Can 8 Peasants defeat 300 ORCS? - Warcraft 2 FIGHT CLUB

Watch huge A.I. armies battle it out in the WarCraft 2 Fight Club. Can you predict the winner of each round?
In Episode 5 of the Fight Club, you'll see Ogres fight Mages using Polymorph, Peasants fight an army of Grunts, and DK's fight a ridiculous amount of ballistas in the Fightclub arena! Who will emerge victorious?
This video is made possible by the Warcraft 2 widescreen / high resolution patch created by fois, as well as the trigger editor created by Mistral (Ed Gorod)!

[@kulrigalestout]

I love how an ogre's first instinct on seeing a sheep is to punch it, completely forgetting that it used to be his buddy.

[@davidburnett5049]

Foods food in their eyes

[@AtomicF0x]

If he can't have his friend, *_nobody can._*

[@jasonderp5933]

It was an odd way to realise that I too am an ogre

[@syler100]

@@davidburnett5049and the cannibalism wasn't alien in their kind

[@tylersingleton9284]

Just getting rid of shou tucker.... I mean the mages' abominations.

[@baloonfart8082]

The grunts won the battle, but the builders won my heart.

[@Quirriff]

the builders shouldn't have gotten that far, the blacksmith costs 100 oil. it wasn't included.

[@24Ruiner]

@@Quirriffgood catch

[@IceManHG117]

That peasant fight was very clever.

[@exewingaming]

peasants vs orcs was amazing and so pleasant to watch

[@majermike]

agreed, was hoping the peasants would win tho

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

​@@majermike they kinda win a pyric victory for the orcs

[@irateeverything351]

Epic

[@MrOrmanley]

You mean it was "peasant" to watch? 😏

[@majermike]

@@MrOrmanley ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! hahahahahha

[@Orkillester1]

pyrrhic victories for the Alliance and the Grunts. I about died when the peasants executed their game plan lol

[@EGarrett01]

They just ran out of funding.

[@TheRogueminator]

Haha, that was awesome indeed

[@milagro795]

I wonder if the peasants would have won if they had unlimited funding? Or if their repair speed on the towers would have been overwhelmed by the orc damage eventually anyway?🤔

[@EGarrett01]

@@milagro795 I think so, they could go with a double-wall of Town Halls then put a pile of Cannon Towers behind them.

[@user-tc9sk4ei9y]

That's pros playing in multiplayer

[@Heckuvaguy]

The last fight made me realize that the sound of 30+ elven archers is a hypnotic, almost soothing white-noise. Instead of listening to rain to sleep, I need a rain of arrows.

[@andrewmartin3671]

Then we shall nap in the shade!

[@alvarosilvera1447]

​@@andrewmartin3671nice reference 😎

[@mareksw]

Warcraft 1 and 2 were the first RTS games I ever played. Love the SFX from these games so much. Please keep up with the awesome videos!

[@neilkloppenborg8399]

Dude this video was outstanding! The peasants match was inventive and that gigantic battle at the end was incredible. More please!!!

[@zzzandrejmirkoviczzz]

I had the same thoughts

[@nathantoone206]

Warcraft 2 in 2023? I am so down for this! Brings back so many memories of childhood.

[@nicklima]

Your army vs. base scenarios are always fun to watch.

[@davidburnett5049]

Those rocks were mvp

[@MrBeegs88]

At first I said "Orc Base 100%" then I saw the suicide bombers and birds and did a 180

[@douglasthompson1724]

I've been fiending for a new Stu video! Thanks Mr. Pid, and keep up the great work!

[@StuGames]

Thanks for all of the support, Douglas! A lot more to come :)

[@enkerzan3755]

lol at the last one. I was thinking Horde had this in the bag, then it panned over to all of those demo squads; then I was like nope they're screwed. XD

[@redrobby9939]

Maybe if the peasants had just 2500 more resources it woulda worked out, but I’m honestly unsurprised lol

[@Rtheghost]

The peasants should have won after all that work. Great fights

[@cuddlecakes7153]

"Can you predict the winner of each fight?" I've never played this game in my life and didn't even know it existed until I saw your video about it a few months ago

[@gustavoaraujopenha8463]

You did not know of the existence of Warcraft, one of the most sold out RTS games of all times and for a long time the flagship of Blizzard...? Dawg, I guess Warcraft was not that popular by years, feeling old right now

[@markstahl1464]

That was hilarious!!! I forgot that the peasants could barricade themselves. For a while there, I thought they might even win!

[@WildlandsGG]

I never really had fun with RTS games, but watching this teleported me back to the 90s and suddenly made me realize all of the hype around the OG warcraft & starcraft series.

[@Kirmakoff]

Those quirky fights were quite enjoyable to watch. Thanks for making these, Stu!

[@justinedc1077]

Awesome!!! Another WC2 Fight Club! The 8 Peasant Tower Defense against the Grunts was TRULY AMUSING! Haha! The Final War Battle was so Epic! Alliance Armies destroying the Horde Base same as like The Last Alliance VS. The Armies of Sauron in Mordor in LOTR!!! Mages VS. Ogres was predictable and expected.

[@sphtpfhorbrains3592]

Mages vs. ogres was the only time I picked the wrong side in this video.

[@justinedc1077]

@@sphtpfhorbrains3592 from the start, i knew the wall of sheep would have happened haha. Kinda like the same concept in some certain custom maps in WC3 where you can play Alliance then summon either Archmage or Blood Mage then buy and use a mechanical sheep to serve as a barrier from powerful neutral creeps and kill them all safely even at lvl 1.

[@sphtpfhorbrains3592]

@@justinedc1077 I never played WC3 or WoW, to be honest.

[@francoisdross5557]

@@justinedc1077 But if the ogres were smarter and attacked the sheep more instead of waiting, the result could have been different. Basically since ogres killed sheeps in one strike, the sheep should not have blocked them that much if the IA was smarter.

[@justinedc1077]

@@francoisdross5557 there is the factor of AI and/or player skill micro controls... But EXCLUDING those factors, mages will always be the best and most powerful unit in wc2. Polymorph = instant death in wc2. In this battle, its 200 mages vs 250 ogres. So WHAT IF they are in same numbers? What if the mages are also 250, or the ogres are same 200 only? The ogres will lose nonetheless even if they kill the wall of sheeps.

[@newfacepaula]

the reason THE HORDE lost that last fight was fkn Gul'dan ruined everything!

[@GrommiD]

Great video, long time no see, friend, glad to meet again. I see that you improve your ideas, the last siege of the base leads us to some sort of hostorical fights and wars and i think its pretty good.

[@alexbarac]

The DK also used their default attack against the ballistae at the end of the fight, I'm not sure if that was intended. Not using it would not have changed the outcome of the battle anyway, just wanted to mention this.

[@treehann]

It probably spent all its mana earlier in the fight

[@jeroti187]

The mages also attacked after using polymorph so it was fair play

[@alexbarac]

@@jeroti187Kind of but not really, since there was no way the mages could've made a difference otherwise (200 mages vs 250 ogres), so ogres would've won and the battle wouldn't have made sense.

[@chill_fridge]

death and decay sure sounds suspiciously like sizzling bacon

[@ComradeKeeper]

Great video as always

[@DicGrayson]

another great vid mate loved it cant wait for the next one

[@Quitarstudent]

i cant believe that something like this can be a content and i watched that till the end lol

[@aR3mYs]

Hell just discovered this diamond series please do more warcraft 2 fight club!!! BIG TIME HUGE LOVE

[@notevenclown9304]

I remember back in the day i used to play this game every day trying to finish its unimaginable hard campaigns , good times..

[@aceshighdueceslow]

based off of the thumbnail saying it was ONLY 8 Peasants I was thinking "...that's not much of a fight" and then the video happened and it was beautiful. were the Peasants player-controlled or was it AI?

[@StuGames]

I controlled the peasants. 😎

[@lolmao500]

AI isnt that advanced, come on.

[@ellohimeadam3852]

@@lolmao500 ummm.. yes it is. AI could easily do this LOL

[@Squibie]

@@ellohimeadam3852 Are u talking about AI in 2023 or the one in wc2? cuz u know they didnt update it with openai XD even then, it would need to be trained and told what to do so i wouldnt call that easily.

[@ellohimeadam3852]

@@Squibie I mean AI in general. It would take 3 days or less to train this.

[@volbound1700]

For the Ogre vs Mage fight, I would think Fireballs would have worked.

[@nightazday7988]

that was 32 orcs per peasant

[@Toneai2007]

One more Peasant and maybe 1000 Gold + 500 Wood more, They would win.

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

0:19 i love how the ogree quote fits here perfectly like a sock.

[@tymbaj9039]

How do you make those armies scenarios? They are very nice and detailed, not just some buildings and units slapped together.

[@stevenking9612]

I wasn’t surprised by the mage vs ogre one. I was five or six when I first played this game so I always used cheats. The infinite mana cheat also gave infinite mana to the computer and I remember one level where I had to funnel my army through a choke point to get to the alliance base there was a group of mages who turned everything I sent at them into sheep. 😅

[@joelleet554]

these fights are utterly ridiculous and I love it

[@tormuse2916]

For the peasants/grunts fight, I wonder if the peasants would have done better if they'd built guard towers instead of cannon towers, since guard towers upgrade faster and fire faster, so they would have thinned out the grunts sooner before they cleared the row of town halls. Guard towers are also cheaper, so the peasants would have had more money for repairs at the end. The only advantages the cannon towers have here are the splash damage, and I guess having slightly higher hp, and I don't think that gives them enough benefit in this fight. I could be wrong in this case; I've just long felt that guard towers are vastly superior to cannon towers in this game.

[@michaelokhlopkov7649]

cackled at peasant fight

[@MarMaxGaming]

Great ideas and battles!!

[@kylethomas9130]

Given enough time and resources, a Peasant (or peon) can overcome any obstacle. Truly the most dangerous soldier of second great war.

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

What about mages vs boodlusted ogres? Could the mages polymorpg (or flame ring) quickly enough?

[@ManuMitra]

I suppose if Peasants didn't ran out of resources, they might have won. 🤔🤔🤔

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Accurate summary of the first half of the second war

[@Nihiliste-]

Idk if you realize how crazy 53k views/ 2 weeks for such an old game is. Congratz ! Amazing video, but you already know about this.

[@treehann]

The ballistas vs DKs one is the best, the wave of explosions is so cool

[@gdtyra]

Ballistas vs. Donkey Kongs

[@treehann]

@@gdtyra i would pay to see that

[@markstahl1464]

Wow! The death knight vs ballista battle was close!!!

[@Michaelonyoutub]

I wonder if the peasants should have trained an extra peasant or two from the town halls before they fell, with the resources they had. They would have run out of resources sooner, but the cannon tower might have gotten more good shots off before the town halls fell. After they fall, they try to shoot the closest units and deal little damage to them.

[@thomasseeley8124]

The death night/balista one was super satisfying to watch!

[@theetiologist9539]

Imagine what a few well places Blizzards could have done to those packed ogres.

[@RedGallardo]

This is weirder than my crazy dreams... And that's a lot to top.

[@tplayer23424]

is there any mission from starcraft 2 (brutal) thats harder than brood war zerg mission 8 (to sley the beast)?

[@InvaderMixo]

Best one yet!

[@johjoh978]

oh my god, someone else who still cares about warcraft 2.. i thought it vanished from everyones memory in the late 90s.

[@ThePariahDark]

I wish there was a real life thing, like Mythbusters - can you destroy a townhall by hacking it with an axe?

[@killertruth186]

I can see why polymorph and exorcism as well death coil being so OP in this game to the point it is being nerfed and completely removed the exorcism from the third game.

[@SBaby]

9:30 - And what did we learn from the last skirmish? Taking the Eagles to Mordor doesn't work. But taking the Eagles plus the allied army to Mordor DOES work.

[@Hotwer]

Those are really nice to watch. Is this series based on the cutscenes from the game that would show the AI fighting each other? Cause I have to say they really look inspired by that.

[@Seffyzero]

The peasants vs orcs is a textbook example of a war of attrition.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Wow seeing Warcraft II again makes me so happy and nostalgic

[@cubescihist6737]

I was so sad about how it turned out for the peasants, but they put up a good fight!

[@ignatur]

Run, run speedrun.

[@butthurtz4764]

Those eleven archers were the MVP of the final fight. Raped the horde bloody

[@tomleszczynski2862]

Those ballistas never stood a chance. Human controlled might be a different story. Also, the demo squads in the last sequence were almost useless, just damage sponges.

[@leanbacksfinest]

how did you get your resolution that high?

[@tommybomby4122]

Why did you limit the combat width so heavily in the horde base battle

[@Rang89]

Darn it, I only got 2/4 right, great vid though, I always enjoy these :D

[@jimstone8842]

How do you make these?

[@Astroga159]

Predictions Fight 1: Mages Fight 2: grunts Fight 3: Death knights Fight 4: Alliance

[@StuGames]

very nice

[@Fuzzycat16]

Man.... Warcraft 2 is chef's kiss.

[@arbiter11171]

I saw that thumbnail and thought “Why is the GLA invading Azeroth?”

[@jsunn315]

Dude, you deserve a medal for this lol

[@GarbenTheBerserker]

Have you tried Dentarg vs Danath, Turlayon and Alleria? I know Dentarg is really powerful and can beat Danath and Turlayon with minimal damage, but can he take Alleria too?

[@rallykalle8852]

Next fight: 300 Goblin Sappers vs 300 Dwarven Demo Squads

[@williamgarciafiuza186]

Very nice.

[@Rocalic]

When LOTV speedrun 100%?

[@StuGames]

Next sc2 speedrun will probably start sometime soon. I'm waiting for some hardware upgrades to make sure the video quality is perfect.

[@Rocalic]

@@StuGames We will be looking forward to it)

[@kBandik]

Still waiting for the day when I can predict the winner of each fight😔

[@sphtpfhorbrains3592]

It seems like a fun game to play with friends and make small bets on.

[@kBandik]

@@sphtpfhorbrains3592 Yes indeed, only problem is that I don't have friends

[@Mooncricketstinks]

​@@kBandikdon't worry, soon AI can be you friend. Old ways is too unreliable.

[@kBandik]

@@Mooncricketstinks ChatGPT my beloved🥰

[@mopbrothers]

Alliance had a huge numbers advantage on the last battle.

[@TheRogueminator]

Well, without that they would have died against that fortified position

[@SPGomes]

1:41 whats the name of the music?

[@kacperspisz4239]

i think if pesant would build in the corner they would have better outcome

[@dinnerandmovie614]

An experiment proposal. I'd like to see identical armies fight each other, but you organize the waves opposite of one another. One army has least expensive units in the Frontline and most expensive in the back, other army has most expensive up front and least expensive in the back. I wanna know which is better strategy

[@markstahl1464]

I think the ogres actual have the highest kill count here, if you count the sheep.

[@SuperPyst]

Well that music is taking me back...

[@Oragorn]

При нажатии на Ратушу - у вас показывалось прямо на здании состояние "здоровья" этого здания. Это монтаж или какое-то новое открытие программистов в мире варкрафт 2?

[@StuGames]

it's video editing

[@kyrenaz]

See, the only reason the alliance won at the end was because the orcs didn't use the strategy, they spent money on grunts and trolls, money that could be used on more ogre magi. Towers are good to use against fliers, but the one strategy in WC2 is called Ogre Magi.

[@rhocrim3395]

Where can I get Warcraft 2? I’ve always wanted to try it but its not battlement anywhere

[@StuGames]

it's on GOG

[@NeoKaiser0]

I wonder if the peasants would have had better chances if they backed away into a corner.

[@AKAGhostChan]

love this vid bud do warcraft 3 next

[@miroslavraven1413]

Stu made a good work, it must be hard to edit e program the things to happen with a nice record like this... its a very old game that i love and a messed a lot with the editor...it was not easy.... (i loved to edit the units like it was Warcraft 3 because i never likes the same stats for orcs and humans

[@MrWingHex]

Well, some sheep from the first match finally got relatively lucky :)

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

Stu, I'd like to see you play ranked matches! You're very good at RTS!

[@TheVonser]

This is not Warcraft 2. This is Warcraft 2000 nuclear epidemic. I love this game.

[@JanJansen985]

Ogres are my favorite unit from the horde Too bad in warcraft 3 they were swapped out for the tauren

[@robcioxxx3994]

every unit used at best, i like it

[@hocuspocus9713]

The sheep were bodyblocking the ogres so they had trouble getting into melee range.

[@mitsubishigenetech]

Who are the yellow colored Alliance faction?

[@Joshuajonese]

Last battle is some Minas tirith epic stuff

[@vineheart01]

forgot that in WC2, Polymorph was permanent.

[@libraryofpangea7018]

Is there anyway to play this on android? I really miss this game

[@ValenceFlux]

Things we did while waiting for dial up to connect.

[@kKirlok]

when 2 peasants could decide the outcome of the battle