A moment of silence, for all the brave soldiers who lost their lives making this video....

0:26 don't lose squads 1:30 Mines Win Games 8:21 use the best available cover 11:30 only fight when you can win 13:21 don't blob

Another tip: Don't rage quit just because they took mid and wipe your army. Just hold what you have, you'll do your team a great favour.

Nice video. To those of you that don’t follow Tip 5: thank you.

I'm fairly new to the coh2 community and I'm glad people like HelpingHans here is still covering this awesome game for us.

Tips for 2020: Dont blob! Use social distancing!

Tip#6 when engaging a group of infantries keep an eye for Ambulance, Opel blitz, and halftracks if you can spot it take ‘em out first otherwise the infantry would just get reinforced continuously

Thanks! More 2020 micro and macro tips would be great. Just now pushing myself to learn the mines and other competitive techniques.

Been playing COH games for more than a decade, but still found this video entertaining.

I love all these tips and guide videos because they perfectly portray the HelpingHans luck. Whenever vehicles are used In these videos he'll say something like "oh the panther will always easily win the engagement" and then the panther will proceed to bounce every shot. In this video It was that lucky Zis bounce on the P4

Just started playing about 6 months ago, learning so much watching your videos! thanks

This video has been incredibly useful. I have a real nasty habit of ignoring certain elements like mines even when i tell myself to use them more often. Also i tend to get so impatient sometimes i end up blobbing and it fks me nearly every time. Thanks for the tips bro

Thanks man! Just started playing COH as it’s been added to game pass for pc. Have been really struggling to win skirmishes. Now I think I have what it takes

While I have been playing for a decent amount if time, I've been avoiding the pvp, playing mostly pve. I think some of thise tips may help me out in the pvp aspect of things!

tip4 was really good. I always just retreated when I couldn't win an engagement. Maybe with more tips and practice I can git gud

Love your videos, i am happy for someone who makes advices for this game. Thanks bro.

A quick note on #4: If your sides are equal in strength, and you can tie down expensive units with cheap ones kiting them around an obstacle course, that will mean you're stronger than your opponent elsewhere ;)

Haha! That ZIS bounce on the P4 had me rolling! Good old trusty RNG knows when to pop in to make a fool of you.

Nice video! Love to see ppl still playing this amazing game.

Thank you for this tips, I'll implement them into my gameplay videos in the future :D

great video dude, I'm gonna enjoy getting better at coh now :)

Thanks for the tips! Great video!

I didn't know the pioneer mines one shot light vehicles cheers hans

Tip 2 helped a lot with my issue. Thanks!

I love this kind of videos! 10/10

Great vedios especially tip 5 !

the great helpinhans ! thanks so much for that lesson bro ! i like it ! and i admire you so much bro ! let's go hans ! you're the better

just pure facts, love it. keep it up!

Welcome back. I solve practical-problems! Use Puma. If that don't work, use more Puma!

Helpful as always :)

#6 Build order to match opponents strong units or if you don’t know go fo a diverse/flexible, infantry/crewed weapon build.

I give you guys additional one , stop building emplacement , ＴＨＥＹ　ＮＥＲＦＥＤ　ＩＴ.

- Spread your units, don't blob! * clicks 178 times per second *

What he failed to mention in this video but may have mentioned in other videos is that light tanks help to out flank AT weapons. You want at least 2 light tanks. Use their scout ability and see where the enemy is. Then figure out which is the best approach. Then Use 1 light tank to kill the AT weapon if there are 2 AT weapons you can use 2 light tanks. Now if there are more than 2 AT weapons I highly recommend a mortar squad. Also maybe use 1 light tank even if there are 2 AT weapons and just use the mortar team to help kill either the 2nd AT weapon or the same AT weapon that the light tank is attacking. To help speed up the process you know. Anyways, once you do that you can then move in with MG squads and suppress them behind the light tank while using your mortarteam on them as well. Or you use a panzergrenadier squad with grenades. If you start taking too much damage from a squad thats reinforcing the enemy squad you could throw a smoke grenade and back out. They last 30 seconds which is plenty of time. Also usually you want a light tank to scout ahead with its special scout ability along with a medium tank to eliminate other tanks at a range and a heavy tank if you got one. At least 2 light tanks 2 medium tanks and 1 heavy tank. Along with 1 mortar team 2 MG teams 1 panzergrenadier team 1 grenadier team 1 scout half track to carry 1 engineer team so that it can hold the rear with an MG and also quickly support/repair tanks/vehicles and 1 scout team which you can run around with and re engage the enemy squads. You can take out at least 3 enemy squads of 4-6 men with one scout team. Just gotta make sure that there are no other enemy teams in the direction that you are fleeing from. In other words shoot then run a couple seconds to give your scouts a chance to reload then stop and shoot again. Do this over and over until you eliminate all of them. Also you want engineers to build artillery in different parts of the map depending on the size of the map. If the map is bigger then place them closer and closer to enemy positions. Keep in mind how far the yellow circle covers. If you place them all in 1 location you just wasted artillery. You Cant get rid of them or move them unless they die. If its a small map in which the artillery can reach anywhere on the map, build them in your spawn as far back as possible and take out the enemy base. Also take out any enemy engineers so they can't rebuild. Scouts are good at hiding until they shoot or are actively moving usually. So make sure that you tell them to hold fire and or build cover to camouflage themselves. Also use smoke grenades to block incoming MG fire so that you can run across and flank. Once the triangle turns red and says pinned, you're screwed. If its yellow throw smoke and try to move out if you can. Again. Depending on the map size and what you're up against depends on what kind of team you need. But if you use the team I put above earlier, that should cover you on all bases. Whether you're going up against tanks or infantry or AT weapons, that team should be perfect

thx hans! mine part is helpful for me!

Great Video dude. Greets from Germany

Nice man !!

Could you make an infantry guide? Pick a nation and compare its infantry to the of the opposing faction. When to take a fight, when to retriet, when to move closer,.... I never know if I should stay still, move closer or not even engage/disengage immediatly. Also include upgraded weapons.

Amazing tips thanks ❤❤❤

thank you so much!

The cover tip seems like a no brainer, but I will take it even more seriously. As of now I own the game for a couple of days and played a dozen of battles against the easy computer / AI enemy. I also painfully came to the conclusion that blobbing is very ineffective, something I didn't have to worry about much when I played simplified games like Command and Conquer Generals haha I also just used mines to dig myself in at my own base so far but I will try to use them more strategically from now on. The rest of the tips was also really useful!

minds win games, was this in purpose? hehe great video .)

thanks, did not know that you can stop the S mines and just use at a time ;)

The allies can sure blob. Signed - German Player

Blobbing is generally pretty strong in CoH 2. MG's can be a threat but if you catch them and kill the gunner the blob will destroy it quickly.

Nice video just got a functioning laptop and downloaded this on game pass used to play the first one in my younger days so this will help me get into this one now that I’m an old fart and forgot everything I used to know lol.

Thank you!

Is it true that small arms can land a scatter hit on a blobbed squad if they miss the first hit? So blobbing can mean each shot gets multiple chances to deal damage? Its really hard to find solid info on this mechanic.

Bro no joke just for the name I subscribed lol!

it's my first time here and somehow my search for COH 2 gameplay brought me here. a friend suggested this game cause i want to try RTS games. and about to download this on Steam. i hope i will get to enjoy and give this game a chance.

Good video, any tips on how to play the Ardennes Assault and handle the ever draining company strength?

Much appreciated Hans!

Thank you Hans

Hi Hans. These are very usefull tips for new commers which is great, excellent video. Can i use this to make some kind of review for spanish speakers? I would like to add some thoughts of mine as well. Of course all the credit will be yours.

Loved the Vid, Please tell me what mod/Cheat are you using to spawn units and such

Better tips would be how do you actually not lose squads? xD Like as I play the game I find out more about the little things that play a big part in engagements to not lose squads. Nice if you can explain all those stuff like covers, holding still, do not run and shoot, flanks, what to do with pinned squads, etc...

Great tips. Though I feel like maybe there should be a bit more on the US mines, given how the RE technically can lay mines, but they are nowhere comparable to the others, M20 mines is the strongest AT mine in the game and to get a general purpose mine you need to go doctrinal. Also, 251s can lay Schu-mines for whatever reason, I noticed.

Still love the music scores of both COH titles

Thank you

Hey I wanna ask, im new to the game: I'm having a hard time taking out panthers using the soviet faction do u have any tips mate?

thx bro

other tips. ALL kind of MG counter by/of Sniper/Mortar Sniper counter of Mortar and Sniper too if you are in 2,000 hr's of using that two infantry or u have enemy line noob. Mortar counter of any infantry specially sniper. i don't give any tips for any reason. that's my advantage but i will recommended if you have smoke capability use it always. that is very usefull specially in front to front battle. my gameplay hour is 19,440

Blobs kick my ass usually though. They run through a mine and kill 3 of my squads

Dude for cover benefit can be easily negates by flanking position, using grenade, flamethrower, and also main cannon from every Tank, especially with HE rounds one 11:30 That's was Erwin Rommel quote's

Hey Hans! I was just curious but do you think Coh 2 is a better game than the original? I've been watching your content for awhile and don't recall you commenting on that.

In ur opinion what would be better for team games. Overwatch doctrine or scavenge or feuerstorm ? I xons2ider myself farely good at micro ing. Also what is food for 1v1

The thing is: If you follow tip 4, you get some angry kid constantly pinging you to charge right into the fuel.

hahahaha Don't blob! love it

I Think this guy likes Company of heroes

Top 5 tips for being happy! First tip: don't be depressed....

@Helping Hans: have you heard about table top version of the CoH?

your camera is too good its scary in 4k lol

hello hans thanks so much for this useful video but can you please help me how you can get this optional game play? i wanna try alot of units and staff :) thanks in advance!

Do flamethrowers affect friendly units? It is hard to tell.

please do it for coh 1!

what about... How to heal your units? How to call in tanks (for new players)? Which commanders are good for which situations

Queue commands with shift key!

People still play CoH? What a great game.

its on sale right now, so im here

tip 4) that's almost what said senpai Erwin Rommel tip 5) that's almost what did soviet at stalingrad alright

whats the difference betweeen the regular and the master collection?

stalin dislikes the dont blob tactic

The poor men who died in this guy's test

Aahah yeah get lucky with panther, we all know the geeman bias in this game is gonna save it

when u will make the OKW boot camp ?

biggest mistake axis noobs do is go for both fuels against veteran ally players. You stay together and get the closest 2 vp points and one fuel. You stick together because ally inf will destroy axis inf that are split up.

If an inf unit runs away (normal movement, not retreat) and the enemy inf unit chases them, does the unit which runs away shoot behind them at the chasing enemy?

Mines. :)

playing this game in 2020 it's like the war never end

How do you get past the screen freeze at start up????

Hans must have read *MINE KAMPF!*

Thank you for your video, great job as ever. But just one question : why are they tips for 2020 ? Those are quite common since the game was released back in 2012... I was excepting more of the new brits meta (like the officer or the medics) and about all the news stats for the different units. ;)

Who's here after CoH3 got announced?

I'm trying to not loose squads. But my economy completely dies. because i have to replenish them

Riegel mine:disable the vehicle :P

What mod did u use?

Hi Hans how did u change ur hot keys?

6. Use binds

Im only loosing always struggling against a bunch of army from the beginning. Im fking frustrated

i need tips for fps in company of heroes 2