The 10 Best Character Traits in Crusader Kings 2

[@AlzaboHD]

More videos are on the way! What ideas do you have for future videos? Are y'all interested in non paradox games?

[@koldonn1111]

No.

[@mingchina4499]

March of the Eagles Banat artillery only

[@mascar1lha]

Top 10 worst starts in ck2

[@pedroviola2335]

yes

[@shadosnake]

Yes Especially non paradox games that feel similar to paradox But definitely into different content personally lol.

[@rgm96x49]

Genius + Lunatic is hilarious, I like to think that the realm REALLY wants to get rid of the raving madman on the throne but damn he's actually doing a really good job that maybe we'll ignore the fact that he goes out every couple of nights and howls at the moon.

[@thedeadcannotdie]

A literal mad scientist

[@wolfen26]

Eh, let him have his fun....

[@bigzv6948]

Donald Trump

[@BirdieRumia]

@@bigzv6948 No. Teddy Roosevelt.

[@thundy9124]

That's bumi from avatar the last airbender

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Immortal is all fun and games until you're stuck with an awful character for the rest of the game who just so happened to luck himself into immortality.

[@dabigchina]

Make them generals and have them go on a few crusades. He'll be dead soon enough.

[@WakingPL]

Immortal has ability to commit suicide same as depressed. In the tooltip it says something like: i am tired of eternal life...." and than you end it. But probably keeping it for 200 years will make any character godtier anyways.

[@vit968]

*Just pick the Rulership focus and your character will be stressed and depressed in no time. Because thats all the focus is good for.*

[@rateeightx]

I've Come To A Point Where I Turn Down The Events If My Character Isn't Utterly Fantastic, I Don't Want To Play As A Garbage Character, Or Even A Just Decent One, I Demand Fantasticism!

[@kingjamestres]

Rulers get events that bump their stats though I had a ruler who started with like 10 martial he became immortal and now its like 40 because of event and artifacts (basically stole thor's hammer). You literally just have to put on a lifestyle you want to increase a stat (like stewardship) and over time that stat will increase. I've done plenty of times with non-immortal characters with one its practically cheating.

[@CommissarMitch]

I would want to point things out the video misses. 1: You do not have to have your character as a general to get the first trait on the list. 2: Crusader can be lost by attacking fellow Christian after the crusade. 3: Strong, if I remember correctly, also give a Fertility bonus that is not mentioned.

[@AlzaboHD]

Thanks for the info - can non ruler generals receive it?

[@CommissarMitch]

@@AlzaboHD I am not entirely sure. All I know is that you do not need to be personally commanding to get it.

[@SkeIIum]

@@AlzaboHD Another factor missed, the ruler must have the Sea Raider feature enabled. Altaic chars who simply run around on horses wont become vikings. If you reform as Hellenic and raid christians you also wont get viking unless you have raiding and sea thing enabled for the religion. It's a nice perk but tough to get unless you're viking.

[@giovannidamaro3820]

@@SkeIIum If you the ragnar bloodline everyone that can raid can obtain pirate

[@todalio9238]

Because "Strong" = "Big cock", and while size doesn't matter, it seems it does. You spew vitamins faster than other men, from that bigger magazine size.

[@THEJustinOfAllTime]

This video is wrong. Now for the REAL CK2 traits list. 10-You 9-Can't 8-Rank 7-The 6-Traits 5-They 4-Are 3-All 2-Very 1-*I N B R E D*

[@todalio9238]

And not a single comment ? Let me solve this ...

[@Lee-yo5cl]

What? Only one reply? Lemme solves all of this

[@nicholasnurse7583]

Master Seducer needed at least a mention, I think.

[@wolfen26]

Ran with a queen after picking primogenitor in Ireland. Ended up getting master seductress by cheating on three husbands (and killed them when they got too angry) and sexing up quite a few bishops and half the rulers of ireland. Ended up with 10 kids. lol

[@tilmania361]

seducer is overrated imo. youre bound to get syphiliis until the event fires that gives you seductress (its almost useless for men anway) so you basically need to join satanists to be safe which will give you bad traits and lock you out of other more useful societies. and then theres the fact you need to seduce multiple people and can get pregnant from them, yea seducer isnt that good really.

[@snekula5353]

The events from lunatic are pretty cool though. Sometimes, you might even be able to get a random heir from a rosebush, which is very helpful if you're celibate/castrated.

[@rodi8266]

yeah, the bad "loony" events make you lose 50 prestige and some piety. I guess the bad thing about loony negative events are Glitterhoof (unless you want the Horse/dont care about your chancellor) and the fact that each AWOOOOOOOO-event clogs up your screen and must be clicked away xd

[@AlzaboHD]

If you like lunatic I think you'll enjoy the next CK2 "Top 10" style video later next month !

[@rodi8266]

@@AlzaboHD Double down on being Nero? Replace your fake-horse chancellor with a true horse-chancellor?

[@ducky8075]

You can get “Jesus gives military advice” which gives you an insane +20 martial

[@lordbotato7175]

I love the fact that if your ruler is lunatic and control the pyramids of Giza you can easily kill your vassals in a secret chamber.

[@Seedmember]

Just a small advice. NEVER put genius children on Tough education. There is a chance that Genius is downgraded to Quick with that specific focus.

[@shellshockedgerman3947]

The same thing with the warrior lodges.

[@timecircle8420]

What is tough education?

[@Seedmember]

@@timecircle8420 You need a dlc for it to activate. When your children and some close relatives become 6 years old you can choose what their education will be. This gives them a chance to gain some traits that later on can evolve into something else, either good or bad. The two martial educations you can choose are "tough" and "duty".

[@ryantropicalia9499]

For the Habsburgs, the Inbred trait is the best for them

[@MANTARKAFA31]

0:22 you missed an oppurtunity to say "a horse to be reckoned with"

[@Crick1952]

Do you know the worst part of being a Paradox gamer? There's only 24 hours a day...

[@MarkG6957]

Depressed would be one of my top 10. The ability to groom an heir and then bump off your current ruler when said heir is ready to take over is incredibly valuable imo.

[@thedreamingsage]

I think that the trait "attractive" should be on this list, as it gives you +30 attraction opinion. If you are playing as an attractive woman, almost every male (and by extension, vast majority of all landed characters) in the world will have a positive opinion of you.

[@sdsdsrgdsfds7287]

gay ass

[@SebAnders]

An attractive, groomed master seductress rules the world.

[@sdsdsrgdsfds7287]

@@SebAnders yes strong is op if you're elective monarchy when I play hre I always try to get a strong son and they usually win

[@VictorBillordo]

Content also has a chance to remove stressed or depressed trait by an event

[@justsomefecker8283]

Extra context: hunting doge=happy

[@TheRevan1337]

A lot of references in this one, as usual, good stuff :p

[@AlzaboHD]

Thanks, had a lot of fun making it!

[@قمرالدين-ر5ي]

@@AlzaboHD whats the name of the map mod you are using

[@camelofsiberia962]

@@AlzaboHD I didnt understand it until I saw ruler of ottomans is Ataturk damn

[@nachopouso8770]

When you don't want to make people know that you're sponsored by RAID so you just indirectly suggest playing the game to get the vaking trait: *Beesness*

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

there is a crusader king trait which you can get if the pope declares you the beneficiary of a crusade which gives plus 3 martial, 30% extra damage to religious enemies and 20% extra levy size

[@Lithrus_]

Horse

[@AlzaboHD]

More horses coming soon ™

[@SilvesterBathroomStallone]

@@AlzaboHD Keeping tabs on you for that.

[@pawnyi7742]

This is a horse...

[@ancsuther]

@@pawnyi7742 dear god...

[@Kolzberg]

A couple of things: Shrewd can't be combined with Genius since Genius children can't obtain Curious. Also Struggle is a pretty bad focus for a primary heir since Rowdy has a chance of developing into Dull which is terrible, or Uncouth which can be annoying. Love to see more CK2 content though!

[@michaelm3166]

Was looking for this comment. I second Genius and Shrewd cannot be on the same character.

[@rateeightx]

I Try To Have Elective Succession As Often As Possible, That Way You Can Be Guaranteed A Good Heir Even If Who Would Be Your Heir Under Other Succession Laws Is Terrible, Plus If You Have Conclave You Can Just Pay People To Vote For Your Candidate, Which Lasts 10 Years.

[@poryg5350]

Shrewd can be combined with Genius if you are a child of Satan. Nevertheless, I have to disagree with the Struggle. Struggle can develop into Dull, but I find it very rare (and I use struggle quite a lot). If you want to obtain a military education, it's a must-have, since pride education sucks. Uncouth is not a problem, since that's mere -10 attraction opinion. You can still seduce and produce babies with that. But I actually hardly encounter dull. Can't say I never have, but it's very rare, since my children tend to catch willful more often than rowdy.

[@potatolord7774]

Just finished playing Ck2 and now I have to go play again to try out the stuff in this video.

[@descalzitao6779]

Why isn't Inbred number one ? Literally unwatchable. Disliked and unsubscribed.

[@UkrainePatr1ot]

And horse isn't number two!

[@turnip8749]

I love that trait! It’s so weird when my illegitimate son from a cousin relationship had that trait he dies of sickness at age nine :(

[@speedypichu6833]

A thing I have found is that in the 1066 starting date, you can invite “Veronica” if you give a gold, who is a courtier in Foix, and has the genius trait, if your king starts unmarried and without an heir, or if you have an unmarried heir.

[@bkarnhem874]

I always like to settle an ambitious adventurer on my borders, so they take land for me. Only do this when you have at least 3x his army size, otherwise he will be able to overthrow you.

[@Canaris3]

Dont forget that Immortality also leads to shitload of your own kin rulling all over the place and that makes Kinslayer very easy to catch later in the game.

[@rnolan6614]

You have to do it now you said the words. You have to do a 100 stat man multiplayer game with the Spiffing Brit

[@kwagar9810]

Giant is a surprisingly good trait. If you have it along with the Strong trait, you have a chance to get an event that grants you the Brawny trait. It's practically a weaker Strong trait, but it also gives you +1 to health, mitigating the downside that Giant gives you. The -20% to fertility also isn't that bad, seeing how easy it is to get the Lustful trait. There is one downside I can see with the Giant trait, and that's the chance to get giantism, which further lowers your health. This is a pretty rare event line, however, so I wouldn't really worry about it too much.

[@Sanvone]

Giant is hillarious when playing tribal. + Opinion modifier helps so much.

[@kwagar9810]

@Hego Damask Well, if you don't care at all about Iron Man, you can use the character creator to have your character receive the Giant trait. It's -7 points. You can give yourself 0.50 points in health to mitigate the downside and have 2 points leftover. It's practically a bargain. You could also give yourself the Strong trait as well. Within five years, give or take, during your incestuous reign, having both traits will give you an event to get the Brawny trait. It's so overpoweredly broken.

[@merlball8520]

I have had the increasing gigantism issue pop up every single time I've played as a giant. Rare? Hardly.

[@ChoccyMilk954]

day one of asking Alzabo for an eu4 beginner guide.

[@AlzaboHD]

I really need to make one, agree!

[@Felrika]

I have a suggestion for a top 10 video: Top 10 AzaboHD top 10 videos.

[@yoloswagtron6920]

Would love to see content on: 1) Secret religious societies and how best to use and/or counter them 2) How to actually avoid civil war implosion as Byzantium/Abbassids at 769 or 867 start dates 3) top 5 or 10 General (high martial) characters available to command your armies 4) Progressing efficiently through the ranks of some of the less used secret societies like the assassins

[@mich9788]

Top ten worst traits next?

[@sadettinarslan5324]

There are no worst traits in ck2. We dont call them worst. We call them “special”

[@mich9788]

@@sadettinarslan5324 but you must admit, that imbecile we all had in campaigns is truly a massive pain

[@juandieguinho05]

You should do a top ten of the worst event in the game

[@slein1055]

Genius is the reason people start eugenics programmes

[@rayres1074]

Immortal is the best trait until you suddenly get stressed, infirm and your guy suddenly gets sick of being kind to everyone / justice becomes a hard mistress he can't be loved ....

[@austinmiller9064]

Great video Alzabo!

[@Primordial_Pyre]

Top 10 ck2 cultures would be pretty good imo

[@karlwittenburg5868]

#1 is obviously Horse or Bear

[@CrossTheGoat]

Its easy to get immortal, if your character has the mystic trait construct a garden greatwork.

[@headsetsquirrel2581]

12:55 *child of destiny wants to know your location*

[@cyrildarku8689]

Love the scripts for these videos!

[@NotKnafo]

talking about immortality while playing britannia hmm

[@cheeseburgermacpac607]

All hail Britainnia!🤩

[@NotKnafo]

VIVA LA FRANCE!

[@TheOnyxisthere]

Also for a good ruler with the Strong trait, Uros IV of Serbia in the 1308-1337 start dates

[@livingthemcdream]

How about the top 10 best idea groups in EU4?

[@deanbphillips]

I LOL'd at all the horses in your Crusader trait example. classic.

[@halflifeger4179]

More Imperator videos please!

[@AlzaboHD]

Im on it! Got a new one coming soon

[@Valfary]

Going for the genetic traits just feels too random, and kind of forces you to go for elective monarchy if you want to have the genius kid as your heir. It's way more reliable to get unions that give good alliance, and handle the education of the potential heirs so they don't end up with terrible traits.

[@firmanimad]

Or just play muslims

[@ancsuther]

Tanistry is elective monarchy but only family members can go for the throne in succession

[@aidanniles1788]

Also, I really want to see a video on CK3 when it comes out and a guide for CK2 PvP

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

I know they're not strictly traits, but the pagan lodges are extremely OP. On hero level you can't be killed in battle, which is just bonkers. And since you can also just berserk your way out of prison if you're captured you essentially become unstoppable with the right military traits. In addition to being unkillable, berserker also randomly increases the martial skill. My personal record is 76 martial for an 80 year old berserker, which is by far the highest I've ever achieved. Add 250 personal combat to that and you have a rather unpleasant individual for the AI to deal with. My second best was 44 knowledge with a Hermetic ruler. On the other hand, diligent shouldn't be on the list, I think, for the same reason patient shouldn't: the traits can be lost, and usually are. They are the stat equivalent of stressed and more annoying than anything. Not sure if you've gone that route, but the three progressive traits if you reform pagans into human sacrificers are pretty amazing. The mass sacrifice ability also stacks rather well with the lodge stuff. I had an army of 6000 wiped out by 28 000 HRE troops and the center with my ruler was at 100% morale when it simply disappeared. Ruler was fine of course, since he was indomitable. Pagans are OP!

[@williamdare9970]

What about adventurer? That troop bonus is pretty op

[@123Dunebuggy]

Its alive! I mean welcome back

[@ruksharalam173]

Great video.. do a guide on technology.

[@alekmiloy8166]

I think it is pretty straight forward. You send your spymaster to a developed province with an advanced technology you need. You also have your councillors reaserch tech and always invest in events that give you points. Reaserch tech for your main holding (if you are feudal go for keeps and castles, not cities). Regarding the military go for logistics and upgrades regarding your levy composition. For cultural go for those which allow laws you need :)

[@Kaiser282]

I just got the Immortal trait on what was going to be a throwaway character from a count in spain in the 764 start date. He father was part of the Hermetic League or whatever the smart people society is, married her off to the King of France and when he died, she got to come back to rule the county for some reason. With no legitimate heir since they were all Frankish, decided to make her a Maga. The immortality event fired and having failed it so many times before, decided what the hell and went for it. It succeeds. She was immortal, the king of west Francia (now HRE) was her son and decided to ally me. Got my independence from the Spanish guys in that start date, joined the HRE and now am 'Empress' yet only controlling 2 duchies and going to conquer Spain and become independent at some point to be her Immortal Empress. God I love CK2

[@Kaiser282]

I've gotten cancer twice. I love this game.

[@marti-nz]

ck2 taught me how to practice eugenics.

[@jadenk1409]

2:18 Raiding is not for everyone tho, only for tribes&nomads and pagans. *Laughs as North African Berber pirates*

[@exantiuse497]

Regarding immortality, the "ruled too long" opinion malus is almost irrelevant, it caps at, I believe, -7, which is outweighed by the "long rule" opinion bonus, so you'll probably have no problems dealing with vassals

[@cheeseburgermacpac607]

Brand new CK 2 video = instant like!😍

[@nathanmckay2998]

I always get my kings/dukes and counts under me to get the crusader trait as well as myself so we all share in the positive opinion it gives you with them. And they also get a bit more martial for more troops!

[@brandonneilsta.teresa3494]

I think you're wrong about the content trait obtainable through the duty childhood focus, since it only makes children diligent (with guardian intervention) and either just or temperate, but might also become stressed. I think it's the humility childhood focus that makes children content upon reaching adulthood (more likely if educator is content as well).

[@mingchina4499]

March of the Eagles Banat artillery only challenge

[@doomblackdragon]

Lol how ironic. As you where talking about Immortality. I just got it in my game. Was not even trying for it or even know what was going on. Yet now I have it.

[@AlzaboHD]

I hope your character isn't an old, blind eunuch! I have only gotten it when my character was due for a replacement lol

[@artios162]

I once play a Norse Warlord doing a personal quest thing to challenge all worthy opponents he see on his quest. I got mod that make duel take into account your combat modifier and not a random dice roll. Then he got seriously wounded and I check what the hell happen. Turn out he duel a polar bear who is also a duke in Byzantine. Though on the bright side, he manage to kill the bear.

[@nETbKaH]

"Don't place Ambitious character into position of power unless they are ... *a close relative*" That is not a very good advice. As a rule of the thumb, ambitious relatives can pursue their ambition in the holy order... or on the bottom of the sea. I learned this lesson hard after getting my heir and myself killed by my uncle, who then proceeded to get kill by his son, who then caught coronavirus and died, thus, losing me a campaign.

[@cadesummers5866]

Alzabo HD would you ever consider making Stellaris or Victoria II videos, given the other paradox titles that you play?

[@cheeseburgermacpac607]

I want Stellaris tips!

[@AlzaboHD]

Definitely for Stellaris and HOI4 but Id like an updated Vic 3 before getting into the series - viccy 2 looks very complex and hasnt aged well from the videos ive seen

[@cadesummers5866]

@@AlzaboHD Victoria II exists on a higher plane, it's beyond us... our puny minds cannot fathom the min-maxing which must occur on that ascended realm.

[@ancsuther]

@@AlzaboHD Btw get the dlcs or else it really sucks

[@jonasmacgillvary2348]

Possessed deserves a mention for huge possible upside. If you get Voices of Jesus you end up with every virtue within a few years, plus you can get Jesus Gives Military Advice to get like +20 martial. Some of the events are pretty hilarious too.

[@adamhorn6917]

@AlzaboHD What if you design your ruler can you then have a strong ruler at the 769 starting date?

[@Kayneth962]

renowned physician and adventurer are also very good.

[@ReaperCH90]

ah the famous horse pope. I only was able to get an immortale horse cardinal as venice once, sadly he somehow died

[@deanbphillips]

What about a top 10 unknown cultures in CK2? Or best cultures?

[@ShanieLP]

2:27 Csak ember volt?

[@cdog719]

Why is your player character a British emperor horse that’s also a hero in the wolf warriors?

[@jamesrobsonza7752]

Shout out to Attractive if you are playing absolute cognatic kingdom. Excellent tool for dealing with annoying vassals

[@PalePinkThink]

Never clicked so fast

[@popnachzahlen]

Do top 10 rarest events!

[@smcilia]

A horse to be reckoned with?

[@lizardperson9648]

You missed the best trait in the game - cannibal. Since it allows you to get all the other best traits.

[@yusufazad4796]

thanks

[@vedaliepapouloute6679]

What about Patient, literally makes diligent look like a joke. And also, quick and genius are practically the same concept just a higher level just say the gifted traits.

[@merlball8520]

You can have both Quick and Genius at the same time. The best leader I ever had, had Quick, Genius, and Attractive at the same time.

[@JohnSmith-rk7zy]

Top ten societies ?

[@MahsaKaerra]

A frustrating thing about some of the mods that add their own form of immortality is that they make it hereditary.

[@LawsonSchlönsson]

Where's that horse video Alzobo???

[@mrmister2664]

Positive genetic traits are have a 15% chance to inherit per parent. That means a child two parents with the same positive trait have 27.75% chance of getting that trait.

[@stupidperson9250]

It's not really a trait but the wolf blood is really good you get 2 health 1 martial some pc and new events which I got diligent lustful and 3 martial from its a really good modifier which is transferred genetically so you can keep it forever

[@AlzaboHD]

This is great to know - thanks! I think I might have gotten the event, is it the one where your character howls and turns into a werewolf? I'll have to check into my save to see if I got the trait as well

[@stupidperson9250]

@@AlzaboHD it might be modded but when I got several events where I heard the wolves howl went out and running and hunted with them, the first time I got it I went hunting and got the option between temperate or 2 martial these events occurred about monthly I think after the first time

[@Master-zd6ic]

is there a top ten video on the most powerfull Religions in ck2, that you forgat to upload?

[@DaDunge]

Organizer and siege leader should be on the list.

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

My child of destiny (and my character after his Mother's death, conquered the Iberian Peninsula, entirety of Africa, France, a good part of HRE, and Brittany before dying and me having his retarded heir as the character. I miss him so much.

[@Seraphil1]

DILIGENCE INTENSIFIES

[@heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709]

why adventurer is not in the the list?

[@jamesrobsonza7752]

Im pretty sure that Shrewd is mutually exclusive with Genius and Quick

[@alexey6288]

A horse to be reckoned with

[@Muriturca]

5:19 I think this person belongs to a different time

[@killianweisedesbois]

How is the Internet connection doing in Paris ? Because there is going to be a lot of people home right ?

[@PrimisSanguis]

I literally made all my sons crusaders lastnight 😂

[@UkrainePatr1ot]

First place will be "Immortal".

[@AlzaboHD]

You are correct

[@steamwallet52]

I have a son with traits genius, brave, honest, content, and humble. I just hope that he won't die so soon

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

Ranking religions based on perks and/or interesting mechanics.

[@aljosapecilj3183]

Maybe do a Hisn Kayfa guide you promised half a year ago

[@maxwellwagoner-watts4747]

Viking is cool but what about Sea King??

[@Sockens]

“Transmitable by genetics”

[@rateeightx]

6:31 _Great_ Holy Wars, Also Known As Crusades (For Christians) Or Jihads (For Muslims), You Can't Get The Crusader Trait From An Ordinary Holy War, Unless They Changed It.

[@Jakuzre]

I love your voice sooo much

[@medievalistas]

Actually, the best trait is lunatic

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

Combat guide with traits and mechanics