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    Edits by / @k1aoe
    #Ageofempires2, #AoE2, #Hera
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  • @Kawabongahlive
    @Kawabongahlive 3 місяці тому +72

    Gurjara camels beating byzantine cataphracts is something that offended me when the civ came out and still offends me to this day.

    • @HyunAOP
      @HyunAOP 3 місяці тому +8

      They don't get pikemen or arb, it's fine 11 byz gets halb

    • @jotfohm4644
      @jotfohm4644 3 місяці тому +3

      25% cheaper halbs you mean**. ​@@HyunAOP

    • @rockgamiasedes677
      @rockgamiasedes677 3 місяці тому +1

      Really? camel beat cataphracts? Just saw a game in youtube where cataphracts demolished camels. Although it was not Gurjaras.

    • @bartelvandervelden9894
      @bartelvandervelden9894 3 місяці тому

      ​@@rockgamiasedes677catas usually win against camels because the anti cav armour is high enough to negate (most of) the camel's bonus damage. Gurjara camels got more bonus damage because of a civ bonus and got higher melee armour thanks to a unique tech, so they got a very different matchup against cataphracts

    • @jcbo8906
      @jcbo8906 3 місяці тому

      Gurjara Heavy Camels no longer beat Elite Cataphracts with the extra bonus damage reduction from 50% to 40%.

  • @sekaidoggo7610
    @sekaidoggo7610 3 місяці тому +55

    #1 Hindustanis calling it right now

  • @mahmoudfawzy60
    @mahmoudfawzy60 3 місяці тому +23

    06:00 Shawarma Riders

  • @Leann-n
    @Leann-n 3 місяці тому +3

    Really cool to see this stuff from you Hera, cheers

  • @yep2959
    @yep2959 3 місяці тому +27

    Hindustanis un-meta so good they become meta

  • @raresdragan4610
    @raresdragan4610 3 місяці тому +4

    nice video, great content Hera!

  • @ghaznavid
    @ghaznavid 3 місяці тому +4

    Hera signing off at the end of a video about war with "peace" 11

  • @pmApostic
    @pmApostic 3 місяці тому

    Good one! Love this type of topic tbh

  • @kylethe6248
    @kylethe6248 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the reminder to like the video! You've been making some great content!

  • @camwardart
    @camwardart 3 місяці тому +1

    I also found it interesting you like getting handcannons early castle with bohemians, I tend to hear most people saying the chemistry upgrades best for bohemians while on the way up to imp for instant bombard. My next couple games with them I am going to try playing castle a bit longer and seeing how the handcannon does.

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому +1

      The early Chemistry can also be used in Castle Age to boost a crossbow mass before switching production to HC after first spending your food on clicking up to Imperial Age. I feel like trying out Bohemians soon, after I am done failing with Burgundians. 😆

  • @dontmugurself
    @dontmugurself 3 місяці тому +3

    Ugh. A Hera video mentioning my favorite ladder climb strat right now: Roman Inf/Siege. Now ppl are gonna catch on 😂😂😂😂

    • @bensonrabe6728
      @bensonrabe6728 3 місяці тому +1

      I did that strat once and won first try, but i did pikes with scropians. Switched it into centurions late castle early imp to raid.

  • @paulmoutardier5818
    @paulmoutardier5818 3 місяці тому +1

    Je suis francais mais je regarde toutes tes videos. Tu es un des rares à donner des conseils ! Merci !

  • @hugodutau1969
    @hugodutau1969 3 місяці тому +1

    Regarding Turks Light Cav, the pierce armor is a crazy bonus.
    I’ve been schocked to realized it against my CA which has been destroyed 😂

  • @damianvergaradominguez8484
    @damianvergaradominguez8484 3 місяці тому +2

    This is interesting, I was thinking on a different definition of anti-meta (Goths, Celts, Teutons, Poles, Berbers). Usually people thinks of anti-meta as "weird/all in strategy" rather than counter-units

    • @lautaromoreno3916
      @lautaromoreno3916 3 місяці тому +3

      I had this missconception before too (applied to League of Legends, tho). Anti-meta are things good against the meta strategies. Off-meta is what you are referring, "weird stuff".

    • @damianvergaradominguez8484
      @damianvergaradominguez8484 3 місяці тому

      @@lautaromoreno3916 makes sense

    • @rodriguedelhay1231
      @rodriguedelhay1231 3 місяці тому

      Teutons and Poles are not anti-meta.

  • @AisSora
    @AisSora 3 місяці тому +2

    I would love to see a beginner friendly civs video, if there isnt one already ❤

  • @keelhauler5227
    @keelhauler5227 3 місяці тому +1

    I think with the turks you can utilize your gold bonus on knights, if you have a bunch of alive, you could upgrade them to cavalier. Slowly shifting hussars + gunpowder from scout into knights opening.

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому

      That is kind of "meta", though.

    • @keelhauler5227
      @keelhauler5227 3 місяці тому

      @@EliasHasle it wasn't when I were playing the game 🤷‍♂
      I may not even have seen anyone using a knight other than myself. I rarely watch pro matches. My peak is above average but generally I was a mid elo player. Maybe I hadn't witnessed once but there were. IDK

  • @MultiXCrunner
    @MultiXCrunner 3 місяці тому +2

    Next week I'm expecting a top 5 anti anti-meta arabia civ video

  • @user-uh7cb3vy4v
    @user-uh7cb3vy4v 3 місяці тому +4

    byzantines underrated, should've been mentioned in this video
    berbers are also underrated, insane knight rush and insane good uu, with great trash in late game.

    • @forsakenquery
      @forsakenquery 3 місяці тому +1

      They're pretty fucking meta

    • @kevinfogle7929
      @kevinfogle7929 3 місяці тому

      Byzantine has been my favorite since age of kings

  • @user-uh7cb3vy4v
    @user-uh7cb3vy4v 3 місяці тому

    good video hera

  • @chrisbowler3073
    @chrisbowler3073 3 місяці тому +1

    Take my like, good sir.

  • @pbsoccer2
    @pbsoccer2 3 місяці тому +2

    Turk Light cav is a highly underrated cost effective counter to xbow

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому

      Massed Turk light cav with Hindustani ally, to kill farmers, destroy farms and even raze TCs.

  • @teddyhaines6613
    @teddyhaines6613 3 місяці тому +2

    Bummed at the lack of Byzantines.

  • @antonioescamilla5553
    @antonioescamilla5553 3 місяці тому

    Hindustanis have many options to play, remember many patchs ago the civ had access to halbs.

  • @camwardart
    @camwardart 3 місяці тому +1

    I started playing the bohemians a lot and having good success. Any thoughts on the fervor upgrade for the eco bonus, and some early relic play? I have been getting it early most games but is it worth the early castle investment or am I better off waiting till imp? A lot happens in an age game so I'm sure its kind of hard to ever give a definitive anwser but wondering what people got to say.

  • @jidlan1884
    @jidlan1884 3 місяці тому +1

    HerASMR Time! 😌

  • @dineshupreti6508
    @dineshupreti6508 3 місяці тому

    Liked and subbed ❤❤❤❤😊😊
    I have a question:
    What can I do to improve my late game? I kinda just knock off and the difference between my and my opponent gets larger in terms of score as well. One minute the difference is one hundred then 4k 😢😢😢

  • @Pillandelta
    @Pillandelta 3 місяці тому +1

    Yes sir, video liked.

  • @andomlyranonymous6488
    @andomlyranonymous6488 3 місяці тому

    Nice.

  • @thesenate957
    @thesenate957 3 місяці тому

    Hi, do your patreon build orders have romans included? Been playing for over a month and can take on extreme ai with other civs but not my beloved romans.

  • @david_oliveira71
    @david_oliveira71 3 місяці тому

    @Hera - please do a video on "Best Team Game Civs". 4v4 mainly

  • @HiNationItsMe
    @HiNationItsMe 3 місяці тому

    Hera can you do a 2 TC Cuman Boomin build order?

  • @tag180rotax
    @tag180rotax 3 місяці тому

    Bro Ive been rearranging guts on the ladder with Bohemian dr fc hc it's nasty

  • @droger1448
    @droger1448 3 місяці тому

    Hera sparked the blunt before he did this vid 😂

  • @bsn_cs
    @bsn_cs 3 місяці тому

    Like the damn videoooo!

  • @yahm0n
    @yahm0n 3 місяці тому +1

    I've always hated playing against archers as Saracens, and now I feel justified, but not better.

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому +1

      My go-to solution against archers is booming into a million skirmishers that also serve as siege against buildings due to the team bonus - a.k.a. siegemishers. 😁 It kind of depends on the opponent not making mangonels, but if they do, I can kill them with mamelukes that I heal up with monks. Monks with Bimaristan also quickly restore the siegemishers after battles, and they stay kind of safe inside the mass. In Imperial Age, I like to spend gold on bombards and add hussars.

    • @yahm0n
      @yahm0n 3 місяці тому +1

      @@EliasHasle This sounds pretty solid. I just have to learn to transition back to food better, which may become easier with the new farm placement mechanic.

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому

      @@yahm0n Sure! Also, I think the idea of booming into a million skirmishers only works if you are the one putting pressure (ideally with archers) in the first place, already booming a bit behind. Otherwise, you may not have food or time to switch. Anyway, I am only a low Elo non-legend, so what do I know...

  • @jasonsmith1950
    @jasonsmith1950 3 місяці тому

    One option with Romans: MAA rush into archer Feudal. The MAAs are tanky, and the archers pair nicely with them. And you have your Roman eco bonus to boost it. And opponents don't expect archers from Romans (and according to Daut's recent video, archers or skirms are the best follow-ups to a MAA rush). And if things get later on, a large scorpion mass can be a dangerous threat to anyone not prepared with a counter (aka Bombard cannons and Onagers).

  • @doguhanaktas1262
    @doguhanaktas1262 3 місяці тому

    It was a nice video thank you.
    But I have a question for you ? I never use UU, because of production limit. Because a stable is 175 wood and a castle is 650 stone. Building stable/Archery range is better than building castle. When should I go for UU ? Or with which civs ?

    • @EliasHasle
      @EliasHasle 3 місяці тому

      Some civs produce their Castle UU so much faster than the wooden production buildings that they kind of pay off anyway, in terms of villager seconds spent gatering resources and building the production buildings. Karambits are the most extreme example. But eventually, stone gets too scarce to compete with adding tens of barracks. (But then, Malay have the Forced Levy UT which gives them trash THS.)

  • @bernhardbrodowsky3261
    @bernhardbrodowsky3261 3 місяці тому

    Which civ would perform well when played by aliens with perfect execution?

  • @BasedChad-nz4ex
    @BasedChad-nz4ex 3 місяці тому

    Commenting for the algorithm

  • @timl5036
    @timl5036 3 місяці тому

    I 100% agree with youon turkish scouts/LC. I played them a lot on open maps on mid-elo lvl and won quite a few games against archers civs in feudal or early castle just with the LC. This matchup is not even funny. And if they react with pikes I feel like thats exactly what I want anyway since my long-term plan is CA/Jans anyway and they kind of invite me into it.

  • @ponchopalmera4917
    @ponchopalmera4917 3 місяці тому +1

    I drop a comment because it doesn't cost me anything and it helps the channel ❤

  • @AmirMishel
    @AmirMishel 3 місяці тому

    Hey guys, spirit of the Hera here, in today's video we gonna talked about top 5 anti meta civs on Arabia. Lets check it out
    *Spirit of the Hera intro playing*😂

  • @MauroFont21
    @MauroFont21 3 місяці тому

    Would taking away pike upgrade be a reasonable nerf for hindustanis? Fully hypothetical obviously

  • @micheleeichstetter4627
    @micheleeichstetter4627 3 місяці тому

    @Hera: Data points say that you should only "promote" one of the three things: Like, comment or subscribe. All of them are too much, one is doable.

  • @cl8804
    @cl8804 3 місяці тому

    how's toxy holding up?

  • @leonardodalessandro5735
    @leonardodalessandro5735 3 місяці тому

    Nearly forgot to like the video. :D

  • @alinlight4210
    @alinlight4210 3 місяці тому +1

    Bizantines when pff they need a buff

  • @Druppelsgewijs
    @Druppelsgewijs 3 місяці тому

    hera i got a very different video idea for you, since you like to make video's for youtube, a lot of people struggle (i think, i know i do) which upgrades are needed for which unit
    like UU is arambai, does what can you get for defence? horse defence or archer defence idk ...
    how do you upgrade att & defence on a mameluke etc ...

    • @icarian553
      @icarian553 3 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/L97B4_rsPWM/v-deo.html He did one for UUs already.

  • @DissarayJay
    @DissarayJay 3 місяці тому

    i was going to like the video but then he told me to do it and thats like your mom telling you to wash the dishes while you're literally doing it, kills the whole mood

  • @chtyldubreux5950
    @chtyldubreux5950 3 місяці тому

    4:10 what do Pro's do that counters these man at arms? You forgot to tell that, and I want to improve at the game.

  • @Gui101do
    @Gui101do 3 місяці тому +1

    👍🏻

  • @DanielHudson-vn5kl
    @DanielHudson-vn5kl 3 місяці тому

    Commenting because im suggestible

  • @orhanmehmed7794
    @orhanmehmed7794 3 місяці тому

    👍

  • @jeromemartel3916
    @jeromemartel3916 3 місяці тому +8

    Ah yes the famous #1 anti-meta that is part of the meta with biggest WR across the board!

  • @HESACRIFICEDZAROOK
    @HESACRIFICEDZAROOK 3 місяці тому

    Huns, but go for Longswords.

  • @martinalejandroarguelloira7627
    @martinalejandroarguelloira7627 3 місяці тому

    You never will want turkish ligh cav raiding across your base..

  • @kostadinpantev
    @kostadinpantev 3 місяці тому

    For years I played all the civs in alphabetical order until I got 10 wins with each, swinging between 1000 and 1200 ELO. Turks were surprisingly fun and straightforward on Arabia. Go scouts into light cav and knights or camels, they go for spears, make Janissaries for the win!

  • @pocketchang
    @pocketchang 3 місяці тому +2

    Why do you sound so tired hera

  • @ceg.02
    @ceg.02 3 місяці тому

    #1 Hindustanis calling it right now aswell

  • @pished99
    @pished99 3 місяці тому

    no japanese longsword all in?

  • @Nosferat_AN
    @Nosferat_AN 3 місяці тому

    me when the best civ in the game is both meta and anti meta

  • @BlakeWhoLivesAtHome
    @BlakeWhoLivesAtHome 3 місяці тому

    Gurjara I like but I think they are too gold hungry

  • @blumchenb.9688
    @blumchenb.9688 3 місяці тому

    Not mentioning Teutons as a counter to Franks, Slavs and Khmer and other Knight Civs makes me sad. My fav civ :)

  • @justincronkright5025
    @justincronkright5025 3 місяці тому

    1-5 I would think:
    Vietnamese, Hindustanis, Britons, Dravidians, Vikings. Sometimes you have to imagine playing them not-standard, in the sense of Viet & Brits not JUST going archers.

  • @voidgods
    @voidgods 3 місяці тому

    Just a nitpick but once you notice how much Hera uses the word "insAne" in the videos, it's hard to stop noticing it

  • @SuperskinnyBLS
    @SuperskinnyBLS 3 місяці тому +1

    TBH missing Incas

  • @erensozen791
    @erensozen791 3 місяці тому +2

    i dont get whats anti meta about hindustanis?

    • @HeraAgeofEmpires2
      @HeraAgeofEmpires2  3 місяці тому +2

      Their playstyle is usually reactive and their strong points are very unique. That was my reasoning at least

    • @soonyo3430
      @soonyo3430 3 місяці тому +1

      Because they are generally used as a counter pick against almost any meta civ like franks, britons or mayans.

    • @erensozen791
      @erensozen791 3 місяці тому

      That makes them a unique civ for sure but i dont think they are anti meta. I see your point tho@@HeraAgeofEmpires2

  • @forsakenquery
    @forsakenquery 3 місяці тому +1

    I don't think the jannisaries have any role now. They're so bad at everything.

  • @miguelangelcosiorangel2617
    @miguelangelcosiorangel2617 3 місяці тому

    I think cumans lacking braser is one of the most unfair and historically inaccurate things in the game, cuman 2nd feudal TC is extremely strong but the civ trends to fall a lot in the lategame and something that could help a lot is a simple tech.

    • @Mattroid99
      @Mattroid99 3 місяці тому

      They absolutely shouldn't get it unless they remove the 2nd TC.
      Cumans are already one of the strongest civs in the entire game if the 2TC goes unpunished and they do not need any help in lategame since they should win on a timer (Castle Age/early Imp)

  • @JG-nm9zk
    @JG-nm9zk 3 місяці тому

    So just play like its Arena. Got it.

  • @SneakyOldCrab
    @SneakyOldCrab 3 місяці тому

    If I had 450Apm, anything would be anti meta 😅

  • @dohc_au
    @dohc_au 3 місяці тому

    I really dont understand, why the Gurjaras should get 3 UU. Idc if they arent great, its just not balanced.

  • @markovasic8319
    @markovasic8319 3 місяці тому +1

    Sicilians?

  • @khimairos3261
    @khimairos3261 3 місяці тому

    Where dravidians?

  • @0344478
    @0344478 3 місяці тому

    I feel like Incas should have been on this list.

  • @gebhard128
    @gebhard128 3 місяці тому

    Anti meta Civs. "Meta Civs play archers, knights, scout-line". Nr. 5 is turks for their light cav. Is it now meta or anti-meta?

  • @thorstenmarquardt7274
    @thorstenmarquardt7274 3 місяці тому

    NPCs play meta
    Normies play anti-meta
    Chads ignore the meta and play whats fun

  • @PoliWarder
    @PoliWarder 3 місяці тому +1

    Biggest Turk weakness: Hindustani, Saracens and Gurjara. Playing against Turks with them is such a nobrainer - All into camels, the Turks have nothing that works against this. Their own camels are worse than those of Hindustani, Saracens and Gurjara, their cav-archers die to them, their gunpowder units die to them, their lightcav dies to them, they have no arbs, and the only thing that would work, the champions, are too slow and not effective enought in the rare occasions when they actually deal a hit on the opponents camels.

    • @erensozen791
      @erensozen791 3 місяці тому +4

      what makes you say gunpowder dies to camels?

    • @markovasic8319
      @markovasic8319 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, gunpowder claps camels

    • @soonyo3430
      @soonyo3430 3 місяці тому

      jans absolutely wreck camels and Turk heavy CA is a decent option too. Turks actually struggle against strong elephant civs. They have zero counter to bengali elephant archer with halb meat shield.

    • @PoliWarder
      @PoliWarder 3 місяці тому

      @@erensozen7911:45 ua-cam.com/video/qwo8q99oEMg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MikeEmpires-AgeofEmpiresII
      Actually, I forgot monks, this would work very well, at least in early castle age when numbers are low. But I have no idea how you're planning to destroy camels with gunpowder unless you are talking about an unfair and unlikely scenario where you already have tons of castles to hide bellow or you are fighting 25 camels with 50 HCs/Jans. In reality, the camels will be out earlier since you need a castle or imperial age plus archery ranges to produce gunpowder, while all your opponent needs is castle age and 2 stables.
      EDIT: You are probably right when it comes to gurjara camels, I forgot they don't get the last attack upgrade which leaves them with 4 damage per hit on an elite Janissary with full armor. Against 170 HP Saracen camels and 160 HP imperial camels, your canoneers are toast.

    • @PoliWarder
      @PoliWarder 3 місяці тому

      @@soonyo3430Elephants, especially elephant archers working against them sounds relatable. But no, Jans don't wreck camels without outnumbering them by an unrealistic amount.

  • @k5555-b4f
    @k5555-b4f 3 місяці тому

    first; i'm anti meta like that

  • @lukasvideosify1596
    @lukasvideosify1596 3 місяці тому

    4:23
    No... 2
    They already get effected by balistics, anyways.
    The Castle Age tech "Ballistas" makes them shoot 33% faster.
    Other than that, great video - as always!

  • @jefersonsarti
    @jefersonsarti 3 місяці тому +3

    Every civ is anti meta if you are Hera enough

  • @Alexander-jg2di
    @Alexander-jg2di 3 місяці тому

    They need to nerf Britons

    • @TomDallison-lh5xf
      @TomDallison-lh5xf 3 місяці тому +3

      I think Britons need a slight buff or maybe a 2nd unique unit to give them more options

  • @John-cw4lz
    @John-cw4lz 3 місяці тому

    Japanese, excellent anti-meta no matter the meta.

  • @grimrapper5202
    @grimrapper5202 3 місяці тому +1

    0 views in 8 seconds? Hera truly is fell off :^)

  • @oldfaun5402
    @oldfaun5402 3 місяці тому +2

    No Incas??

  • @madhubanchaudhary
    @madhubanchaudhary 3 місяці тому

    Lithuanians maybe because all of their trash units are good???

  • @steven_r7773
    @steven_r7773 3 місяці тому

    Hera, I love you. Please abandon your wife for me. GG.