Top 5 Secrets To Never Die In AoE2

[@Sparklester]

Finally a how not to lose tutorial

[@PampelmuseFanNr.1]

Secret 1: Play better than your enemy

[@truepietro]

Secret 2: Resigning prevents from being killed by your opponent

[@pietr485]

lol

[@aspirenux8599]

Genius

[@TorecAOM]

Secret 0: dont play, so you dont lose

[@PampelmuseFanNr.1]

WOW, never thought this way. Smart@@TorecAOM

[@NivMizzet89]

Haven't seen the vid yet, hoping 'wall in villager edge of map' is in there somewhere.

[@TianYoyun]

Hera wanted to keep that a secret

[@mrborn1637]

honorable mention

[@sandmann7777]

That was Patreon member information only and now you spoilered it!

[@davyw.2571]

Finally the tools I needed to play Age of Vampires 2.

[@nicf1555]

Man thats a quality joke 😂

[@light_david7]

My parents thought this was the name of the game for many years. 11

[@chrisl9112]

If I die after watching this video, I'm going to hold you personally responsible Hera

[@rkeikiokalanim]

The first step to avoiding dieing or losing IMO is to NEVER GIVE UP. Some situations are clear and inevitable and youre saving time. But dont give up you could comeback or your opponent makes mistakes!

[@locmike96]

I just got archer rushed so hard, he went all in and had like 25 Ethiopian archers. He pushed me to the edge, I was about to resign but he came back to do some economy and boom, 2 mangonels shot him twice and his army were gone. He deleted his TC and resigned lol.

[@howtoavenge1016]

@@locmike96LOL

[@tierone3704]

Thank you for all the great content Hera! What a champion you are. Being #1 on the ladder and giving all kind of tipps to all the plebs is just so nice

[@Jartran72]

He is compensated with money lol. It is not exactly purely out of the kindness of his heart. It is his job.

[@SirQuantization]

Love your educational/tip videos, very interesting stuff. Do you give us the REAL tricks? Or do you keep those to yourself? I'd be keeping them to myself for sure XD

[@iyziejane]

Hera gives out so many good tips for free over the years, I guess he's confident in staying ahead with playing the micro like 2nd nature and in adapting to opponent strategies.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Id say i give away 99.5% of all my knowledge, and will answer any aoe2 question when asked

[@CBBGVHL]

Real Pro tip: If losing, hide some villagers along the map and go do something else and forget about the game.

[@Davtwan]

Can’t afford a full wall? Then wall from a resource (preferably a woodline) to the shooting radius of your TC. Helps make feudal raids more awkward for the enemy.

[@daarom3472]

I once had a 4v4 Arabia where I hid an enemy villager in a mass of my Paladins that were on no attack stance. My team killed all traces of the enemy including tons of fortified walls. In the end I convinced my team the game was bugged and they all surrendered. I then surrendered myself and gave this guy the win.

[@fiable262626]

Not sure if you saw the recent reddit post on market walls but you showed it suboptimal. If archers break the palisade they can range the vill, but place market on the outer tile it can’t

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Oh interesting i didnt know this, thanks!

[@xw33b36]

lmfao some random in comment section telling the literal currented number 1 rated player in world how they should be doing things. god people like this never cease to amaze me.

[@TheSrijitMajumder]

Im not digressing here, but I searched for all possible combinations an archer will fletching will not range a vill, and the only way I found out is if you replace the broken palisade tile as a corner tile for the market. Being a 4X4 building, that thing will have a tile diagonal of 4root2 that is 5.6, just enough to outrange the archer by 0.6 tiles. Again the vill has to be in the very opposite corner, and the situation and placement is very specific.

[@dirkauditore8413]

Lmaoo facts bro@@xw33b36

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

@@xw33b36 how do you think he became the no.1 player? Hint: He played a LOT of games and along with his own analysis, he listened to viewer feedback and then tested it out by... playing a LOT of games, performing analysis, getting feedback, testing it out by.... etc

[@sourathghosh5170]

Awesome video Hera, great tips !! Love the "Push back before Imp tip" ! I agree with this approach and even if I fail to push back, I would mush rather choose to die trying to push back with heavy castle age push back than going up to imp with a ~40 vill lead but still get suffocated by castles, bombards and Arbs .

[@vladimirdjokic5741]

I was just thinking "is there a video like this?" Very nice. Cheers from Serbia 🇷🇸

[@RaggedyHead]

Thank you Hera, I can finally become immortal

[@squidmanfedsfeds5301]

My favorite strat is to just keep expanding outside of your under attack base Expand with tcs to safe spots and get that villager lead while the opponent destroys houses and farms

[@florianarbes]

1:27 You get all the wood back when deleting an unfinished building?

[@manuchess2023]

This matching investment is very interesting, I've never saw anyone talking about that, it could be also an interesting topic for a video

[@marshallcarlton4436]

The "fair investment theory" is quite something on Sitaux contents ;)

[@hnaqvi6656]

SOTL enters the chat

[@icetina117]

How not to lose tip: Git Gud

[@nicejob1589]

For me its playing as concentrated as possible, e.g. often when I feel like losing the game I end up winning and more often than not when I get overconfident and feel like winning I end up losing ;)

[@3munchenman]

I find playing Ethiopians and going crazy with outposts helps me build good habits on getting lots of map vision

[@fefg5110]

No1 Hera how to not die/lose but win HUSSAR SPAMM

[@voidgods]

Just don't lose, problem solved

[@mikelivingood7797]

Great video, could you do a video on dealing with a bad civ match up? i.e. Teuons vs CA civs meso vs goths, etc

[@Advanta09]

The trick is to never let them get there. If you think a matchup is bad try to drag out this Age. Play a longer Feudal with two types of of units, play an even longer Castle with 3-4 types of units and keep on the attack. Coz if opponent hits imp you dedge.

[@skipper472]

Teuton scorpions are kinda crazy... they will push CA back very easily

[@D4NK1]

Finally, the secret to immortality

[@nocksi1522]

Our AOE2 school senpai on point as ever 😊 Let’s hope I can implement one of these points 😂🙈

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

Honourable mentions: 1. Play a LOT. Like thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of games. 2. Be honest about your assessment where you could have improved each game. Hera was a good streamer before he became no.1 which gave him a lot of crowdsourced feedback to help him improve quickly, but Hera didn't get all immature and rage quit with excuses like 'they just cheated' or 'I just got unlucky with a bad map'. He was honest and analytical about what he could have done differently and then he tested out his theory in the next game, hence back to my first point.

[@lordmetzgermeister]

These are some good tips! I knew all of it just from watching lots of high level games but putting it into words and a structured video really helps isolate the actual techniques. For a lower level player defense feels counter-intuitive - I'm losing my base, I need to repel the attacker to survive! But it's more about "controlled survival" by taking calculated losses and buying time in order to win the game.

[@Dutchbrother07]

Don’t accidentally double click a villager and send all your villagers somewhere, shutting down your economy. This would be stupid and I’ve never done this before

[@pavansingh4516]

How to lose tutorial next!!!

[@itsmrsimplicity6195]

Just won today using this counter strategy against his forward castle. He never saw it coming. Thanks for the advice!

[@mdoubleyou644]

Nice audio settings 🤠👍

[@brokibroki2867]

Once a guy pushed me with towers in feudel age, how to counter that (I had no army)

[@jellevanbreugel325]

as I understand it, feudal age towers melt when attacked by vills.....

[@brokibroki2867]

@@jellevanbreugel325 wasn't aware of that, will definitely try pushing with vills

[@blackwaaltz5257]

another banger

[@sewersideproductions2606]

I have four secrets to not die: Flee to the left corner, right corner, upper corner, or lower corner.

[@BYRONSLAM09]

secret 1: ressign you gonna loose anyways 😂

[@AOEAlextremo1]

Hey there! Had to drop by to say that minute 7:16 is a classic 🤣 Deleting a villager then, huh? If that's what it takes for a solid defense, I'm all for it! (All in good fun, of course!)

[@kkk99999]

Hi bro i need free software

[@IanMainBliss]

AWESOME video Hera! I was meaning to ask about defence :). Where's the ideal castle? Just on a hill outside his base? In his base on his face?

[@finrahzel2341]

Great tutorial 🔥🔥🔥

[@ernestomoza7448]

Thx! Amazing vid

[@ragnorock]

just what I needed me an my brother have been playing ranked and I've almost always been getting pushed and thus video gave me a lot of insight thanks Hera

[@pedromadrigali187]

Hera the hero

[@Janisurai]

thanks

[@snanta4759]

Hera, your videos are so informative man, you've definitely helped me raise my elo

[@edmis90]

Hera, you sound down, is everything alright?

[@pedropasquini4311]

I came for a vídeo on how to be healthy and learned some aoe2

[@GunsAndRoses871]

Can you make a short/brief video on how to play certain maps like which strategies are viable for certain maps.

[@PiscesKanna]

He made some "How to play" for maps like Black Forest and Hideout. Are you looking for a specific one?

[@specificgod]

Knight counter pikes

[@kch2.4]

know your enemy 😊

[@opale-opale]

Thank you

[@kudoushinichi1412]

6. FARM

[@marthynaoe5833]

Nice

[@Kakashi_aoe]

[@idan.]

the secret is think to yourself you missed one, the enemy can just play beter than your viewers so your advices only imply to good players

[@Advanta09]

Thanks. Some really good pointers here. That last point is GOAT'ed. I dropped from 1650 to 1500 in just 2 days on Arabia. Facing some crazy aggression and market abuse. Feels like the game doesn't value proper eco balance and in general balanced gameplay anymore.

[@youcanthandlethetruth5433]

Good tips but don't agree with the last one. I'm a good defender too and regularly beat guys 200 elo points higher than me up to 1600 I feel first to imp is absolutely essential in some cases. Specially in arena etc where mass army can't do much raiding