For those who want to attempt this: You need to have the grindset! Please know that I mean it when I say that there's lots of RNG involved. It's probably the most luck-based run I've done so far. Yugostrat can fail, landing in France can fail, invasion against UK can be blocked. And reloading does NOT yield different outcomes, sometimes even makes it worse! If one of the steps goes wrong, you need to start from the beginning again. I'm more than happy to help with questions, but do not assume that this will work on your first attempt. Some tips: Scout ahead with submarines to see which ports are garrisoned. The divisions don't shuffle around that much and you can always change the targeted provinced with the 'edit order' button before launching the invasion. Just be careful to not accidentally delete the invasion order right before the war and losing all planning progress. (Thank you, Mariusz Wojcik!) You can make it easier on yourself by targeting French ports specifically and have reinforcements ready in the Channel. You can achieve that by asking Italy for Mil Access and sending divisions to one of their ports. Time it so that they are in the Channel when your invasions make landfall. You than just have to reroute them to the captured port. And, just in case, saving and reloading does not change the outcome. The French divisions only have different positions if you restart from scratch. You can circumvent RNG by aiming the first invasion against the UK and dealing with France in a different way, for example paras to take a French port after the UK has fallen. In order for that to work you need to wait a couple of hours after getting the war goal on Yugo to let the UK guarantee them.
to anyone who is trying this in elite difficulty: it's possible, but it will be slightly slower due to the reduced political power gain and production efficiency cap (i have tried this strat in elite, it works but like m3an mentions it is quite rng heavy)
THIS IS CRAZY :D I am 840H in hears of iron and dam i soooo bad still .... Well i been playing it On / off for kind of nearly 5 years BUT this video is NUTS :D i love it
Im having a problem wherein the uk joins the allies but doesnt join the war which makes it so that they get naval supremacy first and then joins the war, not giving me that small window of opportunity to invade them.
Array Spiking: because world tension value and associated data is stored as a list, one source country can create multiple entries in the world tension list, instead of overwriting previous value.
Hey m3an! I hope that you will read my comment. I just wanted to say that I thank you beacuse you helped me a ton in this game and it is really fun to watch your videos. I hope that you keep up the good work and reach your goals in life! Have a great day mate!
Well played, I just got into the game and have thrown hundreds of hours into the game but always keep playing the same scenarios as the US thinking it will be different lol. I need to try stuff like this. Looks like so much fun.
With the old version , I think the one before this , sweden was for some reason considered a major nation and I abused it and kept conquering more and more countries but I honestly didn't know you can make Belgium the leader of the allies . Imagine Luxembourg 😅
In order to pump up faster the number of the army in the field or numeber of the spam spam units you can convert infantry into panzer first and then back to the infrantry as panzer uses less inftantry equipment than cavalary. The draw back is bigger lost on experience. The spam deployed early can be as well converted immidietly into panzer and then back to the infantry. by doing so you can send more units to Ethopia and increase a bit word tension faster.
Wha i learnt today: to do naval invasion, pick 1 division per invasion so it takes less time then when you take over ship base send convoys to reinforce
from my perspective this is insane because i always struggle with allies and extremely rarely navaled the britains this is mind breaking i will defenetly try this
lol i just started actually playing this game and iv had it for a bit and im still learning like normal stuff. sea power invasions still confuse me and my mouse doesnt like drawing lines. this man just took over the damn world in like a lunch break.
In my playthrough, france capitulated at the same day they joined the allies and didnt call britain to war then i had to manually justify afterwards lol. Thanks for the video
I remember a run with Spain where somehow, Finland and USSR become friends and Poland and Dutchland conquer germany. Then, Itaky conquers half of Africa alone and then surrenders :/
Great video! Do you plan on moving into more general hoi4 min-max guides, or are you planning on strictly sticking to speed-running? I would love to see some videos on optimal divisions, eco micro, and maybe nation guides as well!
I tried this six times and france always has too many divisions on the coast, resulting in my troops being killed. Is it because I‘m missing the two newest dlcs?
Did you reload six times from a certain save or restarted from the beginning six times? I've collected some notes in the sticky comment under this video for people who want to attempt this. Reloading never changes the outcome so if the French divisions are placed unfavorably, either restart or adapt the strategy a little.
@@sarahd4784 I haven't tried without DLCs so I can't say for sure. But it shouldn't effect the placement of the AI from my understanding, at least not for France. Do you spread your divisions out equally or focus certain provinces? There are some spots that usually are not defended and allow for a quick drive towards the main VPs. Alternatively, you can just split the war into two and use the divisions that are prepping for the UK to reinforce the naval invasion against France. For the optimal outcome, get mil access from Italy and send the reinforcements to an Italian port after the invasion has launched. That way the reinforcements travel more or less parallel to your invading divisions and can be rerouted to a captured port. If they are too fast, you can send them back and forth between German and Italian ports until you'e taken a port. Justify a war goal against a democratic nation before the war against France ends, prep naval invasions into the UK, prelaunch them when ready and declare immediately after the war goal is ready and the UK guarantee is in place.
They always join. What's up to RNG is whether they get a civil war or leave the faction afterwards. Make sure you restart from scratch each time, since reloading doesn't change the outcome. It still works, so just keep trying =)
Well i cant do it...there are always fechies at the beach or near the beach that interrupt the forces to walk into any city. just like that 7:02 "Dinkirk Distraction" is needed at almost everywhere at the beach.
Took me plenty of attempts to succeed, but a concentration of forces always works better. You can spread the invasion across multiple provinces, but then you only have few divisions to push towards VPs. You can make it easier on yourself by targeting ports specifically and have reinforcements ready in the Channel. You can achieve that by asking Italy for Mil Access and sending divisions to one of their ports. Time it so that they are in the Channel when your invasions make landfall. You than just have to reroute them to the captured port. And, just in case, saving and reloading does not change the outcome. The French divisions only have different positions if you restart from scratch.
@m3an I've done this 3 times now and France always has units that surround my southern naval invasion/are on the coasts and just stop my naval invasions! please help this game has been frustrating the hell out of me lately.
There's plenty of RNG involved and as I've stated, the position of French divisions is what makes or breaks the run quite often. Try to concentrate motorized and some infantry at a single province with a port adjacent that you capture as well. And than speed towards VPs. But it's vital to also stage feint attacks or you'll get caught quickly. Alternatively, wait until the UK guarantees Yugo as well, stage a naval invasion into the UK first instead of France and launch paratroopers into France after you've taken the UK. Much more reliable, but takes a bit longer because of the para research.
@@m3an thank you v much, but also if it seems like I might get caught on the way to V points, should I micro single units to stop the French from repositioning? (This question goes for all hoi4 play too I guess)!
@@MrSADFART It's very situational. Sometimes there's a wide gap which you can just rush through like in my example, but often you have to improvise on the spot, pin divisions that would otherwise block a unit of yours on its way to an important VP. You can also send in more divisions once you've secured a port, ideally they're already close by otherwise it takes too long. You can achieve that by asking Italy for mil access and send divisions towards one of their ports. Time it so that the reinforcements are in the channel already when your divisions make landfall in France.
Maybe am i wrong or im out of luck ... but is it possible that the 70/30 chance for a war goal has been patched? out of 20 runs just 1 was the Derektiv 25 ....
To my knowledge it wasn't patched. Remember that the 70/30 is an average. But 20 runs and only successful once is indeed unluckly. I'll give it a go this evening.
@@m3an no no. I mean the one where you can do naval invasions without Naval supremacy by just sending your divisions before the war breaks out. This one's still working, tested myself a few days ago against the UK and US as Germany
@@impostorsyndrome1350 ... that's exactly what I'm doing here. So I'm not sure what you're talking about. Sure, you could go only for the UK and ignore France, but that's not the goal for capping Allies.
@@m3an I was merely asking, why France first? It's just that with France, the Disjointed government stays for quite a while, and Britain has way less divisions and way weaker divisions. If you attack France and somehow mess up, they can join the Allies, pretty much preventing you from using this naval invasion bug on the UK, whereas since UK is so weak, when you capitulate it and grab their navy, the bug isn't even needed against France lol
@@impostorsyndrome1350 Ah, I see. Sure, that would work, but takes a little longer, since the justification time against France is 35 days under those circumstances. There are plenty of ways to achieve the goal easier, but this - at least to my knowledge - is the fastest in the current version.
i rush germany and poland as ussr at mid-late 1937 and this man defeats the allies without paratroopers at mid 1936
I tried to do this and Germany eventually knocks out my airforce and my units bog down. Any advice you can give on units and production?
@@khongo1018 fighters and cas is what you need to focus on in your Air Force
@@khongo1018 fighters and cas is what you need to focus on in your Air Force
By 37 you have enough to cap germany?
@@khongo1018 yea
General in WWII: "my Blitzkrieg is so fast, it will be done in a couple of years!"
Speedrunner: "too slow" 🤭
“We’ll be home by Christmas!”
“Too slow”
@@flakcannonhans”How about June?”
@@accountusername7900 "We'll be done by 2, just in time for lunch."
A little reminder, the speedrunner know the weak and strength of allies and axis
But its very impressive what this man did
@@Progamerguy101 "Too slow"
m3an would walk into a job interview and end the interview by informing the interviewer that he has been let go as his services are no longer needed.
When you learn more in a 12 minute speed run video than you did watching 50+ hours of tommyk
Heresy. Tommy K is the alpha and the omega ;)
tommy k likes getting pegged
honestly true tho, bc he doesn't show the mechanics
@@krugerstantommygay is cringe
TommyK is junk content for idiots.
This is perhaps the most mathematically perfect play I've ever seen.
For those who want to attempt this: You need to have the grindset! Please know that I mean it when I say that there's lots of RNG involved. It's probably the most luck-based run I've done so far. Yugostrat can fail, landing in France can fail, invasion against UK can be blocked. And reloading does NOT yield different outcomes, sometimes even makes it worse! If one of the steps goes wrong, you need to start from the beginning again. I'm more than happy to help with questions, but do not assume that this will work on your first attempt.
Some tips:
Scout ahead with submarines to see which ports are garrisoned. The divisions don't shuffle around that much and you can always change the targeted provinced with the 'edit order' button before launching the invasion. Just be careful to not accidentally delete the invasion order right before the war and losing all planning progress. (Thank you, Mariusz Wojcik!)
You can make it easier on yourself by targeting French ports specifically and have reinforcements ready in the Channel. You can achieve that by asking Italy for Mil Access and sending divisions to one of their ports. Time it so that they are in the Channel when your invasions make landfall. You than just have to reroute them to the captured port. And, just in case, saving and reloading does not change the outcome. The French divisions only have different positions if you restart from scratch.
You can circumvent RNG by aiming the first invasion against the UK and dealing with France in a different way, for example paras to take a French port after the UK has fallen. In order for that to work you need to wait a couple of hours after getting the war goal on Yugo to let the UK guarantee them.
to anyone who is trying this in elite difficulty: it's possible, but it will be slightly slower due to the reduced political power gain and production efficiency cap (i have tried this strat in elite, it works but like m3an mentions it is quite rng heavy)
THIS IS CRAZY :D I am 840H in hears of iron and dam i soooo bad still .... Well i been playing it On / off for kind of nearly 5 years BUT this video is NUTS :D i love it
Impressive work!
What run would you suggest for a new runner to try with less RNG?
Im having a problem wherein the uk joins the allies but doesnt join the war which makes it so that they get naval supremacy first and then joins the war, not giving me that small window of opportunity to invade them.
@@MistaFadora Might be that they finally fixed it. I'll look into it later today.
I just defeated the allies as Italy in January 1937 thinking I was fast and then I see this lol
As Italy, that’s impressive considering that you played the most goofy country ever
Bruh I thought I was fast and I just beat the UK and france by November 1937
Also as italy btw
Bro defeating allies-
Transmission from the United States of America: USA joined Allies💀
Array Spiking: because world tension value and associated data is stored as a list, one source country can create multiple entries in the world tension list, instead of overwriting previous value.
that array spiking was really interesting! Great Video as always :D
Thank you! I hope it won't take too long until I can release my next video =)
Your approach is exactly what was missing in all speedrun I ever watched. Great job.
Glad this guy wasn't in charge in 1936
Why?
@@Tetragramixits a joke, bc he would destroy the allies
@@germanfishing5835 thank god the British/French ships wouldn't just randomly decide to ignore approaching German convoys
@@TetragramixBruh :D
Unfortunately
I finished my construction research and this guy conquer the world. 😅😂🤣
Very pleasant watch, well produced video man, thoroughly enjoyed!
Thank you =)
I'm always highly entertained by your shenanigans.
Hey m3an! I hope that you will read my comment. I just wanted to say that I thank you beacuse you helped me a ton in this game and it is really fun to watch your videos. I hope that you keep up the good work and reach your goals in life! Have a great day mate!
Aww, that's so nice! I'm glad to read that I could help you get better at the game.
@@m3an hello, i am noob in this game i didnt understand half of the vid🤣🤣
This always motivates me to pick up HoI4 again. I very much hope that you can stay motivated as well
The Austrian Painter has been real quiet since this dropped
I think he's been quiet for the better part of 90 years now 😂
@@-amraliantar-7820Yep
Austro hungarian communist pfp is crazy
Imagine if this happened in real life
Well played, I just got into the game and have thrown hundreds of hours into the game but always keep playing the same scenarios as the US thinking it will be different lol. I need to try stuff like this. Looks like so much fun.
me after returning back in time and showing this to ad0lf HltIer
What an Insane run
With the old version , I think the one before this , sweden was for some reason considered a major nation and I abused it and kept conquering more and more countries but I honestly didn't know you can make Belgium the leader of the allies . Imagine Luxembourg 😅
-Average nationalist dev behavior-
I made luxembourg the leader of the allies, one tile and I control a lot of new stuff
In order to pump up faster the number of the army in the field or numeber of the spam spam units you can convert infantry into panzer first and then back to the infrantry as panzer uses less inftantry equipment than cavalary. The draw back is bigger lost on experience. The spam deployed early can be as well converted immidietly into panzer and then back to the infantry. by doing so you can send more units to Ethopia and increase a bit word tension faster.
Ive done this so many times, every time a patch got rolled out I expected this to dissappear, I expect this video just sealed its fate lol
This is gonna be so useful thanks so much for the tips
I respect u. I try to play this game because of you.
Love the videos!!!
Great content. Keep it up😂😂
Germany: War! jk, no war. War! jk, no war. War! jk, no-
USA: Is their telegrapher busted? Oh well, we have to take each one seriously.
They patched it now sadly😔
this is sick, man!!! very epic
This ain't even blitzkrieg this is HYPER-TURBOTOTALENKRIEG
One of the best tutorial that i have heard!
Goddamn dude, you never disappoint
Die wahre Definition von Blitzkrieg.
Danke für die detaillierte Erklärung, mach weiter so King 👑
If only the Furher knew about this
事實上， 電腦 的劇本只有跟著基本國策的時候會有基礎的戰鬥力
過早的戰鬥，基本上沒有國家"準備好"的，實際上大部分的國家連基本的軍隊都沒有
剩下就是裡用系統的漏洞 或是取巧的方式偷工直接"取得勝利"
Fantastic content!
Wha i learnt today: to do naval invasion, pick 1 division per invasion so it takes less time then when you take over ship base send convoys to reinforce
7:12 We got reverse D-day before 1944 💀💀💀
This is a work of art if you ask me.
And that's what can be called a blitzkrieg
Imagine this being an actual history.
from my perspective this is insane
because i always struggle with allies and extremely rarely navaled the britains
this is mind breaking
i will defenetly try this
You have been embargoed by Cuba
As Italy I Lost to switzerland IN 1938
(not historical can be crazy sometimes and it was One of my first games at the time )
glad he’s on our side 😂
Speedrunner completing a world conquest by October be like
Speedrunner: Behold, the Nazi Oktoberfest Revolution!!!
Hey, i love your videos and voice so much. Keep uploading the content, and well done for this speedrun ❤
Probably not the way Paradox ever imagined someone would beat the game.
Blitzkrieg tactic damn never thought i could see it in real life
Bruh, you made me cancel the naval invasion of France to early. 💀
Gotta wait for those ships to leave port and delete the order, not halt it 🚢⚓
@@m3an Yeah, I understood that later on. Thanks for the guys anyways, I'll probably try it some other time.
At least you left my beloved ireland alone
Not a speed runner myself but learned a lot, thank you.
I tryed Trotzki the normal way and still unable to defend from Germany. So great job.
Zu gut bearbeitet
it's been patched
Nuh uh
Yugoslavia: We won't join the Axis.
Nazi Germany: Well, how about if we change the name to 'the A-team'?
Yugoslavia: Sure, that would work.
bro could have been the funny mustache guy advisor
lol i just started actually playing this game and iv had it for a bit and im still learning like normal stuff. sea power invasions still confuse me and my mouse doesnt like drawing lines. this man just took over the damn world in like a lunch break.
In my playthrough, france capitulated at the same day they joined the allies and didnt call britain to war then i had to manually justify afterwards lol. Thanks for the video
Very nice! Congratulations, well done!
I remember a run with Spain where somehow, Finland and USSR become friends and Poland and Dutchland conquer germany. Then, Itaky conquers half of Africa alone and then surrenders :/
I claim Austria in 1938-1939 and this guy just beat the allie in 1936
Great video! Do you plan on moving into more general hoi4 min-max guides, or are you planning on strictly sticking to speed-running? I would love to see some videos on optimal divisions, eco micro, and maybe nation guides as well!
I'd love to do so much more, but my time to strategize, record and edit is very limited due to family and work at the moment. I'll see what I can do!
i am actually speechless
I see what he is doing but i cant comprehend and understand what he is doing
2 words to describe this Speed and Damn
All those Speed Runs are about cheesing the shit out of the game but paratroopers are somehow Off Limits.
i thought this said contacting the aliens in may 1936
May 1936... Damn.
Poor Kurt had to take out France while he had the flu, cant even get sick days as a general
Hearts of Iron, the only game I have and never learned to play in 30 years of gaming. Maybe one day I will have enough free time for it.
This is fire bro
Somebody needs to make this guy a general
idk if i like a german guy figuring out how to beat the allies in 13 minutes. i feel like i've seen this before.
Why?
This is great, thank you
The Hoi4 mad scientist returns
HE UPLOADED
I tried this six times and france always has too many divisions on the coast, resulting in my troops being killed. Is it because I‘m missing the two newest dlcs?
Did you reload six times from a certain save or restarted from the beginning six times? I've collected some notes in the sticky comment under this video for people who want to attempt this. Reloading never changes the outcome so if the French divisions are placed unfavorably, either restart or adapt the strategy a little.
No, everytime was a new game. I don‘t know if I‘m extremely unlucky or if it‘s the missing dlcs.
@@sarahd4784 I haven't tried without DLCs so I can't say for sure. But it shouldn't effect the placement of the AI from my understanding, at least not for France. Do you spread your divisions out equally or focus certain provinces? There are some spots that usually are not defended and allow for a quick drive towards the main VPs. Alternatively, you can just split the war into two and use the divisions that are prepping for the UK to reinforce the naval invasion against France. For the optimal outcome, get mil access from Italy and send the reinforcements to an Italian port after the invasion has launched. That way the reinforcements travel more or less parallel to your invading divisions and can be rerouted to a captured port. If they are too fast, you can send them back and forth between German and Italian ports until you'e taken a port. Justify a war goal against a democratic nation before the war against France ends, prep naval invasions into the UK, prelaunch them when ready and declare immediately after the war goal is ready and the UK guarantee is in place.
@@m3anThanks, I‘ll try it. I sent the same divisions to the same place you did in your video.
Maybe there's a reason higher powers decided time travel isn't possible...
please show sweden world conquest
@m3an - Im on the third run - Yugostrat keeps failing, they always join the faction so far!
They always join. What's up to RNG is whether they get a civil war or leave the faction afterwards. Make sure you restart from scratch each time, since reloading doesn't change the outcome. It still works, so just keep trying =)
Can you do an USSR speedrun? That would be awesome
He has one. It’s epic.
uniting the low countries as the netherlands speedrun?
how do people do this when i cant even beat poland in 1936 as the soviets
I just don't understand how to invade UK.
I hate how they patched surprise naval invasions
Thank you!
Lore of Crushing the Allies in May 1936 - Hoi4 Germany Speedrun Commentary momentum 100
He beats allies in 36 my battery percentage 36 coincidence I think not
My battery in 35
Worked for me first run, just tried it today after not playing since 2022. People gotta git gud.
Well i cant do it...there are always fechies at the beach or near the beach that interrupt the forces to walk into any city.
just like that 7:02 "Dinkirk Distraction" is needed at almost everywhere at the beach.
Took me plenty of attempts to succeed, but a concentration of forces always works better. You can spread the invasion across multiple provinces, but then you only have few divisions to push towards VPs. You can make it easier on yourself by targeting ports specifically and have reinforcements ready in the Channel. You can achieve that by asking Italy for Mil Access and sending divisions to one of their ports. Time it so that they are in the Channel when your invasions make landfall. You than just have to reroute them to the captured port. And, just in case, saving and reloading does not change the outcome. The French divisions only have different positions if you restart from scratch.
i dont understand anything happend from the start but i watch the whole video
Dang. You got my vote for president bro.
Very good, and interessing video! Can you make Soviet Union speedrun?
It's on my list!
@@m3an i dont see
@@tomi3544 Sorry for the misunderstanding. It's on my list of runs I want to cover. Haven't made a video on it yet.
Been playing for a year still haven't beaten the allies
Makes it all the more rewarding if you finally do =) Don't give up!
@@m3an I mean I did an exploit to win against the allies of that counts
@m3an I've done this 3 times now and France always has units that surround my southern naval invasion/are on the coasts and just stop my naval invasions! please help this game has been frustrating the hell out of me lately.
There's plenty of RNG involved and as I've stated, the position of French divisions is what makes or breaks the run quite often. Try to concentrate motorized and some infantry at a single province with a port adjacent that you capture as well. And than speed towards VPs. But it's vital to also stage feint attacks or you'll get caught quickly.
Alternatively, wait until the UK guarantees Yugo as well, stage a naval invasion into the UK first instead of France and launch paratroopers into France after you've taken the UK. Much more reliable, but takes a bit longer because of the para research.
@@m3an thank you v much, but also if it seems like I might get caught on the way to V points, should I micro single units to stop the French from repositioning? (This question goes for all hoi4 play too I guess)!
@@MrSADFART It's very situational. Sometimes there's a wide gap which you can just rush through like in my example, but often you have to improvise on the spot, pin divisions that would otherwise block a unit of yours on its way to an important VP.
You can also send in more divisions once you've secured a port, ideally they're already close by otherwise it takes too long. You can achieve that by asking Italy for mil access and send divisions towards one of their ports. Time it so that the reinforcements are in the channel already when your divisions make landfall in France.
@@m3an wow I'm kinda shocked how helpful you've been, I'm new and u def earned my subscription!🤝
@@MrSADFART You're welcome and I'm glad to have you on board!
Great video. Please don't do these fade to black cuts. They make me feel like I'm getting a stroke. Just do a regular cut.
But all I thought I needed was knowledge on template design?
Maybe am i wrong or im out of luck ... but is it possible that the 70/30 chance for a war goal has been patched? out of 20 runs just 1 was the Derektiv 25 ....
To my knowledge it wasn't patched. Remember that the 70/30 is an average. But 20 runs and only successful once is indeed unluckly. I'll give it a go this evening.
You can use naval invasion exploit and literally capitulate the allies very early, not just France
Not in the current version. Naval invasion spam has been fixed.
@@m3an no no. I mean the one where you can do naval invasions without Naval supremacy by just sending your divisions before the war breaks out. This one's still working, tested myself a few days ago against the UK and US as Germany
@@impostorsyndrome1350 ... that's exactly what I'm doing here. So I'm not sure what you're talking about. Sure, you could go only for the UK and ignore France, but that's not the goal for capping Allies.
@@m3an I was merely asking, why France first? It's just that with France, the Disjointed government stays for quite a while, and Britain has way less divisions and way weaker divisions. If you attack France and somehow mess up, they can join the Allies, pretty much preventing you from using this naval invasion bug on the UK, whereas since UK is so weak, when you capitulate it and grab their navy, the bug isn't even needed against France lol
@@impostorsyndrome1350 Ah, I see. Sure, that would work, but takes a little longer, since the justification time against France is 35 days under those circumstances. There are plenty of ways to achieve the goal easier, but this - at least to my knowledge - is the fastest in the current version.
You should try to speedrun taking over the balkans as Albania. (The smallest Balkan country) (Baltic States are optional)