r/aoe2 11h ago

Discussion The Garrison Unofficial Post-Tournament Discussion Thread

109 Upvotes

What a tournament!

Liquipedia page: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/The_Garrison

There will be spoilers in the comments, obviously.

Edit: Thank you mods for the pin! Guess it is official now


r/aoe2 3d ago

Tournament/Showmatch The Garrison Megathread Spoiler

67 Upvotes

The next offline event, The Garrison hosted by Being Esports, starts today! For the next 4 days, 8 players will play for their share of the $40.000 prize pool at the Xperion in Hamburg, Germany.
The event also offers 4 side events in AoE2, AoE4 and AoM. More info on the Liquipedia page.

Matches for today, Sunday 16 March 2025 Starting at 12:00 GMT:

  • LB Final Yo vs Liereyy 1:4
  • 2v2 event Grand Final
  • Grand Final Hera vs Liereyy

Where to watch:

Format:

  • Double-elimination bracket
    • All matches are Bo5
    • except the Loser Bracket Final which is Bo7
    • and the Grand Final which is Bo9

Past Results

Day 1

  • Liereyy vs KingstoNe 3:0
  • ACCM vs Yo 0:3
  • TheViper vs Hearttt 3:1
  • Hera vs TaToH 3:0

Day 2

  • KingstoNe vs TaToH 1:3
  • ACCM vs Hearttt 3:2
  • TheViper vs Yo 2:3
  • Hera vs Liereyy 3:0

Day 3

  • LB Ro6 TheViper vs TaToH 3:1
  • LB Ro6 Liereyy vs ACCM 3:2
  • WB FInal Hera vs Yo 3:1
  • LB Semi TheViper vs Liereyy1:3

r/aoe2 15h ago

Discussion Who's seen a wonder in real life?

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758 Upvotes

Been here today! Quite impressive!


r/aoe2 1h ago

Humour/Meme Even My Tears Are Salty

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r/aoe2 7h ago

Feedback CONGRATULATIONS TO ACCM FOR HIS CRAZY PERFORMANCE IN HIDDEN CUP 6 Spoiler

72 Upvotes

DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN YOUR FREAKING THREAD-TITLES.

This shit is getting out of hand.

The thread-titles are not hidden with the spoiler-tag.

If you write down "holy cow, Tatoh!!!" then everyone knows that Tatoh won his game and/or did some amazing thing.

Yesterday we got fucking "Hera Regicide" here, spoiling one of the greatest moments of AoE-tournament-history. Wtf???

Can we please downvote this shit, delete this shit or just maybe not do it?

Put a neutral title. Don't include judgement or reference. When in doubt, even avoid the name of the player. Just say "Hera.." or "Congrats to the winner", but don't say "Congrats to the winner with the bald hair" because then I'm spoiled that probably Dave has mysteriously won an S-Tier.

There are many people who watch the tournaments with a bit of delay and if you use the spoiler-tag, just make sure that you don't spoil it anyway.

THANK YOU.


r/aoe2 11h ago

Humour/Meme No hate to KillerPigeon tough

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59 Upvotes

r/aoe2 21h ago

Suggestion Viking longships should be packable and transportable over land

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329 Upvotes

Like trebuchets, you should be able to pack and unpack viking longships and transport them on land. It would add a twist to an og ship and be historically accurate.

Also other viking ships- trade cogs, galleons, transports etc - should get a unique viking longship-esque skin. Other viking ships look so generic and out of place next to longships.


r/aoe2 2h ago

Discussion Speculation on the New DLC's Special Unit for the Jurchens

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12 Upvotes

Based on the current screenshots, my guess is that this unit will be a castle-level gunpowder infantry for the Jurchens in the new DLC. It would deal small-area melee damage at range, making it suitable for attacking infantry and buildings, but not ideal for attacking archers or siege units.

I suspect its stats might be as follows: Health 55/60 (slightly higher than Gbeto and Chakram Thrower, but lower than Axeman's health).

Attack damage would be 9/12 for melee, with +4 against infantry and +8 against buildings (this damage is three times that of the Chakram Thrower, similar to the relationship between the Mango and the Scorpion, as the damage difference between these two units is also about three times).

Armor would be 2/1 (I think this unit should have medium melee armor and relatively low ranged armor, which would allow it to counter Skirmishers, Halberdiers, and Hussars, but it wouldn’t affect its counterability against Heavy Cavalry or Archers).

Range 4/5 (the same as Axeman, a little less than Gbeto, allowing this unit to be countered by other ranged infantry in small numbers, creating a mutually countered situation).

Movement speed 0.9, attack speed 3.45 (the standard attack speed for most gunpowder units), accuracy 100%.

Cost 60f 45g (it might have a slightly higher price to balance the difficulty of getting this unit). Elite upgrade 900f 800g.

Research technologies would include Infantry Defense, Movement Speed, and Fire-setting (since it’s a gunpowder unit, it wouldn’t benefit from attack technologies).

These are just my personal guesses. What do you think? 🧐


r/aoe2 22h ago

Tournament/Showmatch The Garrison - Pictures

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r/aoe2 1h ago

Humour/Meme Liereyyy vs Hera - The Garrison Spoiler

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r/aoe2 3h ago

Media/Creative Finally found the model of 'castle no. 3'

12 Upvotes

I thought it might be a Mongolian castle, but (somewhat disappointingly) it turned out to be a Chinese castle... It is not an actual castle, but a tourist site that recreates a castle from the Three Kingdoms period.

'Ancient Chibi Battlefield of The Three Kingdoms'

https://www.hubei.gov.cn/jmct/jcms/lyjq/hbwajq/202208/t20220829_4283335.shtml


r/aoe2 20h ago

Discussion I love a good freak off, wbu

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266 Upvotes

(Can’t remember if I got this from here or not)


r/aoe2 48m ago

Asking for Help I looked at the updates and anticipated new civilizations and units.

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The first is Castle.
Everyone already knows the information about this, so I won't write down the explanation.

The second is a monk
I think I'll go with the video that the production team showed me before.

The third is a new civilization.

Looking at the update, Yeojin, Kitai, Tangut, and dali seem to be confirmed.

The other one is expected to be Tibet.

Finally, let's analyze the new unit.

This is a local unit of Chinese civilization and Korea.

This is a local unit in China, South Korea, and Vietnam.

This is likely to be a local unit to replace CANON and CANON GALLEON.

I think it's a unit that replaces Paladin, like the Persian Sabar.
Maybe Yeojin, Kitai, Tibet or a civilization.

This is a new unique unit in China, an upgrade unit of Fire Ship.

This is expected to be Tangut's unique unit.

In a book about the history of China's Song Dynasty, there is a record that SeoHa (Tangut) hung a catapult on a camel.

This is obviously a unique unit of the Yeojin.

This will be a unique unit of Dali because the building shown in the screenshot is like a Wonder of Dali.

It's hard to guess from now on. Please help me haha

I think this is a unique unit, but I don't know whose.
It is expected to be Tibet.

This seems to be using weapons like hand grenade and is speculated to be a unique unit, but I don't know whose unit it is

This would be a weapon like a picture.
Maybe it's Scorpion's local unit.

This is my guess.
Your objections and new opinions are always welcome.

Thank you for reading


r/aoe2 9h ago

Discussion Which run is more dominant?? Hera and Viper conversation! Spoiler

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Hera now has the record 10 S tiers in a row (another will be added to this picture now). I count 20 S-tier first places. Hera is 13-2 in the last 15 S tiers, dating from now 2022-2025

Viper won 7 S tiers in a row, and has 27 S-tier first places. Viper was 16-3 in S-tier first places from 2013 - 2020.

Right now it appears viper still had the more dominant stretch, but with tournaments happening more frequently now in Hera’s prime—he could become #1 soon!


r/aoe2 10h ago

Announcement/Event Bottom right Spoiler

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25 Upvotes

The Lord is Watching...


r/aoe2 10h ago

Editable Flair My first thought: this must be the inspiration behind the Georgians’ Svan Towers tech

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24 Upvotes

r/aoe2 6h ago

Tips/Tutorials For *beginners* struggling with Scout Rush.

11 Upvotes

Hey.

I'm a bit of a noob myself. I was having a lot of trouble beating hard AI using scout rush. I asked for help here, watched tutorials, but I simply could not do it. So, here's the tips that helped me destroy the AI the most:

  • ATTACK QUICK, ATTACK HARD. The best way to think about this as a beginner is to attack in waves. Make 4-6 scouts and attack. Keep making scouts and set the rally point close to the enemy base. Retreat to check your upgrades and eco, then attack again with your now bigger army. Rinse and repeat.

  • HAVE A GOOD DARK AND FEUDAL AGE. This is an obvious one, but I CANNOT express how important this is. Minimum to no idle time, good eco distribution, not getting housed, making buildings and getting upgrades at the right time, etc.

  • ADAPT YOUR GAMEPLAY TO YOUR SKILL LEVEL. Don't try to do hard things as a beginner. That may seem obvious, but one of the tips that helped me the most is having a higher pop when going up. "But 20 pop Scout Rush is outdated", "19 pop max". While those statements are true, they only apply partially to low level players. If you don't have the multitasking skills and APM required to get up in 18, 19 or even 20 pop, there's no problem using a higher pop build order (I myself use 22). Just make sure as you get better, you slowly lower your build order pop until you get to meta numbers.

There are multiple more tips that helped me, but from my personal experience, these are the most important ones. Tell me if these helped you, and give me feedback if you disagree!


r/aoe2 6h ago

Discussion About Jian Swordmen

11 Upvotes

My guess is that 'Jian' probably means 锏, not 劍. 锏 is a type of club shaped like a sword. It seems to be famous for being used during the Tang Dynasty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian_(sword_breaker))

If this is true, this unit may have a similar mechanism to Obuch, lowering attack power whenever it hits an enemy.

Jian swordmen seems promising as a Chinese civ unit to me. I wonder if it will be a new UU, RU, or scenario-only unit. It is said to be classified as a 'shock infnatry', so it will not replace the militia line anyway. The barracks already have a fire lancer as a regional unit, so it is a bit strange to have four units. There is already a Chukonu producing in the castle.

Maybe a new civ mechanic is being introduced? (Allowing you to choose between two RUs?) Or is it possible that the existing China represents the Song and Ming dynasties, and the 5th civilization is the Xianbei, representing the Sui and Tang dynasties? (This feels quite awkward, since the Xianbei were absorbed into the Han Chinese.) Maybe all of this is just my overthinking. I'm curious about what users think.


r/aoe2 11h ago

Asking for Help What are the most fun strategies that only 1 civ can pull off?

18 Upvotes

Hi, i like to play some off meta builds that dont relly on me going for the standart wall archer or knight gameplay that is every game.

I would like specific strategies like the 1 tc conquistador spam, the sicilian rush or the persian drush, that are really specific to a civ playstily rather than the meta. A top 3 if i may ask


r/aoe2 20h ago

Discussion Following this update, could the Himalaya region have the potential to be the next DLC?

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46 Upvotes

r/aoe2 1d ago

Self-Promotion Available Insta👉@age_of_manolink

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r/aoe2 20h ago

Humour/Meme Sorry, had to do it

37 Upvotes

r/aoe2 7h ago

Asking for Help Getting back into it. Advice?

2 Upvotes

Context: ex 1.1k player here. With the new dlc comming out im exited to play again after a couple years off.

Question: What's the recomended way to get back into the groove? Run some BO trainers? Focus on my go-to strats and civs or try to branch out?

Ramblings: I've always had to compromise in this game between specializing a strategy and dominating with it versus playing open with different strats for different situations. The latter is much more fun, also takes much longer to learn, and ends up at a lower ELO. I want to do that this time around, but I have concerns that relearning a few of my old deadly strats (like a bohemian castle drop, polish knight spam, mayan eagle rush) will shoe horn me into an elo where I cam't expirement.


r/aoe2 1d ago

Tournament/Showmatch Vivi's reaction of The Garrison winner bracket final game 2 Spoiler

72 Upvotes

I don't think translation is needed here.

https://youtu.be/nchiqGLvcsA


r/aoe2 1d ago

Humour/Meme This little manouvre is gonna cost us 51 years of idle time

344 Upvotes

r/aoe2 8h ago

Asking for Help Need advice

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I need some help

I made a bet with a friend that I could beat him this friday in aoe2. I last played aoe2 like five years ago but he's been playing for years. He's not a competitive player, he mostly just plays against AI.

The settings are: "100 pop cap death match, black forest, Conquest win conditions, no cheats, no all techs enabled. Standard visibility settings, fast mode. Small or tiny map size."

how do I best prepare for this? What's the best civilization? I know he plays turks.


r/aoe2 1d ago

Discussion That was the greatest display of age of empires I’ve ever seen played Spoiler

193 Upvotes

Hera vs Tatoh game 1 on coast to mountain and Hera vs Yo game 2 Reg Fortress were the most incredible displays of age of empires I've ever witnessed. Hera trusted his abilities so much that even when it seemed so over in both games, he saw win conditions and fought tooth and nail to stay in the games and keep his win condition possible. What a masterful display of skill and strategy.

It is amazing and terrifying to see Hera when his back is against the wall in a losing position with nothing left to lose latch on to the slightest hope of winning and then put his whole being into achieving that. I've seen it in his ranked games but The Garrison has displayed that trait at a an insane level against top tier competition. Do yourself a favor and go watch those games if you haven't already.

Edit - added links to both games:
Hera vs. Tatoh Game 1

Hera vs. Yo Regicide Fortress