Professional Player vs 4 Beginners | Aoe2

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[@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

[@Dasnanortion]

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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@johnnewman5428]

Looks like we found the elo where players know about builds but not counters.

[@theBeT95]

Wouldn't say people know the builds at elo below 1k , sometimes even a 11xx doesn't know

[@rogerflipse5121]

@@theBeT95 If they try hard they know. Most likely due to playing the art of war. I'm really new to this game and at 80 hours I can finally beat ai on hardest. I didn't know counters at first, but knew build orders.

[@nbrain1595]

@@rogerflipse5121 well calling art of war builds or try hard is a bit far fetched :D

[@johnsmith-fz5pz]

@@rogerflipse5121 I played along time ago. like 99-2000s.when the game came out. I guess the pros circuit wasn't like now. people played on zone then :) and I knew some counters. (a couple) as I said game was new. youtube wasnt out. you jsut did your best. haha. but I don't think build orders where a thing yet. just had to wing it and do alright and get troops out etc. ;)

[@Ar0war]

@@johnsmith-fz5pz build orders was indeed a thing. Those times your best bet was to download recorded games. I remember watching arch_koven and Capoch on aoe2 and the conquerors. Good times

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@followpinkie1034]

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

[@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

[@daryakhan2498]

Loved this game. Keep those coming! Impressive work

[@bensonrabe6728]

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

[@mitch4069]

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

[@user-jp1tx3oi4u]

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

[@atharvaphatak5681]

Make more such videos!! Really enjoyed watching 😀

[@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

[@b0606089]

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

[@gusphillips7623]

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

[@mr.n476]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@flipskee]

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

[@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.

[@chaabraaah5823]

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

[@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?

[@ashplague6200]

Teal putting in work, mad props to him

[@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

[@phansen7047]

This was really fun to watch.

[@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

[@metathanatos]

Good and fun game, @Hera, loved it.

[@SirQuantization]

Great video Hera. Good shit.

[@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

[@amirabbas2126]

Cool concept Hera !

[@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! :)

[@DarioKesegiG0CA]

Congrats Hera!!

[@tag180rotax]

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

[@RykerFreegeld]

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

[@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.

[@alexthielke]

thats incredible i play since the start of de 1v2 and 1v3 against 3 friends (rated 1.3-4 ish) winning the 1v2s like 20% of times (earlier i won more often) the 1on3 i only won 2 times yet (we play nomad meantime) 1v4 i would have any chance so i pull my hat hera good job

[@chemicalconfusion6164]

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

[@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.....

[@fernandomontesdeoca2433]

Congrats for your first video with a million views 🎉

[@ChristicleNielsen]

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

[@Nikolai.007]

1 MILLION VIEWS CONGRATS HERA 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@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 😂😂

[@ICanSeeSharp]

The Link to k1 Channel in description is not working, since his account is suspended

[@jeffreysamson5938]

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

[@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

[@sugarray1093]

Holy fuck the scout herding the ostrich was next level.

[@instantkevlar4763]

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

[@v1Dice]

Watching this brings me so much nostalgia

[@nicolasspray]

man if only teal made that many skirmisher instead of archers

[@pulkitsinha3736]

What's the timer above heras facecam for?

[@lafoonxiii5311]

Holy hell...I've only every watched T90 casts on youtube, never seen from an actual player's POV...I got dizzy. How do you keep all of your units straight in your head?! The apm is insane!

[@bedirhandilen]

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

[@jiemileng7745]

Congrats Hera on the 1 million views

[@Salted_Potato]

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

[@rohitvyas8769]

age of empire 2 definative edition doesn't start after downloading from Microsoft store..do you have any soultion

[@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!

[@justintyme4690]

I love that animated intro

[@bojjold]

I’m pretty late but all of your mods are on the workshop? Trying different texture pack but yours is the only interesting one. Also your movements looks really smooth. Great content tho!

[@GrumpyOldBoy]

I don't even play this game. But your plays each time, very clever manipulation of all functions LOL

[@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.

[@bhupindersohal4972]

This is fun to watch.

[@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.

[@juanpablogalindo-dewitt6615]

If you ever do another one of these I would love to take part of it! 😁 I am also a low elo player and learnt everything I know from your channels! 🤙🏼🙌🏼 (JpGalindo)

[@AMediumSizedKodiak]

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

[@guillaumericher-rochon4902]

Coongrats on the 1M views :)

[@glitchover9894]

from where you guys get this version of that game ?

[@b0606089]

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

[@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 🤣

[@dhirtimankhati8376]

NIce Intro you got there

[@studydude]

I kinda get bored watching AO2 Games, but stuff like this is a very interesting watch. Do more, Get another million views Hera.

[@Its_Free_Realestate]

I just like sitting back and watching the guys fight I’ve been playing this way wrong 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@olizandrey2]

Intro cracked me up. XD

[@DruNature]

hell yeah Jambi92 def a fellow Tool fan!

[@johnsmithe4656]

Holy shit this guy moves fast. And precise. Damn. What mouse is he using?

[@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.

[@David-uh8bz]

Great video!

[@mohammadsakka6568]

which version you play? or it is online version?

[@TheJo1hn]

These videos are great. Maybe try 5 opponents or vs 4 AI.

[@karnazacss]

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

[@judasnanas2347]

9 this bad!!!!!

[@jasonscala5834]

How many days does a mouse last?

[@blainewalton1210]

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

[@RysioACF]

Does anyone know what is the song at the beginning of the video?

[@jurienkoster1340]

Epic stuff