Top 5 Tips For Cavalry Players | AoE2

[@miguelbahamonde6321]

i though that the last tip was gonna be "get 80 farms and spam hussars until you win" lmao. Great vid as always mate!

[@dustinouellette9302]

How could Hera not include 80 farm hussar in a calvary tips video?!?!?! lol

[@imsmeagol911]

I wish there were more about hussars. But then I remembered it's Hera, he could give us a top 5 tips video just about hussars.

[@steidman]

It s hera....the video is easy....always spam hussar!!!

[@verihimthered2418]

Best unit in the game.

[@davefekete7187]

Magyarok lets goooo!

[@jarnobot]

An army of Cobra Cars is the best counter to all of the knight's counters imo. An often forgotten unit.

[@andrzejwilk7316]

Hera: Never go for cavalry strategy, if you do not have bloodlines Franks: Ok :(

[@bunga6475]

gotta do mass archers then

[@Whosyourdaddy21]

Bruh they get blood lines instantly when they advance to feudal

[@quakethedoombringer]

Don't they have free Bloodline after Feudal though

[@tupacshakur5868]

@@quakethedoombringer no

[@trapinreallife1339]

@@tupacshakur5868 yesn't they got +20% for mounted units which is +20hp on a knight, even more efficient on later units, so a better bloodline as their civ boni

[@martinmarzano1523]

Nice guide, I can't wait for your infantry guide! Oh wait.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

LOL

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

Spear rush guide when?

[@ruffymaru]

Hera, would you consider continuing that series of tips for team game players? I learned a lot with that 2v2 video.

[@Hera-Gameplay]

Yes i will try to make the 3v3 one soon

[@marceloromano8774]

@@Hera-Gameplay It would be very cool if you make some tutorials in other types of maps too, since you focus more on Arabia (you could some tips on how to play team games in these maps too). Thanks a lot for your tutorials!

[@pbsoccer2]

As a cav player, thank you!

[@The_Stray_King]

How about the fourth reason to use a monk is to counter your opponent's conversions from their own monks by converting your knights back. This also makes a monk a counter to a counter.

[@uvuvwevwevweosas4459]

Watching this video made me love the artstyle of this game even more. While playing it's fast paced and frantinc you can't see the details and appreciate what's going on. Also thank you so much for these valuable tips !

[@burprobrox9134]

Really love the little scenes you put together in these

[@rockrebelproject7207]

First Tip at 2:58 : Unless you are Burgandians or Franks of course ;) Great educational content again, thank you!

[@7636kei]

At least Franks' cav HP% bonus can be a Bloodlines substitute (less than satisfactory for light cav, but at least it's not 60 HP)

[@Jimmy911ism]

There’s eco and there are time-saving boni. Franks have both, with the berry picking and the free farm upgrades combined with +20%HP on cavalry. They don’t have to do anything for that advantage (they can train more scouts).They’ve nerfed the cheap castles(553s in castle, 488s in imperial - used to be simply 488s), but they are still a seriously good civ, if you add in the throwing axemen. I haven’t played for years and don’t know the Burgundians, just watched them; bloody complicated.

[@An1llusion]

I wonder if there could be a 5 tips / advanced guide to using stances. Both Attack/Defensive, but also formations and maybe even Attack Move vs Patrol? I've been told that to get a better surround on Crossbows, people use Stand Ground stance with Knights, but I don't know if that's a thing that's actually useful? I've struggled quite a bit to take good engagements with my cavalry units not because I'm going against counters, but simply that I'm not sure if I'm controlling my units well. Every time I watch someone else use them, they have much better pathing (maybe due to stances?), but mine collide and get stuck. Ironically, the only time I've gotten a good / perfect surround was with Box formation and I guess I must've had the golden number of knights to get a perfect surround from all angels by running my knights through the archers and then Attack Moving.

[@Alex-fo5tl]

12:24 "the anti resistant Bonus" that sound nice

[@FatalSkeptic]

Another great video! In terms of the tips, it's good to hear all of these together. But have to say, the visuals on screen are just beautiful and engaging. Like I am not just listening to you, I like watching the video itself even though nothing great in happening. The visuals are very calming, colorful and keep me hooked. gg wp by you and your team

[@fatihbulut4170]

I can relate so much to the "Add siege" tip. I was 800ish ELO at arena 1-2 weeks ago. After I started adding scorpions to my teuton cavalier army, I began winning games more frequently rising to 1000 ELO :D Normally I would lose against pure archer civs like ethiopians or cavalry archer civs because my teuton cavalry couldnt kill them. Yet, having even a few scorpions in my army, I got rid of enemy pikemen and the crossbow mass while my cavalry protecting the scorps. Great video, appreciating it.

[@sashidharan1192]

The village is awesome bro in 0:00

[@diosn6909]

Can't wait for the next one!

[@Pyroptere]

I am not sure about the 3 scouts for 1 spear rule. Even if the spear only give 2 hits, it's nearly a scout killed. A spear cost 35 food, 25 wood so 70 ressources total and only 35 food, while the scout is 80 food. Problem is the food at that stage of the game (feudal) is super costly because farms suck really bad (you have to pay 60 wood upfront). If you are sure that you can translate that into eco disruption before another spear come as a back-up, why not. But in a vaccum that's not great, so most of the time I wouldn't take that trade. But other than that, great video! I loved it :)

[@atomickipachaka821]

I was waiting for this one!!!

[@faultier3215]

Hera, I started this video and had to pause at 0:02 at this beautiful image, and have to ask: Are you making those beautiful background custom scenario thingys yourself? If yes, maybe you should quit yourt boring career as AoE pro and start becoming an AoE-Artist, selling those images as NFTs or something...

[@faultier3215]

its super calming just to look at this

[@Jimmy911ism]

@@faultier3215Yeah, the two little horse yards are something else!

[@shresthaditya9731]

2:25-Get 1 attack + 1 armor upgrade if against melee units 3:05-Don't go for cavalry w/o bloodlines 4:28-Pick your fights wisely and use mobility to run away and use it to also raid economy 6:00-Use monks to covert and heal cavalry 8:00-Add siege with knights to deal with crossbows and pikeman with attack ground 11:20-use skrims to deal with halbs when they get high mass of it 12:20-Light Cavalry for Monks 13:30-Use Pikes/Monks for camels

[@CapnWilly]

Love these videos. Great tips 👌 Really enjoy your play style, competitive videos and instructional videos.

[@KaoticPhoenix]

Most important tip: 20 wood, 80 farm is the magic number Was sort of hoping you would cover how to counter knights but I guess the same as camels?

[@timexgd3804]

holy shit i didn't knew that skirmishers works amazing against spearman, thanks so much Hera

[@doguhanaktas1262]

Hi, thank you for the video. Your latest videos are really amazing. For against camels should we consider scorp + knight ? Bec camel has low pierce armor and not a lot stronger than knights ? -Also against pikes I guess if you did not make archery range in Feudal, scorp is better thanks to it has no upgrade costs. -I believe you pikes do not counter knights but pikes + monks can. -Could you make a video about tower rush tips ?

[@ar1sm70]

09:26 I died with that Ram caption 111

[@calebvangelder1101]

I just want to know if that poor editor got fired.

[@oversipelio983]

getting back at the game rn, this really helps

[@WillyMacShow]

Idk many units that make me think of a player, but Hera is hussar. That unit is his

[@pbsoccer2]

Would add Knight, monks, and scorpions is a good pairing too. Covers the counters to knights without having to invest in a range or pike usually.

[@mbvglider]

Hera talked about scorpions with knights in the scorpions/mangonels video!

[@kekstruppe1263]

Hera! That Teutonic Knight is awesome!! 😆😆😆

[@numtheOumaji252]

0:00 A crusader Knight Guards The Villagers

[@elroy9186]

another monk tip: they actually tank pikeman really well. If you are vs full pikeman, put them in the front after a conversion

[@Jel.Awesh.M]

There are some rumors that say the archers will nerfed in the next patch, can you make a video to know your opinion about that?

[@willianmiranda1370]

Amazing work man.. thanks

[@coffeeandwealth885]

Would byzantine still go for cavalry units? They don't have bloodline but do have cheaper camels. Cataphracts are cavalry too

[@hikatoyshi]

Following your advice, I won't go heavily knight with Franks or Poles anymore given that they have no bloodline.

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

poles have bloodlines but yeah i get the joke

[@hikatoyshi]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 Oops my mistake. I should play them more ^^

[@cyanbogdan969]

"(i might get fired)" is someone controlling you ? blink 3 times twice in ur next video if u need help 😂

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

:O

[@yusufsaid]

I think ram is saying that line since it does much less work than the other two sieges.

[@valueofnothing2487]

Few players actually know how to marshall and pay for all these counters at the right time. Another thing I notice is that few players micro the knights to surround the archers. With today's terrible pathing, it's like Keystone cops - knights bumping into each other, preventing a knight from making a hit, other knights running completely around the other side.

[@teutonichealingfortress]

converting with 10-20 monks - ctrl+click the monk portraits after binding a group of monks to a hotkey to de-select a calculated amount of monks that will remain in that bound hotkey, proceed to continue down the line for 1-10 and qwertyuiop for up to 20 individual monks - or place two per hotkey in either 1234567890 or qwertyuiop sections. : now select all monks - started converting the nearest knight - followed by mass clicking, with precision practice, each hotkey to switch to different knights. you will get many conversions. - if two per hotkey in a single section, simply hit qwertyuiop twice per hotkey and you'll have monks on a new target (provided you have that one research conducted) bonus if you surround the monks with at least 18ish infantry in square formation stand ground, regardless of what type, to delay any units that attempt the monks, or 13 if only 5 or so monks - feel free to experiment - I prefer 29 teutonic knights, 20 hand canons, 11 monks - square form, stand ground, though 29 paladins, 20 conqs, and 11 missionaries is cool too.

[@TMFE777]

Monks + Cav is indeed like burger and fries, saving weak knights with micro is the chipotle ketchup on the side

[@marcoschiz5876]

Tbh i dont agree with adding monks with my knights as a counter to camels, what if your opponenent Just adds monks himself? I'm still going to lose right?

[@ghaznavid]

My elo went up a lot when I started going 2 stable knights in early castle. Getting the +1 armour and bloodlines on the way up. Just passed 1100 two days ago :D

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

congrats bro thats huge!!

[@ghaznavid]

@@HeraAgeofEmpires2 thanks man. Your tips videos have helped a lot.

[@mikemastrella]

Hi Hera, is there a way to cycle thru monks similar to the "go to TC" tab key command?

[@John11747]

This gave me some solid ideas.. 🤔🤔.. Mucho gracias.. 👍❤❤

[@christosrepanis7715]

Is there any use for the wild horses

[@damianvergaradominguez8484]

I would add the suggestion of not rushing to imperial and instead all in or do economy, which is a typical mistake at low elos.

[@nsavch]

what's the point of putting units on patrol when healing them? I saw many pros doing it but why?

[@alexrahardjazh]

Camels I prefer to use crossbow or arbalest.

[@Sev017]

Great tips! also is that a mod or unique unit at the start and end?

[@pbsoccer2]

What about a ram guide? Would probably be a short video 11

[@arcomegis9999]

Wait, what happened to the farms ? They looks so symmetrical and tight. Even when you put 8 farms close to a mill, it could only be a pinwheel. It can’t be a perfect square. And the farms themselves are 2x2. Is that a farm mod ?

[@seiyaryuuguuin2332]

Thanks hera

[@hoangtrunganh]

how many gold miners will I need to sustain 2 stable knight production ?

[@esc9799]

Awesome vid

[@oldfaun5402]

Do most of these tips apply to cav archers?

[@mirekpraisler8903]

If you are playing knights and your opponent counter you with camels. What upgrades you need first? Attack or armor?

[@volkerflag6986]

Armor doesn’t do anything against bonus damage, so attack. But you still won’t want to fight with lots of knights against lots of camel, so probably switch to another unit I guess

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

@@volkerflag6986 attack is usually better volker had it right!

[@legendofJupp]

I prefer the attack upgrade for early feudal aggression

[@xadex3352]

Yeah me too. I think what he meant is generally armor is better since your opponent will have defenses but if they only have the TC and melee units to defend Forging is better.

[@Jimmy911ism]

Magyars are great. Their free and automatic melee attack upgrades cover infantry and cavalry. You can research the armor upgrade on the relevant unit type and you have both. If going scouts, their Magyar Huszar gets them too (the free attack & your researched cav armor), if you want to build a castle later. It ties in well.

[@poyerva]

I think the camel bit should have an exception: Vs Gurjaras Camel dont ever fight :(

[@AJ_25]

9:26 RIP K1.

[@samuils]

Melee is pronounced May-lay.

[@Stogey]

Super smash bros maylay

[@richardmason13]

Ohhhhhhh... I always forget about monks, skirms and siege, and just go more cav instead

[@subgoose9730]

Hot dawg!

[@mythology2467]

Can you please do a top 5 tips for beating FreakinAndy, since my tournament match is against him this weekend 😅 plz dnt just say get gud

[@210ATO]

Camels are a soft counter? Hera, I know you're good but I need to tell you about this new civ called the Hindustrians (t90 shout out). No, got that wrong - Gurjaras. Some poor noob will be going toe to toe with them as we speak.

[@olecram207]

nice man, please do a video covering best civ combos for TG 2v2/3v3/4v4

[@Okinagui]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@hectorgonzalez2401]

Build 70+ farms and spam the hussar hotkey :p

[@defiant_]

wow perfect farms around mill how u do that

[@CucharaLoredo]

😍😍😍😍

[@rubywest5166]

Wait, so if monks are chips, what are siege weapons. A soda? Onion rings?

[@HeraAgeofEmpires2]

onion rings, sometimes u want them other times no

[@jokerpenguin9429]

Thais cavalry cuide was too much horse focused. We need an Elephant guide!

[@Gui101do]

👍🏻

[@battleforevermore]

On arena i prefer attack upgrade first. It helps the scouts kill spears and monks faster. Husbandry is a close 2nd but too expensive for early castle age. In my 1k elo opinion.

[@GunsAndRoses871]

Viper lost 4-1 to Villese man you gotta win the Semis Hera or ill go crazy. Let's go baby!

[@saeedabibi9]

can you speak a bit slowly. I need to absorb the information

[@tom123knightley]

Lol he can’t say cavalry, he says “cavlary” 😂😂😂😂