The GOLDEN HORDE is the BEST WORLD CONQUEST NATION

[@socksome]

He calls himself the Golden Horde, yet only has one gold province... Curious!

[@joaosantiago4806]

until he colonizes Mexico, and calls the colonial nation Cartel Horde

[@Rodzyniastyyyy]

@@joaosantiago4806 go a bit south and rename to Chocolate Horde

[@freddekl1102]

Your comment has the same vibe as "he orchestrated it! Jimmy!"

[@majorian6201]

That's because he stole all your gold and b-tches

[@tristanridley1601]

Gold comes from terrified enemies! Steel, not mines! Lol

[@anubarak9184]

just go into diplomatic-mapmode to see which provinces you just conquered, they have a different colour

[@Maybe_Me_Maybe_Not]

France is a junior partner of Bohemia, damn 57:59

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

When I play hordes, to help me remember what I just conquered, I switch to the diplomatic map mode, cuz it shows what provinces you have that are and are not cored

[@Infidi]

just get a shortcut mod and spam z and c (z is for raze, c is for core)

[@mccw1203]

​@@Infidiisn't this base game now?

[@mccw1203]

Maybe raze isn't but c for confirm is

[@Infidi]

@@mccw1203 yeah, I meant to write 'x'. And I don't know I had to get a shortcut mod a while ago but with how shortcuts get backed into your game installation later even if you install the mod the shortcuts will stay so now I can't check without reinstalling the whole game. Based on the fact that I never see any youtubers use those keys to raze quickly I assume it isn't tho (or maybe they just don't know about it)

[@mccw1203]

@@Infidi i installed a shortcut mod like 4 years ago guess it has just stayed

[@mr.admr1016]

One of my favorite playthroughs was as kazan into golden horde and then into mongol empire. Great horde is..well, great aswell tho. The region is just very underrated imo

[@ohNojames]

I think the best part of Great Horde is getting to Crimea before the ottomans get involved in their politics. I always target them first.

[@jackconrad4814]

It’s an A tier area for expansion. Having 4 different major religions to juggle AE between makes managing coalitions a breeze. Once you’ve formed Golden Horde you’re usually easily rivaling the ottomans

[@KArchine]

Unless my eyes deceived me. It looks at the end like France is in a PU. Hence no great power 😅. Edit, yup under Bohemia. Now THEY are a great power!

[@SomeBadStuff999]

It's literally on the name of the war he can intervine 🤣

[@fuadlabib703]

If I was born in 13th century Mongolia and my khan looked like that I'd definitely join the band

[@dmgzsniper]

Horde has become my favorite play style in this game and I love watching people play horde lol

[@comb-t]

Laith should play one of the Chinese Powers in Ante Bellum, I've done a campaign as Song and it's quite fun (minus the giant deathwar fighting the rest of China + Yuan that took until after I'd like fully united China to pay off the debt for but yk) Also Makes the Mandate worth taking, because the Meritocracy Decrees are stronger and there are tonnes more Celestial Empire reforms that are really strong.

[@DavidLodgeclassof]

Just finished a Great Horde achievement run (forked Golden horde in the 1460s, then Mongolian Empire before Absolutism, then took the provinces needed for the Great Khan). Allied the Ottomans early and increased trust so they wouldn't break the alliance. By the time I got around to fighting them, it was all of China, the Mongol Empire, and Persia vs the Ottomans, who had all of Egypt and a few strong allies (not the best expansion on their part). They still outnumbered me, but my cavalry was far superior. Great to see you run a playthrough of it, too.

[@rattuna4773]

The Timurids completely redeemed themselves with that Hormuz blockade lol what legends

[@andrewwatkins2179]

I finally figure out fort zone of control recently. Not sure if it's commonly known, but forts can be bypassed on your own land when you control both provinces on either side of the fort. May be applicable to enemy provinces too, but I haven't tested it. Came in super handy to crush split stacks recently. Fort falls and AI kept taking one side's adjacent province and went to siege the next fort over on the opposite side. It thinks it has security because you can't cross the fallen fort to doom stack them, so it sends most of its forces away to do other things. Then you unsiege the side it took, cross past your fort no issue and trap them in the next fort you still control.

[@oddindian1]

Yes, keep the thumbnails rolling. Good stuff batman.

[@khatran551]

Yessss, would love to see you continue the series!

[@gustavosanches3454]

I get that grabbing the Timurids and Khiva as vassal is a good idea because of the cores, but damn is it a waste to pick as a horde, all that mana you lose from razing...

[@LibertyMonk]

those 30 seconds after 22:00, "I think my king just died of relief"

[@senatorarmstrong4168]

22:24 ''My Khagan, the siege of kochkor has finally ended!'' ''Oh thank god'' *fucken dies*

[@oldetobie2568]

26:11 French jump scare

[@mismatchedsocks2343]

I’ve had my last three campaigns wrecked by the Ottomans. It’s nice seeing them get trounced

[@khan_k]

Timurids pulling the ol' "trap the ottomans on an island" trick, very nice.

[@lordavy7469]

The only thing I would have done different is I would have taken espionage+horde ideas, imo the policy you get from it is absolutely insane, gives you extra combat ability plus extra flanking ability and also the AE reduction is really good

[@averagephonkenjoyer7021]

He played like a turkic khan would conquer: Everything in his sight.

[@treyebillups8602]

Anyone else notice that the Ferghana tag has the Stateless Society government rank?

[@LegateLynx]

If you release a tag as a horde they inherit the tribal government type but not the steppe horde reform tier, so they pick a tier one reform often stateless society

[@Aerozona23]

i love the thumbnail bro

[@SugarRushBob]

The early bird catches the worm. For those who looked right away, got a video that wasn't fully processed by KZbin :p

[@illican]

i've started subconsciously doing kegels to the rhythm of the music in your videos

[@gavinlinville9691]

keep it up !!!

[@KA-pt1si]

More horde! Coast to coast expansion!!

[@adriangindac8703]

You know it's gonna be a good video when it starts with "Wellll back to this mess-"

[@TheLeaderofNoone]

I swear this man is addicted to bordergore

[@Gamereal6286]

I was busy but here is the twelfth day of historic facts. Basil I, called the Macedonian, who lived between 811 - 886 was a Byzantine Emperor who reigned from 867 to 886. Born a lowly peasant in the theme of Macedonia, he rose in the Imperial court. He entered into the service of Theophilitzes, a relative of Emperor Michael III, and was given a fortune by the wealthy Danielis. He gained the favour of Michael III, whose mistress he married on the emperor's orders, and was proclaimed co-emperor in 866. He ordered the assassination of Michael the next year. Despite his humble origins, he showed great ability in running the affairs of state. He was the founder of the Macedonian dynasty. He was succeeded upon his death by his son (perhaps actually Michael III's son) Leo VI. Basil I became an effective and respected monarch despite being a man with no formal education and little military or administrative experience. Moreover, he had been the companion of a monarch and had achieved power through a series of calculated murders. That there was little political reaction to the murder of Michael III is probably due to his unpopularity with the bureaucrats of Constantinople because of his disinterest in the administrative duties of the Imperial office. Also, Michael's public displays of impiety had alienated the Byzantine populace in general. Once in power Basil soon showed that he intended to rule effectively and as early as his coronation he displayed an overt religiosity by formally dedicating his crown to Christ. He maintained a reputation for conventional piety and orthodoxy throughout his 19 year-long reign. Because of the great legislative work which Basil I undertook, he is often called the "second Justinian." Basil's laws were collected in the Basilika, consisting of sixty books, and smaller legal manuals known as the Eisagoge. Emperor Basil's reign was marked by the troublesome ongoing war with the heretical Paulicians, centered on Tephrike on the upper Euphrates, who rebelled, allied with the Arabs, and raided as far as Nicaea, sacking Ephesus. Basil's general, Christopher, defeated the Paulicians in 872, and the death of their leader, Chrysocheir, led to the definite subjection of their state. Basil was also the first Byzantine emperor since Constans II to pursue an active policy to restore the Empire's power in the West. Basil allied with Holy Roman Emperor Louis II against the Arabs and sent a fleet of 139 ships to clear the Adriatic Sea of their raids. With Byzantine help, Louis II captured Bari from the Arabs in 871. The city eventually became Byzantine territory in 876. However, the Byzantine position on Sicily deteriorated, and Syracuse fell to the Emirate of Sicily in 878. This was ultimately Basil's fault as he had diverted a relief fleet from Sicily to haul marble for a church instead. Although most of Sicily was lost, the general Nikephoros Phokas (the Elder) succeeded in taking Taranto and much of Calabria in 880. The successes in the Italian peninsula opened a new period of Byzantine domination there. Above all, the Byzantines were beginning to establish a strong presence in the Mediterranean Sea, and especially the Adriatic. Basil died on 29 August 886, from a fever contracted after a serious hunting accident when his belt was caught in the antlers of a deer, and he was allegedly dragged 16 miles through the woods. He was saved by an attendant who cut him loose with a knife, but he suspected the attendant of trying to assassinate him and had the man executed shortly before he himself died. One of the first acts of Leo VI as the next ruling emperor was to rebury, with great ceremony, the remains of Michael III in the Imperial Mausoleum within the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. This did much to confirm in public opinion the view that Leo considered himself to have been Michael's son.

[@memeteam2692]

I recently tried great horde and got the worst starting rolls possible. all my neighbors got big allies and the two countries I could ally were rivals

[@commissarkordoshky219]

Timurids doing a fucking Kievan Rus impression with their constant Noble rebels lmao! MEANWHILE every fucking Oman playthrough I do ALWAYS has the Timurids as a bloody Regional Power. Every. Damn. Time

[@Cohor101]

It is day 125 since I asked you to do the challenge with Croatia in VIC 3 but in one of the videos, a good person named Andraip (Thanks for all the help) said it has a few flaws so it's time to correct them. So when you start playing as Croatia you have 15 years to get your independence, after that you cannot ally, get in a defensive pact, and you cannot be under any kind of protection and you must rival these powers as soon as possible: Austria, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Ottomans, and all nations from the Italian boot. You also must embargo all those nations and cannot enter their custom union nor can they enter yours. You cannot be in an alliance with any of the top 10 nations, including a defensive pact custom union, or protectorate, but you can trade with them. AI must be put on the default settings in case it isn't. If you ally let's say Portugal, and later on they get into the top 10, you must break the alliance. You also must stay monarchy all the time. Form the Danubian state with Croatia following these rules. (FYI incase I didn't make it more specific, you cannot join anybody's custom union you must always at all times have your own market)

[@ianspurrell4436]

Pretty sure France is under a PU with Denmark or Bohemia? It looked like a red sheild/flag.

[@aluminiumknight4038]

I faced an Ottoman-Ming alliance in my golden horde campaign

[@ohNojames]

Do you have cannons in all your stacks or designated siege stacks or battle stacks? I usually make horse armies and infantry siege armies, is that good? Easiest time I've had fighting the Ottoman was as Holy Horde Commonwealth with Aristo ideas. I jumped to a monarchy took the idea, and swapped back to theocracy right before becoming Holy Horde.

[@safehavenonice6431]

New formable idea: Shit Britain. Formed automatically by event if GB ever reaches -100 prestige. Gets free core on Slough.

[@Terrados1337]

Why is it called the ball tick sea anyway? I'd imagine having a tick in that general area might be quite unpleasant. And it's more like a big lake anyway.

[@gabrielt571]

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[@theeternalcrusader4758]

If he Integrates All of Iran he can release the Ilkhanate which likely won't end up as a failef state unlike the Timurids because they'll have a fresh start

[@GileadGaming]

Day 23 of asking for a reverse colonial and Pacific Imperialist playthrough of the Philippines. Goals being to colonize, capture all of the South Pacific territory, colonize capture the Oceania territories, and capture Japan. Basically, all island nations in the south and east pacific belong to the Philippines on Victoria 3

[@Ratich]

The happy chemicals are ready to be released into my brain

[@undeadgamer8812]

I'm just gonna ignore that France is in a PU under Bohemia...

[@fernandohosea9365]

That thumbnail bro 😂😂

[@Blood9Brothers]

that border gore man

[@madman10340]

Is there a reason why you went through Georgia and not the Balkans when fighting the ottomans? I just thought that fighting in flat land is way better for hordes instead of fighting in mountains and hills.

[@umbelorapaz]

"still not making any money" >26% inflation

[@daniyalshahbaz2011]

I love you Laith

[@09jackofblades]

Hey Laith, do you ever plan on playing the Anbennar mod for EU4? is very good and enjoyable.

[@treyebillups8602]

He's played it before, like a few months ago I think

[@springbutterfly668]

"why isn't france a great power?" that would be b/c they're in a PU under bohemia

[@makiskanyt9269]

what happend with the upload time ? xD

[@amilavxilmen5632]

yuan might have a word

[@joaosantiago4806]

Name Constantinople to Khanstantinople please

[@lapisdragon1237]

Day 18 of asking Laith to play Fire Emblem: Slightly on time edition!

[@LeDawg1337]

I'm so early the only option is 360p

[@Thatonepersonyouheard]

I could watch this till 1821!

[@historyafficionado478]

Seeing I erétil and Fars survive makes me unreasonably angry…

[@serdikcraig6307]

First world conquest?

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of The GOLDEN HORDE is the BEST WORLD CONQUEST NATION momentum 100

[@alexzwewo3414]

M8 we can't hear you 0-0 Edit: my bad it's good now 😅

[@antorseax9492]

That's KZbin, close it and reopen it

[@DoggoDutchman]

Day 27 of asking laith to play Morocco in vic 3

[@b1lbius]

The Mughals actually called themselves Gurkani, meaning son in law of Genghis Khan. Mughal was the term of the conquered.

[@rothern3761]

For next time, for the sake of genghis please fix those borders

[@Sarge430]

Let's go Timurids

[@tobinhargreaves2481]

We need more subnautica

[@shararm]

So what kind of army comp are hordes? Should you still do infantry combat width with the percentage of horses or do your cavalry percentage to fill the combat width instead with less infantry

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

You want to maximize cavalry as a horde as if you are on a flat province (grasslands, farmlands, drylands, etc) you get 25% shock bonus, horde ideas give cavalry abilities, most hordes have cavalry ability in their national ideas and you can on average get like 60-70% cav-to-inf ratio i'm pretty sure

[@shararm]

@@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595 okay thank you i look forward to doing a horde

[@Randybobandy12345]

You keep beating up the ottomans but they just keep getting stronger

[@lilldavid6903]

Dude had 25 inflation

[@mistery728]

Pls make more just to fix bordergore

[@Infidi]

I... cannot fathom why you bother with vassals and reconquest as a horde at all, there is like no point and you don't even get to raze

[@Piratejoe44]

Day 13 of asking for a National Supremacy Oranje Free State Playthrough of Vicky 3.

[@omayaki5264]

I believe the timurid did this badly on purpose. BECOME UNGOVERNABLE!

[@barituned]

Day 12 of asking laith to play among us in ck3

[@johnconnor8206]

Day 2 of asking you to play Victoria 2 as cuba and become Fidel castro

[@icewolf1811]

is it just me or does the face cam seem a bit out of sync?

[@goatpapayt2294]

day 25 of asking for Bavaria to Germany run

[@lsdrad]

Day 30 asking for a warhammer total war vid

[@epicnesssss]

This is Day 19 of asking you to do a mega campaign from ck3 to hoi4.

[@heisenstein6392]

I'd argue Majapahit/Manchu/Oirat/Mughals are the best for WC due to their STRONG ideas and expansion routes. But Kazan/Great Horde are definitely more fun in reality. Edit: Funny you didn't notice Bohemia got France as PU, that was based!

[@SomeBadStuff999]

It's literally the war you can intervine its a sucession war for france throne... That's why they're not a great power... 🤣🤣

[@historyepicvids]

Yuan > Golden Horde

[@hotsteam5800]

Day 8 of asking for eu1

[@torgomaghanyan7633]

Typical lath, destroys his own forts and later proceeds to complain that the enemies sieging half of his country

[@jaredreilly5062]

Go mongol!

[@lifadfe]

first

[@abp1599]

Lip-sync EU4 WC. Based

[@Mohamed-om2xv]

It caused me physical pain to see you not get those Timurid cores back and let them expire 🫠🫠