I DESTROYED The World's Largest Army With The World's Smallest Army

[@Flappmeister]

bro made 125 main characters and made an army out of them, wild

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and continued support!

[@kt3657]

Bro literally recreated space marines in medieval time

[@angelopueyygarcia43]

That one knight soloing an army then getting the help of his two friends to help him, was some anime plotline

[@kueapel911]

That's a space marine running out of ammo and all his melee instruments worn down.

[@svampen7782]

bro just copy pasted the standford bridge beserker xD

[@KaneCold]

"Who needs armies ... I have numbers!" "Well ... armies are just numbers?" "Yes ... but my numbers are ... percentages" "OH NO!"

[@SkyForceOne2]

ahhhh.... the disease of every paradox game, stacking arbitrary modifiers

[@Strat-Guides]

A ton of work went into this one. Amazing video!

[@tickbrick1]

Two very similar youtubers. Game respects game

[@jkepic9068]

He reminds me of when you were a smaller creator strat. Gold mine of info without enough recognition.

[@igor8770]

Oi! hello there mr Strat, glad to see you

[@Strat-Guides]

@@igor8770 G'Day! :D

[@decolon8754]

Space marines + full siege is my favorite build lol

[@dean_l33]

More like Bertonia knights but Warhammer fantasy isn't nearly as popular as WH40K

[@JB-xl2jc]

Grail Knights, whether Brettonian or Arthurian

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Yeah, you definitely still need a siege train to take castles. As your knights can kill thousands of men and women, but a large wall stumps them XD

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

I can just imagine Genghis Khan laughing as his troops see 125 champions approach, only to then watch in horror as his entire horde is destroyed in one single fight.

[@breadgodgaming]

He thought he was going to the Jin Empire, but he actually walked into Dynasty Warriors haha

[@unhappyllamaz]

​@@breadgodgaming The Mongol horde vs 125 Lu Bu's

[@lividlarry1026]

This was an insane video. I figured that this would just be a clickbait video with someone constantly yelling at me, but was pleasantly surprised. Not only did you fulfill what you promised and reached an insanely hilarious end, but I’ve learnt a lot of things that I’ve never even thought about. And I thought I generally had a pretty decent grasp of CK 3 with 500h in the game and almost 2k hours total in Paradox grand strategy games. I’ll definitely watch more videos in the future and will (hopefully) learn even more

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words :) I’m glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for your continued support! I’m still learning new things about CK3 every day, there’s just so much to min-max even with 3000 hours now 😃

[@ryankasch5561]

You can also just invalidate the crusade by declaring war on the Pope right before the crusade occurs. Did that in my north sea empire game to keep the title of england for the 30 years

[@breadgodgaming]

Amazing tip! I did not know that. This is a much more flexible option, thank you!

[@DocsDomainX]

Sounds like they should fix that, but probably an oversight because they dont expect crusade targets having any realm so close to the pope to be able to declare on them. They should fix it like EU4 does for league wars where if you declare on the league leader you have to fight their entire league.

[@atilanobrega6230]

This tip might actually just save one of my games!!! Thank you!

[@ThyCorruptor]

Anyone know if there's a way to do this if you already own Rome and the pop is not landed? I keep getting romagna wrecked by crusades. The problem isn't that I can't fight off the crusaders it's that as soon as the crusade begeins my vassals revolt and I get like 7 peasant factions then the french show up trying to take random duchies as well. And my ungrateful uncle who was disinherited forms a disollution faction. But, If I can stop the crusade I think these downstream effects get slightly less impactful

[@CaiC]

Excellent video as always. Not seen anyone manage to push knight effectiveness close to this level, super cool.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and continued support :) If I waited for the new patch to come out they would've been even stronger haha

[@glorbez]

I got mine to >2,500% Knight Effectiveness. The more duchy capitals you hold personally, the higher it gets infinitively.... Eventually, just personally hold the Dutchy capitals and give away the rest. Of course, everyone hates you, but w 100% dread also fear you...

[@trentking1978]

You are the machine when it comes to CK3. I love your Genetic video. This one is killer as well.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and continued support!

[@trentking1978]

@@breadgodgaming I use your Gentic build every time I make a kid. Even if I don't run the genetic program. The first character is still genetically superior. You have figured out the small nuances of the game. You are appreciate as a player. If possable could you do video of beginner level world Conquest. You do it at Michelangelo level and I am more of a paint by numbers kind of player in CK3. Have w great day.

[@googane7755]

Its absolutely insane seeing 1 guy solo 10k stacks

[@masseg6713]

These knight are LITERALLY driving tanks in the middle ages. Love to see it

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words :)

[@onlytwogenders420]

The Roads to Power DLC has made me fall in love with this game all over again. Such a great medieval simulator sandbox.

[@breadgodgaming]

I'm glad you're enjoying it. It has added a lot of new ways to play for me :)

[@glorbez]

This is really a 3 guides in one video: 1. How to increase Knight Effectiveness + Prowess; 2. How to make Thocratic vassals (that counter the too many duchies penalty that result from holding on to all and every duchy capital); 3. Genetic program (to live longer, more prowess...etc.) Edit: There is an uncut version that explains things better...

[@Poppa_Capinyoaz]

Unwarranted criticism. The title doesn't have 'guide' in it. Watch, enjoy? Leave a like and qwitchabitchin.

[@glorbez]

@Poppa_Capinyoaz I just think, as an example, creating theocratic counties/duchies/kingdoms is something everyone is sleeping on. There is a 30second video (in Chinese) posted 3 years ago, but apart from that nada. This video provides quite a good explanation, yet judging by its title one wouldn't know.

[@breadgodgaming]

haha no worries I would like to have a theocratic vassal guide but that is lower on my to-do list, which only grows in size but my job hours aren't lessening

[@KamppProductions]

The CK3 GOAT

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks for your kind words and continued support :)

[@bloodyto91]

I don't usually subscribe or like, but so much work and dedication went into this video and its exactly on point with everything marked and listed and cut down to its minimum in length.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support :)

[@kitsunami_sims4]

that's crazy high level of micro management and strategy, I've never seen anyone that skilled among other KZbinrs, you are definitely a genius 😃

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words 😊 I still make a lot of mistakes, it’s hard to remember everything even when I write down a checklist next to me haha

[@michaelbaker8284]

You should also host or attend a tournament early so you pick up Hastitrute (sp) traits as you travel and hunt. You can then get the train for tournament option which gives you a chance of getting the strong perk or 1 or 2 prowess every 5 years or so as long as someone is hosting a tournament.

[@breadgodgaming]

Great points! There's always plenty of things to add to a list of min-maxing so, thank you :)

[@kaistermeister9260]

the british back in egypt 😔

[@breadgodgaming]

hahaha

[@AnonymouslyAnonymousAnonymity]

First time watching, excellent video!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@jackson1865]

Those aren’t knights those are Dynasty Warriors

[@kindasweaty7219]

Hell yeah finally another bread god ck3 demolition video! Been waiting for this!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[@Bumbaclart247]

You can make an imba character by selecting: - Man - as old as possible (120+) - all three good congential traits but you HAVE to be Herculean. The other two are the first level traits. The character survives for ages, you can have kids still and most importantly you can take the bloodline decision

[@A2047a]

Amazing video, the concept was hilarious and the editing and pace kept me entertained, I don’t suscribe at all but the effort and dedication for this one deserves all the support I can give, thanks for sharing this

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support! I'm glad the pacing was good! I always worry about that and often during editing become doubtful. Any feedback is always welcomed so I can keep everything good :)

[@chrisrubin6445]

Truly my favorite Ck3 content! Thank you!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[@Excalibre505]

I love your content so so much, the way you play the game is so satisfying and the explanations are always in-depth enough to easily understand. Please continue making content on this new dlc as I feel it has a lot to offer!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for the kind words and support :) I'm glad you enjoyed it! I will continue my best to produce in-depth content :) And I welcome feedback anytime to make sure I'm on the right path! Thank you, truly

[@Tdek]

Such a crazy vid, im new at this game and this vid is so good, crazy micro managment, great video!

[@ellisten4696]

round 2 of requesting a 100 development empire speedrun 🥺

[@breadgodgaming]

Sorry the list of requests is big :( But you're on the list! kzbin.infoUgkxei6XfNM_Odumu5S4s6Yr1bWFl_feebcb It might've taken some time to update the list since I only just went through a month's worth of comments today

[@ellisten4696]

@@breadgodgaming oh sweet i didn't even realize you had an itemized list i am looking forward to like 90% of these 🔥

[@StalinsWeakestWarrior]

This dude is insane, I always start my CK3 campaigns like "aiight this is going to be my serious campaign" and I just end up finding inbred people too funny and go for a family circle gameplay. 9/10 my player heir becomes some dude I have no idea who they are after like 10 generations.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words haha. I have a different itch, I always want to restore the Roman Empire for some reason haha

[@sarsante]

damn missed your videos! did you see they will increase commander advantage damage bonus from 2 to 10% per point in RtP? we'll be able to do even more silly stuff with armies.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks for your continued support :) Out of all the free features that was the biggest change I was excited over. My eyes literally bulged out like WHAT? I don't know if my memory is wrong, but I think they took out the limit to max advantage I thought 100 was the max. So now I'm trying to create a defensive build against the world's conquerors but I'm not sure how to 'aggro' rulers to find me at my doorstep other than parking myself in an easy to spot place

[@sarsante]

@@breadgodgaming hm true, it might be tricky to make them attack. Maybe the good old "remove commander" cheese could do it if you park there and they're close enough. I also found a little something as the Byzantines emperor. It can be a bug or can be intended, God knows? You've your normal army and one imperial army that has smaller retinues than your normal one. However this retinues get up to 50% final multiplier of your stationing bonuses due to your governor skill. I didn't test how stupid it can get because I was doing a throwaway run for some achievements. But oh boy, if that's not broken idk what it's.

[@breadgodgaming]

@@sarsante Ah yea that's a great strat for battles, but I was more worried about where my realm should be so I can expect the most attacks on me haha. I was thinking siberia or just taking jerusalem as a hostile faith, although I would like to be in a mountainous area That is insane if true, you're saying on top of the new flat buffs plus stationing their final damage is again buffed by 1.5? You probably could get varangian vet toughness to 350 or something at that point lol.

[@sarsante]

@@breadgodgaming Oh yeah, maybe in Iberia can work too for the convenience. Could build up like Astorga (it's mountains) that's right next to Santiago, being a hostile faith will trigger a crusade eventually with the advantage that you can conquer Santiago only when your fortress is built. About the governor buff it's pretty crazy, in a 867 start and without building Constantinople cataphracts from "my army" get 187 dmg, from the "imperial army" they get 281. Constantinople doesnt have anything besides being a castle level 2 and walls and gates lvl 1. I'll send you screenshots in a new post so you can delete the links, it might get sent to your spam area on yt tho.

[@jasonliu120]

Nobody talking about 2:05 imagine a newborn with 13 prowess beating your ass

[@svampen7782]

I have 2,4k hours in ck3 and this made my head spin.

[@breadgodgaming]

Haha thanks and sorry!

[@youaresoyou1072]

You make the best videos bread god. You are like a professor 👨‍🏫

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks for your kind words and continued support :)

[@DrizzyDrake279]

Amazing video. This video has given me a little inspiration for creating superman armies. I'll try to collect every buff for archers and see how strong I can actually get the longbow-men. (Also I currently playing on the console version, so no Tours and Tournaments dlc yet.)

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support! Longbowmen are insane! I love how strong they are. Nubian culture has 'land of the bow' that can't be picked but can be hybridized

[@DrizzyDrake279]

@@breadgodgaming My run is honestly going great, thanks to your guide I had pretty good idea of how to build up my prestige and gold. As of right now I have 6 stack of 12 hundred longbow-men, and each do 180 damage. I'm only 200 years into this game, so my hope are high.

[@breadgodgaming]

@@DrizzyDrake279 WOW! I wonder how high it'll go once you've fully built up / researched into late medieval. I've been messing around with knights so long I miss a good old stack of MaA

[@dally369]

This is absolutely ridiculous. Thank you very much for this. You are literally my go to guy for CK3 videos.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support :)

[@Kiso1337]

the "needed 2 friends to help him out" killed me

[@VarjoFilosofi]

Imagine IRL how those battles would look like. Absolutely terrifying.

[@irbiskronos1710]

This is a really great guide. Thank you!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[@penzorphallos3199]

Bruh, these knights are doing Dynasty Warrior army decimating musou attacks

[@breadgodgaming]

haha if I had an Asian flavor pack, I'd be naming / customizing Lu Bu and everyone else

[@HierophanticRose]

You can do something similar at a much lower level as landless adventurer. Form a large band of knights, upgrade your camp with everything that gives Knight Effectiveness and all events that add prowess to your knights. I had it to a point where I was chewing through 8k stacks with 20 something knights.

[@breadgodgaming]

That sounds awesome! I haven't played that but I did see there were so many KE/skill type perks

[@S.Gamedev-zc2wp]

I imagine it can be justified by the knights beings serviced by a lot of people that participate in the fights. A knight always had some help, which participated in battles with infantry, so if we imagine that effectiveness increases the amount of help, better armour, better skill, we can make it less unrealistic. Also we can imagine them be so good that they just scare everyone. Anyway this is why i don't normally comment at midnight

[@theFirstAidKit]

Your 24 hours of gameplay vs. my 24 hours of gameplay look quite different, then again I'm new to the CK games and really finding it hard to figure out all the different systems but having a ton of fun doing so.

[@breadgodgaming]

Haha don’t worry it takes a while to get the hang of everything! I’m almost 3000 hours in now 😂

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

That was a deluge of information and I try not to break the game too hard, but some of these ideas were cool as hell. So I am hoping to try some variation of it with added challenges, like being a small count in Africa or something.

[@swapertxking]

Another video reminding me that Recognition of Talent cultural tenant works on knights as well… I’ll still forget to slot it in

[@TheResonanceCompany]

Has no idea that was possible. Great video

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@peytondrews703]

17:03 So much happened here that I got whiplash

[@breadgodgaming]

Ah sorry maybe I could've made it flow better there. Sometimes it's hard to know when to show and not tell, but at times tell might be better

[@peytondrews703]

@breadgodgaming I mean it gave me a good laugh, great video

[@vaibhavmaheshwari8924]

Great High Quality Video

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@maximegagnier8448]

I'm waiting for the guide on the new intrigue-scheming mechanic !!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your continued support! I might wait 3-4 weeks to see if they tweak anything before I do a guide. I made an early plague guide and a few things were changed. Either way though....my to-do list grows big but I will always keep working :)

[@AlignedHubSeeker]

I enjoyed this video so much i hit the like button and left a comment.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

[@JaramiGD]

Man i love your super informative videos but everytime i want to recreate what you do i realize how almost lackluster the game feels without any of the dlcs. So my questions what are the most important dlcs to buy to recreate these videos?

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words! I'll write down my thoughts on what each DLC can help you in terms of min-maxing --Royal Court - fully customized culture so you can pick all 8 traditions instead of only adding traditions like in vanilla. Hybridize and diverge allow for instant head of culture / tech researched. High min-maxing value. --Northern Lords - some decisions are OP in this DLC like 1) elevate kingdom of mann = 7500 special troops 2) forge the jomsvikings = 1500 special troops 3) varangian adventurer = up to 2000 special troops. It makes tribal viking rulers even more OP. Although honestly any tribal start is strong enough even without DLC. It does also add random invasions by viking armies (~9000 levies) every 5 years so if you're in the northwest of the map and aren't ready you can get rekt, but you can change this in the game rules. No min-max value if you're not viking, otherwise medium min-max value because of making tribal starts even more OP. Vanilla tribal starts are OP enough though imo. --Tours and Tournaments - ability to choose event options saving on costs or increasing spend to boost resource gains / unique gains like renown. Accolades can be used for min-maxing. Medium min-maxing value --Legacy of Persia / Fate of Iberia - extra dynasty tracks but nothing OP here imo. Mostly good flavor if you like the regions with Iberia > Persia imo. Low min-maxing value --Wards & Wardens - gives events for extra skill points and random artifacts which is free 40/80 gold in the early game, doesn't happen too often. Skills may be nice but low min-max value. --Friends & Foes - an event pack essentially. Increased amounts of rivals and introduces feuds, which makes you more likely to die than vanilla. no min-max value if you don't want to die as much, minimal value if you want the events --Legends of the Dead - legends to give legitimacy, legendary buildings (also ludicrously buffed in the last patch), and special bonuses like claim on every de jure and evangelize (convert) your entire realm. High min-max value purely because of the rewards --Roads to Power - I need more testing, but so far not as much min-maxing for crazy builds but gives great value for roleplay (landless enables you to 'come back' for your kingdom etc) and byzantine flavor. unknown min-max value If I was recommending DLC's based on only enabling you to do more crazy builds, then imo it would be royal court and/or legends of the dead. If their bonuses are not as important to you, then northern lords and mastering viking tribal starts to take everything you need is pretty OP. Or even with no DLC my recommend starting strat is usually go with a tribal realm and rack up an insane amount of gold and/or land then you can build whatever you want. Also check out the decisions page on CK3 wiki for lots of special decisions that are available without DLC that can let you do crazy shenanigans too

[@henriandco]

Lol this is so awesome thanks for this video it's crazy how much you can break this game

[@breadgodgaming]

haha thank you for the kind words and support :)

[@timothyfranklin6040]

I haven't seen a comment asking about the elephantry + wootz steel combo for a few plots in India. I know it's fairly minimal, but there are at least 3 coastal jungle duchy capital holdings (Magampura, Mahoyadapuram, and Thana) that could add 8% (from wind furnaces) each since the elephantry building is basically equivalent to the camelry for KE. Besides the downside of expanding your realm too much/ a lot of complexity, is there a specific reason not to do this? Besides that, though, incredible work! I learned some new stuff and gained new ideas, specifically about using opinion modifiers in order to hold more duchy buildings! I'll probably go for that soon, too, but I'm just thinking more about the theoretical limits of just knight effectiveness

[@breadgodgaming]

You’re right the jungles are really nice in India and I would definitely go for them as extra pieces or you could do a pure India run too. I did Egypt because it was one big easy block of land that suited my needs so it was quick to set up. I did get wootz steel later for that sweet prowess

[@Anderes1248]

At this point he's got an army composed of Supermans

[@brianarregui8195]

It's hilarious to think about a man withstand >13k enemies and fight all the day until he was saved by his 2 friends that casually walked around

[@19ate4]

This British Isles strategy of superior knights and culture works in game also? Very nice

[@gertwillems4456]

An other thing that keeps bothering me, I don't know if you have the same problem, after 1100 the game starts getting slower and slower until it becomes nearly unplayable. I do have an enormous dynasty since I always aim to get as much reknown as possible (by 1150 i get something like 500+ reknown each month) does this have something to do with it?

[@hiimme12345]

This is incredible! But I have to ask, wouldn't Only the Strong be better than Recognition of Talent since they both give you better knights, only the former also gives you +2 knights and 100% knight effectiveness?

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words! Yes you are correct! The main reason was for the strong hooks on a spymaster, but for more early game strength I'd definitely get only the strong, but my army was plenty strong then. Funny thing is I was so busy and forgot to use it, so I got myself murdered a few times. Once you get enough shrines you can probably comfortably replace it with desert ribats for more prowess.

[@FantasticKruH]

its him!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks for your continued support :)

[@jacobdewey2516]

Around minute like 14 I started to lose track of what was goin on lol

[@Der_Erpel]

When Wallhalla opens its doors in the days of Ragnarök.

[@zevnduck9904]

those knights gonna kill more than the Black Plague

[@PnzrDiv666]

These numbers can be pumped up quite a bit more. You can build two of each building in the same holding. So 2 Blacksmiths and 2 Camelry in every holding you got. It's been a thing since the game came out. Just google how to.

[@breadgodgaming]

You’re right I wonder how high one could go with utilizing every bug and exploit haha

[@kabargin]

So get a domains and build knights building in it and you got strongest champions. Now I need a guide 'fastest way to build in your domains', not like 500 years

[@Vince3-fi9bd]

newbie question, what's going to happen when I reach the end date, can I still continue to play or it will lose the save? I want my game to be endless so my hard work will not go to waste. I know I can just edit the game rules to no end date but I also want the achievements on.

[@breadgodgaming]

Yea it'll just end and you won't be able to continue playing :( There might be a mod to retroactively change the state of the game rule for the end date, but I'm not too familiar with mods sorry :(

[@bearbeyt2028]

Now it’s clear how 300 Spartans won against huge armies

[@TrungNguyen-sd8qg]

Bro is literally creating the thunder warriors

[@dyn9726]

Close Enough. Welcome back Emperor

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you :)

[@Mrwhoisdreks]

My guy has a PHD in minmaxing

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@АндрійЦимбал-ж8ф]

This video should be promoted due to: 1. Time codes 2. calm voice 3. the pleasure from 125 men kill hordes of dudes Also after thousands of hours I found out how to make theocrat vassal

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support! I’m glad my voice is calm I hope to improve the audio quality even more :)

[@natesiress1057]

They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines so that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear. ~The Emperor of Britannia

[@breadgodgaming]

Only in death does duty end.

[@oldtwitchdog5969]

God bless , u are THE GAMER man.

[@bonog7763]

Finally!

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks for your continued support :)

[@Grafkiselev]

Nice! Now I w8ng for your opinion and new videos on Road to powers dls

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words and support! I plan to make some videos on the new DLC for sure :) I didn't get it early so I'm just starting to crack the nut :)

[@misterlegendary5991]

your champions should get the flee on sight order cuz what in the Minato was that

[@power3151]

wp, when i did a full knight effectiveness run somehow my children bugged out? because they spawned in with 65 base prowess and then they still got the additional prowess on top of that, basicly i had 50 knights with 100 prowess xD

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks! That’s amazing! I need those genes for my dynasty asap…

[@Rin8Kin]

Mindblowing O_O

[@LeoNidas-c8g]

nice video, i myself also wanted to make a playthrough like that, only problem was i still cant diverge my culture (cause i didnt buy the dlc) which makes things so much more painful.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thank you for your kind words! Yea DLC's make gameplay even more busted and quick. I do wish in vanilla you can change traditions :( Otherwise you'd have to just find a small tradition culture to start with

[@LeoNidas-c8g]

@@breadgodgaming i already did that SO often, i was already in cornwall, england ,sardinia, bretagne , somewhere in africa, bohemia. literally half my playing hours come from that.

[@Jakkaribik1]

When you are Born but make Genius Decisions Like most Adults do not do.

[@breadgodgaming]

Oh man that sucks! Scandanavian elective is always so unpredictable haha

[@Jakkaribik1]

@@breadgodgaming Yes !!

[@JaCrispy3060]

1:58 I need to discover this strat in real life

[@breadgodgaming]

We all got a bit of homelander in us

[@JaCrispy3060]

@@breadgodgaming Nah I'm the deep for real

[@birdofterror6628]

So you do requests? Well, along with starting at age 0 with super traits I've had a lot of fun in two separate areas, one is the Iberian Struggle and the other is southern India, starting off as a zero year old kid and then once 16, instantly dipping out and becoming an adventurer. I usually go with weird faiths, like Cain Dualism in Iberia or Malabarist in Southern India, eventually finding a peasant revolt I can join by intentionally fudging a mission up and then gaining not one, but two separate adventurer-like buffs giving me a -125% gold requirement to army, which essentially means for one really easy mission you can get an insanely powerful start and conquer the entire region in one life and set up a dynasty. So I guess the request is do something like that. Bonus points if you try to champion the faith as one of the weird religions as an adventurer- however I've never once gotten the event to fire (i think it's bugged) so I cannot ever become a faithful champion no matter how many people I convert. Your religion will eventually become relevant to the Iberian Struggle I think once it's been there for a generation or so, or if you force convert (or evangelize) 80% of the region, but it's fun, interesting, and if you play with some of the whackier religions like abrahamic dualism, unique.

[@breadgodgaming]

So once you become an adventurer, join a peasant revolt for the peasant leader trait and since we're an adventurer once we are landed again we get veteran adventurer trait and then use those two traits to conquer Iberia? Also is the decision you're talking about the 'Champion the Faith of the Country Basques' decision? For the involvement part, it's 80% of all counties of that faith/culture are inside Iberia, so you don't need 80% of Iberia to be converted. Instead, just make sure your faith/culture is basically all inside Iberia and not much outside of Iberia, like in France or other nearby places

[@pieselpoloniae]

Bro's Mongolproof

[@NicestGuySinceNewEra]

This was a wild ride.

[@bernard832]

I didn't know about the Embrace Tribalism decision, that means I can finally achieve my goal of forming the Empire of the North Sea, then moving to the Steppe and becoming the Greatest of Khans.

[@breadgodgaming]

Yes! You can even varangian adventure into a tribal realm to get 2000 special troops then Elevate the Kingdom of Mann for 7500 special troops, then finish up your North Sea Empire for ultimate viking glory :)

[@gertwillems4456]

Hi BreadGod, I'm trying to follow your recipe here but when I get to the elevate the kingdom of Mann part, I don't get the county changes to Norse culture anymore, apparently that was changed since when you made this video, everything is still there execpt that part. This means I can't just diverge from it, it just stayed the culture that it had so when it became my only holding i was stuck, they only thing that was left for me to do was start converting it back to norse, which took 10j and which set everything back. One other thing that I suggest doing when you change your faith the first time, just keep it theocratic, you don't need the laymen step since you can make theocratic vassels by simply firing your priest, then you become owner of all the tempels and then you can also do the trick with the change county capitol towards the temple so then you give it to a zealous guy from your new faith et voila: a new theocratic vassel and you don't need to go through the hassel of converting faits again.

[@pawtter_ink]

Would be cool if you could put your prowess to use like that too

[@0th_Law]

Isn't Performative Honor almost identical to Warriors by Merit?

[@breadgodgaming]

Warriors by merit's blade master and 1prowess/fame result in greater average prowess versus performative honor's +1 knight is not as much overall prowess gain. Also, because my culture's martial gender rule is equal I can't actually make my daughters shieldmaidens, and also I've seen the AI rarely make their daughters shieldmaidens. You can only make your close family shieldmaidens so it's not as widespread prowess gain as warrior by merit's effect.

[@mateifratila2735]

Why not also add Only the Strong tradition to the culture at the start? That also add another 100% KE on top.

[@glorbez]

Only the Strong has prerequisites that are easier to meet, so can be put on later.

[@breadgodgaming]

Yes! As glorbez mentioned I picked the specific 5 traditions because they're harder to add later, so I was taking advantage of diverge's OP ability. Only the strong only needs 6 x 12prowess knights of your culture so it's super easy to fulfill and add later. I'm not hurting for that 100% KE at all so I can just add it later :) Although it's funny because in this specific playthrough I didn't even really use the strong hooks for my spymaster anyways. I wrote in my google sheets (available in description) that later I would reform recognition to desert ribats for even more prowess

[@friskydrinklunkybank1108]

Maan this is crazy

[@CaltAlbion]

if you add an election law for your primary title and vote for someone, it makes him your heir. Even without absolute crown authority

[@rogerhill9559]

This entire video is a message to paradox to cap knight effectiveness lol.

[@SavonSays]

Wonder how you can do this in EK2 without picking an elf race

[@jamimusmaximus5205]

How is there a university in upland in 867? Am I missing something

[@ericmyrs]

There isn't, but you can do the activity at any Large Religious Center.

[@breadgodgaming]

Thanks ericmyrs! Yup if you hover over the visit university choice on Uppland it's in the barony of sigtuna and it says 'Large Religious Center'. If you do build a university in the barony of Uppsala then when you select the visit university choice you'll actually see both the temple and the university being options to go to

[@smiegto]

if your empire isnt the reason some peasant will fail their history exam in a thousand years did you really do well? student in 2025: so the twice crowned emperor came from scandinavia, conquered all of england, ireland, scotland and whales. united it into one empire. then for some reason made the empire of brittania which is just the isle of mann? why? also whats up with true asartruism? why was the twice crowned emperor and his dynasty immune to inbreeding? what is going on? professor: his reasons are unfortunately his own. all we know is that his dynasty made some of the greatest murder knights known to history. three of the twice crowned emperors great grandchildren are said to have stood against 10000. not because there weren't more men. it was a test you see. The other knights were ordered to stand down to bear witness.

[@breadgodgaming]

LOL I loved this entire story you have a way with words :) I shall keep that in mind to make sure I surprise the history books

[@Felipe-yv4bc]

Paradox definitely need to balance knights and men at arms. They are way too strong.

[@Coid]

Basically, how to play Dynasty Warriors in CK3.

[@kittydaddy2023]

Mommy was a shieldmaiden with baby uppies

[@XYNTEN]

Man made dynasty warriors real in CK3.

[@breadgodgaming]

That's literally what I was thinking haha. I was going to rename my warriors to Lubu and the like xD

[@Fallouter123]

Just like in real life, CK3 is the best medieval simulator

[@breadgodgaming]

LOL haha 48 hours it's funny this video was only 80GB and youtube's max is apparently 256...so I could do a 69 hour video?

[@Oneiroi0]

I know its full on Min-Maxing the moment you pull out a spreadsheet.

[@breadgodgaming]

haha they should add 'is playing Excel'

[@rizkyhadi6151]

that knight is on hulk build