Saladin 5 - Jihad! (Hard) | Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Hot take: I think this scenario is actually harder than scenario 6.  The enemy itself is not even that challenging, but I took a lot of mental damage just from looking at our initial base... No words can explain how disgusting our initial base location is. Sure, we get this cool, fully walled coastline base, but we only have gold inside. It is completely barren. Therefore, we have to expand outside the walls, and guess what? Surprise! There is an enemy army waiting right outside with siege units. Whoops, here comes an enemy transport ship. Don't worry, it is just a few tanky infantry units with a Trebuchet. Oh, and here is another one, and how about some warships too?  Man... it is genuinely exhausting.  Although, after your economy finally stabilizes, the game becomes pretty easy. The Tiberias army mostly consists of knights, and their base is quite fortified. Still, it is nothing that a Trebuchet cannot take down, and it gets pretty easy once you have thinned out their army. Ascalon is superbly easy as they cannot make more units, and their only army are a few Cavaliers, Crossbowmen, and some Onagers. The only real challenge there is simply trying to break through their walls so you can take down their villagers.  By minute 31, Tiberias will give you an offer. 1000 gold to make them your ally which doesn't sound that bad, BUT, once you send them the gold, they'll just ask for 1000 more. It's literally a scam lol. I really cannot recommend this, honestly. Making Tiberias your ally means you are forced to defeat Tyre, which means you will need a good amount of ships, ship upgrades, and all of that will cost you a massive amount of gold. 💡 Tip of the day: Sniping enemy transport ships while they are still at sea is honestly one of the easiest ways to defend your base! If you just keep a small squad of ships patrolling your coastline, you can sink those transports before they can even land, basically deleting an entire raiding wave for free.  🇮🇩 Short, heavily edited videos are coming soon in Bahasa Indonesia on the main channel. Stay tuned. ‪@Kais-RTS‬ Timestamp 00:00 Intro 01:02 Objectives 01:06 Full Run 25:49 Outro