How To Play Arena | AoE2

[@cleanerben9636]

I thought you were just gunna show you banning the map or something

[@johncohnor9655]

Sadly, that's the best thing to do, no worth to risk the match developing into a 2 or three hour game. Arena is nice in team games tho

[@DoMeASolid]

I have literally 0% winrate on arena and 90+% elsewhere, so that’s what I do 11

[@subditodelreyrata]

Based

[@ObiwanNekody]

Or possibly a video of him not signing up for the recent major Arena tournament.

[@thomasmuller546]

How many games, 10? 😂

[@user-uh7cb3vy4v]

i love these new tutorials, keep up the good work hera

[@edwardblom2661]

In Arena team game, watch out for pre made cheese strats: Team with Cuman/Gurjara/Celts: feudal ram push/castle elephant ram push/imperial siege ram spam. You’ll need to go up faster and create melee units to defend this. For imp you need lots of your own mangonels. Team with Goth/Italians: beware of the “pizza delivery” strat! Team mates sling goths who goes fast imp and spam tons of condottieri for almost free. You need to recognize this soon and kill slinger players fast while they’re defenseless. Or you die to the spam. Other civs to watch out for: Spanish, Conqs Turk, Janis or fast imp Bohemia, surprise castle age HC, early imp bbc, monks Monk civs like: Burmese, Aztec, Bengalis, Portuguese and more.

[@thomasmuller546]

Ye this goth thing is annoying I can tell you that. For me it comes close to "srsly you want to win like that? Ok you got ur wish I'll just go next and have fun instead" 😂😂

[@le_chiffre_]

I usually go Queen Amidala style: Engage in a big battle in the center or in front of your base. With this distraction I blow a whole in the opponent walls with two/three pedards and run in with Gbetos.

[@thomasmuller546]

And how don't you get crushed in the middle when you invest in the flank? 😀

[@kOaMaster2]

I didn't expect that one by Hera, I was looking forward to a 30sec troll-shorts. Nice!

[@ar1sm70]

The people demand Hera in the next MoA :) :) PS: Great guide!

[@caleb4836]

Awesome guide! Would love it if on these map tutorials you could also mention what if anything is different about the meta in team games.

[@ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar]

I think just apply critical thinking. Whenever you are playing a team game you should automatically be ready to do things that make sense. Good market placement, military to back them up, willingness to understand you don't have to resign because of one tiny mistake.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Will do!

[@fishcake4473]

@@ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar real talk. Queueing with randoms is basically waiting for whose teammate resigns first

[@inpiep]

agree, would also appreciate some insights for Team games

[@MiGluXHD]

very well spoken! good knowledge video! you explain things so freaking good.

[@pr9058]

Nice guide. Also venting after Masters of Arena final I'm disapointed in T90 for not mentioning BF players using flaming camels against elephants and ocasionaly paladins already. That setting with players using costly units so much in team games (even going for mass war elephants sometimes) and natural chokepoints of the battlefields in BF make for such a good oportunity to use those boys.

[@ns-islandsroblox]

I was just watching your video when this dropped. Perfect timing! 😊

[@abidkhattak5780]

This is what I wanted for a long time. Thx Hera ❤

[@92Lokkas]

On 1200 elo, 60-70% of the arena games i am facing a castle drop. Maybe one pro tip for this would be good. Thank you for your videos :)

[@clintonpiercy6651]

Defend from the castle and keep your economy going. The castle dropper has the disadvantage of having to pull villages and spend resources in a siege. All you Gotta do is defend long enough to inevitably hit imp before he does. I personally like building 5 or 10 scorpions to keep the shenanigan's far enough away from my walls for castle drops to really matter. I go to imp as fast as I can with scorpions in castle and love seeing people try and drop a castle on me. Its pretty much insta win if you defend it properly.

[@bradleywong8808]

Low key just take some palisade and scatter it around the outside of your wall

[@thomasmuller546]

Not a pro but value advice nevertheless: There are some civs that will most likely go for the castledrop and/or allin. First goal is to deny the castle on your wall and force him to castle at home. You do that by scouting, maybe invest in 2 more scouts for map control and be ready to villfight or towerdrop with 5-10 vills. If you succeed here it's a 90 % win already. If the castle is at home and he comes with Jannis / conqs or stuff you have several options : Castle at home, 2-3 tower with upgrades, skirm siege monk defense. If you don't go for the castle instant you should aim for it at the next step because your opponent will likely drop the second castle in ur face in an allin situation go imp and destroy you. Finally you want to go up to imp equally fast as your opponent. That means to idel ur TCS and lack efficiency but you can be 100% sure your opponents eco is worse. So in short : 1) don't let your opponent drop the castle in your face 2) prepare to defend against unique units, petards. 3) drop your own castle at home 4) go imp, better sooner then later. That should already help alot 🙂✌️

[@kudoushinichi1412]

1. You can make your own castle to defend you. Make the castle and try to go imp and win the trebs war. 2. Open scouts or/and spearmen. You win map control and then your opponent will be forced to do it at his base. Sometimes they make spearmen to avoid that and wall the villagers, in that case you can try to go out with your villagers to fight and put a tower in front of their unbuilt castle. 3. Boom and defense. You usually have a better economy than the guy who puts a castle in your face (he mined stone instead of farming and walked the entire map with 10 villagers). You can wall, boom and defend yourself with some siege and monks, while you take stone, put a castle, up to imp and letting the economy do its job.

[@Omar-do4ti]

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 looking forward to this series 😊

[@Davtwan]

Time to practice Arena along with your Fast Castle Guide.

[@dgchaw]

I was just browsing a tutorial and this resent video was created. Thanks bro.

[@j.p.691]

Yes, finally! Thx bro ❤

[@atomickipachaka821]

FINALLY! Map Strat Discussion!

[@andykoch8866]

Was expecting a one word video: "Don't"

[@braccin]

Thank you so much for this series..............

[@extremeboiwoo]

Long time no see bro We used to be in the same clan during the Msn Zone days 😂

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

I never played msn zone days

[@extremeboiwoo]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 Hera pls it's me pedohunters_microking

[@moon2schyzo]

Bro waited to drop this vid after the MoA ended so that the participants didnt have literal Hera hacks. How noble Mr.Hera, thank you for not showing this to the pros before the tourney, because their play would be perfect and we would still be on the first game of first series in a stalemate situation, T90 now weeks without sleep...You saved us!

[@lonewolforigin]

I will patiently wait for the Black Forest guide.

[@ns-islandsroblox]

Hera, how do you position your fingers on your keyboard? Like what fingers do u use for ur main hotkeys? Ty.

[@jabbernz]

I always get castle dropped right when I'm starting to boom 🥲

[@suprsham7838]

Keep booming then destroy the castle

[@clintonpiercy6651]

@@suprsham7838 What he said, you can almost guarantee he's NOT booming

[@imsmeagol911]

I expected this video to take 4 seconds and to convince of Hera saying, "you don't"

[@timothymurray677]

I like the theme of the new series. At least I will know what strategy beat me.

[@Doat1911]

Sweet

[@herotalib9556]

Hera knows how to play Arena? 11

[@Grafter83]

That Heras channel is not the most-subscribed for AoE2 on KZbin should be illegal.

[@pookygallahad4749]

I’ve been playing Age of Empires for 20 years, only been getting good in the last 2 or so because of gamers like you Hera ❤

[@harjot21]

I played arena vs Turks as Hindustanis. I did not race them to Imp, instead committed to a 5 TC, 100 vil, 10 stable 10 range boom, camel/skirm combo. It was soooo satisfying to crush my opponent. Finally I beat Turks in arena, thanks to your strategy, Hera :)

[@thomasmuller546]

As a 1500 arena player imho the easiest way to play is invest nothing in relics, let the opponent overinvest, go straight for boom and you will have the timin and momentun on your side. Take map control while imping and gg. Of course be aware of castledrop allins. It should not be a unscouted blind boom. More like not invest in monk, relics and take a big eco lead instead. For sure on higher rating it's a mistake but up until mid elo maniacs I believe that's the most chill and stable tactic. 😊

[@omegaj8431]

Please refer to A normal tournament day in Team Aftermath 11

[@szombatimarcell9961]

The amount of times I cried for arena gameplay, it's not it, but it's good enough.

[@sanguinor-sg6lo]

In my experience around 800 elo 1v1 EVERYONE builds a forward castle. Almost without fail.

[@minikawildflower]

pizza = relic

[@abigailevans2760]

I love arena, my favorite!

[@molotovinkoktail6742]

very nice

[@satyakisil9711]

As much as everyone hates arena 1:1, arena tgs are actually the bomb if you like a more peaceful start.

[@georgehornsby2075]

If the advice isn't put all villagers on gold, build 4 monasteries, and rush atonement I don't want to hear it.

[@niknitro8751]

Can you please explain how to best react to a castle/krepost + siege on your walls when you cannot stop it from going up anymore.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Sure ill make a vid on that

[@zakilord2470]

great guide!

[@nicolasbouchard2715]

One year late but there's 1 cheese strat I haven't seen. Unless it's been patched, Building a tower in the corner of the bases can let you drop out units garrisoned inside one by one with a rally point on the other side.

[@philahn9846]

i just do your turks fast imp rush and have likea 90% win rate in arena (low elo)

[@SaneCondo]

Many many thanks for this awesome content. Arena is like kryptonite to me, I would have played tens of games and just won once I think 😂

[@RuiBeckYT]

More Videos like that Hera... U can see the views. But i(and i think everyone) don´t want only the typical maps; i´d like all maps .. It´s alot of content. Thx again... And.. u are the best... Greeting from Venezuela /Chile

[@saimonewd]

tremendo

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

Please do "How to Play the Blank Scenario Editor Map" next.

[@terrab1ter4]

Deleting all your walls is also a really good strategy. Cough cough

[@arnelpoprzenovic2713]

I just go Turks fast imp in 20-22 ingame mins to bombards and hand canoneers. Cba to play those long ass arena games and this strat is pretty powerfull

[@imperator8125]

Alright Hera… it’s been in team game queues for a while now… could you do Michi next?

[@CGB-spender]

Black Forest

[@marceloromano8774]

When should you go to straight boom instead of fighting for relics? Sometimes the pros do that.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

maybe a civ matchup thing?

[@marceloromano8774]

@@user-sl6gn1ss8p yeah... but I was thinking if there is a general rule (for example, if you want to get a strong and expensive composition, like full paladins)

[@nelsonmejiaslozada9362]

5:21 Hera was the older brother for sure P1 = him P2 = villains

[@antonharai4665]

"Usually opponent won't pressure you early on beginner level".... well 850 ELO here and opponents do pressure early :D

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

What do they do usually? I guess forward castle?

[@antonharai4665]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 yes, castle, turk push with jannies, towers or even archers-vill push in feudal. Life can be hard at low to mid ELO.

[@someguy-gf2qi]

​@@antonharai4665drop to 500 and u can play simcity 11 tnbh tho, just go for light cav in feudal and relics in cstle and boom and youll usually b fine u can go to stone and counter castle if sb ddops u, and u can counter tower/wall against most early rushes

[@Ruichen8104]

please do a fast castle video for arena!!!

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

a build order? Its literally my last video!

[@Ruichen8104]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 I see it, thank you the best player in the world

[@puneetgoyal728]

I recently got badly beaten in team game, 3 cuman rams+12 goths men at arms, came in at about 12-13 minutes, it was not a good experience.

[@user-fu1sk9yc8g]

Chop opponent's trees... smart))

[@laijason8622]

any tips about Arena teamgame could be provided?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Hey sure. Generally speaking you want to do something that synergies well with your team. If you go for a push on flank, pocket should definitely try to help with some knights, so u can try to defeat an opponent. If you stay defensive pocket should boom and just react to aggression. Thats the simple game plan

[@jgriff8533]

They need to make 9 vill start standard on arena to speed up the pace.

[@jaroush]

Why not to demonstrate it in MOA :P

[@GoldenSkeeter]

Where's the arena civ tier list? I dont see it on your YT description.

[@suhasutcu6547]

step 1: ban arena step 2: if you failed step 1 and found yourself in a game of arena, press esc and resign

[@Gui101do]

While I appreciate high level play on maps like Arabia, as a casual online player I am enjoying the increase in attention to Arena!

[@qswedasf]

Can you please do steppe as well.

[@niks2584yt]

08:46 but I never quite know when my opponent is fast imping 11 any tips to identify this?

[@battleforevermore]

How to play arena? Resign

[@ltisenotem]

These days, fuedal and even early castle attacks aren't a good strategy for arena 7:30 Pick a civ with a powerful imp/end game. All my fuedal units are for defending relic/futile rushes. I castle the gold/stone in the middle of the map and push from there. Castling their wall early is just kamakaze style since arena gives the opponent a massive benefit in being already walled and having resources to rewall/boom before you can get to their vils

[@atomickipachaka821]

Next Vid Arena Team Strats 🙏

[@kenostrife8423]

how different is aoe since the current 2-3 updates? i stopped before them.

[@ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar]

Much better.

[@kenostrife8423]

@@ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar is it hard to get back? i mean are the build orders still the same compared to february?

[@clintonpiercy6651]

pathing is still trash

[@ShizzleGizzleGizzenGar]

@@kenostrife8423 in general they are always going to be pretty similar but the game just operates better. They even fixed the text problems. The villager seem to do less but still sometimes do annoying pointless things.

[@Mattroid99]

Oh that's easy, you don't

[@DredaTurtle]

this

[@Tekkenhornan]

Always ban Arena 1v1 ❤

[@user-fq8se3bu8g]

i have my own tip: Ban it.

[@balakumardurairajan2986]

Brought to you by one who never plays arena.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

And still plays it better than 99.99% of players feels good man

[@someguy-gf2qi]

​@@HeraAgeofEmpires211, i think that cockiness and bluntness is mostly unique to you 11, keep it up tho, it makes u worth watching xD ps : dope shorts lately, time to give your editor a raise 11

[@tag180rotax]

For me how to play arena: Don't.

[@thenofxlagwagon]

Please do not do one for African Clearing. I destroy on that map and don’t want anyone else to figure it out. Thanks!

[@modimihir]

Love your videos, just one tip: Say 'them' instead of 'him', not just for woke reasons, but also because there are many women who play the game. I myself have been caught off-guard saying 'bro' in chat and the other player telling me "I'm a girl" :D

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Thats grammatically incorrect, if its a singular person and i dont know the gender I shud use the masculine version. Using they for a singular person is never correct, no matter what people are saying these days

[@WakeUpSleepyHead-V1]

arena just sucks