"It's not Chlamydia, it's chemistry that makes your balls burn" - great line. Gotta say, when HERA was attacking with the SO and working the defensive units in every which direction to counter Capochs attempts to flank - looked like there were two or more players. That was incredible. Was pretty sure we were looking at a HERA loss at one point. Well called.
This is one of the best games I've watched in AOE2 and I've done so since the 00s!.What an amazing onager display by Hera! He had no business coming back and winning this! We won this because he is the BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD right now, as much as that hurts because I'm a Viper fan!
Some pro starcraft players said this in the interview and this might actually explain some of the choices they make during games "We play 10 hours per day and over 50 matches per day, we work on mechanical side of things and focus on economy a lot. So more often than not, lot of players tend to make dumb tactical decisions because they are too busy pressing buttons and maximizing the efficiency of the build order than trying to win a skirmish perfectly. We also get dull and tend to be more robotic during our games than actually thinking half of the time, esepcially during ranked games. Live tournaments are more mind games for sure"
Great cast. Sad to see my civilization lose in the end. I think small raids everywhere could have helped and then tried starving the gold while you take the gold. Siege rams would have been useful also
Fun fact. The mounted Konik does actually have a death animation. The way it works is that the mounted Konik and dismounted Konik are 2 different units. So the dismounted Konik does technically die when he has 0 HP. The trick is that the death animation has him fall off his horse, but then stand up again, then right when he stands up, the dismounted Konik unit gets spawned in and replaces the mounted version. I think either SotL or Ornlu have made a video about this ages ago. And man, Hera once again showing why he is undoubtedly the best player in the world right now. That Siege Onager micro was absolutely beautiful, and his strategy makes a lot of sense. Hussars are fast and pack a punch, so they are the ideal meat shield. They can rush in and nail down the enemy, then the SOs flatten everything without worrying since you can always replenish trash units. If you don't have mobile units and no redemption like Mayans, you really are kinda screwed against this kind of play unless you can wear down or outsmart your opponent. I think Capoch may have gone a bit overboard with his production at the end, he had like 5000 barracks, but no wood for farms and Halbs, so he was left broke.
What a game.. P.S: Praying for and hoping your Idle villager is healing faster than being in the care of Aztec monk while in the vicinity of Celtic castle with strongholds
The times when Hera absolutely locks in and defends like he’s Tim Dunc during the prime of his life are some of the most white knuckled moments in aoe. I wear a fitness tracker, and when I was watching this game live on Hera’s stream, it thought I was on the treadmill because my heartrate was 50% higher than usual all from watching Hera’s defensive game.
Thanks to Siege costing food to upgrade you can have those upgrades faster once you hit Imperial without sacrificing the gold-wood unit composition you already inherited from Castle Age.
i have to say i always get disappointed when i see hera not using cav archers with bulgarians. they have good cav archers so having 30 of them in the back can completely deal with the halbs while hussars meat shield. hera uses cav archers with civs that has much weaker cav archers than bulgarians but does not seem to think about them with bulgarians.
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16:21 The turning point.
"It's not Chlamydia, it's chemistry that makes your balls burn" - great line. Gotta say, when HERA was attacking with the SO and working the defensive units in every which direction to counter Capochs attempts to flank - looked like there were two or more players. That was incredible. Was pretty sure we were looking at a HERA loss at one point. Well called.
This is one of the best games I've watched in AOE2 and I've done so since the 00s!.What an amazing onager display by Hera! He had no business coming back and winning this! We won this because he is the BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD right now, as much as that hurts because I'm a Viper fan!
Some pro starcraft players said this in the interview and this might actually explain some of the choices they make during games "We play 10 hours per day and over 50 matches per day, we work on mechanical side of things and focus on economy a lot. So more often than not, lot of players tend to make dumb tactical decisions because they are too busy pressing buttons and maximizing the efficiency of the build order than trying to win a skirmish perfectly. We also get dull and tend to be more robotic during our games than actually thinking half of the time, esepcially during ranked games. Live tournaments are more mind games for sure"
Great cast. Sad to see my civilization lose in the end. I think small raids everywhere could have helped and then tried starving the gold while you take the gold. Siege rams would have been useful also
Fun fact. The mounted Konik does actually have a death animation. The way it works is that the mounted Konik and dismounted Konik are 2 different units. So the dismounted Konik does technically die when he has 0 HP. The trick is that the death animation has him fall off his horse, but then stand up again, then right when he stands up, the dismounted Konik unit gets spawned in and replaces the mounted version. I think either SotL or Ornlu have made a video about this ages ago.
And man, Hera once again showing why he is undoubtedly the best player in the world right now. That Siege Onager micro was absolutely beautiful, and his strategy makes a lot of sense. Hussars are fast and pack a punch, so they are the ideal meat shield. They can rush in and nail down the enemy, then the SOs flatten everything without worrying since you can always replenish trash units. If you don't have mobile units and no redemption like Mayans, you really are kinda screwed against this kind of play unless you can wear down or outsmart your opponent. I think Capoch may have gone a bit overboard with his production at the end, he had like 5000 barracks, but no wood for farms and Halbs, so he was left broke.
What a game..
P.S: Praying for and hoping your Idle villager is healing faster than being in the care of Aztec monk while in the vicinity of Celtic castle with strongholds
The times when Hera absolutely locks in and defends like he’s Tim Dunc during the prime of his life are some of the most white knuckled moments in aoe. I wear a fitness tracker, and when I was watching this game live on Hera’s stream, it thought I was on the treadmill because my heartrate was 50% higher than usual all from watching Hera’s defensive game.
"When you see flags up, on any structure, your buttcheecks better be clenched" Wisest and funniest words I've heard in a while
camping next to a flagged siege workshop with all your archers to get them mowed down b< 2 mangos is so clever Capoch. 200 IQ move.
Capoch never attacked with eagles to heras base. How?
Thanks to Siege costing food to upgrade you can have those upgrades faster once you hit Imperial without sacrificing the gold-wood unit composition you already inherited from Castle Age.
30:00 Missed splatter :D
Great cast great game
Awesome game
My guess is he had the barracks in a control group and forgot to add the rest in. It was the same 12 barracks hahaha.
Pancakes..!, Pancakes..!, Mayan Pancakes..!, Friendly Pancakes..! 🤣
There is a Mod giving Onager and Scorpions Crew Members. It is ridiculous they have them not already.
Hera is very good at micro his onagers.
i have to say i always get disappointed when i see hera not using cav archers with bulgarians. they have good cav archers so having 30 of them in the back can completely deal with the halbs while hussars meat shield.
hera uses cav archers with civs that has much weaker cav archers than bulgarians but does not seem to think about them with bulgarians.
Maybe he wanted the discount upgrade for food so he can invest on hussar😢
Microsoft should review or ban Hera plays like that