How many games can I win with only Man At Arms? AoE2:DE

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Endless man at arms with the Bulgarians in AoE2:DE. With a fresh account how many games can I win on the ranked ladder? Leave your predictions in a comment below.
Watching the last game back and I can see some opportunities to do some more damage, especially when he's building the tower behind the barracks. I should have dived in right there but I didn't see the opportunity in the moment.
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@Ondrik7622 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I actually broke the damn streak haha

@TheTattorack 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah thank the gods! No one man should have this much power unchecked!

@Mzuka-Moto 4 жыл бұрын

Was hoping for a longer video. Thanks a lot!!

@TheChimples 4 жыл бұрын

Haha gg man

@johnkimbalb 4 жыл бұрын

Lucky tc ... Lol

@Mysteria9 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnkimbalb Lucky? You mean well placed :)

@Soviless99 4 жыл бұрын

4:29 im that female villager and the rhino is life

@MadPutz 4 жыл бұрын

And the scout is self-doubt

@morguhl 4 жыл бұрын

id like to see this go on!

@Webos4you 4 жыл бұрын

Gh.8

@Michal235 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video! As you start with 200 stone and never use it in this strategy, there is some space for improvement. Collect 50 more stone and go for 2 towers in a spots where you can't hit directly with the man-at-arms. For example in the last game a single tower behind his wood line (which he wouldn't even notice before it'd be up) would win the game. Send 2-3 vills to tower up and add 2-3 vills from the TC to keep your eco on the proper level

@JohnSmith-hc5iu 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great series. I'm definitely looking forward to watching more.

@samwisegamgee8318 2 жыл бұрын

Little did he know... there would be no more

@eMpTy0911 4 жыл бұрын

really nice idea for a series. I think a forward baracks would have improved this strat a lot ;) I don't like that you broke your own rules and went castle + mangonel. The fun part about this weird cheese strat is the commitment. just rush down the tc with man at arms while the corpses of your units pile up when they will not resign

@ZeroEmpires 4 жыл бұрын

Fair point! I’ll make sure to do that next time ;)

@Zonalyre 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZeroEmpires I agree with the original comment. You could maybe change the rule of no more vils in feudal so you can develop a better economy and mass produce those men at arms. It would be awesome to see you take down TCs with just pure brute force in feudal. Anyway, great video!

@derdurstbursch 4 жыл бұрын

@@Zonalyre exactly. I was wondering why the villager limitation was there at all! 🤔

@holo1782 4 жыл бұрын

Cool Idea for a series, keep it up

@romanmueller3479 4 жыл бұрын

Against me you will win endless amounts of games with this strategy.

@MrEpic325 2 жыл бұрын

was so pumped to find another cool age yt and see a cool unique series but then see there’s only one video in the playlist and he hasn’t uploaded in a year ;(

@PauxloE 4 жыл бұрын

I think you could have mentioned at the start why the bulgarians are uniquely suitable for this strategy.

@darthrevan926 4 жыл бұрын

He did say they get the man at arms upgrade for free. What else is there to say?

@matthaeushilpold2134 4 жыл бұрын

wouldn't the lithuanians be better?

@liamkerbey8320 4 жыл бұрын

@@matthaeushilpold2134 Lithuanians allows a faster dark age rush of militia and possibly faster Feudal. However the M@A upgrade is 140 resources and involves a training time and idling barracks production. Bulgarians are strong not only because they skip the cost of M@A upgrade but because the upgrade is instant upon arriving Feudal. Militia trained in dark age will arrive just in time to be upgraded by the bonus. Not to mention in this strategy it's not a typical M@A rush to slow the opponent with 3-5 but is an ongoing spam of them to overwhelm and close out the game. A Lithuanian style would promote a fast castle behind Militia whilst Bulgarians better promotes the M@A spam. Both have a bonus to help the strategy yes, I would argue Bulgarians bonus is that little bit better in this case.

@matthaeushilpold2134 4 жыл бұрын

@@liamkerbey8320 thanks though! Denying berries gold and lumber with a hefty drush (say, 10 militia) with lithuanians, then up to feudal for m@a -> would that be a thing?

@liamkerbey8320 4 жыл бұрын

@@matthaeushilpold2134 its a very 'cheesy' all in strategy. It might pay off for you in winning some games but if you cant find the damage considering your large investment then you will lose. You wouldnt see this at a pro level as they easily counter it with walling vills and getting archers out to kite MaA. The heavy investment into so many MaA would delay castle too much and then they would quickly lose to knights or simply get outboomed. 3 militia should be enough to delay your opponent. If you make 10 you essentially need to kill them for it to pay off.

@Scarfacefrostborn 4 жыл бұрын

I really hope this is the start of a new favourite series of mine. Great idea zak I love the format and the editing. Ideas for other cheese strats could be endless hoang rush never going feudal or tati rush? :)

@MorleyGames1 4 жыл бұрын

Mascarpone haha I definitely puffed some air out of my nose at that

@Nendonintendo 4 жыл бұрын

Puns and cheese... Cheesepuns... Yes please. Couldnt have asked for a better series, keep it up my man

@thynaruto 4 жыл бұрын

More of these please. I really enjoy you illustrating and teaching these strat

@Jixxor 4 жыл бұрын

Damn that was amazingly entertaining. Watching 9 matches compressed into 25minutes really kept it exciting non-stop even tho it was always the exact same strat. Would love to see more of that :)

@Whosyourdaddy21 2 жыл бұрын

When he stopped that villager from getting away from the rhino 🤣🤣

@randomai464 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome dude! Love seeing your videos again. Keep it up please!

@ShadowCrystallux 4 жыл бұрын

Time for an update: "How many games can I win with only Militia? AoE2:DE | Goths Edition"

@ADCFproductions 3 жыл бұрын

How many games can i win by ONLY luring the enemy's boar?? FIND OUT SOON!!! Answer: NONE!

@PedoThaBear 4 жыл бұрын

Been trying something similar with goths, but I was going up relatively normal at 21 pop and was also making the MAA from 2 baracks, that I put at 2 different locations next to his base. Obviously I'm lacking the speed and often the enemy is ready to defend himself or counter raid me. Nonetheless, it worked many times and is definitely a lot of fun! Perhaps I'll try your build soon, or adjust so that I could make vils behind it... Anyways, this is an amazing idea and I really hope you turn this into a big series, it was super fun to watch!

@Icagel0 4 жыл бұрын

At this point should've played the last game just to see where it would rank in the leader boards, good series!

@SandwichIsGreatForMe 3 жыл бұрын

Huge video, thanks from a foreigner, very clear ! +1 sub

@petermari8299 4 жыл бұрын

I fight like pig on the ice for months to break the 1000 and you troll yourself up to ~1300 straight away, feels good :D But nice vid :)

@noidontwantthat7237 4 жыл бұрын

Strat: *ACTUALLY WORKS* thanos: impossible

@hurlok 4 жыл бұрын

I loved it! Would definitely like to see more. I'd also like it if you allowed yourself margin of deviation from the cheese, so that if you think you can win the game with a tweak, you can apply it.

@vichonavarrete9929 4 жыл бұрын

That shr!mp last guy was my opponent in a game today

@ZeroEmpires 4 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@vichonavarrete9929 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZeroEmpires he started spamming just cammels in post imp in the arena map, but I had map control so I won

@ADCFproductions 3 жыл бұрын

@@vichonavarrete9929 no way, you flipped the shr!mp??? :O

@maxmustermann1225 4 жыл бұрын

very nice format, pls do more!

@airindex256 4 жыл бұрын

I love this series idea, but you should definitely be allowed to keep producing villagers. I want to see how far this can go.

@rickychardzz 2 жыл бұрын

Especially with blacksmith upgrades cheaper you can have fully upgraded man at arms pretty quickly

@olegdragora2557 4 жыл бұрын

I liked to see how this strategy could be followed with aging up, mangonel, etc. Yes, it breaks the rule. But helps to learn how to use the strategy effectively. I think it's much better than another "challenge" video.

@forsakenquery 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing series. I hope you come back to do more.

@EpicCookieGamer 4 жыл бұрын

I chuckled and then exhaled at 20:20... it's like he knew

@fiable262626 3 жыл бұрын

Wow love the concept of taking a cheesy strategy and seeing it play out several times in one condensed video.

@JHsillypantsMcGee 4 жыл бұрын

Man At Arms = my favorite unit also the best :)

@mmmzzzz560 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah same. They look sexy to me

@satyakisil9711 4 жыл бұрын

This is how I play Goths. Because who would want to wait till Imperial Age when you can flood your enemies with infantry in the Feudal Age?

@John-jc3ty 4 жыл бұрын

a singular man at arm

@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074 2 жыл бұрын

17:21 ! no I was waiting for 40 man at arms to destroy the town centreeeeeeeeeeee

@ailst 4 жыл бұрын

Super entertaining kind of video. Would love to see more like this. :)

@MrTeknown 4 жыл бұрын

We need more videos man!

@amnesia9231 Жыл бұрын

I've played 90 hours of Bulgarians so far, I love this civ. Im not a great AOE2 player but this strat makes me laugh

@andreaskerscher235 4 жыл бұрын

What a great idea! Keep it up!

@corvo1068 4 жыл бұрын

A bit similar to this strat, but you could try to go Feudal as fast as possible with Lithuanians (and their +150 food bonus), maybe with 14 vils, then make archers from two ranges. Or tower rush + walls.

@DjSapsan 4 жыл бұрын

i did it it with slavs all the time. I won 20 games in row and got #3 during the beta

@MrChiefsmaster 4 жыл бұрын

Only man at arms? Is this mangonel a disguised man at arms? ;) Nice video, I love, how you explain your actions, keep going!

@MirkeLP 4 жыл бұрын

Someone did this to me yesterday. I won so i feel like 300 elo higher now :D

@kubasooo 4 жыл бұрын

how about a classic, c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶n̶ tower rush.

@BudrMac 4 жыл бұрын

5:44 It "Woloallow" you to do a surprise landing?

@TheContraCode 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the quality content!

@fanslifejapan255 4 жыл бұрын

very good play. i guess you reacted well when the situation turned bad at some games. It seems to be a workable strategy at the intermediate level(or even upper-inter) I feel like the intermediate level doesnt react very well to Drush, and they kind of collapse when the start doesnt go smoothly

@wolfgangbr1576 4 жыл бұрын

As someone within this group: its true. Any game vs Lithuanians with fast drush I died so hard it was embarrassing :D

@Trr1ppy 4 жыл бұрын

yes please more fondue!

@maximumpleasuregaming 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this. Looking forward to more in the series!!

@QazwerDave 4 жыл бұрын

Yes !! Interesting. More of this !!

@rafad9044 4 жыл бұрын

Great series! Andrzej the 'mask a pony' was a masterpiece!

@rafad9044 4 жыл бұрын

And*

@Soviless99 4 жыл бұрын

i do something similar with the magyars with scout cavalry and a blacksmith. also as you progressed in games you adjust your strat like making spearmen lol

@moistymilitia4531 4 жыл бұрын

This was awesome to follow alongside!

@rajarakeshsingh 4 жыл бұрын

best aoe cast ever

@christian9540 4 жыл бұрын

I bet Hoang left a like.

@forsakenquery 2 жыл бұрын

Worth noting it is possible to take down a TC with MAA once you get both smith upgrades. You need a lot however (35 or 40 from memory). This was probably the way you could have won the last game.

@ahuzel 4 жыл бұрын

Fun games, keep doing these. Also i think that this strat has a sort of "ELO" cap, at certain point you will face people who actually wall or counter you strat with the obvious deficiences, like low eco, almos not scouting and slow speed, 3 miners in a far gold for example.

@shinuito 4 жыл бұрын

Does feel like a “Sandbagger Series”. Very fun/entertaining to watch, but not sure if it’s enjoyable for the other players.

@Vladd0r 4 жыл бұрын

Man with arms xD

@WaddleQwacker 4 жыл бұрын

May I say that I ate a nice fondue yesterday evening with my parents, sis, step bro and nephews. It was delicious. We all left the table with double-sized bellies.

@blazkelbl 4 жыл бұрын

Great format of the video. Edit: the pun is Andy Ostroy...

@santiagojulianlingeri5386 4 жыл бұрын

So damn funny. Im a noob but still gonna try this. I think of a full feudal thrash all-in maybe could work.

@36424567254 4 жыл бұрын

i think vills should be allowed. So that you can add barracks and really spam those MAA and potentially brute force through defences. The cheese strat must be relentless :D

@iceefrags8770 3 жыл бұрын

I love this series. also great name "manwitharms". please do more in this series like cuman TC douche, or incan vill and trush

@marcosyy87 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video

@TheChimples 4 жыл бұрын

Nice idea, yeah keep going with this.

@moracomole8090 4 жыл бұрын

15:50 I have the High ground, don't do this

@iceefrags8770 4 жыл бұрын

That cheese joke was amazing dude!

@damsen978 4 жыл бұрын

tbh a game mode where only the regular infantry and archery are allowed would be pretty cool, no big guns, just you and your skill of leading melee and ranged regular units.

@HolyKhaaaaan 4 жыл бұрын

That was a scenario in the El Dorado campaign. It was a bit tedious but fun!

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa69 4 жыл бұрын

no siege was a very common stipulation back in the day

@Fungustus1 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Liked!

@nimbostratue 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see you repeat the same strategy but with a twist which is that you are allowed to build as many offensive/defensive towers as necessary in feudal age and you can train as much villagers as you want. Also in castle age you are allowed to create as many mangonels and scorpions as you want

@dwightmanne 4 жыл бұрын

So just play normally...

@grobisam 4 жыл бұрын

Please finish your tutorials serie it's one of the best on youtube

@nineonine9082 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Hope to see more =)

@Dakta96 4 жыл бұрын

This is great, you should do more!

@FredroStarr12 3 жыл бұрын

trying to do this vs the "hard" ai and failed.. had to go full HAM with the cobra car :D You should have shown your time stats in these videos, I'm wondering how fast you need to up. The AI was smart with archers and it's tough to avoid tc fire

@insearchofvalue8034 2 жыл бұрын

does not work with AI so well because AI will miro every unit heavily and it spreads its units far off but i have been doing this with goths and so far 3 straight wins from yesterday plan to continue till i can

@muxmastermann420 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the video! Do another one with only archer rush!

@ProperComment 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome back , cheers

@josephloper3442 4 жыл бұрын

NEED MORE of these!

@rajarakeshsingh 4 жыл бұрын

go to the top with this

@davidvanvugt347 4 жыл бұрын

@ZeroEmpires will you make more Strat Fondue vids? Can't wait!

@CxR2262 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea for a series

@solidthoughtpoker5207 4 жыл бұрын

This was a great video! :)

@bcn1gh7h4wk 4 жыл бұрын

I played not man-at-arms but long swordsman, and light cavalry. I didn't have gold for upgrades, so I left it at that, put all my efforts to farming food, and basically swarmed the enemy with massive charges. ........ they ran out of gold, then they ran out of troops, and buildings, and finally of willpower. low-tech rush has to be nicknamed "The Russian" by now.

@krystofcisar469 2 жыл бұрын

´´Laughing in Brittish´´

@barsni4779 4 жыл бұрын

"My opponent insists on playing on". Cheese comes with salt after all. Betrayed by barracks placement of all things though. By the way, I wonder if slavs are capable of cheese with their free supplies. It is more expensive tech then man-at-arms and will pay off in about ten units created in feudal, wich in collusion with faster farmers could potentially allow to even add vills at home. ...Initial attack being delayed by infantry upgrade sucks though, but it could be something of an element of surprise for usual lategame civ, right? P.S. Khmers are seemingly immune to man at arms cheeses, right?

@krystofcisar469 2 жыл бұрын

Malay could be also good because their quick up time

@xvphysics673 4 жыл бұрын

Zeroempires can you make a cuman feudal age ram push (R-rush) video for strat fondue. 😁

@xvphysics673 4 жыл бұрын

Also great content my favorite I hope you continue

@Maxi_Moxn 4 жыл бұрын

Like Viper did at NAC3 on Arena?

@vysearcadia522 4 жыл бұрын

We call this “Man-At-Arms Nothing”.

@puddinggamez8599 4 жыл бұрын

Definitive Edition: AHH! My Eyes! AoE2HD: *Perfection*

@Orbis85 4 жыл бұрын

Great strategy! Where this build order can be found? I'm very interested on trying it, but I asume it doesn't work with 9 on Food, 2 on Wood and 3 on Gold right off the bat, right? I understand from the video you re-assign vills here and there to prevent falling short on Wood for Barracks and Mill/ Lumber Camp or getting TC idle time... Great content anyway and I'd love to see more videos for this series!

@ADCFproductions 3 жыл бұрын

4:29 lmaoooo XD

@Trr1ppy 4 жыл бұрын

nice, this is going in my strat book

@Prebound_ 4 жыл бұрын

No other game will make you rage like this one.

@CrazyHammer100 4 жыл бұрын

manwitharms 111 awesome video

@racedrummer1 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I like this. Take more ingrediens for your fondue and try with different cheesy like strats! I love it!

@MorganEarlJones 4 жыл бұрын

I've always been pretty shit at AoE2, playing it very casually since I was first show how to torrent it by the boys on the gamemakergames IRC channel, but even I recently found man at arms production really easy to exploit.