So You Want To Play Bulgarians

Bulgarians are quite tricky to play and are very unorthodox. However they do have strong and unique options that can be used in messy games to get significantly further ahead. Be sure never to rush aging up with this civ, you need the time in each age to really make use of their expensive options. Hope you guys enjoy, and be sure to comment below which civ you want to see next week!
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[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Tried out a new thumbnail style for the series where I use a wonder and add text, if you guys like it I will go back and do all the old ones like it!

[@SM-bb4hx]

Khmer next please.

[@viciousslayer]

Wonder >castle cause we never see wonders

[@adamrfisher6297]

Goths!

[@kevinlecavalier9720]

Thumbnails are important but there so much value in your videos (infos + entertainment) and you're consistent with those series (road to 2k or this So you wanna play...) so I really think that the thumbnail is secondary.... I would keep more time for you to play, stream, make your personal stuff and if you happen to have somebody who does all your technical stuff, let him do his magic... if you don't I suggest you get a AOE fan in your twitch to work in the edit room for you, could pay him a little and give him exposure for his work in return! I'm coming from a business standpoint, it's only opinion and so far your judgment is really good! sry my english, french Luv from Montreal and good luck at BOA2, you guys seems to be playin' even more together than before, teamwork conquers all! Ciao

[@mellocol361]

New thumbnail style looks good, easy to tell at a glance

[@wackiechan300]

Honestly I'd love to see one on Indians next. No idea how to play them in 1v1

[@davidsvec4715]

Agree :d

[@SuperUux]

Malay! They were just fixed with the new update so it could be interesting to do them now :)

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Agreeeeed!

[@theinscrutablebaldness2597]

I'd like to see Malay too. Complex eco civ to play and the unit combos aren't obvious with them either.

[@facundomartinez313]

Ya sekuga Baginda!

[@ivobarbisdostal9630]

I like to see vikings next week but in maps without water

[@julianxamo7835]

Go archers, continue with xbows in castle and mix in some Berserkers if the other guy goes cav

[@far4955]

Fatslob Vikings then kek

[@kalleekstrom6770]

@@julianxamo7835 I don't think it's wise to consider Berserks until you're a few castles into imp. They're quite expensive to upgrade after all, and require a lot of production to sustain mass. Archers -> xbows -> Arbs + Siege ram should be the standard play I'd say. The eco bonuses in Feudal and Castle should hopefully let you get momentum with your archers, and then you develop your position through rams and a slightly faster imp.

[@julianxamo7835]

@@kalleekstrom6770 A few Berserkers aren't that expensive in CA, and they train VERY quickly

[@kalleekstrom6770]

Julian Xamo Those are the most expansive zerks actually; for them to be effective, you need at least both armour upgrades, squires and chieftains (if vs cav). That’s why I suggested imp when you can eat this cost and also have enough castles to produce enough berserks to make the investment worthwhile. Sure, Berserks are good vs Eagles in castle, but That’s a quite niche situation compared to facing knights or xbows. Maybe you could argue going unupgrsded zerks vs pikes + mangos, and sure, if you have a castle up, this might work, but in general I’d stick with xbows + siege/monks/pikes until imp. Note: if you expect huskarl spam, Eagle spam, pyjama spam or similar then I would agree that producing and upgrading berserks in castle could be good.

[@rockin1014]

Tatars next!

[@agustincastagnini9502]

Love the serie "so you want to play..." . Saludos desde Argentina !

[@takethebluepill16]

I still wanna see Malians. I loved the flexibility of the civ while I was learning build orders and stuff

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

Yoo hera you’re the man. ive been playing with them and their cav seem quite op with stirrups

[@Bzhydack]

Make Byzantines next!

[@Polux77]

Great Video! I guess I figured how to quick wall out thanks to your video, in addition to Bulgarians tutorial. TYVM Have a nice rest and stay out from negativity dude.

[@idiotphd1046]

Byzantines

[@mibon1984]

thanks hera, would love to see cumans next!

[@thomasrogers3008]

Amazing series. Would love to see Khmer, Malay, Vietnamese or Italians. Peace bro

[@alexismarquis-masse4124]

Malians

[@ericlandon950]

Great vid! Malians next, please!

[@saiikka]

great videos! Would love to see Japanese or Aztecs next

[@rlara5]

Great vid! What do you think about the Magyars, do you see a use in their cheap elite unit army? or is this something that comes to play only in longer games? I'm looking forward to when you make their video. Thanks Hera!

[@terrab1ter4]

Just saying this was a crazy game, really entertaining to watch!

[@Jaopazo]

Hera you rocks!

[@alexberry1950]

Gutted Hera cut the video before he went brain-dead and I asked if he was high! Anyway, great video as always :)

[@Gui101do]

Nice Bulgarians overview! Britons next?

[@nordkrom4270]

Bagain is pronounced baga -INN and have nothing to do with Bilbo Bagins ;D Greetings from Bulgaria :)

[@kevinlecavalier9720]

So cool to have people from the civilization to tell us the real thing, that's one of the beauty of the game! HeraHype

[@JJJHendrixxx]

"Bagain" was actually a title given to Boyars ironically enough, that part I did not know

[@AlCologne9]

Greetings from Australia. Plovdiv is one of my favourite towns in all my travels around Europe.

[@AlCologne9]

And anyone want a cool Bulgarian song while playing Bulgarians, KZbin search Querulist - Cookie. I don't know how to copy and paste on mobile.

[@btarczy5067]

This was a game worth showing in its own right, Hera jr. in here!

[@katarina_kali_linux6112]

Hello hera i love that series i would prefer briton or vietnamess next ;

[@Vlamon]

Thank you very much for explanations

[@brianabraham8726]

Magyars please!!! I love this series btw! Very helpful

[@markmcnair5864]

I LOVE this series. Please keep doing it and please do Ethiopians eventually!

[@nemes1s_aoe]

Loved it ... So you're playing KZbin pretty well! I agree, malians next !

[@PhreezyOnTheBeat]

they're a cool civ to play. konniks and kreposts are sick

[@matimass7736]

Hello hera. Wish you are okay. I vote for Celts next. See you on twitch. Keep going!!

[@eliaguerra3339]

I like this serie! I’d love to see Vikings!

[@bonevgm]

I love seeing Bulgarians. More of those unorthodox civs is good. I hope to see Aztecs next and meso civs are a bit hard or me with the exception of Mayans, that are archer focused. It would be great to have more infantry based builds. I know it's not the meta, but Bulgarians and Goths can benefit from have some builds.

[@JJJHendrixxx]

unorthodox? we're Christian Orthodox brother!

[@streamofthought8662]

i like these vids i will watch every one

[@vontosmagicmurderbag2611]

Bulgarians have one of the highest winning percentages in mid-tier elos--sixth best on Arabia. I have been playing only Bulgarians for the last few weeks, trying to "master" them (in a 1200 elo sense). I 100% agree with only building kreposts until you get near Imperial. What's worked best for me is starting the castle right about when I start to advance. That gives me time to research stirrups and be ready to make trebs as soon as I hit Imperial.

[@vontosmagicmurderbag2611]

Faster blacksmith techs has nice synergy with the konnik counting as two unit types.

[@OniUnleashed]

Still looking for Malians (Farimba Goodness), Cumans (2 tc or rams), or some Good ol Aztec Meta Play.

[@albertodezotti762]

I would be curious to see Italians next

[@theovermansailor5519]

Would like to see Tatars next

[@MinimusMomo]

I'd like to see Vietnamese next. I really like them but I also struggle in 1v1 with this civ

[@youssefboumaiza7997]

Would be awesome to see AZTEC next :)

[@iscissor1]

Go Tatars dude!

[@knights162]

Lithuanians next please, struggling getting the right balance of knight production and rushing relics

[@CG-eh6oe]

Go Byzantines next!

[@headecas]

twitch interacts with you live and youtube interacts by chosing the enxt civ for the next vid, genius

[@wernerb9014]

Great video. Lithuanians would be awesome.

[@Epilogue_04]

Hera, at which time you use to stream?

[@pepijngeorge9959]

Vikings next plz :)

[@CapeBone]

How do you play Cumans? The Feudal age TC makes for a confusing balance for eco.

[@saracen9347]

do khmer plz

[@reubenlouwerse4251]

I'd love to see a more water-based civ like Italians

[@offroadturkey]

Love the series! I would love to see some Japanese!

[@robotalex3]

I would love to see Vikings!

[@pascalbaryamo4568]

I haven’t thought of them as being slow and defensive! Played them highly aggressive most of the time, MAA into knights or cav archers. They suck in late game imho, mass hussars is what I usually go for

[@saketsingh84]

Indians next!

[@salildeshpande7]

imperial camelinos!!

[@salildeshpande7]

nice ltd btw, saket. so cool.

[@juanonebuyone]

please do Khmer next

[@rockin1014]

Finally

[@humbugswangkerton9972]

BYZANTINES BYZANTINES BYZANTINES BYZANTINES BYZANTINES

[@user-qs6tp2ci3s]

Hello Hera, are you still doing the coaching service?

[@omarperez5797]

I see hera, I click

[@alejandrocanelo3058]

Celts!

[@blakewiese9401]

I'd love to see Italians too!

[@derikaem8021]

why not tower rush? the tc-discount kind of gives you extra stone

[@icarian553]

I'd still say to make one castle in castle age to get stirrups. Konniks without stirrups are quite bad, they attack so slow. Also stirrups make bulgarian castle age knights best in the game.

[@Assaut19283]

Byzantines next!

[@HungMyHead]

Preise Malians next!

[@__________________________---_]

Hey, great video although i'd have liked to see the game going to imp. Whenever I play Bulgarians I just lose to CA. Are halbs and scorps the way to go? Edit: its ca + halbs. Do Konniks work?

[@jagosvujovic2086]

Just go SO and two hands against ca halb probably, you can also go konnik SO bcs konniks can also be used to raid as well as kill siege while two hands only really counter halbs so if you only want to just counter halbs then go two hands but you will probably still need hussar to kill their siege and also raid

[@__________________________---_]

@@jagosvujovic2086 Problem is (S)O gets outmicroed all the time.

[@jagosvujovic2086]

@@__________________________---_ um no? You can't ever fight SO with cav archers, you can fight onagers in low numbers but you can't just keep microing CA against a decent mass of onagers its just not a thing you will eventually get hit by an onager and lose all of ur CA or they will die to konniks because you can't kite konniks and dodge onager shots at the same time. Mangudai are a different story but CA still lose to SO and don't do very well against onagers either.

[@agent3332]

Don't forget you also have your own cav archers

[@albertomorelli6918]

Berbers next!

[@danielmcgann86]

Malians next please.

[@mariobeastable]

KHMER!!!!!!

[@silverbane5008]

just abuse houses to defend from raids and profit from OP farmers to boom into mass scorps + hussar + trebs. (make sure to grab the unique scorpion tech, very important) or elephants. Play knight or crossbow in castle age, or scorps, depending on your map. No age up requirement means you can pull off some strong strategies without killing your eco. (like for example scouts on arena for relic control). Khmer is OP. Goodluck.

[@zackhibbert8507]

Tatars plz

[@fizz7941]

I was wishing this for two months

[@pauliusmscichauskas558]

Would it be cool if Dismounted koniks could go to the stable and get a horse back?

[@tizianocecchetti1062]

Aztecs for next civ!

[@viciousslayer]

Huh that guy viciousslayer in chat sure looks familiar

[@viciousslayer]

Also Italians But on land :)

[@jodeer3232]

hera plays as bulgarien vs berber and i played yesterday as bulgarien with a berb as mate

[@musicpatron1693]

i like to line 25 kreposts in a 1 line and 1 castle. lol. i rush to castle age to get Krepost!

[@huytran2675]

magyars next pls

[@alejandroromero6464]

I'm thinking that italians are the counter for bularians, for having the Genoese crossbow, which counters both cavalry and infantry.

[@StoufSto]

SHoutout to Zyvexal in chat for reminding us all of the obligations we are skirting.

[@rehmandeen647]

Celts after you do Malians?

[@HolyShitNew]

i would like to see byzantines

[@MarkusHauthaler]

Goths next time pls

[@jackedwards1315]

I wanna see Magyar. I've been using them a lot cos they have the only trash unique unit

[@basaraprecurefan9448]

Hello, can you play AOE2DE as the Celts (green) with four opponents : Britons (Red), Franks (Blue), Teutons (Yellow) and italians (Grey)

[@eashaangodbole5410]

Portuguese next!

[@parthn-musicforwork4789]

Tatars next

[@davidhoudek9083]

how can i make my aoe2 to show me my control groups in the small symbols above the units information (like hera has)? pls help :-D

[@vibhorroy9225]

check game settings

[@beetoven8193]

Hi, Twitch!

[@CULatte]

Should Mbl go castle wall or krepost wall is the real question

[@ethug280]

How to play Bulgarians: Build walls at the speed of light. GG

[@FrogMast3r]

vikings next pls

[@solidcaptures2313]

32:06 That's what he said.

[@arizoniusmd]

Next week Aztecs plz

[@parthn-musicforwork4789]

Sergio Arizona Sick and Tired of that civ xP

[@godmarilputente7460]

Aztecs please!

[@Wobbuffet0]

I like Bulgarians

[@beng8079]

Byzantines please!

[@loudradialem5233]

24:06 Watch this magic trick: The Insta Wall!

[@jagosvujovic2086]

Malians or tatars please, burmese would be cool to but i dont see anyone voting for them so thats probably not gonna happen

[@angryhippo2910]

Aztecs please

[@themilchbrot3125]

Koreans would be amazing :)