So You Want To Play Malians

Long awaited episode is finally here!
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[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Sorry for the delay on this one bois, gonna go back to the once a week schedule for the series now!

[@charlesfoster3050]

Really like this series Hera! Don't forget to add it to the 'so you want to play' playlist

[@DLSMauu]

we really appretiate this series

[@OniUnleashed]

Awesome! Cumans next pls!

[@gugugugugu4514]

Thank you very much Hera!

[@pierrepelletier9168]

Thanks Hera, very good news !! Keep going man

[@n4lf3in]

Cumans pls. I love how different they are with sige workshop and TC in feudal age!

[@da_ghoul9432]

Comment in the chat from Joe_Idaho: Happy 30th anniversary to my wife, this is all she is getting. I am still laughing.

[@kevinlecavalier9720]

Another Brilliant episode, thanks! In the 40 min long talking, it can't be perfect all the time and it doesn't have too! I try not to judge myself too much but it's so hard when filming. You articulate super well, you know your stuff and for us, it's so impressive! Have fun with it amigo, you have no idea how grateful we all are for what you're sharing. I'm sure some people here on the HeraTube watch to learn and get better at AOE2 but most come to hang out with you and twitch chat and the game! Maybe I'm just trying to say that we feel home and hope you do too! HeraHype HeraMTL

[@3xperiment8]

Wow! I waited a lot for this one! Among my top 3 civs!

[@wanderhund8883]

Indians maybe? I Think they are interesting

[@invokeralghul9122]

+1

[@liamg9504]

2

[@cheesepie4ever]

@@5cmain207 just go camels instead of nights

[@fredsmit3481]

Hera, Thanks so much for these tutorials. They are extremely useful and great to watch.

[@mythology2467]

those +7 +1/+1 farimba cav at the end, nice.

[@beng8079]

Byzantines please!

[@skchang5029]

Love these series！

[@Mugkow]

Hope you are considering becoming a professor !! Would be right at your alley

[@Gambi_1]

Cumans!

[@iscissor1]

So I didnt want to play malians but this video changed my mind. A civ that makes good use of champions? YES YES YES Next: Tatars !

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Yeah Tatars, also known as "if I find a meso I resign"

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

Is FC Gbeto a good option like FC Conqs or Arambai since they are cheaper and train faster than those two?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

It can be but conqs and arambai are alot stronger. Gbeto has less mobility, less hp and armor, and dies really hard to ranged units

[@mubashirulmoula1798]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 Thanks for the reply.

[@rnbKick]

Could you Male a video on propher monk Rush the Last vid on that topic is way too old

[@PolskiHetzen]

Britons or Cumans next!

[@lud4079]

Japanese or Indians!

[@iscissor1]

Incas have been done already, check it out!

[@lud4079]

@@iscissor1 I meant to say Indians, but mistook d with c and the autocorrector did the job, but the incas one i didnt know existed! Only one I didnt watch, thanks!

[@raulpignaton583]

Why just few plp plays with incas? There is almouts no materials about them. Could you do any to light up the game of incas fans?

[@iscissor1]

Done already, check it out!

[@metalica1337]

Franks

[@MusicaBrunoC]

Cumannnnnns

[@botond3141]

Magyar

[@chg_m]

Khmer elephants pls

[@ashwingkrish]

Goths next! They seem like an OP civ

[@AlexNINTENFAN]

Hola deberías ver destripando la historia te gustaría

[@odysseus5911]

Portuguese please - lowest win rate and least picked civ. Show us how to win!

[@GrunkaLunka]

26:50 ah man you were doing so well. Disappointing

[@mightybeko]

indians please

[@Ryan-Invests-In-You]

Japanese

[@joshualeonard3831]

Could you do Magyars? I never know when to go Paladin or Recurve Bow CA

[@johnlogan2396]

Personally whenever I play magyars I go cav archers and mag huszar. idk if it's the ideal every match up (doubt it is) but I tend to have high success in my magyar games whenever the game goes super late. My early game play is sop bad that it's a near auto lose if I try to play around it no matter what civ i'm playing :(

[@joshualeonard3831]

@@johnlogan2396 In team games, I have gone paladin before, but I go cav archers in 1v1. I just don't know when one option is better than the other.

[@Bloodark124]

Recurve bow CA almost always and asap, unless vs lots of eagles or anti-archer infantries (huskarls, Malians infantry). In which case Paladin is your best and last resort to win you the game. You can't go infantry if you both got into imp because Magyar infantry lack last armour upgrade. In any game ideally you want to get Paladin, Magyar huszar and HCA, with all relevant upgrades. But 1v1 you hardly have enough resources for all of them so depends who you play against then prioritize. Paladin is your best population efficient unit and also melee unit. So if you need a strong melee unit get paladin, in the case of vs mongols and similar civ, until they get their camels. You should be getting Recurve bow after, especially when they are getting their camels, so your CAs are ready for them. Vs berbers well...you just have to hope your knight + CA rush in castle beat them before their camels out (camel riders + camel archers). Vs archer civs goes without saying paladin is better especially when you are winning or neutral and want to push to win. If you're playing control or defensive, getting Recurve bow is better I think, since archer civs always have pikes with them when they aren't in the backfoot, so you need your +1 range CA to deal with them effectively. Just my thoughts. Haven't played them for a while.

[@Bloodark124]

Fluffy Unicorn dude. You’re meant to have something in front of your CA as meatshield. Camels are weak to archers even after DE buff. So as Magyars hca is your best bet for fighting against camels. If you let them mass camels with a good camel civ, then you lost big time. Magyar is so specialised in CA and cavalry so will always lose vs any camel civ in late game. But you have a chance to beat them before that. Castle age CA rush beats camels.

[@Bloodark124]

Fluffy Unicorn you could and that wouldn’t be a bad decision either. I think it depends the game state you’re in to either stick with archers from feudal, or switch to ca. The comparison between the two for Magyar is that arbalest is cheaper to mass and not countered by camels, while hca has more hp for overall durability and higher attack damage per shot, and speed which can raid too. Most camel civ are weak to raids anyway. You could even argue switching between arbalest and ca throughout the game. Arbalest more vs camels, ca vs skirms and or harassing by running around. If you got lots of gold there’s no reason to stick with hca as they are population efficient. I would argue hca is better offensively even vs against camels civ as you can run away from mangonel shots or need to retreat. Arbalesters can’t retreat much in the same situation. Arbalesters are better defensively I say.

[@archae0n656]

Really like the episode. Would love to see Celts next, given they're somewhat difficult to play and have awkward transitions, that and the most well known way to play it is rather all-in from Hoang.

[@babaganewsh7055]

we need a "so you want to play Hoang"

[@lucaa.9709]

@@babaganewsh7055 hahahah

[@zwep]

Could you tell more about the 'all-in' strategy from Hoang? Have not heard of that one before

[@ralshur]

@@zwep basically a celts heavy castle age aggression with siege+knights+monks. Search Hoang's game on youtube, you will find plenty of examples

[@babaganewsh7055]

@@zwep kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpzFiX55qbF0qs0

[@AnkurChouragade]

Next -> Indians!

[@theovermansailor5519]

Lithuanians next pls

[@thomasvrielink299]

Would love to see Magyars or Tatars next, we haven't had a non-UU CA-civ yet

[@trevorp875]

Tatars!!! They just got that awesome flaming camel buff!.... But seriously I like the civ and would love to see it.

[@meh8427]

Malay would be really interesting to see!

[@1mostwanted253]

no farms, just fish traps put all villagers to wood and gold, mass make docks and fish boats on ponds start making elaphants till imperial, then get forced levy and spam 2hand swords to protect elephants. but dont make them before then, save the gold mix some kimbit warriors to throw at enemy halbs i love the malay so much, its so OP

[@invokeralghul9122]

Waiting to see Indians!

[@inandaroundthelake]

Tatars

[@Makofueled]

This video on my homepage showed as 6 seconds long, and I was really mentally prepared for a meme.

[@suchitbhayani2620]

A Z T E C

[@invokeralghul9122]

Already covered two meso civs. Need geographical diversity :P

[@mattgwilliam6333]

So you want to play Indians would be amazing! I have a lot of trouble finding their role outside team games

[@SirDaveWolf]

Celts next please. Ty Hera!

[@hamidmohammad4420]

Indians or tatars next

[@pablomuir3398]

tatars! let's also discuss SOTL chapter on the matter!

[@cesaradrianhernandezlopez1234]

Spanish, those damn Conqs are quite tricky to use >.< Excellent video btw

[@UnknownIllusionist]

Burmese!

[@SchlimmShadySmash]

Nice one. Now Turks please.

[@kartiksaraf4676]

I hope Indians is soon on the way. Cheap vills and anti-cavalry cavalry is unique and seems slightly difficult to balance

[@mpbeine]

Lithuanians, please! Or failing that, add my vote to Magyars, as I'd also like to see them and I noticed they have a good number of votes already.

[@henkdesteen2]

could you do magyars?

[@joacogamer5935]

hello

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

Hi

[@maximinomorgado2150]

Potato points @the3Dfella

[@Lofwyrf]

This is genius - how schould a normal player know to play this civ - Champs vs Arbalest so counter intuitive

[@Bleilock1]

well game is old, most of the knowledge is from pre-DE era, plus if you are insane like some people (looking at you SotL) they do the math behind it why it works too check his channel if you didnt know about it already, he does a lot of math, and all pros listen to it too x)

[@eijimuzaffar6452]

melee damage, or hand cannoneers because their bonus damage bypass the huge armor malian champs had

[@Snor19593]

Aztecs pleasee

[@rickwandre]

Aztecs pls

[@danielmcgann86]

Aztecs

[@Adunapheth]

I'm still not sure if he won thanks to the champions or despite going for champs, his micro is just too good.

[@rockin1014]

Hazzah!

[@cybersteel8]

This is a more standard question but I noticed you build over a half dozen farms but you still had heaps of berries, yet only 4 foragers - how come you prefer farms over foraging? The farms don't have their mill upgrade in dark age so they won't last as long. Is foraging bad?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

If u put more than 4 on berries they start to bump alot. Also u need the farms to get started so u have a smooth transition when the berries run out

[@cybersteel8]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 fair enough, thanks for the quick response mate - good video :)

[@miaowmiaowchowface]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 thanks hera, always wondered this

[@ComfyDents]

Magyars would be interesting!

[@brutal8138]

Do we have to lame our own boar when playing Malians?

[@simhanssens7331]

Ah my favorite civ to play on 4v4's. Go for a 3-4 tc boom, imp at 29-32min complete, 4-5 stable full knight spam while researching all tech, while around 50-60 cav are running to the base you get +5 attack full armory upgrades and cavalier upgrade.. Feels like the strongest early imperial age you can have tbh. The timing just fits so perfectly that you suddenly have so much value on the field you take out all players instantly.

[@yfehler]

Potato Points @the3dfella 11

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

Man i loved the stream glad to catch it now too

[@chauresaurabh]

Loved seeing it live today . Time to rewatch :)

[@hellothere127]

How do you feel safe having a few skirms in castle age? at that time opponent could come with 20 crossbows and mangos and you would just die, right? I struggle a lot with timing when to add army and when to go imp

[@nikotinsaure2481]

@The3DFella potato points

[@resu2026]

Id liked to see the Gbeto tho :/

[@Orudaiken]

Teach us the ways of Fast Imp Feitoria next!

[@theovermansailor5519]

The ways of fast imp Feitoria is pointless if portuguese don't get a buff

[@SauronArg]

Hi, one of malay please

[@devinanderson1792]

Cumans!! I’ve decided they’re my main. After this video I think Malians would be a great back up civ. I’m most interested in the civs that can move quickly and transition just as quickly.

[@MannElite]

Thanks for teaching me to play Malians even though you seemingly abandoned support for this game lol just getting around to this civ, theyre pretty cool! Those champskarls are tough to deal with and fun to unleash on others.

[@ManuelJGR14]

I want to play turks

[@shalumail23]

Lithuanians please!!

[@derikaem8021]

What do you think about camels + gbeto? it seems like a very well-rounded that - unlike most other well-rounded compositions - is very mobile of course you need to have the gold

[@TheRuff112]

Japawease pwease UWU

[@streamofthought8662]

byzantines next!?

[@devsasi169]

Lithuanians please

[@silentcharisma]

Can you explain more in detail what the opponent should have done to win. And if indeed they followed that strategy, how would you have adapted?

[@MinimusMomo]

Vietnamese please

[@88Agumon]

U say scout are a good opening but you also made a whole video talking how scout builds in 1v1 are almost of no use anymore

[@edgardogarcia8605]

Is there an schedule for different civs? I am kinda new in aoe I am trying to master huns first, it is difficult to learn 35 civilizations at once

[@douxbaisersxx]

Berbers please!

[@andreascordier]

Malay please

[@xebit6661]

aztects!

[@jackconate9569]

How can you keep rolling the keyboard while explaining?

[@PwnyboyGolden]

Congratulations on the hidden cup victory!

[@HolyShitNew]

ethiopians or byzantines would be great

[@adamrfisher6297]

Goths

[@martinteasdale542]

Byzantines would be great!

[@serbanmarin6373]

guy calls gg when his score hits 10000

[@marcelfabender94]

Bulgariens please! I play your 20 Pop M@A Rush and always struggle with a follow up (which might got something todo with me struggling from Midgame onwards anyways).

[@thomasvrielink299]

He's already done Bulgarians: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJDciZ58irWamKs

[@SchneiderRob]

Love it man, good luck in WoLoLo 5

[@SM-bb4hx]

Can Malians be considered as an Infantry and Cavalry civ like Bulgarians? I feel like they are pretty much "Jack of All Trade" civ but limited archer option in late game for not having bracer.

[@SM-bb4hx]

Chinese is also a good jack of all trade civ actually. At least they used to be when they had Supply.

[@JuL3r]

I'd like to see Berbers next.

[@rehmandeen647]

Could you do Celts please?

[@TheSpiritof76]

Why did Hera say Britons are the best civ on golden pit? can anyone explain this?

[@markvanderwerf8592]

They are strong in general now especially on these semi-open maps and archers are a dominant unit. And the map leads to treb wars over the gold often i guess. That said I would think mayans are the strongest civ and counter britons quite well. Mayans with mass gold units (eagle, archer, siege) are super strong and running them out of gold is not an option on this map. Britons can't do much against eagle + plumes I feel.

[@battleforevermore]

boar is overrated... lol

[@vouki3322]

Love this civ. Very versatile!

[@remipoujoulat7759]

Ffs I thought the title was reading "So you want to play Martians"...😑

[@jellyfish0311]

Rovers count as siege

[@SunburnedNomad]

Great play Hera, very well played!

[@wanderhund8883]

hi KZbin!