бұрын
I personally dislike the woad raiders, as it makes it look like Ensemble thought Gauls and Scottish/Irish are the same people. Gauls didn't even get to the British Isles as far as I can tell. I wish they would at least reskin the unit and move the current skin to the editor.
@arsmariastarlight3567
6 ай бұрын
I always treat this unit as, well... Raiders (it's in their name). Most of the time I use them for raiding party on enemy base, destroy some buildings, kill villagers and disrupt the economy (always have a group of pikes handy). They're like infantry version of cavalry archer when it comes to harrassment role
@Throwaway-hj2rr
6 ай бұрын
I love Woad Raiders, but Celts in general feel so unbalanced to play. I hope for some in depth overview soon, maybe this will explain to me why this CIV hovers at around 50% win rate while I cannot win ANYTHING with them. That is unless I use Hoang strategy, but I dislike one trick pony strategies.
@LightMageMike
6 ай бұрын
'Infantry Unique units deal pretty good melee damage'. Hello. Woad Raider here. But I guess you already know me. Sort of. Uh, so the thing is I have a lot of melee experience and I'm considered to be pretty good at it. Well, you've seen me. You know, when I was stealing your sheep. Uh, yeah. I guess I should apologize for that. But anyway, I've been converted now.
@jotfohm4644
6 ай бұрын
Hey @spiritofthelaw, could you please reorganize your playlists, as to put first-time-done ones, (mainly HD edition) in one, and the revisited civ + after-DE-release civs in another one. Upvote this comment guys.
@mobius4247
6 ай бұрын
"with even a HANDFUL of castles, they're easy to mass up" Uhhhh, how many is a handful here? I usually think it means 5 but that doesn't make sense nor does 0 because how big are your hands?!
@PurpleWarlock
6 ай бұрын
Spirit, have you made a video on the effectiveness of Druzhina? What's an efficient Champ/Halb combo when one is facing groups of enemy units?
@tearav3
7 күн бұрын
I'd love to have seen them compared to other anti building units the tarkan or any others I'm not aware of
@mojungle3054
6 ай бұрын
For historical purposes, I'd like to see them renamed and reskinned to "Gallowglass". Maybe at least as an optional setting
@devangnivatkar2649
6 ай бұрын
I've always seen them as expendable units that you should try to snipe enemy Bombard Cannons with, to protect your own Furor Celtica siege I'm honestly surprised how good they perform in melee fights!
@rubywest5166
6 ай бұрын
The Woad Raiders aren’t being cliquey! The two split off to get some privacy… If you know what I mean
@dudeistpreist5721
2 ай бұрын
I used to build 9 castles in my base for the emergency defense fund and drag it on in the imperial age to deplete reserves. A rain of arrows and a passive regen? And they're faster? The celts just got better baby.
@MaxYoung-Maxinfet
6 ай бұрын
Do you use any scripting/automation to do the micro archer examples for the purpose of consistency? I was thinking because those examples happen on a completely open plane so it would be possible and interesting to have a python script or something of that nature doing the clicking to move perfectly for firing within the calculated refresh time between shots. This would allow for perfect micro when doing comparisons or at least perfect micro from the client side but for the purposes of crunching numbers, this seems really useful though it would never truly compare to how a player could do use the units it would show the theoretical limits and the delay between stopping, moving and panning the screen for firing could be modified to try to be more representative of different ELO players. Likely this could be a whole video on its own.
@lupus_croatiae
4 ай бұрын
20 years ago my first meta was spamming Woads + pikes + siege rams, but there was a match were I changed tactics, I destroyed several buildings and then retreated to heal them and to restore the ranks while the enemy rebuilt his base, then I struck again and again, soon they didn't have woods and stone for more buildings
@Jondiceful
6 ай бұрын
I would like to suggest that their speed does offer one other benefit. They are fast enough that once they pursue an enemy formation, they don't really require micro. Meanwhile, if your opponent wishes to win the engagement, he must spend his attention space on a furious game of micro. This gives the Celt player more decision time in the battlespace and should enable you to more effectively apply pressure on your opponent until they are overwhelmed. On the other hand, your opponent can choose to abandon their units to their fates and focus on a more effective response. This is a costly strategy because they will lose those units and the time and resources spent making them, and because they will still have to face those same Woad Raiders again. In short, they create a dilemma for your opponent for which their solutions all have serious drawbacks. I won't say that makes them OP, but I will say that it makes them a dangerous threat for any player to counter.
@Mattroid99
6 ай бұрын
I still wish they rename and reskin them to be more historical and not just made up from Caesar propaganda centuries way before of AoE2's timespan.
@SnooZzzze_1
5 ай бұрын
I have mixed feelings when it comes to supplies, it make champion more viable which is good but at the same time so cheap that unique infantry units is not really worth building.
@Connection-Lost
6 ай бұрын
I know the game isn't realistic, but, one guy with a sword being hit 59 times with javelins and still being alive....
@palid11
6 ай бұрын
non-elite damage boost from 8 to 11 is extremely important for raiding - woads can now kill villagers with loom in 4 hits, which was not possible before even with iron casting
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