How To Counter Every Unique Unit In Age of Empires 2

[@erickim3441]

I'm surprised every unit in the game didnt show up when showing the hussite wagon

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

😂😂

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

And I'm surprised why Flemish Militia is not there in Burgundians section.

[@arnoldvosloo220]

@@mubashirulmoula1798 Main counter to flemish militia is the aoe2 devs

[@naveendennis]

I legitimately expected Hera to mention villagers😅😅😅

[@dirkauditore8413]

Lmao@@arnoldvosloo220

[@SpikedKirby]

Next: how to counter Hera in AOE 2

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

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[@fallen2624]

Open pikes profit

[@jacobhoekstra340]

It is what it is

[@imperator8125]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2”knights counter pikes”

[@julianm8262]

Joe mama him

[@JohnCheung-y4d]

Heavy camel only do +2 bonus against elite cataphract , i think cavalier / Paladin actually fares better against them

[@2nightwehunt]

True, Cata actually destory camels...only Saracen or Hindustani camels can win

[@lizardemperorkorbac4281]

@@2nightwehunt Gurjara Camels?

[@2nightwehunt]

@lizardemperorkorbac4281 Thats a tricky one..I'm not sure...of course more bonus damage gets through..but they're not fully upgraded so I'd say it's maybe an even fight..you would need many camels of any kind to overwhelm Logistica Cats..Its just not the ideal counter...Better go for Arbs, Paladin or CA.

[@valger3652]

@@2nightwehunt Only Gurjaras camels do well vs cata. Also civ dont have arbs/pala/CA (only ele arch is other option). Hindu camels are ok-ish, slightly worse to break even trade. For other camels civs just better to not go camels vs cata ( exept opportunity to heavy outmass early on, since getting numbers and upgrades for cata requires some time)

[@FrkXJ6]

I think you forgot about putting Onager / Siege Onager as counter to Ballista Elephants. They're deadly, and Khmer doesn't have pretty much an "out" to it. Only try to snipe with Hussar and pray. But if the enemy has Halbs or even Pikes, they cry

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

True, also do u play yugioh? Cuz saying “an out” to something is very common in that game

[@FrkXJ6]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 LMAO, yes! Actually I do play yugioh TCG irl since 2015. This term is pretty common in the community kek. "Do you have an out to Mystic Mine? No? so you lose xD"

[@YodasMessenger]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 Wait you play Yugioh? 👀 MBT collab when?

[@DealDiscoverer]

Hera is everything what is right in AOE 2. Thank you for listening us!! You're the best. By the way, could you make another video similar with this but how to counter unique unit with other unique unit? 🙏🙏🙏 .

[@xavierpironier59]

this man actually forgot the menacing flemish militia and spanish villagers (tbh they deserve a spot as a UU if microed 11)

[@EvilCherry3]

Another series could be comparing 1 by 1 the maps from competitions and explaining which things to do on the map, what are the mistakes to avoid, where to castle, where and when to dock, where to wall, which civ gets an advantage/disadvantage etc

[@davidgretzscheldailyreview6459]

12:13 Of course, only for the Poles the Winged Hussar is a truly unique unit. The Lithuanian Winged Hussar is just completely generic trash like the Imperial Skirmisher :P

[@prankishsquire2663]

Excellent vid, my man.

[@jagorjurekovic1697]

shotels get absolutely shredded by scorpions

[@icarian553]

I disagree with one thing. Heavy cavalry doesn't counter shotels. They beat frank paladin with 2-1 odds, which is quite easy to get since shotels are so fast to create. Don't even bother with cavalier, they get shredded. We saw in TCI how even Cataphract doesn't really counter shotels.

[@rovsea-3761]

Cataphracts absolutely should counter Shotels with anything even somewhat resembling equal resources. Especially once you get to Elite Catas with logistica, the -3 damage should simply not even matter with the massive bonus damage and Trample damage factored in. Cataphracts should be 3 hitting shotels, 2 hitting them if they've already gotten 2 trample damage effects against them, even with the -3 from Royal Heirs, meanwhile Shotels would take 9 hits to kill them in turn, I can only see this fight going 1 way.

[@icarian553]

@@rovsea-3761 What ended up happen in TCI was that Vinch just couldn't keep up with Hera's Shotel production. Few cataphracts he got out, got instantly killed by 20-30 shotels. Game never got to late Imp so no full upgrades. Catas need full upgrades to stop the shotel swarm, if Ethiopian player has enough eco.

[@eijimuzaffar6452]

​​@@rovsea-3761yeah but to get to that point of caths usability, it cost a shitton of resource(imperial+elite caths+logistica, on top of that blacksmiths upgrades), compared to shotels cheap unit cost and cheap upgrade(royal heirs), not to mention theyre replaced quickly as well, in paper yeah caths will beat shotels efficiently, but to get to that point is a long and arduous journey one cant consistently achieve, esp. in 1v1 matches

[@ScratchAOE2777]

Hey Hera, Can you do the inverse of this? "what to use your Unique Unit against and why?"

[@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman]

Can you do a series of how to counter a civ with each civ. It's be a long series but might be fun

[@Hardrada_1066]

For Longboat counters, I remember watching a game recently - you probably haven't seen it - but some guy used bbc and (korean) towers against the viking longboat mass. Worked quite well! 11

[@LeicaFleury]

10:22 small correction, elite genoese upgrade from 4 to 5 base range meaning arbalest and imperial age skirms do not outrange the crossbowmen! Love these videos btw

[@jasonsmith1950]

The elite upgrade does not improve their range. They still get outranged (unless the opponent is missing a ranged attack upgrade)

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Dont they still have 4 range even with elite?

[@Sr_Robert_Nehireta]

If the elite upgrade actually gives the +1 range it would be much better, but just give 5 HP and 2 plus bonus damage vs cav., so no such luck

[@Tobotimus]

Genoese elite upgrade is literally the most underwhelming and overpriced unique unit upgrade in the game. It gives +5 HP and +2 bonus damage vs cav (from 5 to 7). Doesn't buff attack, range, or armour. It's super expensive too. If you're going Genoese, the Elite upgrade should be very low on the priority list.

[@Tobotimus]

Fully upgraded serjeants get 8 pierce armour, so generic arbalest do 2 damage to them, and take 43 shots to kill. Probably wouldn't consider them a good option

[@EliasHasle]

That is my painful experience too... Even when stacking a large group (possibly not fully upgraded) between two buildings. And it's roughly likewise with boyars. Hand cannoneers penetrate the pierce armor, though, and have a nice bonus against infantry.

[@actii01]

I've been playing again for a few years, but it's funny that I've never seen jaguar warrior in ranked

[@vladhorf]

Thisnis the one we all were waiting for!!!

[@michelndjock]

Forgot the Xolotl Warrior. But it's basically a knight with poor armor, so camels, albs and monks should work

[@EliasHasle]

It should be buffed with resistance to conversion or something. Such a rare occurrence anyway.

[@mypopsicle3208]

ah yes, my favorite units. The arbadier and the halbalester 11

[@lovefftrere1215]

You forgot the new Ethiopians tech on shotels ! CA and Heavy Cav are not that great versus shotels now.

[@teddyhaines6613]

Heavy CA still outruns shotels and their HP remains paltry, so I think they're still fine.

[@andreisamarin3517]

Didn’t rathas stopped receiving bonus damage from skirms in one of the last patches?

[@MetalKingII]

Didn‘t they change the Ratha so it doesn‘t take anti archer bonus damage from skirms when it is in meele mode or am remembering that wrong. Can someone confirm/correct?

[@valger3652]

Ratha in melee mode have +2 bonus dmg vs skirms. Skirms deals same dmg to ratha on whatever mode.

[@CptSquirrel]

He did it! Thats the GOAT for ya!

[@justincronkright5025]

7:06-7:09 - The next video has to be a submission one. Where people send in 20 - 30 various global historical terms, names, etc. & you try to pronunce them. It's just perfect to see/listen to the growth first-hand. I mean even modern pronunciations in their approximate descended language of something like the Leitis or Szlachta Privileges is going to be plenty out from the historical name/term/concept.

[@ItsBamBamBoy]

I haven't seen a single match where you can defeat massed ballista elephants with halbediers and monks

[@lizardemperorkorbac4281]

(Siege)Onager works quite good against Ballista Elephant.

[@valger3652]

Main unit to deal with ballista elephants is onagers. Khmer dont have answers to halb+SO. Monks, halb+rams or bbc are side options, depending on numbers and game scenario.

[@Rahul-Nalawade]

Not complaining though, since you asked there is no mention about 9:03 Hindustanis Imperial Camel Riders.

[@afz902k]

Love being back to the video

[@TheMrKnicksfan]

Hey Hera, what about the Roman's legionaries? I know they aren't a total unique unit but I'm still curious how you would tackle them. Thanks!

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Check my video “how to beat the romans”

[@TheMrKnicksfan]

Will do, thanks

[@mellowsunset7730]

Super helpful thanks

[@Rahul-Nalawade]

13:54 War Elephants counter: mass Heavy Scorpions(+8), Halbs (+60), Monks OR Flaming Camels (20+180), or mass Kamayuks (8+32)

[@PazCristo]

to counter longbowman, 'let them try some French cannons' and 'an army of rams'.

[@torashiki5646]

The one thing you got wrong was Slingers. FA Slingers trade equally with FA Arbalests, and massed enough are just as strong as arbalests against cavalry, specially in castle age at same upgrades.

[@DissarayJay]

"how to counter Turtle ships" ... then Hera proceeds to list all 3 of the ships, hahaha

[@tominoakachudak]

Thanks for samurai!!! :)

[@ryanforgo3500]

I'd say from experience that dravidian militia-line with wootz is fine vs boyars too. Not a hard counter but boyars themselves are a very weak paladin if armor is not calculated.

[@skipper472]

Dravidian militia line with wootz counters every melee unit, including teutonic knight

[@2nightwehunt]

If the Magyar player has enough castles to spam Magyar Huzsar Im not convinced Cavalier are a counter...sure they win but not convincingly enough to spend gold to kill the thrash unit. Magyar Huzsar + CA destroy heavy cav

[@teddyhaines6613]

The genitour's problem is that it's a trash unit that loses hard to two of the three regular trash units, and will also die to halbs the moment you stop microing them. Unrelated note, but why don't you seem to bring up eagles as potential counters to things?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Because not enough civs have access to them, and usually eagles is a power unit and not the counter unit

[@EliasHasle]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 They can be relevant as secondary option where cavalry is the main counter. They are included in some counter charts I have seen.

[@geoffrey1955]

Next video how to counter every unique tech play?

[@TheMrMatx]

How to counter every unique unit? Use heavy cavalry archer

[@casusincorrabilis1584]

List of units that are countered by the Champ line: Woad Shotel Huskarl Ghulam Condo Karambit Serjeant Which all are Infantry themselves :D

[@dirkauditore8413]

Champs do not counter Woads, Woads have 15 more hp and 1 more attack lol.

[@skipper472]

@@dirkauditore8413 Yes that's true,only a large mass of champions soft counters it because champions are cheaper. But woad can just run away...

[@francescozappala4453]

Are genitours good against hand cannoneers/jannisser? Or would you prefer still elite skirms to counter them given one is berbers

[@Jack1Wilians]

Didnt the ratha got updated in a way that now it changes class when changing form? and therefiore avoiding the extra bonus from trash units?

[@lakinther7183]

This needs to be updated for Monaspa

[@Jonatanooki]

Really good video, useful, and easy to learn..... note: I am here for @NachoAoE

[@naveendennis]

Video idea: Full upgrades for all unique units

[@AnitaSV]

Sotl should validate the entire collection comparing same number, same resources etc.

[@martinmarzano1523]

I like how 90% of those were 'just use arbs/HCA lmao'

[@thomasfplm]

It is interesting that the longboat is the only water UU that isn't countered by fires. If they make another water UU, they should try something that would do the same. Also I would love to see a support UU that doesn't fight directly.

[@FilthyGoyim]

Spanish missionaries is 1

[@thomasfplm]

@@FilthyGoyim, true, but they are never used, because the range of monks is more important than speed, specially since you can't kite convertions, they can't pick relics and they are not fast enough to avoid scouts. I like the ideas behind the Hussite Wagon and the Centurion, but neither are pure support (and the Hussite Wagon implementation was not good). The Sergeant that can build Donjons is also interesting, but also isn't a support unit. Imagine having some kind of alternative villager as unic unit, maybe one that doesn't have to deposit resources, they could be more expensive, maybe less cost efficient when you are at your base, or slower to collect, but you could use them to steal the enemies resources. Or a spy that can't attack, but can only be seen if a unit is very close (like one or two tiles) to them or they are moving, so you could place it somewhere to have vision on the opponents. Or the funniest and most situational one, a trader that doesn't appear on the minimap and is only attacked it the unit is actively ordered to do it, that you can trade with the enemy market widout them noticing (something like a smuggler) 😂

[@FilthyGoyim]

@@thomasfplm pretty based

[@jorgedelamora5905]

I think u only missed imperial camel

[@RomaInvictusSPQR]

next we have dravidians with thiri ... what ever 11 ... its Thir-iss-a-dye ;)

[@hansoskar1911]

Hera, how do Monks to against Turtle Ships? Can you enlighten us?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

😂😂ask mr yo

[@张雪健-t2w]

Yesterday my fully upgraded eagle warriors melted against Sicilians' unique unit. Even when fighting under my TC 11. Maybe champions is a better choice? I just don't know why eagles didn't work out, maybe out numbered?

[@unflushablepoo8243]

Basically all infantry have bonus damage against eagles. Don't try to take those fights.

[@skipper472]

Even champions is quite difficult unless you mass them significantly or they have bonuses. Heavy cavalry works best in my experience.

[@unmaskedandanonymous3660]

Walling up some bbt is decent vs huskarls

[@Dimiterer]

1:20 they patched it. Now melee ratha doesn't suffer much from skirms

[@FirstLast-is9xe]

I tried Arbalesters against Elite Teutonic Knights! It does not work out. Only with Elite Plumed Archers, this is possible - but requires micromanagement! Against a flood of ETK, nothing helps! Only melee troops that can beat them are War Elephant and Elite War Elephant! But they are much more slow to produce, so cannot finally help against them.

[@Rahul-Nalawade]

Why not Camel Riders against Burgundians Coustellier? I see you avoid units like Eagle Warriors as they're available with just 3 Meso civilizations. Camels Riders though are available with 13/45 civilizations.

[@terrab1ter4]

How about a how to counter every cheat code unit in the game, just for fun?

[@lightman8527]

Don't ratha no longer count as an archer unit whenever in mele mode?

[@demiserofd]

Nah, misleading patch notes, it changed the opposite of what most people thought it changed.

[@gletscherminze9372]

​@@demiserofdDidn't the notes say that they are not affected by the civ bonus anymore? I don't think this is misleading. People are just not able to resd properly or something.

[@afz902k]

Ratha have archer armor in both modes

[@andrewcooper7256]

Do not go Arbalester against Organ Guns, you will get flattened. Cavalry is your best friend, Redemption Monks in a pinch.

[@EliasHasle]

Eagles seem to do OK too. That is, in my limited experience against the old version of organ guns. I lost, BTW. 😛

[@ryanforgo3500]

1:26 wait did they not patch the ratha to not die to skirms ?

[@unflushablepoo8243]

No, the proposed change to the rathas was that the melee bonus against skirms being removed, not the skirms bonus against rathas. This doesn't matter because it didn't go through anyways.

[@ankit619]

I need it in printable form to be pasted on wall. So I can stop google searching in the middle of the game.

[@TimothyRandallOrganic]

What about onager against ballista elephants?

[@quaintserpent]

Devs should decrease the price of teutonic knight to 65f 30g, increace its speed, take away 1 pierce armor, decrease attack of non elite teutonic knight to 10 and decrease attack of elite teutonic knight to 12. I believe teutonic knight benefits a lot from his high armor and hp. Too high attack just ruins this unit. It would serve great as defensive unit. ✌🏻

[@nelsonmejiaslozada9362]

the Longboat has 2 counters unique units, maybe it is, i dont know, kinda broken?

[@muhammadnuralhafiz]

Can eagle compensate knight meso as counter?

[@This-is-my-new-username]

The best counter to ballista elephant is onager.

[@GreetTheSacredCow]

Arambai are underrated, man. I've had them absolutely crush my camels in the past. And if you go skirm/archer line they just run off and hit you somewhere else! Assholes!

[@madhubanchaudhary]

I came here after SoTL didn’t give me the counter to the samarai

[@vladhorf]

How about paid coaching hera? How do we connect?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Message me on discord and we talk there

[@kaniox141]

U missed the dromun

[@diegom6376]

Do you have this list on pdf tho? 😅

[@YuyaThePro]

i don't think so the cavalry archer is counter to gbeto

[@diegom6376]

Wait so elephants aren't counter of anything? Like Vietnamese elephants?

[@thekroks5068]

You are wrong with organ guns. No should ever go for infrantry against them

[@valger3652]

Indeed, going archers and infantry vs guns is solid titanic.

[@gebhard128]

so Teutonic knights have less counters then Janissarys, so Teutonic Knights are better Unit right? 11

[@randmacfarlane1456]

I think 2 issues 1 camels don’t counter boyar like at all. Archers by far best counter. And halb of course. And 2 camels don’t counter catas like at all get shredded. Paladin much better.

[@anghainguyen9951]

Hera: recommend heavy Siege vs Rattan ( and Plum) Me: remember Viper mirco Rattan again Mongol SO, kill most of the siege without lose any of the unit Yeb SO do counter them but make sure you have something to block them go in since those archer are must faster than normal Xbow line just incase you oppponet it micro nerd

[@Gui101do]

👍🏻

[@elcid3730]

The flemish militanten were forgotten ;)

[@martinez9102]

wololo

[@TheRLification]

Mangudai shred arbalest. And if they are outnumbered they can just run away. Don't understand the counter logic here.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Idea is to outmass the mangudai, and beat them with more numbers and 1 extra range. Its a soft counter, mangudai shred most things

[@TheRLification]

But what's the advantage over skirms? They do less damage and take more damage. Isn't it better to invest your gold in something else?

[@countofsaintgermain3798]

2:53

[@treyyoungley6171]

I’m getting tired of mangonels. They need nerfed

[@diegofonse1]

😊

[@youcanthandlethetruth5433]

Was looking to counter konnicks with Albs and Harbs but couldn't find them in the tech tree Bad video 0/10

[@sgtpepper8581]

Noooooo the new unique tech from ethiopians makes shotels one of the best options to kill CA and kinda good vs cavarly