The Virgin Block Rock VS The Chad Turbo Charge!

[@randalps]

"Jake and Adder are the only viable picks in tier 4" GrimmGuy: how many times do I have to teach you this lesson, bald man?

[@A-Dead-Soul]

xDD

[@Hotarg]

Based

[@amiasg9305]

Nah, Grimm is tier 1 no cap 🧢

[@hemmydall]

A Block Rock is a party loud enough to "rock the entire neighborhood block" which fits with his head phones and loving music. Beat Down is also music themed... he be rockin them beats.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Why would music boy be touching grass?

[@hemmydall]

@@defensivekobra3873 cause you normally play music that loud outdoors? I dunno, AW terrain isn't complex lol

[@wyldbill2358]

@@defensivekobra3873 Maybe it's more of a thing in the south where you have lots of open space available and rarely any rain, but imagine an outdoor concert in a field and you have Jakes motif. I assume the range increase is representative of cranking up an amp to 11 and reaching farther.

[@nolanmcleod2619]

Is it called a "Block Rock"? I've always just heard it called a Block Party, damn kids. We don't need change! Everything should stay the same! Forever!

[@nolanmcleod2619]

​@@wyldbill2358 ah maybe... Why is the "Block" part of it there? Is it a holdover from "Block Party"? Where they shut down an intersection or two in a neighborhood, usually in a bigger city? And it can be for charity or fundraising usually I feel like Block Rock in this case refers to the music, not the party... I mean does Nintendo America do direct translations or do they reappropriate terms? Anyone know what it is in the original Japanese...?

[@solidskullz5736]

If you mess with Jess you’ll find yourself in a real mess and when it comes to units you’ll be left with less

[@art-games6230]

10/10 quote

[@PsychTheCraze]

Don't forget the load of stress!

[@johntrains1317]

Eminem voice: Things about to get MESS!-Y

[@suenwaising3113]

Oh dear Jess, what a lass!

[@remixtheidiot5771]

​@@PsychTheCraze you play checkers, while she plays 4d Chess!

[@zekenotech]

Supposedly Block Rock is when you blast your Rock Music so loud that the entire block hears it.

[@Truth4None]

Block Rock is the name of a music festival of various dance genres. The most recent one I can gather from the interwebs happened October of 2022 in San Francisco, California.

[@naisume668]

Jess carries around a giant pencil because she erases the competition.

[@ekkehard8]

Now that's a good one 😂

[@IDESTROYER236]

Frankendoodle moment.

[@Wayofswords]

What thats a pencil? I thought it was a stolen artillery shell

[@zekenotech]

​@@Wayofswords It's an ancient Advance Wars joke. Its clearly a Tank Shell if you see the full art, but a lot of us as kids saw it as a massive pencil, so the joke stuck.

[@vanyochekvanyochek9175]

@@zekenotech it really looks like a pencil at the end of the day

[@mineflameblade8788]

Hearing Empire Of The Rising Sun music in the background makes me happy as an Empire player. "The Tsunami Rises!" "Mecha Tengu lets go!" "Who dares awaken me?!" "Are you my friend?"

[@Mixa_Lv]

That Jess Mech was low-key the hypest thing of this match, go go little guy!

[@rustyslug2943]

A block rock is rocking the block. A block is an area in a city. Remember that Jake is supacool dude who uses slang

[@magicalcapi9148]

Jess: Don't settle for Lash! Pick Jess!!! Grimm: I'm Grimm.

[@lumijo2407]

I'm always blown away the gulf in skill between Fire Emblem Mangs and Advance Wars Mangs. Egg is TERRIFYING as a CO.

[@samueljaniv3739]

That's what happen when you don't get too attached to units you can send to death I guess. Mangs is indeed a terrific player though. He even played a 1v3 match on Famicom Wars against the most brutal AI in the past and did the same on Advance Wars 2 IIRC.

[@MercuryA2000]

@@alheimianservant1499 I just pictured Sturm getting a full FE crit quote cut in and saying "Attachment... is a weakness..."

[@Tangers3345]

I've seen him out together some pretty impressive FE Ironmans in spite of dumb mistakes - it makes them even more impressive!

[@samueljaniv3739]

@@MercuryA2000 Sturm would sacrifice his FE units to charge his CO meter.

[@lagg1e]

@@samueljaniv3739 That's why mangs plays ironman fire emblem runs. Deep down, he wants to see his units die. See the death quotes, have a reason to use the bench warmers. Maybe even challenge himself by putting himself at a disadvantage in rather forgiving games. I think the FE 11 all gaiden chapters run is peak mangs. Running through the back-up units until he gets Unil a second time.

[@PinuyashaRPG]

When will his majesty, Kangs, grace us with his presence?

[@dn2064]

"So without further ado, lets jump into this game" >Gets an add roll

[@EANTYcrown]

First, wangs, then dangs, and now jangs, the plot thickens

[@likky1]

can't wait for zangs to make a appearance.

[@vincent.t4299]

I can't wait for yangs

[@Klokinator]

Jangs? Jango Fett. Mercenary. Bounty Hunter. Jangs confirmed the most powerful Mangsdalorian in the Advance Wars universe.

[@amiasg9305]

Will Jangs be able to be beat GrangsGuy? Find out next time on Drangson Ball Z

[@Kamn_exe]

I think a Block Rock is a neighbourhood party. Like your whole street is a party.

[@raderelcaroman1403]

Always a pleasure to see jangs content he's so entertaining amirite?

[@gmichaloski3367]

I always imagined Jake was originally going to have city strengths with his urban style, then the devs created Kindle and decided to simply translate Jake to the plains

[@Sumner1595]

I'd also argue that she's good in High funds with single airports as opposed to double airport maps

[@art-games6230]

Yeah but high funds is a strange place, with a lot less playtime, the standerd and fog lists are better

[@auricanmajere6236]

yep, the less airports, the better she is (compared to other COs)

[@TheFinalChapters]

8:40 This was a mistake. The income denial by hitting the early infantry is much more valuable than the recon, let alone just damaging the recon.

[@Firemalleoandjelly]

Jess is like mini max but with indirects instead of battle copters.

[@OverseerMoti]

*land vehicles, including arty

[@SomeGirlNextDoor1993]

I always though Block Rock was in reference to like a Block party, except its rock music xD

[@Hone_mor2525]

We need a vampire version of Mangs Fangs

[@TKHedgeHog]

I made that joke before already lol

[@Hone_mor2525]

@@TKHedgeHog Oh mb, I didn't notice, lol. Now I hope it catches on even more.

[@temetrex9324]

Man that APC honestly put in alot of work to the point I was very impressed. APC in fog with a mech and boosting and repositioning is so neat.

[@nickmiller8906]

So funny story. I was reading a reddit thread of a dude trying to find his remains of his grandpa who died in vietnam. A dude totally found his grandpa and also said this "While the individual you spoke to may have some recollection, it's important to understand that oral histories change over time, and memories often meld together. It's not to say he lied, but that he may not remember events from 50 years ago clearly - or may have combined memories from one event with another. This is extremely common for combat oral histories given the stress of the event and compartmentalization as a way to deal with PTSD triggering memories." So I was literally middle of this video. Paused, and went off to do other stuff, read that and come back. And then it totally just happened to Mangs. He retold the story of the infantry sneaking up the left side. That he didn't scout it, and lost a couple properties of it. The next turn, he scouts it, and then they attack him and now it looks like they overwhelm and will take a couple of properties, but I thought this was a neat story I would share

[@Mangs1337]

lol nice!

[@Amalvipls]

That first overdrive was so devastating, he never truly recovered from that pummeling and the unit advantage just kept piling on. In 2-3 bases maps unit advantage is really important, specially in fog of war, because you cannot be cost effective with medium tanks if they don't have other units around to give them vision. A medium tank may be able to "counter" comfortably like 4 normal tanks, but if that medium tank is alone and unable to see any of them or its needed to interrupt a capture or break a wall then its wasted

[@rebeccasheng620]

I think the block rock countered fairly well, Jake lost because of too many may they rest in pieces mangs infantry

[@kamdenmadan3289]

YOOO That Red Alert 3 Empire Music. That brings me back.

[@Diiffer]

Hei, Mangs! Thanks for the tip about Jess. I just won a mach playing as her against Adder on Caustic Final, standard. I built a couple of very early recons to suppress the infantry engagements. Once I got the first comtower, I was like Max in tier 4. Then I got the second comtower, and even infantry engagements were favorable to me, being de facto Max with a comtower. I was heavily behind towards the end, but then got a huge comeback on my last turn with a "Jess Force" assault. My opponent immediately resigned. 10/10 would recommend.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

I always enjoyed Jess just because she was a mix of Adder and Max, and a hint of Drake in the sense of a specific "not good with X unit group" there's alot to love about AW2 and Dual strike CO's that really blend what was once OP about a character previously, and meld it where it's actually useful in the current game the CO is in.

[@crisis8v88]

For Halloween you should dress up as a vampire and introduce yourself as Fangs.

[@itsdripnovababy]

"Block Rock" is the name because it rhymes and has rock in the name, plus it sounds "cool". Though it could also mean "Rocking the block", where Block could be the area of the neighborhood you live in. Basically, a block party where everyone dances to rock music, I guess.

[@christianhall3916]

This is exactly the kind of speculation I read comments for.

[@spiralknighter5227]

These commentaries are so fun! Makes me want to play again. I have an old AWBW profile, just feel like I don't have to the schedule/time for longer correspondence games.

[@gabrielbitencourt3729]

Very nice replay commentary!! i really liked the fact that Mangs admited the APC was a missclick and then he made it work as best as he could. mistakes happens and his workaround with the mech and the boosting of infantry was really, really cool. i wish i could see Mangs facing out against a decent/good Eagle player so i could take some tips. this is the commander i find the most difficult to face, i just dont know how to deal with llightning strike. i love to play Olaf, Olaf and Sami are my favorite COs but i always lost when i go with Olaf against Eagle since a extra turn seems so much more powerfull than winter fury even thought i do love winter fury.

[@tumbleweedanimations]

Video title suggests a massive thrashing. "Day 17 rolls in and its still neck-and-neck"

[@dimasdwiki6146]

Jess with Red Alert 3 Allied battle theme sounds extremely fitting 👌

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Jess is a completely different beast between DS and AW2, such a good buff and well deserved.

[@DEATHRAGE157]

Hey Mangs i hope one day you make a "what if" video about "unique units" for a hypothetical Advanced war 3, like what we have in Age of Empires, every Civ has its own unique units, so in the case of a possible advanced wars 3, to build them you need a lab and they are built on labs, they should be pricy but open new opportunities, a video like that would be fun to watch and see what ideas you would have for every CO.

[@TheFanaticsPlay]

i find it funny how he keeps trying to hype up jess, which is almost near the bottom on the teir list. Especially the fact its using AW2 jess and not the actual good one. WHICH STILL BAFFLES ME WHY AWBW USES THAT VERSION

[@Xoretre]

Three different titles for the same video in a day. Keep the good work men !

[@LordTyph]

'What is a Block Rock?' Probably something like 'Rock the Block'. as in, this power is a 'Block Rocker'.

[@thebrazillianguytm2186]

Damn, each time a new bro from Mangs Bros. appear

[@ingemar]

great music choice Jangs!

[@trollsquad1827]

That one tank that was in your vision range was in a forest, do forests not work the same in AWBW?

[@Fernybun]

They work the same, during that turn it was Jake's turn so that was his vision range the one we were seeing. Also Mangs recon had enough vision to see the tiles surrounding the forest so he could see any unit moving inside it even if he couldn't see directly into the forest.

[@rufusmcmunchly]

Jess vs Jake is really the battle of the best CO theme music

[@alasdairsinclair916]

"Block Rock" You mean a brick? Wait, is Jake's superpower just a brick? Cause I really wanna imagine that the bonus's all come from bricks: His units switch their weapons in exchange for pelting their targets with bricks, this is especially effective against people without cover (i.e. plains). His indirects get extra range because something something "for a brick it flew pretty good" And his vehicles get extra movement because their paths get temporarily paved with bricks, making traversal easier. This is so stupid and you can't change my mind that's what it is.

[@NEKOEVE]

new AW content when I'm currently bingeing AW content, Love it. Also ya hopefully Grimm Guy keeps up the tier 4 love.

[@25izengard]

Again, great match commentary and choice of music (Red Alert 3 had AMAZING tracks!!!)

[@truegamer_007]

AWBW has Megatanks but no Dual strike Jess? That tank was made FOR HER.

[@darthob4869]

Block Rock is a party encompassing your street or neighborhood 🤔 I think. 😅 One block involves the houses on your street to the next cross street. 🎉🎉

[@Jo2000Geometrydash]

very satisfying to watch Jess eat. You are the true Jess fanboy Mangs and I love it

[@lawngoat933]

hmm so Jangs wear a jacket

[@swagmaster2003]

I fully agree, Jess get's too little love. In my opinion, she's also viable in standard, at least in 2-base maps. Whenever I get a tier 4 match, I hope it's a map where I can use Jess and show her power. Not being restricted to a terrain type is so nice, your tanks can do whatever they want. I also think people focus too much on her slightly weaker infantry. Yeah sure, they can't get the 2HKO on a city. But what are infantry REALLY good for hmm? Capturing and walling, and they do that just as well as for other CO's. Tanks are the units which are most important for fighting, and she's got the best ones.

[@john56801]

There's a song by American rapper Ghostface Killah called block rock. Haven't heard the song in years but I believe it referenced crack cocaine: "rock." This stuff is usually sold in the ghetto. So in the "block." Maybe the good folks at Nintendo needs a bit of crack to stay up all night and code their games.

[@Louis_Von_Aegir]

I love Jess, hope I learn some tricks to use her watching this.

[@emily_boop]

I'm always excited for your advance wars content :3

[@officedullard8722]

I love Jess. Too bad AWBW didn't do a 'half-and-half' sort of thing with her and at least take away her foot-soldier penalty like in Dual Strike.

[@X2011racer]

I wonder if AWBW or even Wars World would adopt a "Style System" like Re-Boot Camp, or even incorporate a "Freestyle" match where players using different Styles are allowed, such as a match between Style 3 Jess (Dual Strike) and Style 2 Kanbei (AW2).

[@Ghan04]

A fun match that shows Jess has some viability. I would like to see her used more. I think AWBW needs to bring her infantry back up to 100% like in Dual Strike. In any case, good work, Jangs!

[@jacka7275]

I feel like the Jess bad infantry is backwards compared to her theme as the land CO since infantry are part of the ground force. Would've made more sense if they were just normal like in dual strike.

[@emppu9357]

Jess is a powerhouse, in fog and High funds. Her weaker inf doesn't matter when you are building day 3 tanks and while air is more prevalent in HF her extra movement from powers just makes her AA that much more dangerous. (Also Overdrive tanks one shot Inf on plains so walling against her is nay impossible)

[@art-games6230]

One thing you tell about Jess is that -10 firepower too infantry is horrible, but -10 on battlecopter is annoying, why is 10% so different on infantry compared too battlecopters?

[@akshatghiya6827]

The infantry-infantry matchup is very important because infantry are so important. Weaker infantry mean you can’t do as much damage to enemy infantry. Battlecopters, however, can typically do lots of damage regardless with their missiles.

[@Mangs1337]

@@akshatghiya6827 Advance Wars is all about hitting benchmarks. Hitting +20% firepower on certain units allows you to reliably 2KO them on cities, which opens up a lot of opportunities. Jake infantry on plains with 1 com tower can do this for example, whereas Jess infantry can't even do it with 1 com tower with her cop active, which means she's far worse at interrupting caps and using her infantry to break walls. With b-copters, their strength lies in harassing enemy units without taking much damage back, so having -10% firepower doesn't affect this as much.

[@akshatghiya6827]

@@Mangs1337 makes sense, thanks.

[@melfice999]

*puts on tinfoil hat* When Jake uses Block Rock, he contacts Black Rock.

[@Hone_mor2525]

If that were true, it would work the same way Sasha's Market Crash does.

[@melfice999]

@@Hone_mor2525 Nah, Sasha calls the Bogdanoff's to DUMP ET,

[@lordbekon6133]

I very enjoyed putting Empire of Rising Sun soundtruck from Commander and Conquer Red alert 3 .It brings great moments back just by that soundtrack.

[@alex_zetsu]

Given that your missile never fired and you didn't make a single rocket, this really shows how much better Max is compared to Jess in fog. it would be funny if it continued until you HQ capped him and your missiles took a few potshots though.

[@vanyochekvanyochek9175]

Build missile Chan at the end = tea bag

[@HyronXVI]

Lol, I remember winning on this exact map a while ago with Jess, I think also I was vs Jake as well

[@Paulunatr]

I love how everyone agrees that naval units suck, but that Black Boats are the exception.

[@DeusExDraconian]

That day 10 infantry in the south would make me think you are throwing away 3000 in infantry in an attempt to deny me income for as long as possible and force spending far more in terms of 2-1 infantry and tanks to clear it as fast as possible.

[@GundamDroid]

Block Rock lmao. What was that insult Von Bolt said to Jake? "your annoying hipster lingo is an affront to my ears!" Or something

[@emberflameninetales3918]

Mangs is clearly a Rising Sun main with that music

[@JusticeJudge]

Red Alert 3 music is so good.

[@WolfOfMassDeath]

Mangs is gonna make a Jess alt called JessGuy

[@BBHood217]

I don't know Beat Down and Block Rock, I only know Field Break and Hyper Combat.

[@peterchauvin1486]

Ayy that sweet sweet command and conquer music. I love to hear it

[@KillerChairYT]

I always try to look for opportunities to use Jess Heck, if there's a map where a ton of roads are around, i immediately check the winrate stats for Koal, just to see if he's had any success

[@skootmeister3994]

Red Alert 3 music, unexpected surprise but a welcome one.

[@Battagang]

A block rock is a landslide when your kissing your girl under a mountain

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

When The mountain is actually a Volcano and It's Climaxing more than you ever will 😮

[@Battagang]

I should hope so. If I climax so much that it coats the terrain around me as far as the eye can see, I might need to see a doctor... And so will my girl

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

@@Battagang the Volcano's name is Mt. Ambatukam

[@Battagang]

Yea, men ain't my cup of tea, ya feel? Notice the use of, oh idk, the word girl?

[@MurtorSH]

Advance Wars with C&C Red Alert 3 music. That's dope.

[@Geobeetle]

Gotta love that command and conquer music!

[@racer927]

Liking the usage of Red Alert 3 music. If I may make a suggestion, Frank Klepacki's work from earlier C&C games would go *fantastic* with Advance Wars.

[@ShikiKiryu]

I love playing Jess, been playing her more recently in my matches! The infantry weakness hurts sure but she is also really good in HF where you can chuck out soooo many tanks and spam her normal power.

[@LordChip]

I sometimes pick Jess in standard. She is really good in Caustic Finale where tanks have to be everywhere

[@aaronlovin2263]

Such a good AWBW vid

[@DavisG603]

Jess my beloved.

[@fuse197]

Jangs: i made a video about jess a little while ago Also the video in question, *10 months old*

[@EkzamRA]

If Mangs stop doing his Mangs infantry. Will he still be Mangs?

[@videosverigenu4621]

People's rotten tier opinions will always roam around. They see some random good player trash talk a couple COs, then they just copy that opinion without thinking for themselves. Nothing better than beating someone using a "bad" character/CO/weapon

[@napalmcannon2513]

Average Jake Fan vs Average Jess Enjoyer

[@DarkSoulSeeker95]

Well it could be a Rock in Form of a Block, or a Block made out of Rock :D

[@JestaShezarrTeamA]

The red alert 3 music tho this is my jam

[@Robeebert]

block rocking BEATS, BOI When you rock the block, you blast beastie boys

[@emancipation7091]

What's the intro music? Sounds really catchy!

[@the7thsection]

As a humble Jess enjoyer and main, i approve of this title

[@theplop]

I wonder if Grimmguy would accept a rematch in the fog?

[@StandardBread]

I noticed the use of some music from C&C RA3 do you play? and if so could we see a video on it?

[@robertharris6092]

They really need to give jess her AW:DS stats.

[@kingandcountry1242]

Ayyy a Red Alert 3 playlist

[@PICADALOL]

Yep!! Keep doing these Mangs!!

[@artimediasna759]

The Ra3 music was so distracting, I've heard these songs so many times before but only ever in game XD

[@thepines7260]

Haven’t you ever played Dokapon kingdom you can see a block rock in it they just added road to it to specify the locations

[@mcihay246]

Jangs!? Alright. I give up. I will admit though that the different names you have is pretty amusing.