Aoe2 HD: Tutorial: Fast Castle Age, Knight Rush, Economic Boom

[@LazyScoutJace]

Holy crap I realized I am crap at this game

[@ramb0nat0r]

+LazyScoutJace hahaha me tooo, lets play together :D

[@dudeistpreist5721]

I think my record was 18 or 19 min imperial age

[@ramb0nat0r]

Das Carlin no way...

[@ramb0nat0r]

***** imperial in 18 min?

[@dudeistpreist5721]

I don't know what to say we were big boomers and used markets and resource central civs even trade carts

[@tofuchicken2]

Excelent tutorial man, not only do u tell how, but also the why

[@Gnurklesquimp]

Something overlooked by alot of teachers, what's the point in learning stuff if you don't understand it :D

[@TakedownO44]

Just like everyone else in the comments, I too realised how ass I am at this game...

[@conormurphy2653]

Join the club 😥

[@amoeb81]

me too, joining the club... I just realised how much more is to this game

[@conormurphy2653]

ildur always remember though, when things get tough, "tuk tuk tuk "😉

[@JoBikotch]

Started playing online yesterday...I feel like I've never even played the game. Even though I started playing when I was like 5 and the game was released :'(

[@Ready2FreakingPlow]

Just curious, did you never play this online? On the AoC Zone or whatever? This guy is good, but he's probably Elo rated 1800 tops, which is Intermediate. In fact, from what I remember, almost all of the best players began their rush in Feudal age. A castle age rush is more effective in multiplayer games because it doesn't sacrifice your economy as drastically.

[@Buch__]

I am scared of playing multiplayer after watching this ;_;

[@GuiDMello]

I'm searching strategies online because I've got raped at multiplayer.

[@Buch__]

GuiDMello lol

[@jhondusky]

dont do that! T_T

[@honkai8692]

archer rush strategy looks like a big hit for the knight rush tho.. i mean as long as you are good at this game you will not scared of any cheese stuff

[@Matthew-jw4ds]

did it feel good though? ;-; nah jk

[@eleanoremartinez9784]

That feeling when you realised that you need to triple task at the begining of each game on aoe2 :o

[@ContentNot]

_H+C = villager creation_ 1-6 sheep 7-9 wood [[ Loom ]] > 10-16 boar/sheep > 17 mill -> berry > 16 2nd boar 18-19 wood > 20-22 gold 23-26 farms )) =relocate the 14 food villagers= )1 build house )1-5 berry )6-10 deer )11-14 new wood )) [[ FEUDAL AGE ~ LOOM ]] [> [> > 27-29 wood > [[ CASTLE AGE ]] [> [> [> [> [> > recruit two knights ASAP (120 food, 150 gold per two) 6-10 farm (were deer hunters) *At this point you place all the new villagers at the resource you have least of* {{PLAN OF ATTACK}} With the scout you shouldve already figured out where the eco camps are. Get the outside wood camps with your first two knights. Keep adding knights per two to help. When you've blocked wood income go on to the other camps. When you have ~15 knights you can try to go for TC, optional is a forward Siege Workshop.

[@ContentNot]

+Edvared This is basically the video written out, do notice that some of these things happen at the same time and some after eachother. (really useful to have on the side if you have dual screens.) I hope this helps you out :3

[@KalvickQT]

+Edvared Helpful

[@ThanukaRoshan]

+Edvared thanks buddy

[@praveenshrivastava5925]

+Edvared Hey just wondering, shouldn't getting the mill upgrades important too? I get the fast castle and stuff but when you have 8- 10 farms it turns out to be a big difference.

[@Shadow77999]

+Edvared its not h+c

[@kingj282]

Wow, I usually wall myself off and try to build in fear. This is a whole other level of strategy for me

[@richardbonnette490]

Haha. I know this is an d post, but I totally relate to this. Usually I just love building my economy, gently focusing on upgrades always and everywhere, rarely building defenses. This tactic fails on moderate bot, so I have been looking for something equivalent and suitable. It does not help I have not yet learned the hot key for the town center ....

[@merio8073]

ALLRIIIIIGHT

[@OrlandoAponte]

Holy shit this tutorial makes me feel like such a noob. I'll have to try this strat with Huns first, just to make it slightly simpler for my feeble mind.

[@MrRockdabells]

Could also go for Teutons, cheap farms = more farms or less woodcutters..or just more wood ('yeah thats what she said', she said) ;)

[@ilyakoryavov3897]

MrKobayashi teutons are awesome anyway, the +3 castle range is pretty good bonus too

[@Maria-qw9om]

I simply build 3 layers of walls and 2 layers of towers in narrow spaces on black forest with britons and just watch how ai fails miserably trying to invade me

[@flyingdutchman9053]

Maria Budišin yeah cause the ai is a challenge in any game

[@justice_1337]

lmao, my games used to last 4hrs against ai. although it was a great 4hrs ;-)

[@sejfzlrrhman]

My previous game lasted more than 5 hours. 😆 I still haven't finished it. It got too late, so I saved the game and went to bed. I might have to continue at a later date.

[@FunkBastid]

The Chad Inefficient Play

[@madeye3514]

best 4 hours ever,4 hours of fun ,thats the best way to play(for fun)

[@marioshepherd6375]

Mine was also 4 hours today but I play with 7Ai and teams of two witch is quite fun

[@marioshepherd6375]

On the most difficult setting

[@Shadow77999]

turn around and fight the boar like a man xDD

[@muhammadidrees42]

HAHAHA

[@gibby9215]

Suicidal tendencies.

[@vvinterwulf]

@@gibby9215 SxTx

[@mego581]

Hahahaha!!

[@JohnnyHand]

Thank you so much, best turoial which i saw!

[@photocide17]

Nice

[@apfelstrudlOfOA]

Me when I realized that I forgot to push out villagers for 5 seconds "It's lost boys, either restart or resign". Me when not finding my sheep before I have built both of my starting houses: "GG WP, I hate this game." My teammate when I fail with a boar: *TheLegend_27 resigned*

[@d1ks4u]

was this supposed to be funny?

[@0othman0]

@@d1ks4u it's only funny if you can relate

[@primalvision1620]

lmfao all three happened to me last game

[@elgaro]

Hahahahahhah

[@JachymorDota]

Your start building order and the boar pulling really helped me getting a proper early advantage. I found myself investing too much in eco technologies too early as well. Thanks for the help!

[@Metal00m]

I've been playing AoE for years, since I was a kid, but never bothered to learn a build order! This was incredibly helpful, and really showed me where I've been going wrong in multiplayer games. Thanks again, will need to practice this a lot to really get it down haha

[@theunknownjoe9846]

Holy crap, I just realized the key to acting faster is using Hotkeys... I just played an online match a few minutes ago and got Knight Rushed pretty badly. LOL This helped plenty.

[@alfino116]

Alriiiight

[@CutiePetutiee]

I took your advice and i've improved tons! :) Just still having trouble building a huge army! I think i need to put more villagers on gold in the beginning! I went to the Feudal and Castle Age really fast!

[@birilman]

on feudal you can throw more villagers to gold but i'd recommend that on dark (like he does) to only have 2 on gold

[@m3m3mine]

this was fantastic. i hadnt played AOC for years and had gone rusty. Your video helped me tons!

[@brothermalcolm]

learned a lot watching this video. prioritise your defensive research over offensive in order to boost offence. set gather points for your stables at the opponents' lumber camps.

[@Ecution3r]

Just found your channel last night and have been watching for hours. I used to play a lot of AoE back in the Internet Cafe day but mostly just endless games with my buddies.Just now am I picking up on all these strategies and details since I started playing again a month ago and have since played CK and EU. Thanks for all the awesome videos and continue the good work!

[@TheOnlyGFergie]

I had never won unless I played a water map (built a bunch of galleons and killed the enemy) OR played the Black Forest (numerous trees for protection) but on my first try of using this strategy, I WON! Thank you! Some stats: I used the Teutons, highland map, hard difficulty, and the enemy was the Japanese. The game lasted 37 minutes and 15 seconds.

[@sejfzlrrhman]

OMG. I'm the exact opposite. 😅 I HATE water maps because I don't like to build up a navy. I always try to play on land maps and get into frequent little skirmishes with the enemy AI.

[@jacobnutter1639]

Loved hearing the reasoning behind your choices!

[@nern3889]

I played AOE 2 and Rise of Nations religiously when i was a kid! Was fun watching and learning about the game again. Thinking about buying it for myself as a birthday gift! Good video, liked how you explained what you are doing as you are doing it! leaving a thumbs up!

[@QPA]

How did I get that skyn with the small threes?

[@phisiic9800]

it's a mod you can download :)

[@Mikeyyyy_]

Been a solid 10 years since I last played this game, it's a throwback installing the expansion again

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Wow! You're so much faster at playing this game than I am. Well done! Thanks for the information. Take care, Sam.

[@Joellllllllll]

holy crap, how do you think that fast... damn that's gonna take me like years of practice to get that good.

[@Maiykll]

Frankie Pie Im sure that he had that practice too

[@izzmoh4284]

+Pax|Gz lel took me 2 months or so to reach this level. Its obvious that he plays vs ai

[@benhambley7820]

First video I have really watched on AOE, thanks Resonance your content is great.

[@Gunth0r]

A good dark age boom is a boom without a second of idle tc / vils. Some remarks: - only have two/three vils on the first house - immediately move one sheep and one vil to under the tc - when luring boar / herding sheep, move them under your tc - the one vil that finished the houses can go for the close trees while you get up to 6 on sheep, move her to build the lumber camp as soon as you hit 6 vils on sheep. - the next two houses should be built by only one vil, move the others to the sheep - start the barracks at 55-60% feudal age researched

[@viking6903]

Your video from 7 years ago helped me so much! Thanks mate

[@DBZ483]

Your comment from 7 months ago helped me thank you so much!

[@fairuzaiman1746]

Watching this in 2018 because this game was my childhood game and I just found this game back. Love AoE!!!

[@incrediblymediocrevideos3053]

My first time playing this 4 days ago. Absolutely love it.

[@strawberrymilk1683]

love the game but its UI is so small. how do you have that size resolution??

[@rheinnabi5052]

u can change the resolution if u play on voobly to make it really zoomed out

[@cristobalpinas2824]

Still the greatest aoe KZbinr

[@blindinglights02]

this is a great video. sometimes I find it hard to know exactly what to do but ive figured out its best to push than be pushed. top man thx.

[@Neverwas]

18 minutes...I used to play for like more than 1 hour before getting to where you got to...I fucking suck ahahahah

[@Oridan1]

+Neverwas game speed is x2 here

[@gtb_greedy7208]

+Oridan1 no it's not?

[@KrekreDoBusao]

Don't worry dude, he is also not good. Normally a regular Castle Age is at 16 minutes. Anyway, this strategy doesn't work anymore against the new AI. He will attack you before 14 minutes.

[@hypernova7344]

For real? No wonder I keep failing... I've tried over and over to beat the AI at a knight rush lol

[@GABRIELMOTAUCHOA]

Amazing tips, this is a video was looking for, thank you.

[@jamesbramley4427]

Just been binge watching alot of your videos. and tbh i have to say they have really helped out alot. Thanks man :D

[@herbytree]

Thanks for this. Very useful vid.

[@PeacecraftProductions]

Thank you! Tried it, worked just like in your video. I did learn a great deal watching :)

[@Typhlosion56]

Thank you so much for this! Today I played against my brother and won for the first time by a different way without building a wonder lmao. I went for the lumber camp like you did, then built a forward siege workshop and proceeded to wreak havoc. My brother was so angry that he didn't quit until I found all of his villagers haha. Cheers mate!

[@aldecoafotografia9877]

Cool strategy. looks like what i was doing but more organized and with much more efficient tips. It helped a lot! thanks

[@Saltiren]

This is great! I've been playing for 6 years but I've been just playing, never playing online. Now I'm going to start learning how to actually play the game like a pro and this is a great guide. Thanks Resonance!

[@EmmettMartinHatlelid]

Really helpful! Good job and can't wait to watch some more.

[@SevenHellsOneHeaven]

his "all right" scares me D:

[@stephenhughes1862]

Great video. AoE II is as complex as chess - it is infinitely hard and will never be mastered

[@wolfonahunt]

So that's why I get my ass kicked. Good shit. Time to practice. Thanks. :)

[@Marpfie]

Im never gonna be good at this game lol

[@hazwuncertified]

not without that attitude! i believe in u

[@TheNobleTitanGAMES]

With* sorry

[@guyb6665]

Your German accent goes hand in hand with your high efficiency standards haha

[@rickbiessman6084]

Hahaha :D Sorry to disappoint you, but that is NOT a German accent. If you want to hear a German accent, watch my vid... :P

[@jakethedawg8850]

Rick Biessman I think he could be german. It's very hard to tell, but every once in a while it sounds slightly like a german accent. But it's almost unnnoticable... at least to a german :D Edit: He could also be french, if you listen to how he pronounces the "th"^^

[@BabaDerBaer80]

this is for sure not a german accent...

[@rickbiessman6084]

I’ll take that as a compliment - anyone got any tips concerning a faster castle age ? :D

[@guyb6665]

yes, his accent is American. I was referencing the voice he puts on at 2:44 "A list of all ze graphics mods that I have"

[@159Fender159]

I used to play this game when I was like 9. I had a lot of fun just spawning the machine gun shelbys lmao. I’m 21 now and just got this game again, and I can’t figure it out. I don’t even know how 9 year old me played this.

[@NoobG4M3RTV]

Same here. When i was like 10 i played against Expert AI and still managed to win somehow and today i have no damn idea how i did that

[@eternalruin4324]

nearly 20 years and this game is still lit

[@burak8854]

i am a noob i realized!

[@michaelsmaha2864]

Compared to this guy, I am big noob

[@UnCutGameplayCYP]

+Michael Smaha I am even bigger noob :P

[@andrewc7451]

me too haha

[@rrkwarmonger]

You don't know what a noob is until you've seen me

[@virusms9766]

Hey that's a nice video. Was very useful as for me. Well I saw some moments I do myself like renovating lumber camps so they walk less or luring boars or stuff but yeah, I saw some new moments. Thanks.

[@BoxMonkeyPS]

food is most important in the beginning is what i learned, but i get the whole concept

[@Deathranger999]

I literally just got this game yesterday...holy crap this is insane.

[@michaelflynn7126]

thanks a lot for this video!! I'm a super noob XD (elo is 1450s haha). I actually advanced to feudal as fast as possible then spent ages in feudal age and often got knight rushed or sniped by loads of archers/crossbowmen haha. this has helped me out loads and I'm already getting to castle age in 18 minutes. practising all the hot keys to make my time even quicker. but yeah super helpful video liked and subscribed man thanks a bunch!

[@Resonance22Channel]

Yeah I realize that it would be a better tutorial if it featured real players. I only used a computer opponent so that I could play without any lag to have better play on my end. However, I do agree with you and in the future if I have any recorded games that feature real players executing a strategy well, I will use those instead. Thanks for the feedback and kind words! :) I very much appreciate it.

[@TheArchitectOfDreams]

Long games are super fun. Rushing is interesting, but I love watching big battles.

Wooow... so fast! I need to practice a LOT! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@rbro-9099]

Question, I noticed you sent the first 2 knights you made right at the enemy economy, do you think it would be better to gather maybe 4-6 knights and then strike so that way you can do more damage without your opponent knowing what you are up to, or do you think it’s better to just get a knight even if it’s only 1 knight to the economy as fast as possible. I only ask this because if a human player saw your 1 knight they would know exactly what your up to and they would creat pikes ASAP but maybe it would already be too late if you had a steady flow of knights.

[@DaniiaGT]

As a child, my oldest brother showed me the cheatcodes way so every time I used to play this game would be using cheatcodes, now of course, I thought I was the best player ever or at least "good". Fast-forward to lockdown 2020, here is me trying to play this game without any cheatcodes and finding out I'm ABSOLUTELY SHIT AT IT!!! they be at the imperial age with an army of 500+ while I'm still trying to get enough villagers to farm and get me enough food to go onto castle age lmfao this is why I'm here, so thank you xDDDD

[@quiketnies]

that's like playing aoe 2 while on cocaine lol

[@Halfman]

what civs are most likely to do the knight rush?

[@sullysnq5430]

I've been trying to figure out how to zoom out like u do. Is it because your monitor is a different resolution or is it a mod? I installed all the ones on ur list and a couple don't even work for me. But yeah, just wondering how u have that more zoomed out view, looks much easier to play that way.

[@ljtheiss]

How did you get your game display to include more/be more zoomed out? I want to be able to see and control more units/map area at a time.

[@TheOnlyGFergie]

Luke Theiss there’s a video on KZbin called “Age of Empires 2 HD How To Zoom Out...”

[@Maria-qw9om]

Higher resolution monitor?

[@maarcislv]

Well... I can win allmost every videogame on the highest difficulty, unless it has something to do with the strategy... in that case it's like - "Hey, I just built my first farm! How the hell did you managed to build 20 elephant archers while I was still at the Dark Age?! :O" - That's what happened the last time when I wanted to challenge myself against "Conquerors AI" on medium difficulty.

[@AidenAdhmad]

+_ Martin wow we really should play against eachother this sounds like me every attempt at AoE II

[@13luewine]

love this vid. It's applicable to almost any strategy, and is great to get any beginner started on playing better :)

[@labestiapolitica3438]

I used to play the Aztecs and Britons in conquerors I became very efficient at countering the Hun cavalry rush. The way to counter is exactly what he did but focus on pikemen and their upgrades by feudal age jumping to castle is 1st priority the once you counter the rush hit his gold mines and he will struggle in rebuilding his knight rush, you can basically cripple them that way.

[@leoderose1051]

Thanks a lot! This is really helpful; I'll use it as my guide. Thanks, again!

[@supermini100]

i forgot to say that i love all your videos, and im always watching. and thanks for your videos im getting a little better (theres yet a lot to improve though)

[@hakimsen7147]

good tutorial i never tried to do knight rush before

[@whatisinaname4313]

some 15 years back i used to do something similar, I used to rush to castle age and take down their town center with knights. Then i also used to build lots of pikeman to defend against knights. Back then I used to play on MSN.

[@Resonance22Channel]

Very true! Every time I finally remember to get my Mining Camp upgrades at a reasonable time I tend to forget something else. It's something that I am working on. :)

[@TheCherryTrader]

*whispers gently into her ear* allllright

[@ADCFproductions]

a'ight!! :D

[@PPGIRL420]

Damn, I can never manage to play RTS games at this speed.

[@azuresekerio2169]

this tutorial really helped. thank you :) i was online with someone and did this strategie and i won!!! :)

[@realdarrenparis1476]

Resonance, could you please help, I have a laptop 1377x768 and my screen is literally 2x zoomed as yours if not 3x and it makes me very inefficient. I use steam and just want to know if there is a way to resize? I've tried almost everything.

[@Claudia-sc8lf]

ur game playing is so smooth

[@micheleubalducci6533]

is there anyone else who can't beat the AI in standard difficulty like me?

[@LordWoodpecker]

Standard is actually easy because it never rushes too early and you can just put a castle before them

[@corbeau-_-]

it all depends on strategy. watch the replay, try something different. hotkeys are important... have a certain goal: castles, trees, onagers, pikes, cavalry, etc.

[@natanfk2]

Me too, but because I spend my time on unimportant things. I like to surround my base with walls and towers, which is fun, but seems to be a complete waste of time and resources. I also normally don't hunt deers or boars, seems it's important to do it...

[@uglymeez236]

Michele Ubalducci disrupt their supply lines with early archers

[@mauer1]

@@natanfk2 boars are definitly important, its 300 food which is harvested at the best speed, especially if you have the boar under your tc. Deer can help if you can mikro the 4 hunters good. But there are more like having free farms.

[@matthewboyle7731]

this is a great tutorial for the n00bs but for the pros, if u go fast castle and not wall up, you risk a counter fuedal rush before you even reach the castle age.

[@Yo-yo9yp]

What type of mouse are you using ball tract or ?

[@RageFireMaster]

Hey there i have a question: i always thought it was bad to build farms in the dark age already since i upgrade them immediatly in feudal also you still had deer and berries for food income, so why build farms that early in the game? And edit: did you rly play against a Hard Bot? Cuz when i play against Medium Bot by the time you rushed him he will also be in castle age and have knights as well.....

[@Foojum]

I forgot how great this game was. Childhood, right here.

[@devindelgrego4500]

Used to take me 40 minutes to hit castle lol. Now I get there around 20 minutes.

[@residentevilfreak33]

Awesome video bro thanks for the help!!

[@Psytripification]

awesome tutorial , thank you from france bro !

[@meowmix6401]

how do you deal with someone that spams priests, that haunts my dreams, he just converted all my units, so messed up

[@izzmoh4284]

Light cav

[@pranavdeshpande4538]

Scot line is resistant to conversion and they are pretty good at countering monk rush

[@WTiiWarcraft]

Very helpful for helping me to crush my followers!

[@pglanville]

This was great. Thanks for creating this content.

[@aviralsaxena08]

bro u r a champ. u made me learn so much. also make a tutorial to counter Knight rush

[@federicoalbojer9105]

@resonance22channel I have a very important question which is going to improve my game, how do I make it so that trees look as small as they appear in your game. I can't put my lumbercamps efficiently with the huge trees that appear on my game

[@poohbear8327]

All of that makes sense. I guess the hard part is memorizing all those hotkeys, they make you so much more efficient.

[@hoek2313]

Do you think this also works on a bit bigger map and against human players? great tutorial though! loved it. think i gotta work on my hotkey skills :)

[@COlinDseries]

This does work when you play against human players but only if you can wall your base since you dont have anything to defend :)

[@Resonance22Channel]

That is understandable. The Aztec villagers hold more resources before dropping them off, so you will likely have to "force drop-off" your shepherds' food when playing the Aztecs. :) And of course they lack Cavalry units so you'd have to use Eagle Warriors. At some point I plan to make a separate video for the Mayans and Aztecs. Their strategy is known as a "klew" or Eagle Warrior Rush.

[@madeye3514]

i usually create villagers to keep food at 100,idk why , and i put lots of vills at wood so i can build stuff , and if i have water on the map i use mainly fishing ships instead of farms ,this video hopefully will help me stop being a noob against rookie level AI, thanks

[@Knuffeldraak]

just a note, the aztecs can't knight rush as they don't have access to stables :P

[@guyfun100]

Fuck Knight rush just hit em with the 1,2 Villager Rush combo

[@maarcislv]

Uriel de Vries just build up enough villagers then, and go attack with them :D ... Town Center is usually pretty weak at the Dark Age

[@aruarian43]

mind blown !

[@dethdad123]

+Gasai Yuno yeah but in all fairness they don't really need knights when you have the elite Plummed archers and eagle warriors

[@jonathanthekangaroojoestar4393]

*alright*

[@loganpodojil8965]

just watched the ilumiknight version, this is much better. Ill move on to the new one next lol

[@omarshalaby473]

awsome stuff man appreciate this

[@jhonifernando3857]

but in my AOE 2,the enemy so fast than you so what do you think to be more faster than enemy?

[@ljtheiss]

How can I make everything in the window smaller/zoomed out? That one isn't in any of the listed mods that are current.