Crucial Tips For Cavalry Players | AoE2 Coaching

[@pistaker91]

I'm like ~900 elo. Even though the level of play is higher, these tips all definitely apply to situations I see in game, and mistakes that I make. Especially that tip about over-committing on trying to siege down a TC. I throw away mangoes like they grow on trees. Thanks for sharing these!

[@acumence]

"You're the guy who get's a really fancy car out of high school but doesn't have a job" Lmao, Hera analogies are goated.

[@justxavier9999]

was about to comment just this

[@RockTheEternal]

I liked his comment in the beginning "I've seen stormtroopers be more accurate then the TC"

[@evanjacob8463]

3:25 I love the stormtrooper comparison, Hera!

[@Mattroid99]

1600 reviews are alyways appreciated, thanks for this informative content! Is around my elo too and I have a similar playstyle, I see this as an absolute win hahah

[@umamifriends]

1600 is just above my skill level so it's really interesting to see a pro easily identify the mistakes of someone who could beat me the majority of games!

[@jacobwood3326]

18:29 111111 Hera a savage and I’m here for it! And again haha: 22:12

[@profess0r513]

I think MANY of us like these videos a lot not for the coaching, but for the simple fact that you are a casting a game. 'Caster' Hera is talented and fun to watch, and we don't get to see you play that role very often, understandably. When you co-cast S-tier tourneys it's always a treat! The coaching aspect is also really fun due to your deep understanding of the game, but you could cast any (well played/exciting) game and it would still make a great video. Just some insight for ya, have a good one my dude!

[@nunyabizznez2805]

I prefer the coaching. What I like about his casting is that I can learn from him. I go to memb for the hype.

[@chuy27arts]

Lama got the Hera gold. He surely wins this

[@juncheok8579]

Hera de gama gold

[@MitchWeaver-l7w]

This was FAR more enjoyable to watch than the 1000-1200 reviews. I think these have things that can actually be learned from where the low elo mistakes are so many and so vast that it's hard to even review the game when everything is wrong. This was great. Maybe even 1800 next.

[@QuintemTA]

Saying everything is wrong at 1000-1200 ELO is a bit overblown. Hera himself says that ELO is a lot better than it was 5 years ago. Also the majority of players in ranked are between 800-1200. One of the pieces of advice in this video was literally keep making villagers if you have resources. That basically applies to all ELOs and strategies unless it's some super all in strat or fast Imp.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

I do whatever gets sent in!

[@schmeed0000]

2600 coaching next

[@alijabevrnja4310]

I enjoyed this one, but it is good to have both higher and lower elo reviews so everybody can learn at their own pace. Mistakes we see here are representative of this elo and lower rated players might have some mistakes that are more glaring that they dont quite realize. We gotta send more recs :D

[@alltmisc]

I agree, 1200 ELO> games are too random. It is much easier to learn mistakes from watching pro games. It was my Guitar Hero philosophy back in the days, better to play on expert and fail a lot than to play on medium and learn without even using all buttons. I think what can be learnt by 1200 games is what to FOCUS on. Some recs show that the player has off balance eco for fast castle strats, e.g. too many vills on wood. The player therefore needs to focus on making more farms. But, learning deeper strategy from games where opponents doesn’t play clean either can be bad, since you never know if your strat was ACTUALLY good or if it was just your opponent also floating 2k wood in feudal age.

[@AaronBalcombe]

Lmao “stormtroopers in Star Wars more accurate than the TC”. Appreciate this review. I’m only like a 1050-1100 but I like playing Malians

[@alltmisc]

You should do a ”messy game” guide. Explain what’s important to focus on in messy games, how to prioritize.

[@michaelbird9148]

It's interesting watching you commentate players who make some unorthodox decisions or do a good job responding to their mistakes. Really cool to hear your thinking in more fluid situations - especially when you link that back to the big picture/basic advice for how the game needs to flow.

[@chuy27arts]

I will eventually get your patreon, this content is so rich to improve on I love it!

[@tonybelgiony2884]

More of this yes. It's my favorite

[@jacobhoekstra340]

Great review a lot of good tips 😮

[@TheToMiToX]

I think a reason a lot of lower elo players (myself included) go for TC instead of other things is that we often hear in reviews or streams from better players that TC is the most expensive building to repair, so the logical conclusion is that the best damage possible resource wise is to a town center. Might be worth making a video about that.

[@nunyabizznez2805]

This is that video

[@TomDallison-lh5xf]

Love these videos we learn a lot from these!

[@skipper472]

Even though I don't have much time to play nowadays, coaching is turning out to be one of my favorite types of videos to watch. Keep em coming!

[@daniloalves1139]

Hera you are the GOAT

[@kritic4622]

these coachings are the best! love it

[@tofuchicken2]

This is one of your most entertaining videos. I love these high level analyses and you explaining your decision making. Decision making I think is the most interesting skill to learn about and you're pretty much the only youtuber who actually talks about this

[@umamifriends]

I always thought it was super interesting how well the original devs knew to balance calvary movespeed with significantly more expensive upgrade cost, accordingly

[@Taydris0]

14:30 excellent notes on a more successful frontal assault. ty, hera

[@olizandrey2]

Nice video! Got some nice tips myself! Cheers

[@Erik_Arnqvist]

About to start learning Magyars so this was quite timely

[@WorshipTheSavior]

Loved it! Great to see instructional videos like this! Love your commentary Hera!

[@luisbarbalis5144]

Amazing Couching Video! plz keep making this tipe of content plz

[@daniloalves1139]

At 8:30 I feel like if he only placed them in attack mode he would do better

[@michaelharvath243]

I absolutely love this coaching. I've always felt like coaching wins (assuming it's not a complete steamroll) is more valuable than losses. I can usually identify mistakes that lose me games (fixing them is another matter), but it's harder to pick out missed opportunities from a game that went well. Getting to the end of a win and thinking "I'm not sure what I could have done better" is the death of improvement.

[@chrismorrow1467]

oh boy hes like 400 elo above me and watching games you think "huh seems obvious" until your in game and panicking

[@carlestarazonacaudet990]

The anxiety and stress of live games lead us to make a lot of mistakes, take bad decisions and make the big snowball that Hera likes, but a snowball of mistakes 😂

[@lukasvideosify1596]

It was interesting to see the MOngol player stacking a whooping 1,000 wood on the stockpile.

[@Esarathono]

Love the rec reviews! Keep them coming!

[@sp4tz339]

9:45 the opponent wanted to safe for a log cabin like me in my rec review 😁

[@meditator2711]

great content! Really learned a lot. Need more videos like this!

[@Lancasterlaw1175]

The attack ground on two buildings just blew my mind

[@bbqcheese-au]

Hey Hera, great video! Thought on not pushing the TC - the advantage I saw by pushing the TC was forcing the opponent to idle the farms (opponent only had 7 working on farms when TC being pushed). My thought is the cav were simply out of position by deciding to dive in. Curious of your thoughts on this, as I thought as well as damaging TC you are getting opponent off farms. Loving the tips and desire to help others, please keep doing these! :)

[@ar1sm70]

Really enjoy the coaching videos, I hope you do more on occasion 😊

[@dasmaverick1063]

Most AOE2 players think they're getting bank interest on their gold stockpile lol.

[@kylemackinnon5696]

Ok but imagine that as a civ bonus o.O or if that was what banking did

[@Cyraxslayer666]

Lmao “I’ve seen stormtroopers in Star Wars that are more accurate than tc”

[@lucasarens105]

man this video is floating gold! i love it

[@bradleysandell9793]

Love these videos Hera

[@MindTwins-wd6mb]

Could you teach us how to handle resourses and efficiency when let say we have a mod like Omega Resources that increases the capacity of all resources? should we do everything the same or is there things we must change in order to always win agains the expert bots while handling resources optimally

[@David-qs7yv]

Incredible value in this video.

[@peterhahne2035]

Funny coincidence: LimitedViper played Ogre in the latest video 😂

[@ChristianEncinas-w8c]

GRRRREAT content.

[@Taydris0]

It occurs to me, after watching, that the small walls near TC act as really good bait. The opponent will feel compelled to return to this spot (particularly with scouts) since they "know" it's open. this is especially true when you let the opponent see what youve done, and then when they go away and their fog of war returns add then u wall on the outside (exactly as ShadyLama has done. bavo!)

[@rubatubdubs]

That stormtrooper statement goes hard lol

[@andreassandsmark55]

As an avid 1600 Arabia fan this is great! :D

[@smaruhmaruh6955]

Coach Hera is just the best!

[@DanielWood-v6y]

*Does something any competent player does in first 15 seconds of the game “Oh yes, good. This guy obviously watches my content.”

[@Taydris0]

🤣🤣

[@thoneras9611]

Isnt the usual Meta to put 3 on wood initially?

[@JPG-bh4im]

These are awesome!!!

[@Serg27gaming]

Great video! Random question what dpi sensitivity do you have your mouse on when you play?

[@Dnw15]

GOOD GAME

[@thibaudponcet7251]

Very interesting review. GG ShadyLama and thanks a lot Hera for all the content you are doing for the community. Hope one day i’ll be able to reach 1k6 1k7 elo

[@racernatorde5318]

Not sure if it's funny or sad that people still think that Stormtroopers can't hit anything :/ It was literally explained in the very first movie and people just didn't pay attention. Argh!

[@kevinlecavalier9720]

Great shoutout to storm trooper.... Hera finally find someone who hits less accurate

[@milagros_miraculos]

gran video

[@Taydris0]

1k floated wood before castle age... it's ok Hera, you can say it: "Unacceptable"

[@MusicaBrunoC]

I think it's always better the coaching to winning players, the mistakes are harder to see and understand.

[@danemoran4054]

yes please 1600 reviews way better than 1200 reviews

[@vibhavvashishtha1484]

does anyone give u team games for rec reviews? i play mostly team games so would be informative if a team game rec review was also there

[@andrewlong8036]

Thx! Wants more!)

[@Grunter23]

First. Para nico

[@marktwain9508]

i likke this one

[@schmeed0000]

why do we always go for the tc? because hoang wants us to eat

[@calebthewells]

Worst case, you throw the villagers away in a assault castle

[@3398-i3f]

I am so surprised this is 1600. I definately should play more 1v1, bro didn't make a farm past 14 count for 15 game minutes and still won

[@verise24]

Guys how is hera's mod called for small idebtical trees like in the video?

[@verise24]

Identical*

[@chuy27arts]

small trees

[@verise24]

​@@chuy27arts yes i have small trees mod but the trees are all different in different bioms, i wanted to know the mod with these identical trees like hera has in video

[@-shadow2407]

@@verise24 i think is improved smal trees and something about the shadow mark

[@ns-islandsroblox]

​Anne HK identical pine trees​ mod @@verise24

[@jakoboka]

Ok so never go castle age unless you are safe. And don't go imp as cav civ without a mass.

[@elfsmelf]

Ask chat gpt for a build order and try to win with that.

[@IskoJakobsson]

When I see this I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Im on 900 elo. I go up to 140 vills, try to spend my rec and follow the guides. Maybe I have no talent at all. I mean the macro play is so bad even in 1600 Elo.

[@hansoskar1911]

the even bigger mistake hera didnt really talk about was: not enough farms. double stable and 2 TCs on 17 farmers is not a plan. and neither is 4 stable on 15 farms. and it makes sense that no vils are produced in imp, there isnt enough food to make vils and also make cavaliers and those cavaliers are the only advantage he gets out of imperial age.

[@13buthead]

omg 1600 is intermediate?

[@Nysyarc]

Hate to be this guy but damn, even 1600s idle their TCs at ~80 vils in imp? I swear every other game I play at 1100 my opponent hits castle at 19 minutes, drops 2 TCs and has knights coming out of multiple stables immediately, fully booms up to 130 vils by minute 35 and wipes me off the face of the earth. I rarely have close games, my opponents either resign without a gg at the smallest whiff of feudal pressure or steamroll me so hard you'd think I'd never played the game before. I'd swear I was just crazy but I've analyzed a lot of the recs of my losses. Is it smurfs? Anyone else experience this?

[@arsenioberruga8678]

Keep maligno these

[@IHittusl]

Can I get some hype in the chat??

[@PauxloE]

Stream-cheating in a recording is next level.

[@SpearMKW]

I wonder, would you ever take a bet where you wouldn't be allowed to say the word "mistake" for an entire month if the price was high enough? I swear it's your favorite word. Really wish you'd use a more varied less negative vocabulary, like instead of everything being a "mistake" something could be a "suboptimal play".

[@claytonknowles25]

I mean if it’s a mistake it’s a mistake, I feel like he stays pretty positive🤷🏽‍♂️ no need to sugar coat the truth that Shadylama (and many others including me especially😂) make these mistakes. I understand not being negative, but I feel like we all know Hera isn’t like that

[@SpearMKW]

oh it's been bothering me for months, long enough that i've actually been meaning to turn it into a drinking game (but that might be a bit unhealthy), i just forgot when i clicked and remembered it 5 seconds into the video. he does it everywhere, its just a coincidence that i posted it on a coaching video, it couldve just as well been a podcast. also not every "mistake" is an actual mistake, when i consider a mistake to be something done with intend

[@Erik_Arnqvist]

Missplay, not right, incorrect, poorly thought out, could have been better, didn't work out, error, inoptimal

[@GeorgerGeorger-wh7zf]

​@@claytonknowles25 I'm with you on this. A mistake is a mistake.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

I will work on this, my vocabulary in general is limited when talking because I am thinking on what I want to convey and not how I'm conveying it. Thank you for the feedback! $1000 is the price to not say mistake for a month. Let me know if you are interested good sir