Absolute BANGER of an AoE2 Game! Saracens vs Vikings!

This was a FANTASTIC Age of Empires II 1v1 between two of my favorite players, MBL and Hera! This match not only has unique strats but incorporates many of the awesome units these civs have. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this one!
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[@michabaron4129]

'Hera might not be happy despite saying LOL in chat' you are a true scholar of human condition

[@informationbox8729]

LMAO

[@greysquirrel404]

Can we all take a moment to commemorate the brave sacrifice of the spearman at 11:43, walled out to fend off a horde of crossbows alone.

[@MikeHesk742]

"Go! Wall it off! I'll hold them back!"

[@John-xv3by]

hold the door

[@V8SplashMan]

Did we notify his family of his demise?

[@92Adzy]

i will buy you some time. go now, save yourselves!

[@imluvinyourmum]

*Gets 20 crossbows to the face* "Actually this isn't even the right way, sorry guys we gotta go back"

[@zolikoff]

- Sire, we have discovered farmland that the enemy uses to feed their troops! What shall we do? Take it over? - No, destroy it! *proceeds to shoot crossbows at the ground*

[@migueeeelet]

"MY TOMATOES!"

[@kevintrang3007]

*field begins to burn*

[@JorgeL721]

"LEAVE NO CORNSTALK WITHOUT AN ARROW!" *My cabbages!*

[@rahulgr3167]

migueeeelet *cabbages

[@imsandy1]

and the skewers store goes out of business..

[@arthurlouiskarl]

beautiful example of aoe2 counter unit balance. red starts with archers - blue counters with skirms & onagers - red adds cavaliers - blue adds camels - red adds berserks - blue counters with hand cannons - red adds skirms!

[@DaddyMouse]

A few knights in early castle for red could win him the game IMO

[@AXharoth]

red sucked

[@tylermccall2505]

Red adds skirms for hand cannons don’t they counter archers not gun powder units

[@arthurlouiskarl]

@@tylermccall2505 they counter HC as well as archers.

[@solorollo9756]

@@AXharothbro, check this out

[@simhanssens7331]

21:10 send that clip to spirit of the law for his Ontage

[@delapuenteignacio]

21:14 "HERA SHOULD SEE THIS! OH MY GAWWD, OOOOHHH MY GAAAWWWWWDDDDDD!!" That enthusiasm makes your content amazing man! Love ya!

[@juanfisi]

38:15 that heavy cab that got converted must have an amazing story, im thinking Rollo from Vikings.

[@alfonsvanbesien1312]

This has to be one of the most interesting and entertaining expert 1V1's I've seen. Great change in units & counters, amazing geoplay with a flavour of micro-mastery one can only dream of. Nice.

[@AgeofEmpiresPakistan]

21:14 The biggest fail in pro history.Also the juiciest onager shot ever.It certainly turned the game upside down.

[@satyakisil4289]

Do you mean biggest fail after KOTD finals?

[@faultier3215]

Satyaki Sil KOTD Finals was one big shot, for sure. But it looked bigger because liereyy after getting hit the first time, realized it was over and let the rest of his arbs just get shot for the LOLs before he called the gg. Biggest Onager shot was MBL vs Viper in Masters of Arena 3 and i remember one teamgame where Viper killed Maxes arbalest army that was almost twice the size of heras arb army this game

[@AgeofEmpiresPakistan]

i see.I will watch those.This is just from my prespective as i have not watched those fails.Thnx for the suggestion.

[@faultier3215]

Watch Royal TV you will find the Masters of Arena 3 in this Video, starting at ~1:06:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKjIfWZ8ipV1aMk and here i have the highlight Video of Vipers Badaboom, couldnt find original kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5Woi4x5qtqLnJo

[@BlinJe]

I love the reaction too. No salt just LOL

[@drackdan1888]

is no one going to talk about the traitor cavalier at 24:08 that survived the entire game

[@asdfghyter]

Aha, that's where the converted unit was.

[@canyonthiess6917]

2 years later and this is still my favorite game

[@astronoman4]

10 years later still my favorite game too

[@marshin7237]

@@astronoman4 22 years later and this is still my favorite game

[@milanmikula7039]

@@marshin7237 2 days and this is still my favourite game

[@apmaz6112]

Havent played this yet. It looks fun. Maybe it will be my favourite game.

[@contytub]

It became my fav as soon as i've played it as a demo in a magazin years ago . I actually had the full game but didn't knew to copy the hack so i got stuck playing same demo map for way too long

[@JH-lo9ut]

Cred to mbl for that vicious onager shot. With Hera pestering him for so long with those crossbows, he made a bunch of onagers, hid them on the hill and waited for the right moment. Beautiful! Not easy to pull off aganst an opponent with such good micro. Quit talkig of throws and such, this is the game played at the very best level, and that goes for both players.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

You do not out micro 4+ onagers with splits. That's for sure.

[@Attila8489]

One of the best 1vs1 I've seen. Thanks!

[@paulquappe820]

43:45 They had the same amount of Stone!?

[@thomasniehof6333]

9:18 pause there and you can see the woodline isn't completely walled off. The Skrims could've walked right in and raid the woodline in Red's base :P

[@ErLong1800]

21:13 ... for everybody who had a bad day ;-)

[@the_rover1]

*ohhhh maahhh gaaawwwdd!*

[@erasmus4743]

One of the best games I've seen in a long time. Thanks for casting! :-)

[@killcancersteve]

First time ive watched a match ever since playing this game as a kid. All these years later it still looks so fun.

[@arsenique6478]

These games of AOE2 are very entertaining, thank you for uploading them. This is what made me play AOE2 again, and install Voobly.

[@acrustykrab]

What is Voobly?

[@arsenique6478]

@@acrustykrab a third party program to play age of empires II online, without using the steam system.

[@janosgotz7697]

@@arsenique6478 why would you not just use the steam system?

[@JorgeL721]

Thanks for uploading such an awesome game!

[@WeirdOne19142]

I've probably seen at least 100 of your videos including several multi hour streams. I would still say this is one of the best games in the archive.

[@SimAlex20000]

i just got back into playing after a... 20+ yr break. game first came out when i was in high school, lmao. i remember why i loved it so much. amazing game and these commentaries are incredibly helpful as i re-learn stuff

[@longbottomleaf6918]

Im brand new to AoE comp/ranked so these videos really help with my learning. Thank you!

[@maximusquietus]

What a great way to start my morning. Awesome game. Well play by both.

[@willjb89]

Badass game, I learned a lot from this and your commentary. Wow.

[@OroborOSX11]

Fantastic performance by both players!

[@mohammedaljaberi2366]

thanx to MBL for making saracens great again, with their team bounce they are the most powerful civ

[@Jewus19]

very good game! and a fine cast good sir! :)

[@user-jk9sm1tb6u]

I really love your reporting of the games. Thank you

[@dreamsolutions3037]

Damn... stumbled upon this oldie - AOE has really upped the graphics in the past few years

[@emreoguz9468]

great comeback and commentary

[@winstack]

You did a great job of casting the game. The narration was accurate and delivered with enthusiasm. I subbed. Keep up the good work, that was a great game, too.

[@JohnnieJohnJr]

Agreed, counters were spot on throughout.

[@casamir1]

One of the games I keep rewatching every 6 months

[@reikoxan]

this might be psychological but i always find myself routing for the blue player

[@Aussie.Owlcoholic]

Racist! .. Kidding of course, I'm the same. Always see blue as the 'good guys' and red as the 'bad'. Probably because so many games use colours like that

[@saketsingh84]

Watching this after their Wololo 5 set really puts into perspective how much both players have improved!

[@pixelrevolt2199]

Superb casting :) Like the decision you've made here.

[@0Haldor0]

there was a gap behind the woodline (9:18) an heras base when the skirms showed up at 9:10, this could have been soooo good.

[@Bestsuk]

21:13 Masters of Arena 3 flashbacks ! 11

[@matttaylor3354]

Haven't got to the end yet but so many misplays from Hera, not to take anything away from MbL's play.

[@Ironmike2233]

Mbl did the old zhuge liang's empty castle trick when he destroyed his arbalest army with the onagers

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

That's how you counter an arb+ram early imp push. With onnies.

[@tallahassZ]

21:16 BAHAHAHAHAHAHA REKT

[@canyonthiess6917]

32:20 that beserk charge tho

[@tylers7475]

I'm new to this game checking it out before 4 comes out and I absolutely love it

[@JoeKnaggs]

Lovin' the counters

[@TovarishTony]

Been watching AoE videos for awhile already and seeing MBL on this match after seeing one of the Blue Coffee videos give me a weird feeling.

[@canyonthiess6917]

The aoe2 community will *NEVER DIE*

[@misteral9045]

@T90Official 11:58 If the positions had been switched and it was Mbl attacking into Hera's walls, it would've absolutely been worth taking down the lumber camp because of the Saracens amazing team bonus. Kappa

[@nishadmandlik2108]

Wow! Enjoyed this game.

[@kitnomad4061]

do you play ranked on HD edition or standard?

[@Goatcha_M]

Occurs to me that one potential unit missing from AOE2 is Chariots. If they do add more civs, they should add chariots as unique units for a couple of appropriate civs. Very fast, multiple arrows/javelins in attack, but also expensive, slow to train and not good on hills.

[@tvojemama0123456789]

I'm surprised relics weren't picked up already in the castle age

[@enriquewood6783]

Damn! what a game!

[@RaduP3]

I played AOE as a kid growing up, and was never good at it. I play it from time to time, but it doesn't catch me. Watching these pro guys is so entertaining tho. Very nice game

[@Aravanus]

21:12 t90throw

[@mr.authentic2505]

Tips: Dont build wild in 1v1 MBL way of building plays a very important role

[@the_rover1]

21:15 still gives me nightmares to this day omfg

[@stedated]

I've been following you since the beginning! I love the video's! I have a question or like a request. An in eye from some games of good players.

[@asdfghyter]

This was an awesome game!

[@farronkelly7899]

Literally the perfect onager shot

[@KazuTheFireKing]

one of the best games ever

[@OniDasAlagoas]

21:15 Ouch.

[@MrSmithCasey]

Really entertaining game!

[@nelsonmejiaslozada9362]

21:14 DAAAAAAMN

[@fegooo6552]

what benifit of making 5 or 6 stable or baraccs ? is it increase building speed ?

[@MrGenericNickname]

Can someone explain to me why it's almost always Arabia? What makes it so popular? I mean, there are other land maps.

[@biaslina]

It's less random so less luck involved It's so open so the engagement will be faster and more strategy can happend there It's less predictable coz there's no Hotspot (like center in gold rush) No pond or river coz it's actually make it predictable too

[@mindswideopen4339]

Surprised Hera didn't get pikemen early in the game once the infantry upgrades were done for Beserks. Afterall, MBL had a lot of cav throughout the game and viking pikemen are stronger. Also, if you are having a 1 vs 1 treb war (1 treb each most of the time) to take down opposing castles and probably start a push that will win the game, the treb is vitally important and cav are taking it out constantly. Bring a few vils from your close woodline, build houses, even partially, in front and sides of the treb to force the cav around to the back and they won't survive the attack but your treb will. Simple stuff I would have done in my own games in years gone by and I was only 2k, these guys are top.

[@markmcnair5864]

Dude you’re just really awesome. I want you to know that.

[@valentinmurphy8443]

do saracens get husar in aoc? nice casting t90, sick game

[@kingsarues1586]

Yeah the Saracens are the least touched civ in the game

[@TaterTots9009]

Today story time with T90.

[@adherry8142]

Those are some quality onagers

[@thescribe509]

he didn't do the house trick, he only shot the boar once. he was attempting to do the house trick but it wasn't necessary.

[@HappyCupsInc]

Such a throw 11.

[@kevc222ud]

Why cant these be watched with fog of war ON so we see what they see it helps learn the moves better

[@danimokahal9496]

Historically, this happened somewhere in Spain 🇪🇸

[@kingsarues1586]

We should all throw in for a Saracens only show tourny

[@Ronnybanan]

go Vikings... but not in the late game... the prob. was that Hierra did not mix in pikes (pointy bois) in the 20 minute mark.

[@lkjyuiop1987]

I plan to play this again it’s fun am very good at just playing for fun.

[@davidsl118]

Hey T90 I have forgotten the name of the caster who used to call villagers as "Billaggers". Can you help me find him again xD. Many thanks!

[@deaddu]

13:05 He moves his Skirms in very close to the enemy squad.. I don't understand why he does that.. Why would he move a ranged unit with a minimum range so close to the enemy squad?

[@Bleckyyyy]

They cost no gold and are easily replacable, so he forces an engage. Also archer arrows fire faster and maybe he lacked balistics for precision aiming ( meaning archers would dodge at max range due to micromanagement)

[@Elite_Kamayuk]

Hera trying to lame the MasterBoarLamer? 11 Also Hera and MBL the dream couple Kappa

[@bradleyh4532]

how do you micro like that, DAMN

[@satyakisil4289]

I want to mitigate spoiling, so all I can say is that something explosive and unbelievable happened somewhere in the match.

[@shadowdancerRFW]

Building camels over mamelukes as saracen is downright stupid. They cost almost as much however mamelukes have a range which allows them to kill any cav without taking losses, they're also strong vs any infantry, they kill siege very fast and they can deal with archers when played correctly. I know all these because I do them, and I also pair them with onagers.

[@jasmeenahamed9531]

how did he split n avoid crossbow fire what move was that lol dodged many arrows lol also why no use of mamulek?

[@mysteriousshadow395]

Time flies

[@kevintrang3007]

Red: IAmHera Blue: 'am'

[@Asgerstang]

Hera is 18 or 19 now

[@obsidian115]

Maybe they should remove a few of the expansion civ bonuses and give it to Saracens so we can see them in competitive games.

[@andreavasile6388]

Why the viking player build a house there?(19:00)

[@Dawn_Hika]

To reduce idle time i guess? Better than doing nothing

[@bitpony]

hera was probably pop-capped and didn't want to use one of the vills from the eco therefore he used the one he sent forward

[@Dawn_Hika]

He's 126/150 after building the house so i don't think that's the problem

[@andreavasile6388]

Ok so nothing special or so tactic, right

[@filadelfozuniga3411]

Its is special and tactic. Sending it back home to work would be more idle time and you wont keep it foward in case you need something else, building a random house there give you some vision and less important some pop, also the vill wont show iddle in your hotkeys either so you can focus in others vills.

[@nicolasandaluz4736]

Thanks a Lot

[@Latios93]

21:13 i came

[@kazijawadh2364]

My jaw dropped at the beautiful sight

[@dimitrijep7872]

vikings no halberdiers?

[@Emil-ud7rd]

Yes

[@tomasinfluencia8849]

This is the fkin best game

[@OpiatesAndTits]

Came down to the loss of archer units and wasting so much res on the cavaliers instead of going straight into zerkers

[@JelyIsCool]

21:15 JESUS FUCK, LOOK AT THE KD RATIO CHANGE

[@csquaredgaming]

Yeah hera made some mistakes but it seems like Saracens are somewhat stronger overall and skill considered equal, MBL would have had to make a mistake to lose this matchup.

[@92Adzy]

i watch all your videos at x1.25

[@johnlittle8975]

These guys played this game like Chess masters.