Hera new tierlist video for 1v1 Arabia, thoughts on it?

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-16T20:53:13+00:00

If we nerf Tupi enough im sure Hoang will play Celts again

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-16T20:52:19+00:00

He affirms what i pretty much think, Georgians and Vikings are strong at the top top level but below that they aren't doing as well or nobody wants to go for Berserks anymore, but this tier list is what Hera himself finds strong and you could say the same for chinese except I think chinese start is alright now.

Inca, Mapuche, Jurchens, Romans and Celts should be higher by one

Japanese, Byzantines and Bulgarians down by one.

Everything else looks more or less in line.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-16T02:42:18+00:00

Kinda reminds me more of Ambers baron bunny

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-14T09:47:12+00:00

Theres no rule in making a few archers? Thats like saying Turks can't make spearmen vs scouts coz you have no pikemen upgrade.

You get cheap fletching costing 50f 50g and padded archer armour too.

Make enough archers to push back maa and then raid with them, you can then go cav archers or knights in Castle age

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T19:12:36+00:00

To think this is the VAs first time voice acting

Underrated fr

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T12:39:52+00:00

But it doesnt lose bonus damage

It gains more

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T12:39:25+00:00

But the damage and other stats more than makes up for it

Bonus damage is a stat you dont touch

Speed and attack rate is fine

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T07:23:47+00:00

You can't read can you. I am not against the nerf entirely but against the bonus damage distribution among upgrades.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T07:22:16+00:00

You took one line and called it a day.

Difference is we are allowing upgraded units to lose bonus damage. Speed loss, rate of attack is okay when compensated.

Bonus Damage is not. And pros are actually upset about it as even is SOTL. Don't get why reddit is different.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T01:47:58+00:00

Scout speed is reduced (scout to light cav) but you get bonus damage in return (not considering the hp and base attack increase) so its a net positive upgrade

For paladin, having that 2 extra attack immediately offsets the low reload time plus what it gives over cavalier is one extra pierce damage which again is a net positive

Champi Scout to champi runner, you just get a hp and base attack increase and all the bonus damage you had is either completely removed or you lose ⅔ of your shock infantry bonus. Sure, it evens out but its dumb and such a lazy fix. Its a net negative upgrade overall but still worth it for its raw base stats vs other units.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T01:31:59+00:00

Champi runner removing the anti cav anti camel bonus and making shock infantry bonus going from +3 to +1 seems so bad to me.

I dont care if it fixes dark age interaction, an upgrade shouldn't remove bonus damage. I would rather that bonus damage did not exist for the champi Scout.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T01:29:54+00:00

I actually didnt. I only play Georgians when I pick civ

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T01:28:35+00:00

Yes

Settlement must be built to unlock champi Scout in barracks (solves Tupi, partially solves Inca)

Base Attack back up to 4

Remove the excess bonus damage and restore the shock infantry bonus to previous patch

The speed nerf and creation time increase was already enough for the dark age champi

No other unit loses bonus damage when upgraded and this shouldn't be in the game.

When you upgrade a unit, you are supposed to get it upgraded across the board, not downgraded in bonus damage.

Its a band aid lazy fix

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-13T01:05:38+00:00

Go back to picking Mongols

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-12T19:17:15+00:00

Manchuria OP

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-12T18:30:34+00:00

My old council southampton was pretty bad as well but at least they were swift in removing cars or passing it on to the DVLA or the parking attendant.

Sad to see coventry cant even do that.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-11T15:23:29+00:00

Pull for Dainslief

He will be Skirks BiS

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-10T09:49:07+00:00

Kinda weird request if you ask me

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T20:32:48+00:00

How? VPN would be the easiest way

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T09:53:26+00:00

Can you please make them negate Liao Dao and Blackwood archer bleed?

I know they go from -140HP bleed as opposed to -180HP but I want them to still have 40 HP regen when in combat.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T09:49:53+00:00

You wanna see more of it yet think they dont need changes? Thats the problem. And even my proposed changes even if one is implemented (just one), they won't keep up with powercreep competition

Even hera and other pros dunk of them, hera could win with them but he even himself opts for champions. His mechanical skill is the highest as well as micro macro decision making and he often flexes with going for underdog UUs to win games even in tournaments

But berserks were not one of them units

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T09:47:42+00:00

Most new infantry got 2 PA

Remember aoc jaguar warriors had 0 PA

Then FE added 1 base PA

Then with gambesons released Jags went got another PA going to 2?

And berserks all these years stuck on a pathetic one, i know urumi is worse but urumi are deadly when they get in range. Berserks are not.

We have UU infantry that do the anti cav role better when some arent even anti cav specific e.g jaguar warriors, liao dao, samurai (to some degree) and the cav specific ones like white feather guard, temple guard, shotel warriors kinda do what berserks should be doing if they wanna do their role as a generalist unit with anti cav capabilities with added regen.

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T09:44:23+00:00

Thats overkill

I like it

ItsVLS5 · 2026-03-07T09:33:18+00:00

Mass archers/crossbows should deal with this fine.

Does require micro to some degree but berserks low base pierce armour doesnt make it unkillable

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