You sorely missed Count Bretislav of Plzen, 1066 start date, Bohemia, gain claims to Hungary/Bohemia and can snowball into a 4 kingdom strong empire (Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Pomerania) within 1 lifetime. Really easy too.
This is true but when I started as him I quickly faced a few catholic holy wars and pagan county conquests making it difficult to achieve greatness. I think he was going for more like cake walk achievement based easiness for starting players tbh
@@vincentfalcone8802 Catholic holy wars? Pagan conquests? Not sure how thats possible, 1066 start date everyone is catholic, you start off catholic and your under the empire so pagans are not a threat.
I had a great run with the count of Plzen in the 867 starting date. I had a custom character but you can do it as the default one, too. as you start, youre still tribal, so I fabricated claims on the other tribal counts in bohemia and them went on to feudalize through liege... Bohemia fell to a bavarian holy war, so I converted to christianity and started playing tall under the bavarian kingdom. later I decided to become independent - I'm pretty broken righ now as I managed to fix my inheritance by conquering pagan lands and already did the unite the west slavs decision. My starting character died age 89, and I've only played his heir for a handful of years yet.
He's not necessarily strong, but Count Herbert of Vermandois is the last member of the Karling house with a title in 1066. It's fun trying to reconquer Charlemagne's empire.
@Paul Gauthier I did the same I had my daughter as the benefactor and I was surprised when it asked if I wanted to play as her or stay with my current empire. If I was not on Ironman mode I would have done it. But I was trying to create the empire of Italia*
Naaaaah, that can't be right. What could a lowly count like Alfred hope to accomplish against the relentless power of the Vikings? Certainly nothing of historical significance, I can tell you that!
If we're talking strongest count(esses), how about Infante Urraca of Zamora in 1066? All you need to do is 1) Modify your contract to guarantee a council position. 2) Become spymaster 3) Murder your liege 4) Repeat 2 more times And you are a Queen of a realm of size 26 (probably merged into one kingdom by one of the kings before he dies). It takes about 4 in-game years.
Foulques of Touraine was the ancestor of the Plantagenets. It’s a hard start since the neighboring Duke of Champaign starts out with a claim on your county and your brother is count of Angers and Saumur. Usually he will declare war on King Philippe and after he is imprisoned and has his titles revoked they will go to you.
Count Eunes is really fun. I got “Kings of the Seventh Generation” achievement and still on an achievement trip. I role play Capet dynasty by let Eunes suicide and pass the title to Robert Capet. Being Capet is not necessary but fun to role play. Edit: Eudes
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I have played basically nothing but Haraldr Fairhair since TOG was free for ck2 (with the exception of achievement runs). I remember thinking at the time that it was a relatively small start too. I'm pretty sure it's heretical to form Sweden as the guy who's famous for forming Norway though
I really enjoy your videos, though it bugs me endlessly how you pronounce Asatru 😅 Think of the word as Asa-tru with a hyphen! Other than that, keep it up my man, I'm living through your CK vids, while im inbetween computers myself.
Came in with the Iron Century start date, IIRC. There his army is smaller. But he has maxed prestige from the start. And enough coin to buy the mercs to ruin any Kingdom he wishes. So he was not *as* OP. But still a fantastic start. Especially for those who wanted to reform Norse religion.
technically the stats are not given, you are just lucky to get them, also the inheritable are questionable. i re-did the italian campaign and first got a strategist tree, then gallant, then overseer, the only matching thing was that count guy was a hunchback and my first son was worse in stats 2/3 times. third time in ironman mode i died quick and was no inheritance issue, first time i had problems with byzantine occupying the islands. i was even able to turn count guy from a bad fighter into a good diplomat. my other try with this, was with custom characters, in Siberia, the first time both sons were bad, especially the older one, i had to remake cause i jumped into war too quick and mercenaries killed me. the second time the first son had a huge 20 stewardship and was an easy steamroll. the starting leaders might have a guaranteed good education but the state will be different each time.
Alfred's brother seems to have a scripted event where he dies a few years into the game so you don't even need to assassinate him, he has died 90% of the times I've played as Alfred the Great (keep learning new things and restarting with my new knowledge) and he almost always dies before he has a child
I started my 1st game game not knowing I'll be so OP. The brother actually died like few days or months into the game. Not 100 years in I've got empire and conquering Europe + I've almost got buffs to my dynasty.
In my Cornwall game, Alfred's brother did not die and had a daughter, while Alfred got beheaded during a battle against the vikings. Very fun alternate history situation.
Tem uma chance pequena do Alfred morrer em batalha e o irmão dele engravidar a esposa e ter um filho antes morrer Eu ja vi o Alfred herdar o trono de Wessex literalmente nos 45 do segundo tempo Ele herdou o trono e no dia seguinte a sobrinha dele nasceu Então assim o irmão dele sempre morre mas tem chance dele morrer junto ou do irmão ter um filho antes de morrer
Gonna second Harald Finehair my god this guy is a beast, he's trucking into his 60's with 28 prowess, he's a organiser with the reaver and viking traits letting him just merrily skip over and raid the english isles without a care in the world. Got exceptionally lucky and managed to marry him to a giantess genius, giving birth to 4 giant genius sons, who all have their own Jarldoms. They all became friends with their dad with no effort from me and they are friends with their brother and heir. Life is good for the finehairs. Edit: nevermind they all contracted lovers pox from their wives.
I just want to say that absolutely everything about this comment is perfect and, especially given the edit bit, the likes being at 69 is truly magical, I can't bring myself to destroy it by making it 70...
Kind of surprised Maredudd ap Gruffydd wasn't on here. He starts with one county in northern Wales as a vassal of Gwynedd, but is second in line to the duchies of both Northumberland and Mercia through his maternal uncle Morcar. After inheriting the two large duchies, you can easily take over the rest of Wales and reform your father's kingdom, and set your sights on the rest of the British Isles. Being Welsh, he also has the option to rid Britain of the Anglo-Saxons and gain the unique nickname "Pendragon".
pineapplepizza aka germaneistee If I remember right you have to take over the whole of England (or might be Britannia) and all your powerful vassals must be of either a Brythonic or Goidelic culture (Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Gaelic, Manx, Cumbrian and Breton)
AlzaboHD, just FYI the "Mother of Us All" achievement is basically impossible to get right now since Daurama still has to be alive when you control and convert all of Africa to the reformed religion. Paradox accidentally stipulated `exists = character:251187` (Daurama's char ID) in the achievements file. And in fact, sadly all achievements that require you to start as a specific character are also apparently broken right now too, since the only way to get them is completing them in one go without reloading a save file. According to the Paradox devs reloading breaks them for some unknown reason (which they are "investigating").
fact not mentioned in the video: Haraldr Fairhair is.. probably.. the historical first king of norway, there's some debate about wether he has really existed, but general concensus is that he probably did even if the stories about him probably aren't all true.
Eadgifu the Fair. You can't have an heir because all of her children are legitimised bastards of King Godwinson. I had to increase authority with console.
It’s usually temporary. The Infante is the king’s brother and he’ll eventually have a son. Not to mention that the elective nature of Asturias will make some other person king. That, or the Ummayads will destroy you.
You need to continue the Inbred Dynasty video. You left us at a very interesting place. The new faith you created is still not fully embraced. He just became King of West Francia and from what it looks, the Pope is still Crusading against you. I think its time to claim the HRE for the Inbred Dwarf King.
AlzaboHD I must say, there is indeed interest! Not in “dwarf only” specifically, more just that I want to see where the dynasty and religion goes. I mean... Dwarf only is also good and funny But it would be my secondary interest of the two
@@treyebillups8602 The basic idea of games like this is that anything can happen, but there is a bias toward historical outcomes. Those troops create a bias toward the historical outcome of the Islamification of the region. If that's not a good reason, there's no good reason to say, spawn Genghis Khan in the 12th century with god knows how many troops.
@@ragnarrahl wait genghis khan spawns with troops??? he spawned in my game claiming he will conquer the world and in like a year it was like he no longer existed lmao, I didnt think he actually spawned with troops, i guess his starting area was too much for him at the time
@@ragnarrahl as @Shadow said, Genghis might not be the best example, as he comes from "outside the map" centuries after start, so even with event troops he can get shat on. Better examples are the other starting counts (Haesteinn) with massive event troops. Although Haesteinn's despawn on death, which tends to rip apart the realm he conquered.
The reason Chima (a title) Hummay Sayfawa has special event troops is because he was the first muslim king of Kanem-Bornu (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummay ; www.vincenthiribarren.com/pdf/Hiribarren%20-%202016%20-%20Kanem-Bornu.pdf see p3 "Islam as Imperial Cement"). He kicked out the previously ruling dynasty and recreated the Kanem-Bornu empire ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire#Sayfawa_or_Sefououwa_Dynasty_(1085-1846) )
Another one is Raimond, count of Rouergue. Historically, he became the Count of Toulouse (in CK terms, the Duke) and was one of the principal leaders of the First Crusade In game, you start with decent traits, though nothing inheritable. Your brother is Duke and you are his heir, and he can be...dispatched. You are also married to second in line for the Duchy of Provence, and can make sure your wife inherits that title. Pretty quickly you can become the pre-eminent power of Southern France, and then start launching Holy Wars into Iberia or North Africa, and also reprise your historic role as leader of the First Crusade
The Duchy of Thaton is also interesting to play before they add in China. It's on the very edge of the map in the bottom right and seeing yourself go from this ryukyu-tier nobody to Emperor of Asia is incredibly satisfying.
You're grasping at straws trying to make what this guy briefly said to fit your bullshit racist perspective. Why don't you shut the fuck up and keep letting this guys voice "do strange things to you" you weird fuck.
@Tattle Boad Youre not the victim here. You were trying to "dunk" on blacks for absolutely no reason. It wasn't a "candid comment" on race, it was a way for you to be shitty and you succeeded
6:49 apparently hummay was a powerful leader and in a decade or so historically he became King of Kanem so the devs buffed him for historical reasons but idk
Just found this channel and quickly subscribed. You have Sseth's (un)godly voice, Isaac Arthur's eloquence and relaxing tone... yeah, we've got a winner here folks. (Oh, and a little of ISP's edginess, too!)
I would had put on the list Nana Eufa of Aowyn, a 1 county child in the South West of Africa coast in 866. You are surrounded by one county Lords so that will raid each other really quickly but you can create religion really easy and making a custom kingdom is actually pretty easy. I like it because the early game is like mad Max, everyone against everyone.
Can't wait for the Daura campaign, I'm also playing it and it's a blast! Not ironman though, might restart to hunt that (for now) hardest achievement in the game.
the "starting as " achievements arent hard theyre just bugged right now, theres a high chance you become unelligible for them after reloading into the savefile as an heir of the character
Aww, 2 months later and the guide for Imperator still isn't out. It's in this month's (November) Humble Monthly and I was hoping to hop into it after all the improvements since launch. CK3 may be the best base release of a Paradox game yet, but it still feels lacking to me, especially compared to CK2. Gotten bored of it pretty quickly and have been eyeing IR for a while.
Count Zdeslav Trpimirović of Požega (867) is amazing (especially if you want to form a custom Croatian empire). Starts with 5 counties and a claim on duchy of Croatia. Managed to form an empire in 2 and a half generations
Count cobbo of kassel in 867 is also very strong sometimes he starts as a good administrator and a vast amount of 7 holdings one of them being göttingen with the castle of goslar and the ability to build the unique mine of rammelsberg giving you 4 monthly income a good start to build an empire.
I was about to mention him as well. If you can get a demesne value high enough by rolling a good administrator, he is basically a cheat because the silver from the Harz mountains will almost unavoidably propel him and his sons to dukedom and then king. The only challenge is to avoid the mines being separated from your lands. And he starts without a son, so choosing your wife is critical first task.
Aren't the starting stats of leaders random? The starting traits and and education for each ruler is generated at the start of the game. I know this because I have restarted my game a few times to get the stat start I want. Unless certain leader have presets?
It is for most but certain leaders have their stats set. I'm pretty sure all of the recommended leaders from the various start dates/locations do (#2 - Earl Alfred DEFINITELY does and his stats are bonkers) but based on this it looks like there are other random leaders scattered about with guaranteed stats as well.
I like to play as Bolade of Benin, the first in the Benin dynasty in 867. He's got a random start and you can easily murder the entire royal family of Ife, your overlords, to get the title for yourself as well as an enormous quantity of gold as inheritance.
You sorely missed Count Bretislav of Plzen, 1066 start date, Bohemia, gain claims to Hungary/Bohemia and can snowball into a 4 kingdom strong empire (Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Pomerania) within 1 lifetime. Really easy too.
I formed Hungary-Poland as Lazlo of Transylvania lol then created Wallachia and Pomerania
This is true but when I started as him I quickly faced a few catholic holy wars and pagan county conquests making it difficult to achieve greatness. I think he was going for more like cake walk achievement based easiness for starting players tbh
@@vincentfalcone8802 Catholic holy wars? Pagan conquests? Not sure how thats possible, 1066 start date everyone is catholic, you start off catholic and your under the empire so pagans are not a threat.
@@Flayings sorry I was talking about 867. 1066 bohemia is completely OP
I had a great run with the count of Plzen in the 867 starting date. I had a custom character but you can do it as the default one, too.
as you start, youre still tribal, so I fabricated claims on the other tribal counts in bohemia and them went on to feudalize through liege... Bohemia fell to a bavarian holy war, so I converted to christianity and started playing tall under the bavarian kingdom. later I decided to become independent - I'm pretty broken righ now as I managed to fix my inheritance by conquering pagan lands and already did the unite the west slavs decision.
My starting character died age 89, and I've only played his heir for a handful of years yet.
He's not necessarily strong, but Count Herbert of Vermandois is the last member of the Karling house with a title in 1066. It's fun trying to reconquer Charlemagne's empire.
And because he's a karling he does start with high splendor which helps in making alliances.
and it's a lot easier to get the "unite the Karling realms" achievement with him than in 867, just become independent :p
you mean la baguette
@Paul Gauthier I did the same I had my daughter as the benefactor and I was surprised when it asked if I wanted to play as her or stay with my current empire. If I was not on Ironman mode I would have done it. But I was trying to create the empire of Italia*
It's almost like Alfred was Great or something. . .
It's almost like Harald had fair hair
Naaaaah, that can't be right. What could a lowly count like Alfred hope to accomplish against the relentless power of the Vikings? Certainly nothing of historical significance, I can tell you that!
yeah idk, never heard of him
Litton Wang Alfred the All Right.
@@MrWeeseAChine Alfred the So-So
You mentioned human trafficking enough times in this video that I got an ad from the Canadian Government for human trafficking awareness as a midroll
The algorithm has become self aware! Thanks for watching
@@AlzaboHD I always watch your videos
They don't like competition
If we're talking strongest count(esses), how about Infante Urraca of Zamora in 1066? All you need to do is
1) Modify your contract to guarantee a council position.
2) Become spymaster
3) Murder your liege
4) Repeat 2 more times
And you are a Queen of a realm of size 26 (probably merged into one kingdom by one of the kings before he dies).
It takes about 4 in-game years.
“Bless the pain down in Africa” was worth a subscription...
Thank you! I was waiting for a list of interesting characters in ck3, especially since the map has improved greatly
Foulques of Touraine was the ancestor of the Plantagenets. It’s a hard start since the neighboring Duke of Champaign starts out with a claim on your county and your brother is count of Angers and Saumur. Usually he will declare war on King Philippe and after he is imprisoned and has his titles revoked they will go to you.
Count Eunes is really fun.
I got “Kings of the Seventh Generation” achievement and still on an achievement trip.
I role play Capet dynasty by let Eunes suicide and pass the title to Robert Capet. Being Capet is not necessary but fun to role play.
Edit: Eudes
Your narration makes me feel like I'm on blind date. I love it - 11/10 would plunder again.
"buckets of ducats" -- instant thumbs up. 9:20
Me: **waking up and looking at RUclips notifications**
Alzabo: **made another cool top ten**
ISP: *OVERPOWERED DWARF KINGDOM*
There are only two Paradox youtubers that I watch, for each side of my sanity...
I have played basically nothing but Haraldr Fairhair since TOG was free for ck2 (with the exception of achievement runs). I remember thinking at the time that it was a relatively small start too.
I'm pretty sure it's heretical to form Sweden as the guy who's famous for forming Norway though
Came here faster than the spread of corona
I now know what whiplash feels like..
This comment is mad late, but Hummay was the first king of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. Probably why he has such a large host in 1066.
Hummay was apparently first Muslim ruler of the Kanem Empire. The special units might be for that reason.
nice third way reference, i swear I've had multiple strokes trying to do that as mzab..
So we ever getting that Daura campaign?
I really enjoy your videos, though it bugs me endlessly how you pronounce Asatru 😅 Think of the word as Asa-tru with a hyphen! Other than that, keep it up my man, I'm living through your CK vids, while im inbetween computers myself.
damn i thought montaigu only exist in CK2 HIP mod, didn't realize they are here
Came in with the Iron Century start date, IIRC. There his army is smaller. But he has maxed prestige from the start. And enough coin to buy the mercs to ruin any Kingdom he wishes. So he was not *as* OP. But still a fantastic start. Especially for those who wanted to reform Norse religion.
Idk why "Usurp the like button" made me giggle more than it was supposed to
😂
technically the stats are not given, you are just lucky to get them, also the inheritable are questionable. i re-did the italian campaign and first got a strategist tree, then gallant, then overseer, the only matching thing was that count guy was a hunchback and my first son was worse in stats 2/3 times. third time in ironman mode i died quick and was no inheritance issue, first time i had problems with byzantine occupying the islands. i was even able to turn count guy from a bad fighter into a good diplomat. my other try with this, was with custom characters, in Siberia, the first time both sons were bad, especially the older one, i had to remake cause i jumped into war too quick and mercenaries killed me. the second time the first son had a huge 20 stewardship and was an easy steamroll. the starting leaders might have a guaranteed good education but the state will be different each time.
J’espere tu va bien ! Je pense que on aura beaucoup des temps pour jouer CK3 tôt pendant le situation.
Looking forward to that matriarchal campaign
Fairhair is my go to
I would like to see top ten religions video.
I'll try Daurama. Looks like my kind of playstyle.
Alfred's brother seems to have a scripted event where he dies a few years into the game so you don't even need to assassinate him, he has died 90% of the times I've played as Alfred the Great (keep learning new things and restarting with my new knowledge) and he almost always dies before he has a child
I started my 1st game game not knowing I'll be so OP. The brother actually died like few days or months into the game. Not 100 years in I've got empire and conquering Europe + I've almost got buffs to my dynasty.
In my Cornwall game, Alfred's brother did not die and had a daughter, while Alfred got beheaded during a battle against the vikings. Very fun alternate history situation.
Tem uma chance pequena do Alfred morrer em batalha e o irmão dele engravidar a esposa e ter um filho antes morrer
Eu ja vi o Alfred herdar o trono de Wessex literalmente nos 45 do segundo tempo
Ele herdou o trono e no dia seguinte a sobrinha dele nasceu
Então assim o irmão dele sempre morre mas tem chance dele morrer junto ou do irmão ter um filho antes de morrer
Bill Wurtz: No one conquers the Tamil Kings
AlzaboHD: Hold my Count
British : hold my tea
Who are the Tamil Kings?
@@hephsmith3738 merchants probably
@@Illegal_man-gi5gp And they've got SPICES!
Gonna second Harald Finehair my god this guy is a beast, he's trucking into his 60's with 28 prowess, he's a organiser with the reaver and viking traits letting him just merrily skip over and raid the english isles without a care in the world.
Got exceptionally lucky and managed to marry him to a giantess genius, giving birth to 4 giant genius sons, who all have their own Jarldoms. They all became friends with their dad with no effort from me and they are friends with their brother and heir.
Life is good for the finehairs.
Edit: nevermind they all contracted lovers pox from their wives.
I just want to say that absolutely everything about this comment is perfect and, especially given the edit bit, the likes being at 69 is truly magical, I can't bring myself to destroy it by making it 70...
Every time I try to form norway with finehair, one of ragnars sons declares war and fucks my shit up
2:06
Who ordered roasted Libya for dinner?
"Change the course of English history...." you are aware that's King Alfred the Great? Lol
Nooooo. Reeeeeally? Who would have guessed...
Pedro Barrera R/whooosh
@@publiopaolacci495 he’s joking
Can't get the Norman Conquest if you've already united the Isles under a superhuman by 1066.
@@publiopaolacci495 Uhhhhmmmm... r/whoooosh to you, I guess.
The top 10:
10. Chieftan Heraldr "Fairhair" of Vestfold (Norse Asatru, 867)
9. Sheikh Al-Khattab of Ghat (Berber Ibadi, 867)
8. Count Rostislav Mstislavovich of Tikhvin & other unpronouncable syllables (Russian Orthodox, 1066)
7. High Chieftess Dauruma of Kano (Hausa Bori, 867)
6. Count Adalhard of Ravensburg (Franconian Catholic, 867)
5. Chima Hummay of Bilma (Kanuri Ash'ari, 867)
4. Thakur Vijayabahu of Rohana (Sinhala Theravada, 1066)
3. Sheikh Abdul-AlMadjid of Kharga (Egyptian Isma'ili, 1066)
2. Earl Afred Ethelwulfson of Dorset (Anglo-Saxon Catholic, 867)
1. Count Haesteinn of Montaigu (Norse Asatru, 867)
Started as Alfred... Married some kids off... Wound up playing as the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire by 950.
Kind of surprised Maredudd ap Gruffydd wasn't on here. He starts with one county in northern Wales as a vassal of Gwynedd, but is second in line to the duchies of both Northumberland and Mercia through his maternal uncle Morcar. After inheriting the two large duchies, you can easily take over the rest of Wales and reform your father's kingdom, and set your sights on the rest of the British Isles. Being Welsh, he also has the option to rid Britain of the Anglo-Saxons and gain the unique nickname "Pendragon".
how to get the nicknane?
pineapplepizza aka germaneistee If I remember right you have to take over the whole of England (or might be Britannia) and all your powerful vassals must be of either a Brythonic or Goidelic culture (Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Gaelic, Manx, Cumbrian and Breton)
@@simonandsimbagaming thank you!
@@simonandsimbagaming so you're telling me i can become King Arthur... Interesting...
@@simonandsimbagaming It's the whole empire of Britannia, indeed.
AlzaboHD, just FYI the "Mother of Us All" achievement is basically impossible to get right now since Daurama still has to be alive when you control and convert all of Africa to the reformed religion. Paradox accidentally stipulated `exists = character:251187` (Daurama's char ID) in the achievements file. And in fact, sadly all achievements that require you to start as a specific character are also apparently broken right now too, since the only way to get them is completing them in one go without reloading a save file. According to the Paradox devs reloading breaks them for some unknown reason (which they are "investigating").
On top of that, equal and especially female-only religions are completely broken at the moment because AI female rulers always marry patrilineally.
@@rurunosep was that way in ck2 aswell, formed a cathar basquian female empire and saw the bordergore from dukes all over europe marrying my vassals
There's a mod fixing matrilineal marriages for matriarchal religions, but it's not ironman compatible.
They're finally fixing matrilineal marriage in 1.2...
..but only as a game rule which you can't change after starting a campaign.
smh..
fact not mentioned in the video: Haraldr Fairhair is.. probably.. the historical first king of norway, there's some debate about wether he has really existed, but general concensus is that he probably did even if the stories about him probably aren't all true.
"No one can conquer the tamil kings" is a valid statement until some norse breton dude with a big event army appears
Norse presence in Southern India is always a fun playthrough.
Now we want to see the worst
I'm sure there are plenty of 70 year old counts without family to choose from.
Maldives in 1066 made for a very short run lol
Count of montaigu in1066 starting date start with a son that is not in his familly
Eadgifu the Fair. You can't have an heir because all of her children are legitimised bastards of King Godwinson. I had to increase authority with console.
yo Infante Fruella in Zamora is a good meme, cause he's blind and is the next in line to inherit the kingdom of Asturias.
It’s usually temporary. The Infante is the king’s brother and he’ll eventually have a son. Not to mention that the elective nature of Asturias will make some other person king.
That, or the Ummayads will destroy you.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 That's true, in my playthrough all the way back, I was able to claim the kingdom because his son died in a battle.
I really liked your 'Worst Rulers in CK2' video and would love a CK3 version. Great video here too.
Last time I was this early nothing was different and I still left a like on the video!
Always nice to see you in a comment thread Chewy.
You need to continue the Inbred Dynasty video. You left us at a very interesting place. The new faith you created is still not fully embraced. He just became King of West Francia and from what it looks, the Pope is still Crusading against you. I think its time to claim the HRE for the Inbred Dwarf King.
A "dwarf only" challenge / succession video would be interesting! I''ll definitely consider it if there's interest, thanks for the suggestion
AlzaboHD I must say, there is indeed interest! Not in “dwarf only” specifically, more just that I want to see where the dynasty and religion goes. I mean...
Dwarf only is also good and funny
But it would be my secondary interest of the two
re: Hummay of Bilma "For reasons unknown": Historically, he takes over that region (the kingdom of Kanem Bornu) and Islamifies it around 1085.
is that a good reason to have thousands of levies?
@@treyebillups8602 The basic idea of games like this is that anything can happen, but there is a bias toward historical outcomes. Those troops create a bias toward the historical outcome of the Islamification of the region.
If that's not a good reason, there's no good reason to say, spawn Genghis Khan in the 12th century with god knows how many troops.
@@ragnarrahl Very good point.
@@ragnarrahl wait genghis khan spawns with troops??? he spawned in my game claiming he will conquer the world and in like a year it was like he no longer existed lmao, I didnt think he actually spawned with troops, i guess his starting area was too much for him at the time
@@ragnarrahl as @Shadow said, Genghis might not be the best example, as he comes from "outside the map" centuries after start, so even with event troops he can get shat on. Better examples are the other starting counts (Haesteinn) with massive event troops. Although Haesteinn's despawn on death, which tends to rip apart the realm he conquered.
Privet, tovarich) Great pronunciation! But if you would say "R" like lion's growling, you'd be our true comrade =)
The primary source of income in modern day Libya is human trafficking? That is a bigoted comment! if you have not heard Libya is rich in oil.
Akram AbouEmara Libya is a shithole.
Hey, jokes exist. Relax habib.
The reason Chima (a title) Hummay Sayfawa has special event troops is because he was the first muslim king of Kanem-Bornu (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummay ; www.vincenthiribarren.com/pdf/Hiribarren%20-%202016%20-%20Kanem-Bornu.pdf see p3 "Islam as Imperial Cement"). He kicked out the previously ruling dynasty and recreated the Kanem-Bornu empire ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire#Sayfawa_or_Sefououwa_Dynasty_(1085-1846) )
Thanks for the info! Ill be sure to research a bit more for the next one
Another one is Raimond, count of Rouergue. Historically, he became the Count of Toulouse (in CK terms, the Duke) and was one of the principal leaders of the First Crusade
In game, you start with decent traits, though nothing inheritable. Your brother is Duke and you are his heir, and he can be...dispatched. You are also married to second in line for the Duchy of Provence, and can make sure your wife inherits that title. Pretty quickly you can become the pre-eminent power of Southern France, and then start launching Holy Wars into Iberia or North Africa, and also reprise your historic role as leader of the First Crusade
Alzabo: "It is time to cover the most powerful count in crusader kings"
Me: "*EEEEY IS MY BOII*"
The Duchy of Thaton is also interesting to play before they add in China. It's on the very edge of the map in the bottom right and seeing yourself go from this ryukyu-tier nobody to Emperor of Asia is incredibly satisfying.
This man just casually dropped a roast on Libya, great content indeed
@Tattle Boad lol what?
You're grasping at straws trying to make what this guy briefly said to fit your bullshit racist perspective. Why don't you shut the fuck up and keep letting this guys voice "do strange things to you" you weird fuck.
@Tattle Boad black AMERICANS focus more on what happens in AMERICA. Strange...I know.
@Tattle Boad Racist fuck
@Tattle Boad Youre not the victim here. You were trying to "dunk" on blacks for absolutely no reason. It wasn't a "candid comment" on race, it was a way for you to be shitty and you succeeded
6:49 apparently hummay was a powerful leader and in a decade or so historically he became King of Kanem so the devs buffed him for historical reasons but idk
You’re jokes in this were the type of cringy that was actually funny. I think it had to do with your voice and how you narrated
4:24 to womansplain a bit:
The hausa where actually until this point in a matriarchal system. Why the game doesn't portrait it like that, who knows.
Cuz it's boring
Just found this channel and quickly subscribed. You have Sseth's (un)godly voice, Isaac Arthur's eloquence and relaxing tone... yeah, we've got a winner here folks.
(Oh, and a little of ISP's edginess, too!)
Im playing Alfred now. His brother died in war immediately. 😂
Yeah no need to assassinate him, just let him fight the vikings on his own while you take Cornwall. He'll be dead by the time you've conquered it.
Surprised you didn’t include countess urracca of Zamora with claims on three kingdoms
I would had put on the list Nana Eufa of Aowyn, a 1 county child in the South West of Africa coast in 866. You are surrounded by one county Lords so that will raid each other really quickly but you can create religion really easy and making a custom kingdom is actually pretty easy. I like it because the early game is like mad Max, everyone against everyone.
I played as the viking fair hair guy. It was a freaking blast. Conquer and execute everyone. Took over the entire continent in 2 generations.
Man, you have Ghat to be kidding me about that second pick
28 Libyans disliked this.
Lmao, as a Libyan, I know a good roast when I see one.
Why haven’t anyone mentioned the Library of Alexandria in the comments yet!!
Can't wait for the Daura campaign, I'm also playing it and it's a blast! Not ironman though, might restart to hunt that (for now) hardest achievement in the game.
the "starting as " achievements arent hard theyre just bugged right now, theres a high chance you become unelligible for them after reloading into the savefile as an heir of the character
Any chance for another version of this now that Fate of Iberia is out?
You threw some really off-color jokes in there and your style and tone of speaking sounds very forced.
MajesticPubes guess you should just go back in your house and cut your power. People say words on the outside.
Grow a pair.
I clicked like on the video, but I want you to know that the puns VERY NEARLY made me dislike and report ;)
“Bless the pain down in Africa” you get a like
You got a subscribe just for the puns. Much love. Excited for the patriarchy-free video in the future. :)
Where is my man Count Herbert of Vermandois in 1066?
I assume Chima Hummay is meant to be the first Muslim king of Kanem-Bornu. He came to power historically around 1085 and founded the Sefuwa dynasty.
Where was Gondor when the vestfold fell? - Haraldr Fairhair
We count the counts that you can count on to counter your enemies
I cannot subscribe twice to
AlzaboHD, but i can like and leave a comment
I like your video but I hate your human trafficking jokes.
Aww, 2 months later and the guide for Imperator still isn't out.
It's in this month's (November) Humble Monthly and I was hoping to hop into it after all the improvements since launch.
CK3 may be the best base release of a Paradox game yet, but it still feels lacking to me, especially compared to CK2. Gotten bored of it pretty quickly and have been eyeing IR for a while.
Its out! But unlisted since it underperformed by a large marigin. You can check it out here ruclips.net/video/KyG_kWI09zM/видео.html , cheers!
Was this video narrated by text to speech at very slow speed or......? please speak more naturally....
Shameless plug worked, +1 sub
I'm still curious about cultural level kingdom titles in CK3?
As a hindu, would I be allowed to create the kingdom of Egypt or something like that?
Yes. You can even rename titles.
You deserved the subscription
Thank you very much for the support!
I’ve been waiting for this video!
Thank you!!!
ah yes. casual racism and bad puns. i see my uncle got into paradox games.
Count Zdeslav Trpimirović of Požega (867) is amazing (especially if you want to form a custom Croatian empire). Starts with 5 counties and a claim on duchy of Croatia. Managed to form an empire in 2 and a half generations
The fact that Eudes Capet isn’t on this list tilts me greatly.
These jokes are just too punny 😂
Someone making an up-to-date Imperator Rome guide? Praises be to you Sir! :) Also, this video was fantastic.
My god the puns hahahahahahaahha
Count cobbo of kassel in 867 is also very strong sometimes he starts as a good administrator and a vast amount of 7 holdings one of them being göttingen with the castle of goslar and the ability to build the unique mine of rammelsberg giving you 4 monthly income a good start to build an empire.
I was about to mention him as well. If you can get a demesne value high enough by rolling a good administrator, he is basically a cheat because the silver from the Harz mountains will almost unavoidably propel him and his sons to dukedom and then king. The only challenge is to avoid the mines being separated from your lands. And he starts without a son, so choosing your wife is critical first task.
Still waiting for that Horse video🐴
They need to bring back the Karen and Justanids event troups! Bavandids are doable but sooo hard and sometimes impossible...
Haesteinn of Nantes is pronounced Hesten. Not Hay-Steen.
Aren't the starting stats of leaders random? The starting traits and and education for each ruler is generated at the start of the game. I know this because I have restarted my game a few times to get the stat start I want. Unless certain leader have presets?
It is for most but certain leaders have their stats set. I'm pretty sure all of the recommended leaders from the various start dates/locations do (#2 - Earl Alfred DEFINITELY does and his stats are bonkers) but based on this it looks like there are other random leaders scattered about with guaranteed stats as well.
nice vid
Chieftain of Traendheim is also cool in 867. 5 sons and historical Rollo at court, even that he is unplayabale via iron man.
nice reference to history of the world i guess at 8:22 "at war with the Tamil kings and nobody messes with them"
Because they probably smelled so badly
Don't need to kill your brother as Alfred the great, his brother always dies in a year of start date
It’s been 10 months, Alzabo, where’s the Daura video?
Lost on my SSD harddrive about 8 months ago - it's a shame! I'll remake it if there's enough interest, thank you for your comment
Lmfao just like the economy of modern day Libya.
I have been waiting since middle ages for this video to come out.
I like to play as Bolade of Benin, the first in the Benin dynasty in 867. He's got a random start and you can easily murder the entire royal family of Ife, your overlords, to get the title for yourself as well as an enormous quantity of gold as inheritance.
Pleased that the word dosh has entered American lexicon.