The Best and Most Interesting Dukes in CK3

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@@frostyspikes7589 it’s a pay to win game but it’s better atleast

[@tommylerberg2258]

thanks for the heart

[@moarice509]

You missed Laszlo, duke of Transylvania in 1066. He has really good stats, owns de jure territory of like 3 duchies, has a claim and high position in succession for the kingdom of Hungary, and you start the game in a faction to install you as the king of Hungary, which also starts stronger than the starting king.

[@pantspisser3495]

You also have a claim on the kingdom of Poland he’s a hidden gem in this game

[@thebasileus4793]

@@pantspisser3495 Sad that he no longer has claim on Poland, I used to love making a great Inter Carpathian empire.

[@JurzGarz]

Matilda is a fascinating historical figure, I wrote a paper on her military career for one of my college history courses.

[@belisarius6949]

My Ancestors are smiling at me, Byzantine. Can you say the same?

[@BroganCoovert34]

no but I wish I could

[@Afrancis16]

Hey, you. Your finally awake.

[@secretcommunist7930]

You were trying to cross the border right

[@Afrancis16]

@@secretcommunist7930 walked right into that imperial ambush, same as us

[@ChristianAuditore14]

What is a Byzantine?

[@GuardianGamerable]

Last time I was this early, Haesteinn was still conquering India

[@AlzaboHD]

Conquering India as the Norse? You might like the next challenge video!

[@crusadingbadger4333]

How do you do that, btw? Furthest I've made it was Crete before getting assassinated.

[@AlzaboHD]

@@crusadingbadger4333 @Peter Donlon My strategy was to form Norway, adopt elective succession and then island hop through the Mediterranean through East Africa and finally into Afghanistan. With elective you won't have to worry about confederate / gavelkind succession and your realm wont splinter which makes it all possible. Hope that helps!

[@briancampbell8392]

@@AlzaboHD I usually like to finish up this campaign with a masters thesis

[@jacob6672]

smart man

[@samuelkatz1124]

Another fun and easy start is the 1066 emir of Marrakesh. You have a lot of land, quite a few neighbors to eat with your claims, and since your cousin is your liege, you get to learn a lot about faction mechanics to install yourselfon the throne. He's also got incredible martial ability

[@stygian8049]

Forgot the name, but the Duke of friuli in 867 is worth mentioning. He starts with seniority succession, which is unique considering he is not of culture that allow seniority succession in early date (czech), and seniority itself only unlocked at earliest at 1050

[@BloodRider1914]

The Bohemian Seniority Succession is also quite helpful at the start

[@CoverofWinter]

Seniority Succession has always been OP nonsense and having a kingdom start with it is somehow stronger in CK3

[@TwoGendersInATrenchcoat]

This might just be my opinion, but I feel like Prince Rhodri of Gwynedd was overlooked in this video. He starts in prime position to form the Kingdom of Wales and has an immediate claim on the Ducky of Mann. He also starts off with some brilliant stats and a decent starting levy. He should have been somewhere in this list.

[@madduxlunde7007]

@Shane Ashby shush

[@ic2089]

Quack

[@Caroleonus]

"She possesses huge tracts of land...." Hey, I get this reference ;)

[@theelvencyclops1089]

ah, a person of taste, I see.

[@davidthor4405]

Quite the exquisite reference indeed

[@northmandan9389]

That brilliant Monty Python reference for Duchess Matilda.

[@mortache]

Also "reclaim the means of reproduction"

[@charlespennyworth3698]

2:48 I had no idea that Ibrahim was such a gamer

[@boomerix]

In the 800 start I recommend the Duke of Pagan (in Burma). You have a clear first goal of creating the Pagan kingdom, he has very high intrigue (over 20) and you get to play at the eastern border of the map. The more powerful Indian Kingdoms can become strong Allies or challenging foes.

[@drchaos2000]

i really like your voice man, it always sounds like some evil mastemind explaining his secret plan for world domination

[@redvorno]

Possessed and depressed intelligent man, ah, just like every teen ever.

[@arkurianstormblade4109]

"intelligent" Not the word I would use exactly....

[@maxgrozema1093]

'Nihilistic, intelligent and a wicked sense of humor' the person

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@arkurianstormblade4109 To be fair, a lot of teenagers that aren't intelligent think that they are

[@donquesewilliamswilliams3497]

@@Amy_the_Lizard this what happens when you give participation rewards

[@skeletalforce9673]

@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 yeah which dumbass generation thought it would be a good idea to give out participation trophies

[@imokin86]

A very good guide, thanks! Dyre was historically pronounced roughly like the French word durée, and still is in Swedish.

[@paintball7797]

"What should we call you great leader?" Jarl Ivar: I want mah sh*t *BONELESS*

[@DanofSkyrim]

Welcome back Alzabo!

[@crusadingbadger4333]

He's alive! Mary, break out me bagpipes! We're celebrating!

[@AlzaboHD]

Thanks! It's good to be back

[@alvarohernani6645]

In CK2 with Bohemia in 1066 i managed to be: king of bohemia, king of Italy and king of (forgot the name of the kingdom). Only by helping the Emperor of the HRE to put down some revolts. He gave me a ton of vassals and land. It took me about 15/20 years

[@Eisenwulf666]

Great to see you uploading again man! Missed your puns. If you're interested the č in Čáslav is pronounced like the ch in chai or champagne, not like a K. Basically like a ts or tz sound to oversimplify it. You can read it however you prefer though 😊

[@justelliot4870]

Nice, been looking for new people to play and have been really indecisive about ot

[@DutchSimmer1]

Another pick that’s basically a duke is the second son of the duke of Pomerania in 1066. He has he the intrigue to easily kill his father and brother to become the duke of Pomerania and if you switch to catholic you can also easily conquer the baltic states. He was my first campaign and it’s really fun.

[@richardvlasek2445]

it should also be worth mentioning that Vratislav has a relative that's a claimaint to the throne of the kingdom of Hungary, so with a solid alliance or a stroke of good luck, you can get the Přemyslid dynasty on two thrones at once, eventually controlling a gargantuan realm as a single character later down the line i'm legitimately convinced that the 1066 Vratislav start is the most disgustingly and blatantly OP non-king/emperor start in the game

[@shawngillogly6873]

Three. Your wife is a Piast, with a claim on the throne of Poland. Not to mention you constitute the totality of Czech culture, so development is a cakewalk. I'm not going to say it's more OP than Matilda or Rurik. But the range of options you have is amazing. You can play military and take one of 2 kingdoms. You can play tall and outdevelop all of central Europe. You can play the HRE game and get yourself on the throne (which is what I did), and thanks to House Seniority, once you're on the HRE throne, staying there is not difficult, because your heir is always going to be in the succession line.

[@tommylerberg2258]

Mom: go to bed. Me: CZECHS and balances. mom: GO TO BED!!!

[@ZaoJin]

Would also recommend Duke Nino of Portucale in 1066, pretty easy to break away from Galicia and form an alliance with one or more of the Iberian rulers that can help grab the land necessary for the Last Count, First King achievement. You can even parlay this into a Reconquista achievement, which is what I’m currently up to now.

[@cyrildarku8689]

Love the Skyrim reference

[@thewitchsfamiliar]

"Blood Eagle achievement" for Ivar the Boneless *King Aelle sweating nervously*

[@karlwittenburg5868]

Ahhhh the natural progression Wait I just realized I’m so early this video isn’t in his listing yet

[@artem105]

Yes! I was waiting for this. You should Make another ‘most ____ dynasty’ video! Keep up the good work.

[@JV-the-Tossh]

Best memory of Dyre: Playing in Pomerania, then checking the map to find he had converted to being Mögyer and had started the Hungarian migration, succeeding in becoming King of Hungary.

[@johnnyboy3410]

Dyre the Stranger ? of Kiev ? in Pomerania ? how the hell did you manage that ?

[@JV-the-Tossh]

@@johnnyboy3410 No, no, good sir, you midapprehend. *I* was in Pomerania. I found Dyre being Mögyer and also completing the Magyar Migration down in Hungary while doing a map pan.

[@mooper11]

Another great video as always.

[@saintbread5080]

'If you make hastings' ;)

[@drakan4769]

2:50 actually his lunatic trait isn't inheritable, there's two identical versions of that trait, one inheritable and one non-inheritable, the inheritable traits glow (as you can see with ibrahim's intelligent and melancholic traits)

[@rockmcdwayne1710]

Possessed is the one that is inheritable. I assume its what you thought? Possessed gives off some random crazy events. For my case, event poped up where i went kind of crazy and killed 2 kings, who both happened to be my vassals. I then chose to cover it up. Needless to say, some other vassals found out and blackmailed me for strong hooks. Not an ideal trait i would say....

[@gaberobison680]

Matilda is so fun

[@keithmichael9965]

I just started a Matilda campaign. So good. Annoying you can't conquer the Pope, but you can usurp his kingdom title. The Byzantines become an issue down the road though.

[@TheFlyingFish692]

Why can’t you conquer the pope? I literally did with Matilda and got excommunicated of course until I joined another crusade lol

[@caniblmolstr4503]

@@TheFlyingFish692 he said that prolly due to the almost limitless amt of mercenaries the Pope has. I faced them when trying to get Benevento as Guiscard. My alliances with France, Hungary, England (William) and Matilda herself made sure that I won.

[@GameOn-tq1lp]

Paradox really needs to make ck3 fun when not at war.that’s my only complaint

[@Hiroakiarai88]

Same

[@miltongalindosantibanez9863]

@14/88 DeathKorpsOfKrieg Agreed. To be honest I had lot's of fun just making half of Europe of my family, by disinheriting and marrying my children to other kingdoms, and see what happened. My dinasty got so huge, I lost my save when trying to load the family tree, because it crashed while it was auto-saving.

[@CoverofWinter]

You are right, though it is only a matter of getting events and some of the things that got leftover in CK2 like societies and the cool council mechanic

[@kesotempest6529]

Rurikstead. Haha, good one!

[@Inu252]

I would be interested in a Top 10 hardest starts/ to Play count Charakters in the game :) Good Video. Keep it up 👍

[@Philip54622]

King AElla of Northumbria. I can recommend that one

[@caniblmolstr4503]

Aella of Northumbria hands down.

[@gamoss1639]

Love your french pronounciation, can't wait for your next ASMR or gameplay video (or both). Merci !

[@Li12f12]

Can’t wait for more CK3 content

[@rhzyo]

Love these types of videos, could you so more eg; easy counts & dukes to play with(in a non sus way)

[@lolololo4496]

1:30 end of ad !

[@alion689]

Came for the info. Subbed for the skyrim references.

[@caniblmolstr4503]

Forgot these dudes... Hafdan of Jorvik, Robert Guiscard of Apulia and of course the Bastard William

[@Charles-yi3mx]

High Chieftain Kodere of Courland (name might be wrong) keeps wrecking me in games with their 3000 raiders

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Man this sponsorship hits different rn

[@victorsilvesterjrlee8679]

Next CK3 vid by AlzaboHD, best leaders/rulers of Crusader Kings 3 :)

[@ykoyko655]

wait there are skyrim references? whaaat?

[@attilathehun5617]

There are also Oblivion references too. If you ever get a chance to adopt a dog, there is a random event where your dog finds some gold coins and giving them to you, after this you say "Thank you kind sir!" to your dog. Same sentence used by beggars when you give money to them in Oblivion.

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Seath the scaleless.

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Thanks for the content.

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[@igloo.550]

In the middle of a game as Ibrahim, its great.

[@BroganCoovert34]

I think I might play as good ol matida or rurik

[@keithmichael9965]

I just started a Matilda campaign. So good. Annoying you can't conquer the Pope, but you can usurp his kingdom title.

[@Fenniks-]

I cant help but wonder what is the easiest way to get the blood eagle achievement. Does anyone know how to get it before you die as one of the sons of Ragnar ?

[@oldbmstuff]

Easiest way (I think) is to start as Halfdan, convert to Anglo-Saxon culture and Catholic religion, plot to murder Alfred, and then conquer conquer conquer as quickly as possible, using the pope to get claims on most of England (since you won’t have conquest CB anymore.) I did it the hard way, by staying Norse and Asatru - but it’s *hell*, unless you like constantly being holy warred/crusaded on and crushing Catholic uprisings every few years. It was also a lot slower (despite the conquest CBs) and I was in the 1100s by the time I got the blood eagle achievement.

[@Fenniks-]

@@oldbmstuff wait a second 1100s dont you have to conquer all of britannia within one life as one of the sons of Ragnar ?

[@belisarius6949]

There once was a Hero named Ragnar the Red, who rode to Whiterun from ol' Rorikstead.

[@Fenniks-]

@@belisarius6949 A man of culture i see :)

[@HammerspaceCreature]

Oh wow, I'm currently doing a Taltoist Mogyer campain for the weird Decisions and it looks like my Genius wife is a descendent of a #6. I have Jarl Dyre to thank for my bloodline's genius genetics.

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Novograd belongs to the NORDS!

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love this game

[@zig9260]

Wait... No Duke Robert the Fox???????? You can pretty much expand anywhere u want if u do ur moves correctly with allies.

[@kuma8920]

Did he just say ``If you make Hastings`` ???

[@AlzaboHD]

You know it fam!

[@GarlicPudding]

Missed opportunity for a John Wayne reference....

[@zachmorgan486]

The thumbnail and topic of the video next to this one in my recommended is John Wayne.

[@adamspivey]

No idea what this game is or what you're talking about, but it sounds interesting.... kind of. 😁😁

[@gringo5138]

Ah, my favorite terrible pronunciations! Great vid as always.

[@TheChaoticFool]

Mostly watched for the great puns and strangely soothing voice.

[@dylanjones6148]

Can you do another video on interesting counts?

[@camilovega9843]

Wait... Aren't traits and stats randomly generated each game? I literally created a new game like 15 times yesterday to get traits in line with the way I wanted to play some count. Am I missing something?

[@sne1991]

Depends on who you play Significant historical figures have fixed stats while smaller characters are random

[@camilovega9843]

@@sne1991 thanks bro

[@gururaven]

Alfred of Wessex in 867 is a duke initially, isn't he? His stats are the best in the game as far as I'm aware.

[@zig9260]

no

[@gururaven]

@@zig9260 who has higher?

[@zig9260]

@@gururaven i mean Alfred is a Count, not a Duke on start. But when it comes to stats u are right :) Didnt see better starting character then him.

[@johnnyboy3410]

he starts as count of Somerset but he is the heir to the duchy of Wessex

[@lucasserralta6477]

Asmr king Why did you sound like Google traduction 9:10

[@AlzaboHD]

Which part? "Normandy"? You know I'm probably a robot at this point anyways haha

[@lucasserralta6477]

@@AlzaboHD no no "le bâtard" as a Frenchman i recognized Google traduction's voice, but all these years i thought you were paradox's maintenance robot haha

[@HalfBloodBrony]

Ironically ivar is even better now that hes only 21 at start

[@holydoggo4822]

Ok starting to think that KZbin IS sending out notification but people tbh probably just don’t notice them.

[@arshdixit1566]

How can I no cb the subscription bell after you gave me a CB on it by telling me to no cb it?

[@javyroo9405]

Puns every other sentence 😂

[@Albiorix]

Why Ivar and not Whiteshirt?

[@pacoca2959]

I think Duke Nuno II de Portugale is very sad

[@ehk5948]

Should make some sort of religion min max video.

[@JoeKerr420]

I come to drop my challenge for you. Lothair II to HRE using murder intrigue only

[@DarknessAlmighty]

Not the Duke of Aquitaine in 1066? You have sterling intrigue and basically own a third of France. The only downside is that you only have a daughter, but RNG usually starts you with the seducer trait so that's easily taken care of.

[@CottonPanzer]

Did you just call the Magýar, Huns?

[@nb-dm7gm]

dropping a comment below

[@Creeggsbnl]

"If you make hastings" Boooooooohahaha

[@ashtonbarwick6696]

If you make Hastings😂

[@AftermathRV]

The most interresting duke is the guy that starts in 867 in Madurai, south india, because madurai has fucking 7 holding slots, and the other 2 countys in the same douchy have 5 and 4 slots with one special building for religious special buildings repsectively. And also, most of them are near the water so you can ltierally just spam tradeports and have more development then constantinopole before 1000. and be far ahead of what your tech can do, but then agian, you can also just have your tech be permanently overdeveloped Its rteally fun tho Infact i cant beleive you didnt mention any indians, especially not a madurai one, because they start soooooooooo strong, and can make osoooooo much cash while get SSOOOOOOOOOO MUCH Development, and theyre the only religion that has the bhakti tennant. What that means? a permanent medium healthboost to add to your witch coven and inbreeding. Also they can do human sacrefice Its actually quite broken when youre 122 yeras old and youre still feeling fine. Funnily enoug, you forgot to mention that as vladislav, you dont have a choice you WILL be the holy roman empire. Also yo udidnt mention that they start the game with a high medival succession law: House seniority. makes playing them really easy.

[@CampyClaptrap]

Whats their name??

[@nomad_nz8179]

Man you're use of other games puns/references are legendary.. "Lead the stormcloaks to victory: hahahaa

[@zaneatkinson5811]

cool

[@neonnsteel]

Maybe add timestamps?

[@-JA-]

Nice.

[@Snowblind77]

Where my boi Robert The Fox? Good video otherwise :D

[@nikiosko]

Hell yeah!

[@FeZe1997]

lol I forgot about ck3

[@Ne1vaan]

I don't need a game to be a childless depressed lunatic.

[@finlaymckeown2891]

Bump

[@AlzaboHD]

Thanks for the support! Not sure why the algo doesnt like this video

[@johnnyboy3410]

love the fact they Matilda beautiful in CK3 my god she was so ugly in 2

[@gaberobison680]

I find Ivar kind of sucks. All the land you conquer are feudal holdings so you get zero benefit and he sucks at learning so becoming feudal is hard

[@ciaranmck4469]

Old comment but you can just get a wife with high learning

[@belltowersubductions5104]

Look up how Ivar the Boneless became associated with the while "blood eagle" thing, bit uh only if you aren't squeamish, un-bony boy don't fuck around...

[@nazimulhoque8535]

sacrifice to youtube algorithm god

[@BryceGirdner]

No ducets in Crusader Kings. That’s a EU thing, mate.

[@bishopthefool]

FAIRE ANGLETERRE FRANÇAISE ENCORE!!!

[@johnroscoe2406]

Normans weren't "French."

[@bishopthefool]

@@johnroscoe2406 they lived in France and spoke the proto-French language also, most of them had very little actual Viking blood, if any at all

[@DaDARKPass]

I think the best part of the ad was when Iran was invading America!!!!!!!!

[@muhammadabdullahy9281]

Ck2 is end now rise ck3

[@shargat3]

"...legendary house Rurikid, the foundind dynasty of what we know today as Russia" - phrase is not correct and reflects Russian point of view on Rurukid dynasty and its legacy. If you don't want to offend Byelorussians and Ukrainians (I think so), it is more likely to re-phrase it to "...legendary house Rurikid, the foundind dynasty of what we know today as Belarus, Russia and Ukraine", because Rurukids played significant role in state-building processes of each of those three modern nations, you can double-check that in reliable neutral historical sources. Except that the video is good, thank you for your work

[@Demosthenes84]

Good vid but good Lord the way you talk is just too annoying. Tone down the inflections a bit. Almost had to turn it off lol