this is an important video and also well done, it is very informative and very important to point out on the " decision making " in the AOE 4 matches, after all I would assume a lot of players just play random matches without even having a starting plan or a decision to start off with, so this video does cover alot when it is needed. appreciate this vid.
Most of this videos are about how to win matches by just doing early agression and stopping opponent economy (like this one these free units just completly destroyed opponent economy was literally 1min afk), but none explains how to deal against all in or these agression. Most players suffers about this, in team games are mostly knights at min 7 you have 4 or 5 knights in your base, and in 1v1 its mostly mass archers with zxu or english or even byz/hre Im main otto bad civ for these agression its giga slow but still i love to see actual answer for "newbies" problems. So resuming: How to defend from agression, how to deal with all in strats and how to deal against armored units while you not have any real counter and later on in mid castle or past castle how to deal mass archers
Go check Beasty his recent 'How to play [civ] like a pro' series, and then go check the civ you want to check. He has all type of games in those video's, where he's getting tower rushed / all-ined and he does all-in's etc. TLDR: Biggest thing is that YOU need to scout and look at what you are seeing. Check for building and react on that. Many on gold? that means age up rushing, make army and punish it. Vil's on civ? That means 2 tc, go create a army and punish it. Problems with most people that have trouble with aggression is that they just sit in their base, follow a build order, and never react to what the enemy is doing. Need to learn to READ the game, not just PLAY the game. hope this helps a bit, but sure check out beasty his recent guides out.
Good Video thank you valdemar. So the counter of fast castle is to see my opponent goes fast castle and i stop producing feudal units ? Or should i go for a all in ? I play a lot with Zhu xis and i lost some games against this strat with zhugenu rush. If i go fast castle its the better choice ? Thank you
Great! Valdemar, why did you go for the risky keep at end in exchange for the risky play of "ending the game here" at 13:38? How do you weigh those options vs one another in terms of risk?
I would not say it was risky because he was in feudal age, and I knew he was going up, so he has not spent 1800 res on units but instead on age-up. :) mangonel denies the vills from being sniped as well
I know the concept of a Chinese fc but I dunno what to do after getting relics, do I go 2nd tc to better use my song dynasty or go into zu nhu to help the lancers? Do I go into spear crossbow I don’t know but if u could tell me that would be great because I’m getting bored of Rus and Abbasid (only civs I play)
He starts off with the closer berries but switches when the close bushes get low. That's because the Eco Wing bonus adds food to berry bushes so the more unfinished bushes there are the more extra food you get.
You kept pointing out that the enemy went to castle so he had less resources to spend. Wasn't that the case the otherway around as well? wouldn't him going to castle not just balance out again, or did your second tc already balance out you going to castle? Or is it simply that you traded much better because of better castle units making the advantage he had earlier moot?
It’s all about getting set up. When Valdemar went castle the Byzantine had other plans like getting his economy online to pump a feudal army. If Byzantine had a feudal army at 8 minutes he would have searched for valdemars castle timing and begun denying his resources. The problem was that just a few ghulams counter a feudal age army because Byzantine doesn’t have any anti armor early unless you go keshiks, but instead Byzantine went longbow to try and poke Valdemar.
Valdemars explanation around the Ghulams was a little convaluted. What he's essentially saying is that when your opponent gets to castle your Ghulams will have a direct counter and that you need to counter that counter. If the counter is crossbows you can counter that with horses or archers. If your opponent goes with cavalry then your counter is crossbows and/or spears. In other words, always be scouting, see what your opponent is doing and counter their army buildup. This is true in every game for every unit, not just Ghulams.
this is an important video and also well done, it is very informative and very important to point out on the " decision making " in the AOE 4 matches, after all I would assume a lot of players just play random matches without even having a starting plan or a decision to start off with, so this video does cover alot when it is needed. appreciate this vid.
Exactly the video I was looking for. Perfect timing as always
Awesome guide as usual Valdemar. Thank you
poor valdemar they got you fucked up in outback octagon man i was rooting for you, great vid!
uncrowned king - Thanks!
Cool guide man, much needed! Keep up the good work 🚀
Useful guide leads you to think! Thanks from Taiwan.
Hell yeah another Valdemar guide.
I watch beasty for tier lists but i come here for build orders or strategy videos :))
Most of this videos are about how to win matches by just doing early agression and stopping opponent economy (like this one these free units just completly destroyed opponent economy was literally 1min afk), but none explains how to deal against all in or these agression. Most players suffers about this, in team games are mostly knights at min 7 you have 4 or 5 knights in your base, and in 1v1 its mostly mass archers with zxu or english or even byz/hre
Im main otto bad civ for these agression its giga slow but still i love to see actual answer for "newbies" problems. So resuming: How to defend from agression, how to deal with all in strats and how to deal against armored units while you not have any real counter and later on in mid castle or past castle how to deal mass archers
Go check Beasty his recent 'How to play [civ] like a pro' series, and then go check the civ you want to check. He has all type of games in those video's, where he's getting tower rushed / all-ined and he does all-in's etc. TLDR: Biggest thing is that YOU need to scout and look at what you are seeing. Check for building and react on that. Many on gold? that means age up rushing, make army and punish it. Vil's on civ? That means 2 tc, go create a army and punish it.
Problems with most people that have trouble with aggression is that they just sit in their base, follow a build order, and never react to what the enemy is doing. Need to learn to READ the game, not just PLAY the game.
hope this helps a bit, but sure check out beasty his recent guides out.
Good Video thank you valdemar. So the counter of fast castle is to see my opponent goes fast castle and i stop producing feudal units ? Or should i go for a all in ? I play a lot with Zhu xis and i lost some games against this strat with zhugenu rush. If i go fast castle its the better choice ? Thank you
So wise 😁
Great! Valdemar, why did you go for the risky keep at end in exchange for the risky play of "ending the game here" at 13:38? How do you weigh those options vs one another in terms of risk?
I would not say it was risky because he was in feudal age, and I knew he was going up, so he has not spent 1800 res on units but instead on age-up. :) mangonel denies the vills from being sniped as well
Hey Valdemar!
How much do you take for coaching? :)
Hi Emil.
Pricing:
1-on-1 Coaching: 40€ per hour
Team Game Coaching: 45€ per hour (total)
Group Coaching: 25€ per person/hour
I know the concept of a Chinese fc but I dunno what to do after getting relics, do I go 2nd tc to better use my song dynasty or go into zu nhu to help the lancers? Do I go into spear crossbow I don’t know but if u could tell me that would be great because I’m getting bored of Rus and Abbasid (only civs I play)
Why you collect further away berries first?
He starts off with the closer berries but switches when the close bushes get low. That's because the Eco Wing bonus adds food to berry bushes so the more unfinished bushes there are the more extra food you get.
You kept pointing out that the enemy went to castle so he had less resources to spend. Wasn't that the case the otherway around as well? wouldn't him going to castle not just balance out again, or did your second tc already balance out you going to castle? Or is it simply that you traded much better because of better castle units making the advantage he had earlier moot?
+ Ayyubids 8 free castle vills + 4 relics + the ghulam push, I think he simply knew he was ahead economically at that point
It’s all about getting set up. When Valdemar went castle the Byzantine had other plans like getting his economy online to pump a feudal army. If Byzantine had a feudal army at 8 minutes he would have searched for valdemars castle timing and begun denying his resources. The problem was that just a few ghulams counter a feudal age army because Byzantine doesn’t have any anti armor early unless you go keshiks, but instead Byzantine went longbow to try and poke Valdemar.
I need help defending from French knight on feudal
Wall the sides of main woodline, invest into barracks, tower if forward resources :)
Most of your videos are excellent but this was wayyyyy to complicated, specially around the Ghulams. Didn't get any value out of this 🥵
I would disagree. The key is that you can counter every gulam-counter but not vice versa
How did you not get ANY value out of it? What is there not to understand?
Valdemars explanation around the Ghulams was a little convaluted. What he's essentially saying is that when your opponent gets to castle your Ghulams will have a direct counter and that you need to counter that counter. If the counter is crossbows you can counter that with horses or archers. If your opponent goes with cavalry then your counter is crossbows and/or spears.
In other words, always be scouting, see what your opponent is doing and counter their army buildup. This is true in every game for every unit, not just Ghulams.