Unit Guide: Shogun Executioner | Red Alert 3

[@xyhc-cnc]

Win Matches with this one simple unit: Moskvin *Hates* Him If anyone can make out what Shogun Executioner actually says in each line, lemme know I kept comparing Executioner with Sickles in this video, but it took until after I uploaded the video to realize they both have 3 heads and attack simultaneously in 3 directions 🙃 7:43 Just noticed that Shogun's green shadow leaves actual footprints on the map! Play my game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2503550/Operation_Octo/

[@xeruexe1624]

For an April fool’s joke, this was pretty informative and entertaining. I like it.

[@xyhc-cnc]

thanks!

[@joshchu]

Ah yes, I once one-ref fast tech to shogun and defeat Vindies.

[@xyhc-cnc]

Poor VIndies had to learn the hard way that cryocopter's useless when Allies don't build land vehicles and hence can't run over to finish off a shrunken shogun

[@flauschigeswikingerschiff7541]

My favorite competetive unit

[@squishymusic9723]

Bout damn time, this will help me in the tournaments!

[@xyhc-cnc]

delayed this S-Tier unit guide for sooo long. Remember my teachings next tourney!

[@squishymusic9723]

@@xyhc-cnc I'm surprised by how much you were able to pull out of this one - genuinely interesting (as the series always is 😅) and King Spuntnik! The Uprising challenge that featured thus unit was one of my favourites because I could dunk on this unit! 🤣

[@xyhc-cnc]

​@@squishymusic9723 The script for this guide just grew longer and longer as I played around with executioner more :( I was genuinely scared to make this guide by the time the script was mostly there

[@Guardsman830]

8:28 what a nice subnautica reference

[@mezosikornel7043]

I also noticed! "Ecological Dead Zone" Be careful with Ghost Leviathans!!!

[@banana-samurai]

When I read it my mind kind of mixed these 2 games together, and I had this frightful feeling the shogun is about to fall into the bottomless void...

[@sharkyshark52]

Lol

[@fenix6876]

5:13 In that Moment The Shogun Executioner Felt The True Terror

[@jawwadmacaraya9865]

Idk why but that roar is damn adoarable.

[@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht]

Despite its enormous size , Not a match against þe divine power of þe Sputnik and þe evil might of þe cryocOPter.

[@xyhc-cnc]

Shogun is F-Tier trash

[@platypusoo7958]

@@xyhc-cnc but still it is useful to me for my opinion and ussr with mir space of mother ussr can be useful ability

[@Poe168]

I wouldn't forget when I first saw him on Empire Campaign mission number - 3. It's also fun to watch this video.

[@korhol2065]

This is basically a guide if you really struggle with the penultimate empire mission

[@xyhc-cnc]

took me so long to beat that as a kid (mostly because Shogun was so darn slow)

[@korhol2065]

Let’s be happy that they didn’t program the AI to use support powers, that would just be cruel and unusual punishment

[@Honzik207]

Cool guide, cannot wait to try out these strategies in an online match! Btw, how long this took to make?

[@xyhc-cnc]

a bit short of 3 days

[@emrekt22]

this unit guide made my day

[@xyhc-cnc]

♥️

[@andrewthedukeMK2]

Shogun Executioner's tune is epic!

[@xyhc-cnc]

surprisingly short tho

[@AzureAlliance31]

Empire OP; it gets carried by this thing

[@xyhc-cnc]

too bad Sputnik is a hard shut-down for this. Empire wouldn't ever build Shogun when facing Soviets

[@commandoepsilon4664]

@@xyhc-cnc I think Allies need a buff, they got nothin' that can compare to those two units!

[@jvbutalid8316]

Even the Imperial mecha of apocalypse is no match for the SputniKaren

[@xyhc-cnc]

@@jvbutalid8316 no manager can stand against Karen

[@andrewthedukeMK2]

5:56 actually the Cash Bounty protocol rewars the player 10,321 credits for the Shogun Executioner's destruction in RA3 Uprising.

[@Hellwolf36]

The Giga-chad Sputnik never fails

[@xyhc-cnc]

The only thing Sputnik fails at is being fair & balanced and not unstoppable

[@Chrisp0394]

Sudden transports disguised unconvincingly as a shogun executioner and then being lifted by a twinblade is the one thing I did not know I needed to see today

[@homemadehistorian2590]

I had the idea to make a novelization or a short story series revolving around the RA3 universe with my own storylines. If it comes to fruition, I'm definitely using the Shogun Executioner. I'll also heavily nerf the Allies, especially those darn Cryocopters. Great video!

[@pootis-31]

9:38 NO ONE DEFEAT KING SPUTNIK!

[@xyhc-cnc]

You're correct :)

[@masterpurple_]

For some of these things said in the video, they say in the campagin that its the "Soviets biggest nightmare" for a reason, since soviets (other then the Terror drone and alot of V4s) cant deal with it in a good way.

[@xyhc-cnc]

Terror Drones are hard banned in that campaign mission

[@masterpurple_]

@@xyhc-cnc Krukov uses them in the 8 Empire mission

[@masterpurple_]

But however, he cannont swap to stasis ray

[@xyhc-cnc]

@@masterpurple_ Boris is too used to commanding in the RA2 timeline that he still uses td as mass infection spams, not realizing it has a special ability button

[@masterpurple_]

i whould assume so@@xyhc-cnc

[@AxellMorren]

8:32 The shogun executioner is probably looking for Dr. Odin

[@xyhc-cnc]

😦

[@KelYarbin]

Next unit guide video: Lore Accurate Sputnik Guide | Red Alert 3

[@xyhc-cnc]

A Sputnik guide that's not an April Fools video full of false nonsense about Sputnik being unviable

[@jvbutalid8316]

I always thought that the Giga Fortress is really just one of the heads of the Shogun Executioner.

[@somacruz10]

Just imagine, they made cinematic about him and this unit only for a single campaign mission. Not even boss in other campaigns.

[@L-T_720]

This is the best April fools joke i seen, by far.

[@xyhc-cnc]

thanks!

[@kasin4444]

Man, really hope you can add all Uprising unit into your mod, but with proper balance adjusted, of course!

[@xyhc-cnc]

That would annihilate the balance 😢

[@kasin4444]

@xyhc-cnc So there's no way we can balance some of them, even by nerfing their attack range or damage, right?

[@trashplayer5178]

Thanks a lot for the guide. Great video. Will there be videos about the abilities of each faction?

[@modageddon2742]

why is this the best april fools video to ever exist

[@gethk.gelior4214]

Thanks! I really didn't know how to use this unit, it just keeps groaning and stepping over my tanks!

[@xyhc-cnc]

block its crushing movement using any allied structure

[@gethk.gelior4214]

@@xyhc-cnc Instructions unclear, got shrinked and crushed by a prospector

[@theunidentifiedchangeling9451]

Ah yes, my favorite unit to see in a competitive game: Shogun's Executioner

[@afahuiuhgfkdjmsiugmjksdf]

I remember freezing one at near full health with a swarm of cryo copters and then an enemy conscript killed it in one hit 😂

[@xyhc-cnc]

Cryo Sorcery 😐

[@roweljulius]

Those micro tactic can kill a monster

[@wenbjiang9534]

Amazing guides as always. How do you get to play with the unit?

[@xyhc-cnc]

I used the World Builder. My last video was a tutorial on how to use the World Builder ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d322eWaJdteJoNEsi=0whUnAr96yKuYk6S

[@rektbiich4585]

Many notes: This video reminds us why sputnik and sudden transports are the chads of the game CryocOPters are yet again unfair and busted for such cheap price, and tanky too(10k cost for one seems much more balanced imo) Yuriko is yet again the coolest commando out of all three and requires the most skill Kirov is still iconic The favoritism towards allies is beyond laughable at this point, wdym shogun can't crush their buildings but can any other faction? Yea no, thats just wrong The demon follower of cryocOPters, Hydrofoils, are such a broken unit for their cost and their anti-air is also no joke, but their special ability is just... Poor soviets only have terror drones in their arsenal thats op, nothing else :(

[@xyhc-cnc]

Only Yuriko can make Shogun Executioner do an anime-style air front flip as it slashes its sword

[@TaylorBloomqvist]

Can’t be carried by Twinblade, Z-Tier.

[@xyhc-cnc]

lol!

[@98kazer]

ok... I don't completely hate April fools

[@o-geeogerio3182]

Shogun Executioner: I fear no man. But that thing... *sees one Cryocopter* ...it scares me 😰😰😰

[@General-F]

If the Shogun Executioner was a unit, you could in game the other 3 factions would get one to balance it out. Of course this unit would be the most expensive unit without a doubt.

[@xyhc-cnc]

hard-countered by a single terror drone, and a mere copter

[@General-F]

@@xyhc-cnc I will say it's weird that the allies doesn't face this beast in the campaign miss opportunity. Even though its in challenge mode, but it's not the same.

[@nowar1620]

@@General-F after I played with executioner in uprising, I understood it's just too weak against allies, so I'm not surprised. Terror drones at least can be killed with executioner's ability and at least in campaign terror drone inside doesn't really disturb.

[@General-F]

@@nowar1620 That's unfortunate.

[@xeruexe1624]

Well, the Allies already have the Cryocopter. And the Soviets almost got the Mammoth Tank.

[@heathcliff7]

So is it true when the nuke bomb explode you just need to jum to dodge the shock wave? 😅

[@neoharmoniagropius1426]

Can't wait to See Soviet MIR Unit Guide

[@Satomi_Saki]

0:44 Why is Shogun Executioner able to attack from the air?

[@xyhc-cnc]

landed copters

[@louievelayo4100]

7:05 *OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU!*

[@Silverlord-yc5bv]

So XYHC what unit is next up in the unit guide?

[@marcusbalingit8398]

8:30 bro went to see a ghost leviathan

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Shogun Executioner is like Giga Bowser of Red Alert 3 competitive. Aka deep down someone wants him to be allowed in comp but he isn't 😢. Although it would probably be easier to justify Shogun Exec. in the comp. Just make him hard and expensive to build

[@mayuri4184]

Allies can fell it easily, thanks to its air force in general and CryocOPters in particular, of which the Shogun Executioner alone has no answer to. No wonder the Shogunate has not deployed the weapon against the Allies.

[@xyhc-cnc]

For Empire to ever have declared war against the OP Allies was a mistake Tatsu even disapproved of the Emperor's broadcast to the Allied nations

[@nowar1620]

​@@xyhc-cnc they were lucky allies were exhausted by Soviets because they had much more refineries and manpower before the war. But then...

[@o-geeogerio3182]

Well that's what happens when you build a weapon that is only meant to overwhelm a particular faction. (The Shogun Executioner was made to be used and *only* used against the Soviets after all.)

[@mannofdober873]

*Empire:* Creates superweapon mech specifically to destroy the Soviet Union. *Soviet Union:* Sputnik.

[@NiiRubra]

More balanced than the Allies (sadly I'm actually serious).

[@pootis-31]

3:15 FLYING MINIGUNS!?!?!? (they look like minigun)

[@ProtonCannon]

5:26 : ⦚

[@xyhc-cnc]

Wobbuffet!

[@ProtonCannon]

@@xyhc-cncthat would be X⦚

[@choongweijie5851]

artillery next?

[@flamingbird09]

Is the face of the executioner the same as the Giga Fortress? I wonder why this machine only available at 1 mission and never get to see him again after the Commander Challenges or the Skirmish map. Also this is the only boss machine for the Empire OP too

[@xyhc-cnc]

5:25 does _this_ look like the same face to you?

[@ahmednematallah]

It's in 2 missions, and it's in the king of the monsters challenge. It's pretty OP though but some mods have it.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

tl;dr There's a reason you don't fight against Allies with the Shogun Executioner.

[@nowar1620]

Wow... So it's another enormous slow useless unit and moskvin is just an idiot? Not surprised. I played with it in uprising.

[@ahmednematallah]

Thanks for the April fool's video, maybe next time the Emperor's King Oni (at least it can attack air). I think the "main head" thing is a big issue, otherwise fun unit. I wish they had a mission where you had to fight it, it would just be boring since the only reasonable way to defeat it is by blocking it then throwing tons of firepower at it, but still very fun. The campaign is way too short anyway. Do you know why it can only be captured by a vehicle and not infantry? As an extra bit of trivia, if you beat it in King of the Monsters, Moskvin will gloat a bit.

[@xyhc-cnc]

Sniped Shogun can only be captured by an infantry. The Sputnik thing was just a joke

[@ahmednematallah]

@@xyhc-cnc oh, I thought you needed a vehicle like the emperor king oni.

[@markusrott]

like for sputnik jokes

[@insertusername9755]

Interesting (does not work in uprising).

[@yyw642]

Everything’s so wrong with this guide 😂😂😂

[@xyhc-cnc]

Exactly, those Cryocopter shrink rays are positively detestible!

[@kishaurlanda571]

wished he had anti air lol

[@o-geeogerio3182]

If you look closely at their heads, they actually have missile pods. But devs decided it would be too OP. Not like the Executioner has any use outside of campaign to begin with (exccept mods).