Top 5 Army Control Tips To Improve Your Micro | Aoe2

[@henryericson7482]

This is legit one of the most useful guides on aoe2. Very rare that this type of stuff is covered in a practical way.

[@donalexander]

Hera's a beast!

[@moorsyclimbing]

Is patrolling in still the best method? I thought there was a "stop" and then "attack" that was possibly better for ranged units, after a relatively recent patch/update, but I might be wrong. Would appreciate any help on the matter, cheers.

[@seanscott201]

I could not agree more

[@Magnus_1996]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Amazing content!

[@slimjong-un5743]

It's honestly so useful

[@Danicastil5]

Man you're golden for the aoe2 community! Thank you so much! It would be amazing if you did a 3v3 and 4v4 guide :)

[@Megiago]

cool tips. Number 1 was new to me and seems super helpful. About tip 3 Stand ground: You can also hold the control-key and focus a unit with that. it works the same way and you don't have to switch stance. You can also shift-que your scouts away after a focus kill with control on vill for example. Got this tip from Survivalist.

[@substantialleague939]

How to form a staggered formation. How do we spread the units???

[@secretspy911]

This content is gold. I can't believe we've never had videos with this kind of detail, but you do it. We want more!

[@abidkhattak5780]

It's content like this and guys like you SOTL, T90, Viper, that has helped this community grow and prosper. Thank you for the effort and amazing content. Will definitely use the scout patrol in front of my archers next time I play.

[@plain6677]

It may be the most useful video I’ve seen. Thank you, I play the game since 23 years and have never known the tip 1 melee vs melee.

[@tylerwatson8848]

You don't have to use stand ground with melee anymore. Simply hold CTRL before right clicking. They will focus only on the specific unit you click to attack

[@ssssdsdddbb]

Really? I had no idea, when did they introduce that?

[@tylerwatson8848]

@@ssssdsdddbb over a year ago

[@SerFinchalot]

Came to the comments to ask this. Added early this year right?

[@Unpiloted0922]

@@SerFinchalot yes, it was around February

[@ramonantoniolli7379]

How nice! Better than in the old AoC

[@gherlwinfireson8582]

WOW! I have always wished that the formation and stances were more useful and you just showed us how to make it. Brilliant!!! ❤❤❤

[@thefrickenchicken1417]

Wow man. I honestly regret not watching your videos BEFORE I started playing the game. I thought I had the combat figured out but I genuinely didn't know any of these tips and tricks. It's mind blowing the amount of tactics and strategies that go into this game. Thanks a lot for sharing them with us man. I really believe videos like these will make more people feel more comfortable when playing the game and it will grow even faster. Bless!

[@jarrodvanturnhout3644]

Fantastic video, I overvalued the line stand ground formation for arbalest, literally had no idea how powerful staggered is! These uploads have been godlike lately, keep up the great work.

[@ParamecioLord]

Incredibly useful explanation of these mechanics. I'll definitely check this video again in the future!

[@CaptainCorobo]

Just wanna give a shout out to you hera! These types of videos are a great help for the aoe2 community

[@franciscobuitrago3436]

This video is amazing beacuse it shows both, why Hera is the best teacher and also why AOE II is the best game ever created. Outstanding work!

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Thanks man!!!

[@PiperZuko]

Learned something new in every single number god damn this slapped. Thanks hera.

[@exeonx6561]

These are the video's we're looking for Hera, these tips videos are awesome and aren't widely available nor explained that well, a great follow up on the 5 tips for each unit type. How about 5 tips for siege or monks? Would be a great addition I believe.

[@domhuckle]

Hera - committed to creating worthy adversaries

[@itzfitz84]

Holding alt while targeting to avoid firing at buildings deserves an honorable mention. A lot of beginners and even low elos with some experience don't know this. It's huge for raiding with archers - makes a big difference.

[@pcwizard91]

Can you explain this more? Does alt work with patrol so I can raid an enemy and walk through his base without targeting buildings, or does it only work if I specifically alt and right click an enemy unit?

[@stuartball7395]

Can you do Alt plus attack move?

[@lordmetzgermeister]

Agreed, this should be mentioned as well. You can use it when raiding with melee units as well - you can just alt-click them in the middle of enemy base and don't risk accidentally targeting a TC or a farm. Btw it only works with right-click-targeting afaik.

[@lordmetzgermeister]

@@pcwizard91 It would be great if we were able to tell units to not attack buildings but that's also one step closer to auto-micro as MBL called it.

[@thekroks5068]

Hera I have pro tip for you can control right click the spear or any other unit and the army will ignore everything else and just kill this unit. So you do not need to use stand grand anymore and snipe monks easily. This works for almost year now

[@TMFE777]

All really useful tips! Would love some siege unit/army control tips (as I suck with it)

[@lucaa.9709]

Number 4 is so useful in feudal. I used to only play lith because I didn’t know how to chase archers

[@faisalmunawar774]

Thank you Hera, these tips will make a huge difference for my game

[@imsmeagol911]

Wow. Can't wait to practice this. I'll need to come back to this often because there's no way I can memorize all this at once.

[@brandonwaltam1979]

Thanks for the video!! I've been watching a lot of AoE2 for the last couples years and also playing, but this is the first time I get such a detailed explanation about formations and fighting mechanics! This was really useful. Keep up the great content!

[@guarapaah]

Hera, you are legit. This tips help a LOT, I'll send them to my friends so they suck less, hahaha

[@nyaakuu]

This is why you're my AoE2 GOAT! Thanks Hera!

[@markusdegenhardt8678]

One of your best Videos this year. I Loved that i could learn something eventhough im a good player already

[@Lifestreem]

Amazingggg!! So much of knowledge in this one video and this can certainly help players of all levels to be better... Thanks a ton Hera.

[@Umdeuter]

haha, Hera apparently missed the introduction of ctrl click? you can do the point 3 without stand ground, just ctrl+rightclick the unit you want to target. was introduced a year ago or so. another fantastic video otherwise

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

I think i really did miss that. Thanks for helping out the people who will read this!!

[@Umdeuter]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 when you go and snipe vipers bombard cannon in the wololo finals, I'm going to take all the credits for that

[@BoxerSaint_]

So good. Haven't seen (or realized how to execute) a couple of these. Thanks Hera. 🥊🥊

[@prathamesh5497]

Was looking for something like this for a while now, stuck at 900 elo

[@tdoqq]

Hera is the Lebron James of AoE2

[@smaruhmaruh6955]

Super awesome video, love those kind of general tipps you can apply into every single game you play!

[@SrNavi155]

Thanks bro! I was just wondering why my scout rush felt so clunky when trying to attack just one villager, as opposed with older versions of the game, stand ground solves this! Cheers from Mexico!

[@PavelPerju]

Amazing tips. Thanks Hera

[@bernerdmickael]

Tu es le meilleur Hera, j'adore tes vidéos, merci d'entretenir la flamme d'AoE2 jusqu'en France ! 🇨🇵

[@hdvision1606]

Look at Hera, so inspirational. Fantastic video my man 👍

[@spiriidor8458]

Thank you so much Hera, this video is incredible!!

[@irengoi6159]

Awesome video, been playing for 3 years almost daily and only knew 2 of this.

[@stapablo21]

Thanks for all this content. It is very useful for those of us who are low level. Hugs and thanks Hera

[@HeaveNinMyHandS]

Hi Hera. I've been playing Age of Empires ever since it came out. I was a 2.1k cba hero player on Voobly in 2015. I was not extraordinarily gifted but an excellent TG player. What I really don't understand is why you of all people do not happen to play 4v4 cba hero scenario, which requires a lot more skills, stamina, endurance and perseverance. Why isn't cba hero as popular a game as RM? I'd be more than happy to narrate your games. Playing cba hero all comes down to not only your skills and but more than that how much of a tg player you are. I know numerous top players play cba hero in order to learn how to be better in combat. As smurfs, of course :) I used to teach slam how to use his army more effectively while we were playing cba hero together. He was the only one to use his real nickname as he played hero with us.

[@youcanthandlethetruth5433]

Top work. I learned something new. I'll be cheering for u on red bull

[@graigaron1215]

Could you make a video explaining cav archer micro and kiting in this game?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Yes

[@braccin]

Needed this thank you

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Np bro!!

[@braccin]

I have a question where can I see your history of played games (that haven’t made it to KZbin) same with anyone else

[@nsavch]

Anyone has tips for best usage of control groups and overall about selecting units? In early game it's easy to have control groups because you make like 4 scouts or 10 archers, but in late game when you producing units from dozens of buildings and they get scattered all over the map it becomes really difficult to even select a combination of units you want... And control groups becoming useless cause units die really fast and get replaced by new ones almost immediately...

[@travisnyte1127]

you can press shift+ number to add other units into a pre-existing group

[@fabianschulz1125]

These Tips are massive, some I already knew but the Melee refering where completely new. Im at 1150

[@Loqutus2125]

Extremely useful. Thanks so much :)

[@icecoldchilipreppers]

Oh yeah here we go!

[@Max-we3gc]

Honestly the "patrol into units", which i never did before lol, won me some games

[@williamschubert4819]

Just something to mention, as theviper found out recently when teaching Grubby, patrol and attack move is no longer better than right clicking a melee attack command, when you right click the closest unit. The units will engage properly if you right click.

[@molotovinkoktail6742]

Its pretty insane. My opponent tropped a castle to me yesterday, he had about 12 longbowmen and few a kinghts out, i patroll killed them so fast with my xbows. its powerful

[@burstslinky7113]

another banger as always

[@Felix_EN]

6:00 this trick is irrelevant now as you can just hold Ctrl as you click a unit with agressive stance

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Yes i actually didnt know that!!

[@sprEEEzy]

Yes!

[@jrizzelli]

Awesome video. Can't wait to show off these tricks to my fellow low elo Legends.

[@prithvisinghpanwar007]

right click on anywhere else as soon as u see arrow or bomb coming out of tower or any unit

[@prithvisinghpanwar007]

to dodge ballistics

[@da_ghoul9432]

I love when Hera gives us just the tips!

[@AlphaSections]

Sick! I had no idea about some of these!

[@dougler500]

Hey Hera, thanks for the tips! Question: when an oppo uses the runner trick, what is the counter play? Manually retarget the clumps of your archers firing at the runners? Disengage? Curious what you would do in that scenario.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Yeah its interesting usually ill back off since he commited alot of actions to setting it up, or i would manually focus other units if its small number fights

[@drditup]

there is so much cool stuff in aoe2!!! i might choose it above sc2 at this point

[@tomtenthij5676]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 😄

[@CragHack]

Isn't ctrl+right click better than stand ground?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Yes i didnt know about that one

[@CragHack]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 Can't believe I knew something Hera didn't. :D Ctrl trick is better for us low APM guys because after the (let's say) scouts kill the targeted unit they will continue to attack others, whereas with stand ground they will just stand around doing nothing.

[@edman3d593]

didnt know most of this mind blown

[@ar1sm70]

This is truly one of your best videos and that’s saying something!! I was expecting some tips that are too advanced to even attempt. But some of them seem possible even at lower level, plus I’m proud to say I already knew #3 :)

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

Also general RTS tip beyond just AOE2 - always target the glass cannon first if you can reach it.

[@thenerdest]

Love you, bro.

[@valenta6395]

This new series are awesome

[@abidkhattak5780]

Great video 👍

[@shahrezaDE]

Hera this is Very useful. Thx amigo.

[@RAMMY237]

This time nothing new for me, but the vid is definitely very good!

[@SuperSissen]

Very nice tips :) is it worth it to stand ground patrol into a group of ranged units? Or only melee vs melee?

[@dejake_aoe]

Nice top 5 Hera!

[@saga995]

Is attack move still useful?

[@thenosa87]

Runners should be considered a glitch and fixed as its a glitch

[@КоньЛюдоед-ф6ф]

Thanks 👍

[@eLurkr]

thanks for these explanations

[@fo0l913]

Youre gonna regret all this fantastic content when I take your spot as a top 5 player in the community 🤘🏼

[@CambaCua1995]

I need to drink Hera's juice before doing some of that micro-God things 11111

[@Fr_Christmas_25]

Top 5 monk rush civs? Just a fun video idea!

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Eventually!

[@Fr_Christmas_25]

That is awesome, can't wait. Just my 2 cents. Saracens is the best if you are playing on Arabia. You can just put 3 on wood and the rest on food in dark age. Then you FC really fast with the cheap market and mine/stone with the better market rates.

[@scintillam_dei]

Gay flag.

[@ramonantoniolli7379]

This video is gold!

[@222o-u3t]

so so useful, thank you!

[@bhavmital7314]

i envision Hera as Ender from Ender's Game books

[@Dyzzzma]

Thanks Hera 😄

[@m1st87]

Wow I never realized that formation and stance affected patrol/attack move behavior. That's insane

[@dragovern]

If you hold the ctrl button while targeting you can still use the aggresive stance effectively.

[@Sam-cw4ed]

You can use ctrl + right click instead of stand ground and they'll commit harder to attacking the selected unit

[@j.j2803]

Thank you

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Np bro

[@molotovinkoktail6742]

imma use these tips, i just mouse right to attack, or standground on a hill, if my units are going to the opponent's TC

[@raulfernandez57]

12:47 Damn. That is scary, even if useful. Especially since I tend to prefer Archer civs.

[@Time2Pretend90]

Hey Hera! Can you maybe do an updated video about archer micro? I'm not really sure how to best micro crossbows running away vs knights now for instance. I generally walk and do target micro but it doesn't work perfectly with overkill and is sometimes tricky with getting the right hitbox. I know before people did some walk away + attack move micro but I see in a lot of video's that the way that works changed a few months ago. Is this still the best method and if so how does it work? In red bull I saw most strong players not using target micro so I guess they use some other trick!

[@milkteaalliance1748]

Hey hera have you got a drushing micro vid?

[@John11747]

Best aoe2 streamer with best content ever.... 😎😎😎🤘🤘.. 👍❤❤

[@tomtenthij5676]

Good Tip HEra!!!

[@ryanforgo3500]

1:58 since i found this from the start as i was "looking for the function". for gamers, this is like when you push the attack key then target the ground behind the enemy to order your character to attack everything in it's way. Exists in every strategy game but AOE2 is indirect about it sadly

[@Hungryj1111]

Loved it thank you

[@evanjacob8463]

When I was new to aoe2 I would simply build up an army and right click the enemy units and then leave them to their own devices, while I went back to resource gathering.

[@collinvickers2345]

What's the best way to deal with mangonel/onager shots?

[@hkggodka]

Do you make use of speed bonus of formation? Viper used that a lot to chase army with archers.

[@F1fan4eva]

Why use patrol rather than attack move?

[@nathanfontenot825]

I dont know if I remember it correctly but for some reason on Patrol your units will attack immediately once in range instead of them pausing first as they normally do

[@Lelekoz]

This is perfect

[@brianpack369]

Great video! Do you think in late-game it's better not to have ballistics, if your opponent is good at using runners?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Nah u hit way more with balistics u kinda need it

[@Isthismylifenow]

Cool vid!