hey guys spirit of the law here I think
it's fair to say part of being a good
leader in Age of Empires is knowing how
to delegate specifically how to send
your nameless extras into the fight
instead of yourself sometimes though
it's unavoidable and a hero unit has to
get their hands dirty not only is their
HP attack and armor better than what you
can get conventionally but they also
heal automatically and can't be
converted what I want to know is who are
the top 10 heroes in age of conquerors
to come up with this list I've looked at
their stats hidden bonuses and coolness
factor let's check it out
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starting off at number 10 is a tale of
the hunt you might have expected him a
lot later
but his deaths are actually not that
great compared to what's coming up he
looks like a cataphract but doesn't have
their armor or attack bonuses instead he
does a whopping plus 40 damage against
four strangely enough he takes no bonus
damage from spearmen or other anti
cavalry units it turns out that while he
is affected by cavalry upgrades he's
actually considered an infantry unit of
all things when bonus damage is being
calculated his ability to confuse your
enemies counter units alone earns Attila
a spot on the list number nine is the
saboteur don't be too quick to judge
them based on their cousin the pitar
saboteurs hit harder and with a
significantly better damage radius in
fact they cause about the same
devastation as a heavy demolition ship
which is fitting because they take bonus
damage as if they were one meaning extra
damage from towers and castles while
they're probably most useful against
large groups of units in case you're
wondering they do still have the batard
500 bonus damage to buildings as well
you can find them in the final mission
of the Mongol campaign as well as a nice
bridge to use them on moving on number
eight is Theodoric the goth at 450 HP
Theodoric looks like a tank his 10
attack is pretty underwhelming though
and his armor isn't up to the normal
huskarla standards he still manages to
hold his own and is on roughly the same
level as Attila in combat while being
considerably better against archers
overall he's solid
but his armor and attack hold him back
on this list number 7 is bad neighbor
and God's own sling they both have 50%
more HP than the standard trebuchet but
their real advantage is their 20 range
if regular trebuchet is can launch a 90
kilogram projectile over 300 metres this
variation can do 400 that's the farthest
in the game on top of that there are
also a hundred percent accurate you run
into both of these special trebuchet
during the final mission of the Saladin
campaign though luckily they're fairly
easy to destroy considering they're
strangely low Pierce
next up at number six is Henry v his HP
is fairly pedestrian but check out that
Armour extra armor can go a long way and
the enca performing better than you
might expect in combat he's a bit
vulnerable to missiles because of his
low HP so he doesn't make the top half
of the list but he's still a very strong
hero
if you don't remember playing him he
does appear in one of the battles of
conquerors speaking of great armor next
on the list at number five is Alexander
Nevsky this time it's eight melee and
six pierce armor before blacksmith
upgrades his attack an HP are a little
generic but his armor more than makes up
for that he never appears in a campaign
that I could find but his picture looks
so cool he gets shoehorned in two
scenarios all the time as different
characters like nazgul in the Lord of
the Rings scenario moving on to number
four on the list is admiral yi from a
pure statistical point of view he should
probably be number one but his downside
is he's limited to water you might
remember him from the noir yang point
scenario in the battle of the conquerors
the elite turtle ship is already a very
strong unit to begin with but admiral yi
has double the HP double the attack rate
in addition to 50% more damage per shot
and for more range just for good measure
just to give you a sense of what that
means he can win against eight
post-imperial galleons attacking him at
once
the real admiral yi is famous for never
being defeated and even once led 13
korean ships to victory over a hundred
and thirty-three Japanese warships
without losing any of them so it makes
sense that he would be a bit overpowered
entering the top three we have El Cid
a quick glance shows you he has some
really solid stats all around he starts
off pretty good as an infantry unit able
to take out a two-handed swordsman and
Knight back-to-back but when he's on his
horse he takes things to the next level
he's more than a match for every melee
unit up to this point one hero he can't
beat though is our number two William
Wallace Wallace has come for him every
stat looks strong
he has good HP great attack and really
solid armor to top it off
who knew that guy from the tutorial is
actually one of the strongest units in
age of conquerors period arguably he
could be number one but in my opinion
there's actually one unit that's even
stronger before we get to it though I
want to point out a few honorable
mentions first there's the master of the
Templar he has the same picture as
Alexander Nevsky but without the insane
armor you might remember him from the
fourth Saladin mission another is our
lone archery representative in Robin
Hood he's a special variation of the
longbowman and is quite common to see in
custom scenarios another one worth
mentioning is Charles Martel from the
tours scenario is a variation of a
throwing ax men with good but not
incredible stats if you haven't guessed
it already though the number one on this
list is Genghis Khan its Genghis Khan we
must flee virtually every scenario built
around hero units saves him as the final
one to unlock yes William Wallace does
have better HP and armor and even wins
in a melee fight but it's the range that
makes Genghis Khan the best more attack
than an elite war elephant from eight
tiles away the great khan takes this
list as the best hero unit in age of
conquerors but that's my list let me
know what you think you challenge my
everyday suitor thanks for watching guys
and I'll see you next time
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