Age of Empires 2: Battle Tips and Tactics PART II

PART II of a series of AoE II TC combat tactics and alternative strategies to engage the enemy. Some you may find useful, some not depending on your skills and preferred civilizations etc. Throughout the videos in the various parts of this series you will eventually see each and every military unit of the game in action.

Check out PART III for more micromanagement battle tactics such as:

* Black Forest Firewall
* Feigned Retreat
* Advantages of surrounding your enemy
* Oasis Map Surprise
* Plus other Micromanagement tips

- Made using Fraps and Windows Movie Maker, music from the original Age of Empires OST.
Feel free to rate/comment. Hope you enjoy the videos.

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[mole90man]

What's the best group of people to begin with if you've had little or no experience?

[fatnanny84]

@mole90man NOOBS!

[fatnanny84]

You need FRAPS to be able to record gameplay onto video, and some video editing software (such as Windows Live Movie Maker).

[fatnanny84]

Hi! Skirmishers are useful against ranged units (archers, hand cannoneers, chu ko nu, etc.) since they sport an awesome pierce armour and have attack bonus against archers. They are only useful in mass (very cheap to train) and as meat shields if you expect an enemy to use ranged units, if not they can be avoided since you will be better off using your population limit with stronger units such as cavalry. Thanks for watching.

[ysdragonman]

i'm trying 2 be a byzantium expert can u tell me wht is good for byzantium i mean wht troops 2 build defences etc

[fatnanny84]

@ysdragonman Defensively they are the best civ together with the Turks since they have access to the maximum amount of technologies, which means bombard towers and the like. When attacking use cataphracts, research Logistics so they inflict trample damage which means they attack multiple adjacent enemy units at once) together with halberdiers: cataphracts massacre infantry thanks to their unique bonus while halberdiers will make mincemeat of enemy cavalry. Back with scorpion/onager support.

[Esoparagon]

The text is so slow it's frustrating.

[fatnanny84]

have you read the video description? does it mention pro games anywhere? if you're such a pro why don't you stop bitching and make a contribution to the community by posting your own videos the way I did?

[Karanistik]

ı always be turks cuz they have janissary(powerful hand cannoner) and i can defend easily

[happydance44]

@mole90man

it doesnt matter which civilization you use, every one has its strengths and weaknesses, the mroe you loose the more you learn

[rockhopper964]

its very fun to have 2 allies and 1 enemy on ps2(single player) with max resources and post-imperial age

also all techs researched

if you get a great map it will be very fun,especially against byzants

and the best civ is teh guys who make elephants

[sk8terbubbles]

@mole90man try chinese or bzantines, teotons r good to Im average and i am always the aztecs lol

[Flisterdini]

Clever indeed

[Viper00799]

-_- why people love black forest so much, i'll never know! it's a novice's map for crying out loud! No walling scheme involved, no side attacking? Gold rush would be an impressive map ^.^, as it demands strategy including fighting for the gold in mid :).

[mole90man]

@fatnanny84 Thanks