Professional Player vs 4 Beginners | Aoe2

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

First video on the channel with over half a million views! Might do a second edition like this 👀

[@fiester4910]

Yes !!!!

[@fabianschiefer7856]

Yes please id love to watch oder 2v6 with viper ;^)

[@imkharn]

Every game should have ranked 1v4 They are all missing out.

[@aurelienwawrzyniak457]

i bet that me and my friend, both 1350 beat you together

[@amyasseektruth8246]

was massive fun to watch the masta-pizza

[@pabloigisck981]

Pro Player: USES SHEEP TO EXPLORE THE MAP* Also the sheep: "hey fella, theres gold two miles to that direction"

[@ohhi5237]

gold is found in rivers, grass need water, sheep like grass therefore sheep will find gold

[@johntheknight3062]

Me: I'm gonna get better in AoE II. Me watching this crazy click spam: DEPRESSION INTESIFIES

[@Rar0x]

hahaha so true man

[@Donovels]

all I have is negative thoughts

[@sylvereyes85]

Just play AoE IV and you'll be alright :)

[@hj-zm1wo]

U should check out pro's playing starcraft XDDDD

[@uCruz_]

This is just an attempt on reaching the level of multitasking that the AI has

[@jsoellne]

Every time I watch a Pro play I feel like I need to watch it in slow motion with descriptions to understand what is going on.

[@damianarg3315]

That's the power of hotkeys. For example, I recently learned about putting one to all tcs (and that works for the starting one aswell) for the vill queue, and the usefullness of it to keep the vill production while you are attacking without changing the sight. And because of that I realized that Hera uses it that way (watch it when he starts attacking red, and adds some vills in the tc - up to the left - but you dont see the cam showing it, because of the method that i said)

[@stumitch7109]

me too man, me too, wtf is going on?

[@AlguienEnSuCasa]

@@damianarg3315 tcs?

[@Toodaloonumber2]

@@AlguienEnSuCasa town centres

[@feba33]

Pros have overclocked multithreaded brain

[@a.siantiu1385]

Hera microing his xbows against a palisade like a god

[@muatring]

That palisade never stood a chance

[@StayAwayFromMyCat]

That's the experience of a pro shining through. He's lost too many games before because he took his eyes off a palisade only for it to get the jump on his archers.

[@skycaptain95]

If 1000 is "beginner" then I must be some sort of semi-sentient slug barely capable of life.

[@GT-yw8ue]

I’m worse than even that 😂

[@Lauth3]

Back when I was a noob I fought 7vs1 against Tatoh and we lost lol

[@kandudansatillenfisk]

@Ankush Thakur na not really, people over all have just increased there gameplay.

[@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons]

lol, I'm 800 ELO, but back in the early 2000's I 1v3ed my friends and destroyed them. My brother was super pissed because we spawned next to each other and he was the first person I destroyed. I was all about the mangudai rush, kill all villagers, retreat, then come back and destroy the base. After that they banned AoE II at LAN parties.

[@dasweq3806]

mangudai is not rushing ....... usually comes out by imperial age

[@Emma-py6ld]

I played this game religiously when I was 5-6 years old. I just remembered it existed and it took me forever to even find out what it was called. I dont think I never found out about pvp/pve. Just had fun watching the little guys so wherever I clicked. Can't wait to start playing again

[@afz902k]

Hope you have fun! I played as a kid and I still play now and then

[@eightfold3195]

Man this was my exact same experience

[@timothymurray677]

A buddy and I beat 4 extreme AI on Arabia. We were controlling the same team. We called it a 1.5 v 4 victory.

[@razzTK]

You could also call it half a hera vs 4 😂

[@ringofasho7721]

How do you do that? I always wonder if I could beat someone like Hera if there were two "me's", one on macro, one on micro. The answer is Hera because I do very little micro. Maybe I could beat a top player, but not Hera, Lierrey, or Viper.

[@timothymurray677]

@@ringofasho7721 We did a tower rush. The dark age is pretty easy. In feudal age we actually divided controlling the army and shared eco. So each of use were attacking 2 players. The AI is bad at handling a tower rush.

[@banlieuxy457]

Didn't Viper try this exact challenge all the time and failed?

[@hiphop2u]

@@timothymurray677 what is a tower rush?

[@effctoocool9763]

Holy Shi7, I’ve seen Hera play on a T90 cast but watching from his own PoV is insane! The speed and accuracy is just incredible!

[@scintillam_dei]

He's 10 times faster than me. I like to decorate my concentr- er... cities.

[@RogerCharlamange]

@@scintillam_dei ._.

[@7484ufjcuruejd]

Its easy. Use hot keys, or have no life like this guy. Imagine doing this full time hes probably never outside

[@sarangtamirisa5090]

@@7484ufjcuruejd Who hurt you, friend? Why are you hating on people for being good at what they like to do

[@sarangtamirisa5090]

@@dreadedTanker3173 I dont exactly understand what youre tryna say but yeah, you need practice to be good at anything and an insane amounts of it to be world class at it.

[@MikeHunt-mc4rk]

Can I just say holy moly right now? I played age 2 as a kid, and only just discovered the tournaments on KZbin.,I've watched a few and it they were all with a commentator viewing as a spectator.,this is the first time I've seen a video from a pro's perspective and I'm flat out keeping up...don't know how they do it, but I'm very impressed 😂

[@afz902k]

Well said Mike, Ben here, of house Dover

[@SM-bb4hx]

Spoiler alert - Poles is going to be Hera's new favorite civ thanks to Winged Hussar.

[@rhalfik]

*input mandatory Sabaton comment* I hope this new Hussar will be even more winged than the regular hussar and has more flair than the Hungarian one :D

[@LeandroAR]

When they arrive?

[@Mc7PDx]

@@LeandroAR August 10th

[@jonesen4395]

@@rhalfik you can already see how they look like on the dawn of the dukes steam page trailer video, idk about stats though i think it's just a small upgrade over regular hussars comparable to imp skirms vs elite skirms, surely magyar huszars will remain the strongest hussar

[@SM-bb4hx]

@@LeandroAR September 12, 1683.

[@PlutozReal]

I'd like to see an analysis of games like this to determine how many clicks and troop movements are made that are entirely unnecessary. Like clicking 20 times on the town center to build a villager when they don't have enough food. Seems like they're making it a lot more chaotic than it needs to be.

[@TurKishsoulja]

It's to keep your APM up so you don't lose focus.

[@cerberus4545]

It helps to keep the mind stimulated and keep you in the zone

[@gregallan4291]

APM is important for MOBA players as well as RTS players. Watching LS or pros play League is like watching them have a seizure xD

[@DotADouX.Sheep_D_Ceb]

Yeah it's just all about keeping a fast pace going. It become muscle memory at a point

[@AztecGamers]

@@gregallan4291 What is APM bro?

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

It's great that you do these! They're both funny and informative :D Not to mention good training for the community to play against someone famous for fun :D

[@gusphillips7623]

This is nuts. I would never want to play this serious. He’s just nonstop clicking

[@AntiCx_edits]

thanks for keeping this game alive i started my video game journey by watching my uncle play this game, am so happy this game is still a thing in 2023 i loved this game sooo much

[@mitch4069]

"It's a 1v4, it's just business" Lmao

[@drakZes]

This is the best thing I have ever seen. This is better than Regicide Rumble, exploding villagers, or anything. We need more of these challanges.

[@scintillam_dei]

On a much more interesting ginormous realistic map it would be much better.

[@Electric_Wizard999]

I am speechless. I’ve only played one game so far vs AI on Standard. This dude is nuts (yes I’m bad)

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

[@Saver310]

I am still bad at the game though I played for 7 years

[@malibuhiegts]

The micro really reminds me of league and dota, you almost control the entire group of crossbow like a ranged carry and positioning is everything

[@Nikolai.007]

1 MILLION VIEWS CONGRATS HERA 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Lilybun]

I love how the archer micro is exactly like playing an ad carry in league of legends down to accidentally cancelling attacks. That macro was nuts though

[@yisem2012]

Not even Hera can do it against 4 extreme AI. Humans and specially this type of elos, don't reach the level of intense destruction, build capacity and resistance AI has.

[@adwaitpandey5767]

everyone gangsta till god ai is real

[@DanielDeight]

Tactics... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXeronani7iGabs

[@AlguienEnSuCasa]

What's elo?

[@BrandNew-b9y]

such a wonderful match. subscribed man, thanks a lot for it

[@jiemileng7745]

Congrats Hera on the 1 million views

[@miguelmarinblanco6367]

You know which is the worst part, he has done that before because there is no achievement for beating 3 non IA opponents, you are a beast Hera, good content as always, cheers amigo!

[@Geert_Stradmeijer]

There’s an achievement for that! Playing 1 v 3

[@miguelmarinblanco6367]

@@Geert_Stradmeijer yeah i know, what i meant was that the achievement was already unlocked cause it didn't pop up 11

[@Geert_Stradmeijer]

@@miguelmarinblanco6367 Oh I understand! :)

[@b0606089]

So I installed AOE 2 and searched gameplay guide. Well this was not I was expecting.

[@MannElite]

best strategy: 1 go for dark age aggression, 1 go for scouts, 1 go for archers, 1 go for FC Knights. No way Hera could win.

[@TheArbiterSux]

just guard his resources and you win by attrition. Red was wiped out without any of the other players trying to apply pressure.

[@thesnackbandit]

I mean seriously. All you need to do is have some kind of feudal aggression and in a 4v1 it doesn't matter how good the player is you just simply can't deal with it.

[@MannElite]

@@thesnackbandit haha yeah any sort of aggression really

[@chaabraaah5823]

I can play like this in like 10 seconds spurts. He does it nonstop for the entire video. Always on point. Lol

[@noldorwarrior7791]

One thing i love about this kind of games is to witness and enjoy the battles. But being a pro looks more like clicking all over the map i could barely see anything even though i know it will work...

[@b0606089]

The background sounds of selecting people and moving them to work are like bunch of frogs shouting in a pond in rain

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Reminds me of when I once ended up on the bots' side by accident in a custom game in LoL vs a bunch of newbies, picked old Eve and went 43/2/9 or such. Twas intense.

[@DarioKesegiG0CA]

Congrats Hera!!

[@flipskee]

More of this please. My favo together with guess the elo

[@nicolasspray]

man if only teal made that many skirmisher instead of archers

[@sugarray1093]

Holy fuck the scout herding the ostrich was next level.

[@bensonrabe6728]

I watched this video over a year ago and found it incredible of your speed and such. Still find it incredible

[@zazo100]

These are great and I hope you do them more, maybe with twitch-subs so you can aim at Sum ~3k elo (either 1vs3 or 1vs4), would be really fun to see what you limit 'Sum Elo' is (and also what is harder, 3 players at 1k or 4 players at 750, how about 2 players at ~1500?) Cheers

[@guanxizheng1418]

could try 1 player at 2500 and 5 players at 100 elo

[@lamegamer4607]

@@guanxizheng1418 Not sure if you're serious, but even I can beat 5 500 elo players. They at least have to have a good concept of the dark age or they fall too far behind and die to a rush

[@markvanderwerf8592]

2 1500s completely impossible.

[@diegoartoni2819]

one 700 elo can defeat two 400 elo players easy. Belive me guys, the youtube concept of a begginer in aoe 2 is not right at all.....

[@Coupeguyrick]

Maybe a dumb question… but what would have happened if at the very beginning they sent all 4 of their scouts against him? Would that just be an insta scrush that he wouldn’t have been able to deal with? Was there a treaty in place?

[@stevenglikin3219]

if they could micro the scouts well and he screws up his eco would get destroyed. but with their skill level, the scouts would probably just die

[@alperisler89]

a better strat would be tc dropping him with 4 players

[@jiagengliu]

Scouts are very weak in the dark age. A loomed villager can kill a dark age scout

[@ryanforgo3500]

​​@@alperisler89hat would actually be funny 😂 his only counter would be to delete his TC and run away or something 😂😂

[@KeeperPinkie]

Very much respect for 1vs4! It's so pleasing to watch! Can't wait for more!😍

[@karnazacss]

Tbh your smurf content is one of my favorites, I guess Im a bad person in some ways

[@judasnanas2347]

9 this bad!!!!!

[@nostalgicdouchebag1912]

Thinking about Hera before HC2 and seeing how far he's come to become the best player in the world right now is really cool

[@rickychardzz]

Thinking about hera nations cup 2015 getting benched sometimes

[@rickychardzz]

Wouldn’t happen anymore he became such a beast

[@ClevelandOh216]

To be a good player you do not need to click like this guy every second you just need a solid strategy!

[@Alexander-en9zv]

I know this, but i´m still bad at this game

[@markovasic8319]

Good strategy won't bring you far if you can't micro and macro

[@christophersatkowski8548]

When my kids asks me “dad what’s true gaming?” I’ll show them this video

[@ashplague6200]

Teal putting in work, mad props to him

[@ChristicleNielsen]

I’m watching this like a sponge and straight soaking in knowledge.

[@donaldfarquar]

Daut won 1 vs 4 extream AI, 1st attempt, one handed, smoking shisha the whole time, while helping his kids with their homework (every answer was 'it depends')

[@afz902k]

I can actually picture this 11

[@justintyme4690]

I love that animated intro

[@CalebHigginbotham]

Well played! *SHEEEEEEEEESHHHH* 😱😨 . click click click clickity clack clack click

[@jjsweetwandi7042]

"I will try not to lose a single unit" in the first 23 seconds. In all honesty, it could be my depression speaking, but beeing that kind of cocky is a whole new level to me.

[@tag180rotax]

I love that you use effectively the same strat that is used to cheese extreme ai 111

[@jeffreydaniel1550]

It’s the speed and efficiency of the build from from the start that sets the pros apart. Of course, use of troops, but it’s the aggressive build up that defines foundation of skill imho

[@fernandomontesdeoca2433]

Congrats for your first video with a million views 🎉

[@bedirhandilen]

27 minute double bit axe... Strange way to challenge yourself

[@v1Dice]

Watching this brings me so much nostalgia

[@daryakhan2498]

Loved this game. Keep those coming! Impressive work

[@HiItsMars]

I have discovered an alien language deep within the comments section of a video game I spent hours creating goofy castles in with the scenario editor… full circle

[@mr.n476]

lmao. this is great to watch. and actually helped me to learn the game a bit more.

[@instantkevlar4763]

Teal needed to be loved with Ethiopian Siege Onagers at the end

[@birisuandrei1551]

Beginners are generally just as good as the standard AI so i bet Hera could handle 7 players at once easily.

[@phansen7047]

This was really fun to watch.

[@whodis000]

been watching aquafps play aoe2 and ive been really wanting to play but I have no real knowledge of the game so ive been watching different aoe2 videos you are by far the craziest player ive seen so far hard to even keep up with what you're doing

[@RykerFreegeld]

Hahahahaha, this is the single most entertaining game I've EVER WATCHED!!! :)

[@atharvaphatak5681]

Make more such videos!! Really enjoyed watching 😀

[@endlessgalaxyz]

how is this even possible to be able to do all of that at that rate of speed you have amazing talent i'd love to be coached one day

[@ELGUAPOIV]

its called moving your fingers lmao if you think this is good apm you wouldnt make it in starcraft

[@endlessgalaxyz]

@@ELGUAPOIV i'm good at the game but not that good lmao all them hot keys and management all at the same time is insanely impressive.

[@ELGUAPOIV]

@@endlessgalaxyz yeah i guess if youre new it looks impressive

[@SirQuantization]

Great video Hera. Good shit.

[@jawaadshahid]

I didnt know max holloway plays aoe2

[@mattdd9027]

32:45 Stop playing with the food!

[@ianschleh8488]

The algorithm has chosen this video 🎉

[@The1RlyShadow]

Had to wear my rain coat from all the sweat running from this.

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround4027]

LMAO! Why the f would someone unsub due to this game? It was my first time watching you and if I were that type of person, I'd sub to you just because of this video!

[@miller7745]

I miei complimenti, ottima partita... :-) Non sono un Pro e ti ringrazio perché ho imparato molto guardandoti giocare. Buona fortuna per le prossime sfide.

[@guillaumericher-rochon4902]

Coongrats on the 1M views :)

[@blainewalton1210]

The Viper did 1v5 for Extreme AI. He won by using a constant spam of archers. I pulled up the video.

[@fertileplanet7756]

any one of those beginners could probably go against 5 of players my level and win, I am incredibly bad at this game, probably one of the worst players out there. Can't even stand a chance against a moderate ai

[@circle4106]

this is what happens behind an age of empires 3 extreme difficulty bot

[@jeffreysamson5938]

Sees videos like this on KZbin : back to hard AI campaign missions it is.

[@cbz3237]

All that clicking to do nothing is wild 😭😭😭

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

Is it common for people to play without having "Explored" selected, I think I did that literally one time and determined I was never going to play again where I legitimately had to scout with my horse and sheep.

[@kenc00l]

me at 15:19 rn those archers have great timing to find the still constructing town center, barrack and castle.

[@kenc00l]

16:20 another poor castle that will never beat the tallest building record of its time.

[@AEMT-ks4so]

I havent played AOE2 since middle school. I wonder how good i would be after watching T90, SOTL, and multiple pros for the last couple years.

[@enfynet]

Before watching; the pro is faster so they can boom and field a large army while the beginners are still trying to balance farms and trees. Also; beginners are more likely to stay in the game until their last villager is killed.

[@AlexRoseGames]

33:47 which delete trick?

[@herrsteppsch29]

dunno, want to know it too

[@liam3128]

Damn! My uncle showed me this game when I was 8, I'm 29 now hahaa! shit might have to give it a go again, I played it for a few years!

[@spartstar45]

Bro wtf was that, my brain explodes in the first 3 min

[@Salted_Potato]

Never played AOE in my life but this was fun to watch

[@amirabbas2126]

Cool concept Hera !

[@Antonivs]

Oh, this is depressing to me! I saw playing Tatoh, The Viper and you and I feel that it's impossible to reach that higher level! It's like play basic chords in guitar and try to play like Steve Vai or even worse, Paco de Lucía.

[@tigerstripey4885]

Only a few manage to be this good. You need to learn the game inside out and spend too much of your life in becoming better at it. All in all, it's not worth it, life is too short. Go out, do something fun. AOE is an old game and not many casual gamers play it these days, it's more of a specialist game, you need to be a nerd/geek to be good at this, otherwise you just lose over and over again. The game is dead as far as casual gaming is concerned.

[@chemicalconfusion6164]

I start to think going pro at any game other than this is easy after watching this, like he doesn’t take break

[@MCKhanstent]

Were there any rules like no scout/vil rush? Cause honestly wouldn't the four of them just be able to send their scouts to Hera's base and kill all his vils or guard his resources so vils couldn't get near him? Then it's just a waiting game until the four of you build up and attack as a group. The least they could have done was take out a few vils to set him back. Edit: This is all just theory as I'm new to the game. Awesome vid and I've been watching your channel trying to learn the game. Love the content. ✌

[@gingerbeard3341]

The skill difference is too wide for this to be effective anyway. Hera is very good at defending so he would have not lost any vils much, and he was first in Feudal. At this elo the four opponents would not be able to micro much, or at the expense of their eco to the extend that it would not have been worth it. I think there are several simple improvements that would make the game much harder for Hera. Like only one of them made skirmishers (and late) when Hera was full archers (skirms counter archers). Going men at arm late vs archers is another mistake (archer counter men at arms, and men at arms are only good as a rush). Walling earlier and going to military earlier would have helped too (at 4v1 they naturally have more eco/pop, they mainly need to avoid taking damage). And as you pointed out coordination was also missing.

[@Andi.E]

honestly i love how crazy it looks when professional players play games but in games like starcraft or aoe it just looks like adhs the way they spam click xD

[@SilverTwinkle]

My eyes can't follow this.

[@rafalves]

This video is a good example of why younger players prefer CoC over AoE, and it's not just because they only have mobile.

[@dhirtimankhati8376]

NIce Intro you got there

[@jikoos]

i have never played this game before. do i know what's going on? no. but am i entertained? heck yeah

[@ginisisprogaming4842]

Broo, how fast the pro click 😅 I love watching this kind of video but when it's come to the age of empire I must watch it with commentary because I don't understand what's going on 🤣

[@Mp57navy]

I'll have to report you for war crimes.

[@ec6052]

On any island or fortress map, byzantine empire.. I used to do 1v7 Expert. No gamer but I did play this from it's creation to about 2007 when I stopped playing video games but this was the best.

[@domhuckle]

Listening to you multiclick everything reminds me how far I am behind