The first match was a masterclass performance by Armenian King. At a time where almost every single match among competitive players involves Barbarian Rush builds with a maximum of 2 cavalry units, Armenian King brings 5 heavy horse, and 2 celtic slingers!! With Arverni, which is the weaker of the barbarian factions at the moment. Rushing in for a frontal charge with any cavalry is a VERY tricky tactic to master, because you need to time it with the rest of your main line just right, so your opponent's infantry don't throw a lot of their javelins at your cav while also giving your cav enough time and space to kite back, negating both your opponent's charge and enhancing the effects of your charge by weakening the enemy units right off the bat. That is why those Celtic Warriors did as well as they did against Rome's finest. In my opinion, the game was won in the first minute, when Chagatay got rear charged with his cav by the heavy horse, while also getting gen-sniped by Celtic slingers and more heavy horse. You just cannot let your enemy's cav get into your rear, because after that, even if a couple cav units slip by and hit your units in the rear, the morale penalty for attacked in the rear is the same, and it could very easily lead to a chain rout, ESPECIALLY after your general died. Sorry for the wall of text, but its very easy to get excited when someone plays so efficiently. This is exactly why I hold the player in such high regard. The battle was quick and clean and decided by the time it began. GG Not much to say about the second game, with 6 naked warriors, Chagatay lost the game before it began.

@maximusnorvegicus

9 жыл бұрын

Hehe, efficient gameplay where everything is timed and works is what makes high level play so fun! The difference between an epic YOLO-charge that disorganizes and is followed up by an infantry charge and giving your opponent the victory by wasting your cavalry is measured in seconds. You can see if a player is desparately doing it, or if it's the blow to the body before the knockout. The great players in this game, when they're "on" have beautiful timing - I've seen things from Llewelin, Panda Warrior and Armenian that only can be described as computer game art in the way they're able to synchronize their units and make them enhance eachother.

@maximusnorvegicus

9 жыл бұрын

Well played. When the micro is a good as yours, cavalry is essential. I rarely see good players bring only 2 cavalry, 3-5 being more the norm to back up the swords.

@Pontic

9 жыл бұрын

Interesting builds. Giving me some ideas for my matches in this tournament. Going to be playing Armenian King though in another tournament, gonna be interesting.

@The_Iowegian

9 жыл бұрын

The Armenian King Well, if we ever fight I will know how to counter you mwahahahah anyway GG

@The_Iowegian

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah I destroyed a Boii 16 sword 2 cav 2 spear rush, with my Arverni 14 sword 4 cav 2 spear rush, heavy horse got over 100 kills apiece. :)

"Maybe if I use the word loins enough it'll be funny?" Awesome breakdown and commentary Heir. Learning new things every video... Rear charged by naked swords...sounds like a pain in the butt...

@TheAustin2010

9 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there..... XD

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Yea it is always the wrong way to either start or end your day :)

@tundra5171

9 жыл бұрын

HeirofCarthage that's really subjective rear charge by naked swords, mmh

Haha! You massacre Chagatay Kagan's name the same way I do. Something about that combination that makes it impossible to get right. I really liked your commentary on this. Really cool of you commenting on some tournament battles, insightful comments and above all a fun commentary! I hope alot of people will enroll in tournaments after watching this and going "hm, I think I could have beaten those guys, that looked like fun". :D Oh, and by the way - the Roman infantry will get massacred by most Barbarians on flat maps, while they will do great in more dofficult terrain like on Athenai and forest maps because the devastating charge that the barbarians need will have less impact, but the units that counter sword rushes will also struggle on those maps - skrimishers, shock cavalry, elephants and chariots.

@sonsoftheundeadhollywoodun5031

9 жыл бұрын

I'm getting my first gaming pc for Christmas so you can count on my enrolling sure I may not be the best but defeat isn't always certain

@maximusnorvegicus

9 жыл бұрын

Cool! The level of competitive play in Rome 2 is nowhere near that of the more popular games, so new players can do really well if they know their basics.

@dalakhsarothal9624

9 жыл бұрын

Armenian king is definitely the better of the two here. Taking the initiative in both games and coming up with better builds. No surprise in the end the better player wins.

@maximusnorvegicus

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, him beating Panda to get to the semifinals cements him as a top contender in any tournament.

@The_Iowegian

9 жыл бұрын

Maximus Decimus Meridius Well, Rome 2 has always had a puny competitive community. Shogun 2 had an awesome one, tournaments everywhere :)

HAAAAA! 69 NAKED WARRIORS IN A REAR CHARGE XD

This was great fun, I hope you get to do more of these :)

Thanks for uploading this.Great commentary as usual.

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks and well played in the battles. I always enjoy watching your videos and battles as you seem to approach things very different than I do, so it is always fun to see the perspective of someone else. Good luck in the final.

@TheArmenianKing

9 жыл бұрын

HeirofCarthage Thank you )

nice tournament battles, tks for video and comments.

This community should be the thing to strive for for other games.. Just so enjoyable!

Absolute legend keep up the awesome videos ! Merry Christmas and a happy new year all the best

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you as well!

Nice matches. Congrats to both players, they performed really well. That first battle was really epic.

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Yea it was a great match.

Reaaly love your comments on any battle :) good job and thx :) and just for help, 'ch' sound in 'Chagatay' pronounces as 'ch' in 'Channel' ;) chagatay is a respected historical general in Turkey :)

The player in the battle, Armenian King, has a youtube channel as well, if you guys are interested. He is one of the best players in Rome 2 and his channel is a must-see for anyone who wants to get better in the game, IMO. Here is his channel: kzread.info/dron/QDAQJuxXBkk1NSt6EEJ-Zg.html

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Yea his videos are great, as are yours. :)

i like the lasp part where naked infantry tackle the rome militia

Dude your vids are entertaining as hell

Hey just started watching in the past few days and thought myself a great total war player, I realize after watching your videos I know nothing lol. Enjoy watching your videos and commentary on battles keep up the great work. Will you be doing Attila the Hun coverage HeirofCarthage?

Always make it a "point" not to get rear charged a naked sword is the lesson of the day folks

nothin like a cup of coffee and a heir video

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

lol glad I could provide some enjoyable time for you.

OMG you dont live inside his mind?!!?!?!?

U are one of my favorite youtubers

@ubefiasco7791

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks

More puns and Jokes Patchy, also stop apologising for when you do! love your stuff! keep up the good work.

The red player was entirely too passive in both matches. He sat with the arverni while the yellow player charged right in for the win just like he did with the vastly superior Roman army the first game.

Nice!

"Exposed loins and rear to elephant tusks", lmao, u should incorporate more jokes like this in ur commentary vids heir. Great vid

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Yea...I couldn't resist the lame jokes in this one.

i have played a 3v3 vs armenian king once, he was the mvp of his team, hes not a bad player at all. and this just proves to me he is acually good :) was nice to watch, he got tactics off that backfire everytime for me

Getting rear charged by naked swords is never going to be a good day :) I know it's a primitive, but i still laughed :D

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

lol words of wisdom

This is a bit off topic but how is this Lusitani build? Gen, 4 vet warriors, 4 Iberian swords, 4 Balearics, 4 cav ( forgot what they're called, the cheap ones) 2 skirmish cav, and 1 Scutarii cav. How is it?

nice commentating heir, I see you to first time to do this and I see potential :)

OMG GOOD GAMEPLAY! HOLEE SHIT! Thanks Heir!

I got Rome 2 today, but I don't think I'll be joining the online battles any time soon since my strategy would be based on Zapp Brannigans Art of War. Let my naked men get surrounded so they can strike in all directions! For some reason Rome 2 doesn't favour that kind of tactic.

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

lolol I love the Zapp Brannigan reference.

Chagatay Kagan (the historic) is the second son on Chengiz Khan and the eventual heir. It is spelled: CHA (like in change) GATAY (just as you do). And Kagan is the actual title of Chengiz Khan. Kagan is ruler of all khans.

Heir the way i have always heard Chagatay is Shagatay

I believe naked swords dont have javelins, so he couldnt turn them against elephants :)

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Javelins aren't the only thing Naked Swords are lacking...

Heir, Naked swords don't get javelins to throw. they are complete fodder to elephants.

El romano tuvo un micromanejo horrible

hi heir where do i find some good replays to download?

good commentary, liked the jokes, only think i would say to change if you keep doing these is try not repeating words to often like "key", other then that good job :)

More bad jokes! We need more jokes

Heir of Carthage? more like heir of Smarthage haha jk man keep it up bro this shit is gold

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

lol glad you enjoyed it

I think the AI took over xd

.what does it mean when someone says Premarin Rome, or plebeian Rome

@timfidotru

9 жыл бұрын

Heir explained. It is 2 Rome factions from different times. Premarian = before Gaius Marius, consul of Rome.

Why are Vigiles banned?

Were these battles normal funds?

heir, did you play in this tournament?

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

Nope I didn't play in this one.

why do I suck at total war :c

How do you share replays?

@daSKAn

9 жыл бұрын

I have not done it, but there is a folder where the replays are saved. I think it's enough just to copy the given replay file to that folder.

@thechosenonenumber

9 жыл бұрын

daSKAn thanks a lot. I'll try it

@daSKAn

9 жыл бұрын

thechosenonenumber Check the patch Armenian King posted. That's the location, you can also find Saves and Screenshots in this path. One trick with this path and replays is... if you forget to save a replay after the battle, you can go to that path and rename the autoseve.replay file to whateveryouwant.replay. This autosave always saves the replay of the last played battle and get's overwritten every time.

@thechosenonenumber

9 жыл бұрын

thanks loads

What are your specs? Just curious

@HeirofCarthage

9 жыл бұрын

If you go to my channel and click on the "About" tab they are there. I recently add a 240GB SSD as well.

Totally wrong pronunciation Cağatay Kağan :D

Wtf would someone pick Rome on tournament?Thats a total shame..Rome should be played only by begginers and not some "veterans"...Why cant they pick normal faction but pick total noob faction?Rome should be banned from tournaments...Its not meeant to be played by "veterans"..

@maximusnorvegicus

9 жыл бұрын

Since the factions were given, and in one round they were Polybian Rome vs Carthage and another Marian Rome vs Arverni, the players didn't have much of a choice. There is often a pick and ban system in place, so there's a good chance a player will be able to stop his opponent from using Rome if he really wants to.

@GreatConman

9 жыл бұрын

Besides, the tournament rules had the players swap factions after so it's fair

@The_Iowegian

9 жыл бұрын

Rome is a good faction for beginners, but it can also be great for competitive play, especially with Socii Equites extrodinarii.

@4cMaiden

9 жыл бұрын

Rome is beatable. Especially if they can't bring Hastati of Vigiles to take the powerfull barbarian charge on a flat map.

@antred11

9 жыл бұрын

You act like Rome is something special. There are tons of factions perfectly capable of beating Rome.

1st comment hahah