Surviving as Karabakh: The Hardest Nation in EU4 Guide
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Karabakh is by far the hardest starting nation in europa universalis and in this eu4 guide we will cover how to play them and form the formable nation of Armenia. You start off as a one province minor (opm) subject to Qara Qoyunlu and even if you manage to break free you’ll find yourself kharabakh to back with the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Egypt and the Timurids. In this video we will detail their opening moves, recommended strategies and tips needed to survive and thrive in Armenian Anatolia.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction 0:00
Why is Karabakh so hard? 0:30
Opening Moves & Independence 3:31
How to Form Armenia 6:16
Alliances & Coalitions 8:19
Armenia Advice & Tips 10:16
Occupying the Ottomans 12:48
Annexing Asia Minor 15:24
Overview of the World 16:42
Conclusion & Credits 19:09
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I like to play as Scotland and do a long passive game, of building up my trade node in North Sea, annexing the Isles, getting the Isle of man and the event to core the northern Isles. Then I build my army and navy, colonise Canada and either friend England or get strong allys and keep them at bay.
Being a soft power with big trade is quite fun much like a Netherlands playthrough aswell, small land and Big trade FTW 😉
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Hey Alzabo try a Urbino play through they are a Italian ppm that is a papal vassal and it is hard to have your independence guaranteed and you often get a truce do to getting a cardinal from them
@@gestiongmcg3717 lol
Fun fact: The province of Ganja has the id of 420.
I never pass on ganja
That can’t be a coincidence
Lmao
For people who dont know what ganja mean: ganja mean marijuana
@@tannarbuck7908 pass it on, my turn >:(
the system of a down puns were incredible
I see you are a man of culture as well.
I'm dying from these. Just hit the self righteous suicide reference and i spat water on my phone
A prison for the Ottomans to live in killed me
Honestly, as a life-long fan of SoAD and a fan of this channel, I choked on my pasta at EACH joke
"Kharabakh in Business" would be a great achievement name
As Kharabakh, remain Coptic and reform Armenia before 1470.
I thinks that's impossible without border core, snaking towards your needed provinces and is ultimately unsustainable due to the pending massive coalitions that will be looming on the horizon, not really "Kharabakh in Business" if you ask me I would say before the age of reformation, giving enough time to offset RNGesus yet giving a challenge due to narrow time of only about 60 years to fight off 2 super powers to the west and north as well as any coalition undoubtedly that's going to form, not to mention other difficulties you'll face.
To put that into contextual perspective, that's 2-3 generations of kings given that the average ruling time is between 20-30 years usually (personal experience, though had a campaign where one of my kings ruled almost 70 years before he died, thank RNGuses for that one because my heir sucked ass xD)
@@comradeotaku2412 “impossible without border gore” “ultimately unsustainable” “not enough time to offset RNGesus” Why, that sounds perfect for an achievement!-Paradox devs
@@victory7302 ahem true heir of timur ahem
The corect ARMENIAN name is Artsakh, "Karabakh" is Turcic name.
@@igroteka90 who asked
Listen, I’ve never played a strategy/grand strategy game in my life, I watch every video for your voice and stories though.
Hopefully, you can break yourself into the mold. I stopped playing paradox games as much as I did 10 years ago, but boy did I not regret getting into them though. The only thing I regret is how much Paradox has changed and not writing more AAR's.
Could you make a Pirate Japan guide as So? I think it's a pretty interesting run and also I'm struggling
Actually did a run where I won the Sen Goku Jedai with Suo *sic* the potentially pirate Daimyo OPM. Managed to form Japan, maintain my privateering status, collapse Ming and take Korea from endless pirate raids every decade ... then the game bugged out on me, and due to a sudden and unexpected collapse into dictatorship as a Republic *I was playing rather loose with my republican tradition* it ended up soft-locking my succession to a regency ... prohibiting me from declaring wars of conquest permanently. No idea how to fix that, so I abandoned it ... but I do recommend it as a campaign! Very interesting dynamic and the raid mechanic of a pirate republic absolutely allows you to punch way above your weight.
Is that So...
Even better how about we instead form an anarchist Japan (stateless society) as Ainu/Ryukyu? Seriously sounds like some blursed stuff I would actually like to see.
I'd love to see a Cologne guide to forming Germany. I played them a bunch in both EU3 and EU4 to little success. Another thing I'd like to see is maybe a video or two talking about the nation creator. I'd be interested in learning more about it and how to create balanced nations with good ideas and maybe over powered nations with lower point limits.
Try forming Germany with Aachen in EU3. Really fun challenge, just flood Europe with merchants, vassalize your way into the HRE, embrace protestantism and terrorize all those pathetic catholic monarchies with the power of cash and democracy!
Well, there is no quick way to do this, you will face a coalition soon. Bide your time. A first goal is to connect the territories. That means Berg is a main target. You can either try to vassalize them or get only one province and leave them Jülich. Same with Geldern. Also try to vassalize Münster and worm your way to the sea. Then try to expand to the east, to the south are 2 Kurfürsten which could mean trouble in the HRE. Expand cautiously until you are the biggest fish in the pond. Also develop admin tech until you can switch into a monarchy. But avoid establishing Westphalen, their ideas are subpar. Try to have the Emperor as an ally and support him. After switching to monarchy, be a darling and get emperor on your own. Starting idea: Religion, so you have something in your hands when Reformation starts. Then trade and then a military tech.
@@swashbukk wow thanks for the tips. I really appreciate it. My big problem is I tend to expand too quickly. And get everyone mad at me. Also I tend to try and betray the emperor. And I like to shift to protestant when that comes up. I'll have to try following your advice. Thanks again.
@@Freezezonian 100 prestige gives you -10% AE impact, controlling the curia is another -20%, your first national idea is yet another -10%, espionage ideas group has another -10%. By stacking all of these you can significantly boost your expansion without having to worry about coalitions too much
@@swashbukk Westphalian Ideas are Stronger then Cologne Ideas. And IT is Not even Close.
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Even if Armenia does have missionary strength in its ideas, religious should still be among the 1st 3 ideas that are taken for a Christian nation in the middle east, for the Holy War CB, seeing as most of your neighbours are gonna be Muslim, and, in this case, orthodox
Honestly the Holy War CB for Karabakh is probably the best possible nation for it, considering they're just about the only Coptic nation. It's literally early Imperialism on the entire world (that they border).
@@hirocheeto7795 yeah, exactly. The only other one is Ethiopia, I believe, who's in Africa, so it'd be a long time before they met someone they couldn't use it one, and that's assuming Ethiopia even exists by the time KarArmenia gets to the reguon
@@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740 Honestly now I'm wanting to do a Karabakh run. Haven't played EU4 in a couple months, so it outta go without a hitch.
Edit: Did the run, conquered from Adana in the West to Shirvan in the East, from the Caucuses to Syria. Died to Ottoman-Persian coalition. Was good time.
This. Sunni provinces have an automatic -2% missionary strength modifier. Their National Idea only makes it "possible" to convert Sunni provinces.
@@onyxsuccubus what's with the newest institution system?
It's hard to survive as Karabakh not only in EU4...
The SOAD puns were on point
@Safwaan "Taking on the Turks in solo is self-righteous suicide" 12:50
And "Serjing in and Tankianing..."
"Time to build a prison for the Ottomans to live in"
@Safwaan Prison Song
@Safwaan Okay? What did saying that in a thread of System Of A Down fans accomplish for you?
Have you played any nation harder than Karabakh? I'm interested in what you all think!
Albania?
I’d say sukhothai is pretty difficult. Literally u can be instant annexed within a month of gameplay. At the very least it means that you don’t have to wait too long to restart
I'd challenge you to play as Mzab. That is, if you fancy getting devoured by either Spain or the Mamluks as soon as you`ve established sth you could call a country...
@@antonxuiz Skanderberg makes it much easier than youd think
Manipur is the hardest in the game especially if you stay Animist to get the achievement. It would be better if you were a subject as Manipur because then you would be protected from getting killed in the first year of the game and could get an alliance through a support independence.
Video is going to be immensely popular in Glendale, CA.
And Armenia & Artsakh itself. :p
my god, that soad pun was so nice
go for YAS, really an awful nation with a extremely rough start, ultra hard mode, like HELL.
Hell Yas!
As Yas have a queen as your ruler
Man, 2021 got me feeling like Karabakh’s 1444 starting position… but Armenia’s map color makes it all worth it.
Could you try out playing Karelia some time? It is very difficult to form, as it doesn't have cores in 1444. A theoretical strategy I have thought of is playing Novgorod, declaring war on Livonian Order, offering them a Karelian province in a peace deal, revoking my core on it, retaking that province, letting the rebels make a Karelian core on the province, and then releasing Karelia.
That CaspianReport reference was amazing
Fun fact: Karabakh's starting province, Melikates, is not a name. The region was ruled by a group of five noble families led by princes called "Meliks", hence "Melikates". This is equivalent to calling a province in England "Baronies".
Exactly, btw in Armenian we say Melikutyunner
I formed a mega Armenian empire before and was super strong, but the number of coalition wars I had to fight became ridiculous in the late game. But the number of times I played the independence war sequence was crazy. Allying the Mamluks seems like the most reliable strategy and usually you need to hire a bunch of mercs and/or build troops over the force limit to convince the Mamluks to support your independence.
Man, this is definetly my favorite campaign. I've done this several times, though I often start as AQ (and let religious rebels enforce) to form Armenia. A very tedious campaign, but the toughness makes it amazing. Definetly a more challenging and fun country to play than Byzantium. Big shame they don't have unique missions, just like Georgia.
Suggestion for next campaign: Crusader state of Orleans! They have an event to become a crusader state! Jolly good fun
You're giving me some golden ideas.. thank you
Unfortunately, the absolute earliest you can become a crusader state is 200 years after the game start. (Due to the mandatory 200 year wait after the "Retrial of Joan of Arc" event.)
In actuality, the various preconditions and MTTHs mean that you're unlikely to get the "Canonization of Joan of Arc" event before the end of the game in 1821, unless you're rather lucky. (The canonisation event gives you the option to become a Crusader state 30 days later.)
Crusader Orleans sounds fun though, so I think this is a good reason to use mods or the console to force the "Canonization of Joan of Arc" event after a 10-year wait (rather than 200 years + MTTH 60 years).
2023 now and still no Georgia and Karabakh mission tree sadly, and they also made Georgia allied to Samtskhe at the start of the game which makes them even harder to play as now.
Wow, I played Karabakh just recently. What a coincidence. Also, in my game after getting big and finishing Qara Qoyunlu my ally Mamluks and me got annexed by Otto. So hard.
I can't believe all the EU4 Alzabo vids I've watched having never played the game in my life xD
Great job as usual. Funny and clear about what's happening in-game, even if I don't get some of the lingo lol
You are the absolute best EU4 youtuber, keep on keeping on man!
Thanks for the support!
How about a Celtic reconquest of Europe, starting from Wales ?
That's a lot of rightfully Welsh clay to get back.
I guess doing that as Brittany is also an option...
That's a funny way to say Cornish clay.
"Free Brittany" - AS Brittany Conquer France and the British Isles
i cry when angels deserve to die
Thank you, I was searching guide on Armenia for years!
The puns and alliteration are something else. And then of course, the video is also good. Full marks!
You remind me of one of those computer channels, half the time I can't tell your joking because your voice sounds automated, you even have random pauses after words sometimes,
Love the channel
You’re something else, my guy. Funny as hell with your rhymes.
Great video!! Suggestion: As Sardinia, form an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea. If not that, then I think if you could reform Mithridates, Black Sea Empire as Theodoro would be awesome
Great Caspian report reference you have.
I have never played this game but this video was really interesting. Good job on it.
Play as Sagir Yogir or Tibet.
Tibet is no so difficult to manage, i'm playing it now, and i'm miles away from the experience and ability of Alazabo and other eu4 players.
Starting as U or Tsang gives you early many expansion routes on smaller states to become stronger and larger quikly and easily before facing indian powers or Ming, starting as Kham is even easier since you can initaly become tributary of Ming, so no one of other indian and tibetan states declares you war, letting you worring only on offensive expansion wars. And finding very good allies is not hard (i've allied Oirat as Kham, maybe one of the stronger ally you can find in the area, and without effort. With such an ally, wars are waaaay easier)
or as a tribe somewhere
One of my favourite playthroughs I've done.
Thanks for the video. Defs doing an Armenia run once 1.32 is out, though I already have the achievement from my Prester John run.
I literally just finished your old hardest nations video, wild
I love your videos cuz they always inspire me to engage on new campaigns! Keep up the good work dude
The legend uploads once more
What a great idea for a video. Love it.
Incredible wordplay, dude.
I did a 5 pages report on Nagorno-Karabakh and never noticed it’s a nation in eu4
loved the caspian report nod
You got BARS 🔥
Great video!
I made a Karabakh run a few years ago. It’s actually pretty fun.
You have my suscribe u deserve it.
Normally I love puns and wordplay and such but you're just so good at it that it begins to hurt
His voice .......one of the most beautiful in the world !!!!!! Hypnotising !
I really like this episode!
WOAH NEW VIDEO. THIS QUICKLY!?!
16:00 sounded like a nod at Shirvan from Caspian Report
Armenia probably have an "unlucky nation" modifier IRL
That is kinda true but Armenia is the only nation to not get converted to Islam in that area and it’s the only country left remaining from the Imago Mundi the Oldest map in the world. To say Armenia is unlucky is kinda true and false. As bad it gets its survived worse
@@Yrkr785 well, it's unlucky for being conquered and it's people almost entirely exterminated, but indeed, Armenia survived through a lot of things, and many armenian states existed through out history.
You dont know how correct this title is.
Βro your voice is so relaxing i literally feel asleep
lol yea definitely
The Ayutthayan vassal of Ligor is probably a smidge harder, as they start having their entire land be cores of Ayutthaya (meaning you can be instant annexed) and you'll likely have to fight ming to break free
I'd love to see a "New World" concers the "Old World". Thanks for the great video!
I'd like to see you to achieve the Avar Khaganate or the Chola Empire achievement, that'd definitely be a sight to see :)
it took me halfway through the video to realize the soad references and now I have to check to see if I missed any
Bro what do I gotta do to get you to upload more? I’ve already binged all of your stuff twice and I need MORE
Alzabo dropping bars.
I formed Rome as Karabakh many moons ago. It sure was rough but my favourite playthrough.
Love this! Especially with whats happening to Karabakh in todays world. Subscribing! Armenia has always been the hardest country to form in every game 😅
love all the vids
Beautiful run
16:03 is this a Caspian Report reference? That would be a crossover I didn't expect.
Haha the nations name is even Shirvan! It is indeed a reference
Love the SOAD references
i tried the karabahk to armenia run few times and independence war went well many times too but always collapsed because of negative income, loans and rebels so manpower instead of coalitions or rivals. I believe i managed diplomacy and ae well
That CaspianReport reference is just unbelievably witty
1:37 - 1:48 that was amazing
The dry delivery of puns is simply OP. Surely other content creaters must be forming a coalition to stop this overextension
I once formed Mughals as Baluchistan. Not harder than Karabakh, but I was proud of it.
I'd love to see a Hisn Kayfa guide.
Played kharabakh year ago...
Finished otto only in 1700s, on my mountain forts ;)
I had a pretty fun karabakh run a long while ago
Your commentary is always so funny man. Also, can you dev your way into high liberty desire?
Nope, your only province isn't great to dev and you have limited mana which you should rather use on tech
This is the funniest eu4 youtuber I can't even lie
Tbh all small nations that starts as vassals are usually easier to play due to the support independence mechanic, which allows you to get alliances with nations you could not get normally (i.e. different religion) position doesn't look bad either. If you get supported by either Ottomans or Mamelukes you are set. Mzab imho is much harder, because of dirt poor desert land, no friendly neighbors and your only initial expansion direction bringing you into confrontation with the Iberian juggernaut, which is the strongest starting nation in the game due to 15% morale. Nevertheless congrats for a job well done.
when the new DLC comes out you should do a challenge of trying to restore the kingdom of israel to complete the trifecta with the videos you did in imperator rome and crusader kings.
It would be interesting to see how you would play as Auvergne, vassal of France OPM. Great success for this campaign tho
Very nice video ! I waa thinking you could try something like Ryuku and try to conquer japan, or play as Mzab and conquer northern africa
EU4 guides be like: just win the coalition war against the whole islamic world and russia and carry on as normal
"If they want to join, so viet."
I liked that one the most.
In ck3 starting in 1066 as a Dutch count. make your way over to the middle east, convert to zoroastrianism, restore the persian empire and become the zoroaster. All the while maintaining Dutch culture and spreading it to Persia.
That's insane - I love it
I have actually tried this start before I managed to form Armenia after dozens of restarts.
Alzabo, I wanted to ask for some advice for when I get this game. It seems complicated, but I love it.
Ask away in the comments and Im happy to help. Cheers!
i knew this was gonna be a good video when there is a pun in the first minute
Albania and Iberia was super tough but I’m not sure after Emperor dlc. Would love to see how all the new missions affect the play through
emperor has been out for a year and those missions are free you should know that theres like 5 missions, and only one has a permanent effect
but i can say its easier, in my first albania or iberia game i did it in 1.32 and it was easier than earlier versions, i even formed rome and got the achievement for forming rome and owning all the black sea and mediterranean coast
Lol as soon as I knew it was an Armenian vid I braced for the System of a Down puns. Was not disappointed
Play Tyo, its an African nation near Congo and also my Surname! (korean origin)
This nation is really difficult! I had it on a list of tentative "Most Difficult EU4 Nations" and will definitely feature it in the future. Cheers!
@@AlzaboHD I am really looking forward to it, because I am too chicken to try to actually playing it and not dying!
Take a pass on ganja?
No way bro
In my recent Ajam->Persia game , when I was fighting Qara Qoyunlu, the Karabkhi AI gave me a peace deal where they would break free, I accepted it. Now they own most of Modern-day Azerbaijani . Great job Karabakh!
I love the soad puns
I think Suhkotai is harder, as their overlord is a tributary of Ming, so has an extra layer of defence against your independence.
Theodoro, do the Gothic Invasion achievement!
Oh, my motherland. Still can’t wait till they gave new flavors and ideas, cus existing one are terrible.
P.s great run, never I were able to recreat Armenia without using cheats or mods
Lol your motherland is Azerbaijan
@@enesbqtur apparently the people at Paradox Interactive who made this game disagree
Historical recognition feels amazing, but I guess Azeris would have no idea :D
@@enesbqtur bozi txa
@@GuyIncognito_ 1444-2022
1:37 this legend got 7 rhymes in a row
Time to get Karabakh to sieging the like button
Glorious!
do montenegro, its way harder to survive as them. not only are there ottomans to your east but the beast can only be destroyed with hungary and they alone can't help you. along with that they will say so long and elope with austria in hysteria. and you start off as a vassal of serbia and it's a hassle to get out due to the 5 year truce you start with.