I Tried Beating HOI4 With A Literal Human Wall Strategy

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  • @elijahduce5323
    @elijahduce5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1364

    CHALLENGE!! As Chile, annex every provence that touches the Pacific Ocean. Also, you can only annex tiles touching the Pacific Ocean so any other provinces you conquer have to be satellited or puppeted. :)

    • @danielhall6578
      @danielhall6578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      That just sounds painful, how long do you think until Alex does it

    • @elijahduce5323
      @elijahduce5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Probably 2 months?

    • @bobmob5137
      @bobmob5137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@elijahduce5323 CHALLANGE!! ANNEX THE WORLD, as new zeeland

    • @bobsemple07
      @bobsemple07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@bobmob5137 oh that's easy

    • @joeski27
      @joeski27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don’t think Provence touches the Pacific Ocean at all

  • @prussia6530
    @prussia6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Me when i want to join the allies
    Hoi4: No you can't do that! You need to be 30% democratic to join the allies!
    Ai when they want to join the allies
    Hoi4: Fwiendshwip 🥴

  • @simr7758
    @simr7758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    1 Division trick being removed in like 2019
    Alex (a.k.a. Sigma Alpha Male) in 2021: I ThINk TheY BaNnEd iT

    • @Queesh10000
      @Queesh10000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1 div training does still work. It just scales slowly for about 1,5 years till it gives full experience.

    • @halodudecool
      @halodudecool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know this is evil mentioning another TH-camr, but check our feedback video on his version on getting xp.

    • @Queesh10000
      @Queesh10000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ziddel Not if you play allied minor that focuses on something specific and can hold off recruiting divisions till 1939. Also you can do that as Soviets or USA till 1940 and still have enough time to recruit enough divisions before the war.

  • @mentomor9961
    @mentomor9961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    24:55
    Human wall tactic on work:
    The Turkish tank division encirclement near Batman shall never be forgotten

    • @biharek7595
      @biharek7595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Batman sounds familiar...

    • @Pilintra
      @Pilintra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It went to French Syria or Iraq

  • @ImStevan
    @ImStevan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    1 division training strat doesn't work anymore, you have to merge them to full equipment and manpower and then excercize whatever's left

  • @crazywarriorscatfan9061
    @crazywarriorscatfan9061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I was a bit confused when I saw "Spooky's Castle" as a capital. The mod explains it

  • @darrbbis
    @darrbbis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    This is just what it looks like when I play the soviets just with a some tank or mech deivisions

    • @vistagreat9994
      @vistagreat9994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially with the Skelly Empire

  • @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870
    @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    "Human wall strategy" +30000000 social credit points

    • @geemcspankinson
      @geemcspankinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry man, it's for VIPs and organizations only
      Sources:
      MERICS
      China’s social credit system is actually quite boring
      A supposedly Orwellian system is fragmented, localized, and mostly targeted at businesses, says Vincent Brussee.
      Foreign Policy
      China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real
      Blacklists and monitoring systems are nowhere close to Black Mirror fantasies.

    • @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870
      @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@geemcspankinson It's just a meme, calm down

    • @geemcspankinson
      @geemcspankinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alexgaelsotorodriguez3870
      Doesn't stop it from being promoted everywhere I go and being accepted as a fact, last time I checked it was cold war 2 electric boogaloo is now and propaganda is a good part of the effort

    • @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870
      @alexgaelsotorodriguez3870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@geemcspankinson I agree, it's militarist fearmongering propaganda, but the memes are too funny

    • @acdoob
      @acdoob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought in China in some cities there was like one camera for 4/5 people. You also have to show your face to a camera to get toilet paper in public bathrooms and if you jaywalk your face is plastered on a screen above the street and a cop comes over and tickets you. Sounds pretty screwed up to me. Wouldn't surprise me if they were spying on everyone.

  • @seanfrackowiak4738
    @seanfrackowiak4738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Growing a stache to cosplay Stalin is really going the extra mile.

  • @cool-soap
    @cool-soap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    10:23 "do you even know who you're dealing with!?" Finland during the winter War: I don't even know who you are!

  • @AlextheRambler
    @AlextheRambler  3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    THE ART CARDS ARE SOLD OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

  • @manofmann8901
    @manofmann8901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Art card purchased! I can now say I have offical supported the rambler!

  • @cdub35071
    @cdub35071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    A ton of HOI4 here and also some age of empires on Atomic Nerd? Everything is coming up Rambler right now. Great content.

  • @krasnamerah1926
    @krasnamerah1926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Well, you DEFINITELY need to redo this when No Step Back is out

  • @artos9406
    @artos9406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this is actually, how you play meta soviet in most mods, except that you have to build air, tanks and not use "defending task" only micro

  • @ComradesChoice
    @ComradesChoice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Soldier Rain Challenge: *Only paratroopers when attacking.*

  • @TEM7007
    @TEM7007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Challenge - As the USSR, use only Katyusha (motorized rocket artillery) divisions. Your divisions must have at least 25% rocket artillery, and you can only use motorized rocket artillery and motorized infantry. If you REALLY want to do this though, your divisions should be 100% rocket artillery.

    • @aleksandarmanojlovic4988
      @aleksandarmanojlovic4988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I tried it one time, it's like artilery only just pain and suffering, please Alex do katyusha only

  • @MasterCrafterStudio
    @MasterCrafterStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like how the skelly empire is just there

  • @Chambers_90
    @Chambers_90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used infantry only with Greece for the majority of my latest Ironman save. I ended up in an unholy alliance with German Empire and Russia, and after a few smaller wars I marched my 500k Greeks to China where they then beat the snot out of China and Japan. It was after 1945 by the time I started to filter in mechanized infantry and armoured divisions, or really build an airforce!
    The game ended with Greece 4th on score (I don't like the scoring method, I was vastly the largest power in terms of industry, navy, and land, I just had my navy consolidated into fewer, larger fleets and hadn't gathered quite so much air superiority). I had lost just over 1 million men, and killed over 20 million from France, GB, China and Japan (a second time) and the USA. That save eventually made me realise how powerful intensive strategic bombing can be to demolish your opponents supply lines, it's the main way I was able to power through the USA.
    By far my favourite Ironman game yet. My one annoyance was not being able to declare war on Bulgaria at any stage 😥

  • @yizao9289
    @yizao9289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You think it's laggy at 323 divisions in 1940 try playing hoi4 in 1945 when Germany the soviets and USA All have 1k divisions each while on a laptop that can barely run the game at 60 fps

    • @PadaV4
      @PadaV4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Late game is just cancer. I wish they at least tried to optimize it a bit.

    • @whyops
      @whyops 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PadaV4 true its so bad I think nukes should be buffed and divs without any, generals should have big penalty's to div org def an attack so late game stops being frustrating pray your divisions can push and 999k large air force.

    • @Tomas-ne9uz
      @Tomas-ne9uz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me with a old i3, 🥶🥶

  • @hitomisalazar4073
    @hitomisalazar4073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "Just spam infantry" is actually a very viable USSR strategy. I know I've done it quite a few times. Infantry gives you a lot of HP to soak through, the USSR can pump out a ton of them compared to more standard mixed tactics. You won't get the epic encirclements or something but I found it very easy to just grind down the Axis offense and basically Battleplan my way to counter attacks via it.
    It lacks the issues that say, the All Heavy Tonk challenge did (Lacking HP and such).

    • @hitomisalazar4073
      @hitomisalazar4073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Granted this is made a little more difficult when you declare war on the allies for no good reason. xD

    • @danielgloyd4529
      @danielgloyd4529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mass infantry is incredibly effective. If you can get green air or throw on enough AA to get rid of the enemy air superiority penalty. All you need is to build 1 army group of 14/4s. And blobs of bodies defend while you push with the shock troops.

    • @carbonado2432
      @carbonado2432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats more or less what i did, and germany had no chance. Infantry with shovels and anti tank support and arty support was my best division.

  • @Forrestlynx
    @Forrestlynx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I would like a Irish Monarchist.
    Where you join the axis, as a twist, free the states of scottland and Wales.

  • @juiceten1681
    @juiceten1681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soon that mustache will make Léon Blum proud

  • @andrewantoine4505
    @andrewantoine4505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just ordered an art card

  • @justinmorales6342
    @justinmorales6342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Do the German automotor industry challenge, motorized and armored cars only

  • @sibramo
    @sibramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played almost the same kinda game yesterday, 3 full army groups with 40widths with inf, 2 aa, 2 at and 2 arty + support eq. They never passed the Daugava and Dnieper rivers(or my 10lvl forts at Vitebsk); however the Italians naval invaded from Bulgaria, and held Stalingrad for 2 weeks. Worked like a charm!

  • @northofnashira2575
    @northofnashira2575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That mustache is so Freddie Mercury.

  • @skepzeo5413
    @skepzeo5413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rambler's Mustache November

  • @tryify8099
    @tryify8099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    28:36 "How is Greece THIS competent" - Benito Mussolini

    • @clorox2595
      @clorox2595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proceeds to tag switch to Greece and delete the division

  • @thecrowproductions3777
    @thecrowproductions3777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With Alex the ramblers transformation now complete he has become alex mosley because of his mustache

    • @AlextheRambler
      @AlextheRambler  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please don't compare me to a fascist, Thanks!

  • @pomdros9887
    @pomdros9887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    YESSSSS THE STACHE IS BACK!!!! STACHE>GOATEE

  • @aidenmiller3189
    @aidenmiller3189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    let’s play of soviet run on No Step Back? multiple episodes not so much editing ? anyone else?

  • @hedgeearthridge6807
    @hedgeearthridge6807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Feedback Gaming said before (it could have changed) that in Singleplayer there's pretty much no use in making AT Guns, just add support AA to your divisions and you will be fine against the AI's incompetent armor. (Yes, AA has Piercing. Because IRL we learned that AA guns can be surprisingly good against armor. Think of the Flak 88. Or the Flakpanzer 1 and Panzer II using 2 different variants of the same 20mm autocannon.)

  • @BLINDrOBOTFILMS
    @BLINDrOBOTFILMS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started the video and thought "Man, seems like Alex had a bit too much coffee today." Turns out it was still on 1.25 speed from the timelapse I was watching previously.

  • @somecommadore8803
    @somecommadore8803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mustache looking good

  • @asdfqwer-b9m
    @asdfqwer-b9m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This human wall strategy will be fun if you do the following: 1. modify the tactics file, find guerilla tactics and set the factor to 400. 2. enter the game, learn a land doctrine that gives you guerilla tactics. 3. have divisions with infantries and aa support, no artillery or anti tank needed. You can hold the line forever even with guns only.

    • @asdfqwer-b9m
      @asdfqwer-b9m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      in addition, if you have the special trait that reduces enemy air support by 50%, you don't even need air force. You can make a video that uses infantry only, hold the line for 3 years without losing any land tiles, and win the game.

  • @Προφεσιοναλμαλακας
    @Προφεσιοναλμαλακας 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I call this mustache, the Freddie Mercury mustache

  • @thechair9970
    @thechair9970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:42 this is gonna be sold out in a day I feel like

  • @Ar-mb3gx
    @Ar-mb3gx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just love your hoi4 videos, especially your challenge Videos! I will never get tired of your entertaining and I even enjoy your style of advertising Things like manscaped

  • @mr__music5719
    @mr__music5719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah yes roaching. A funny meme build to piss of Germany mains in an Esports game.

  • @efulmer8675
    @efulmer8675 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex, if you had built level 3 or 4 land forts on your land border with Germany, then set the garrison to hold forts, every division you made would only sit in the forts along whatever border you built forts.

  • @lonergothonline
    @lonergothonline 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the division experience penalty for converting troops means you'll only really be losing 16% or so, so what people started doing these days, is training troops with out of date equipment, on a division template with no artillery for instance, then converting to another division template only after they hit level 3, which does knock them back down to level 2, but now going from that point to get to 3 ISN'T nearly as far to go. so far fewer equipment is lost through this method. you'll need to remember they still lose equipment using this method, but the trick is, you'd be using up far less equipment through training this way.

  • @dilladonuts8215
    @dilladonuts8215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now all I’m thinking about is a time line where the Nazis are committing awful war crimes on skellys #neveragain

  • @allthenamesartaken
    @allthenamesartaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Were gonna build a wall!
    Builds a one division, one fort front line
    Alex...that's...that's not a wall, that's barely a hedge

  • @ctggames320
    @ctggames320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alex, your videos are so funny keep up the great work!

  • @lietajucemaciatko383
    @lietajucemaciatko383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    9:40 actually it's not bad, just the "o" should be shorter and not so exaggerated

  • @pashico7082
    @pashico7082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    poland existing again is called resistance being too high

  • @jonathanarnfeltramstrom8022
    @jonathanarnfeltramstrom8022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fun idea: Play No Step Back and try the Tannu Tuva achievment ;)

  • @Heating56
    @Heating56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Taking “defense in depth” to new levels

  • @warlordcja5790
    @warlordcja5790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah yes, china's strategy

  • @kirkvergason3573
    @kirkvergason3573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rambler drinking game. Every time Rambler exclaims in surprise take a drink, says come on mate drink,, says are you having a giraffe drain drink, Rambler says I'm gonna play as russia, drink water.. your gonna need it lol

  • @BoneistJ
    @BoneistJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All Hail the Rambler Stache! Long may it stache!

  • @SonOfNone
    @SonOfNone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you play enough HOI4, you eventually grow a moustache. After reaching 2,000 hours, I now have a Kaiser Wilhelm moustache. Alex appears to be channeling Hirohito in this episode, or a young Stalin?

  • @jessejaimyhecker3350
    @jessejaimyhecker3350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoop so excited

  • @Leviazel
    @Leviazel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Challenge that I haven't seen a single person attempt. As Turkey, defeat the soviet union when the montreau convention focus is denied. Montreau convention must be your first focus.

  • @Sakuna4566
    @Sakuna4566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    we want paradox mega campaign

  • @muzzer5327
    @muzzer5327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Card has been bought! I wonder what number I'll get

  • @Kozakow
    @Kozakow 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:03 You can see the console for a frame or two! Finally i got proof!

  • @carterwatson2545
    @carterwatson2545 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As Germany only use tanks( rules: can use support division, navy and air force stay same, since you can’t get naval invasion stuff for tanks take awhile you can use only paratroopers and marines, division’s from other countries is allowed, motorized and mechanized divisions are not allowed.)

  • @ilikeships9333
    @ilikeships9333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This took “elastic defence” way to seriously.

  • @Mafioso_Migeul
    @Mafioso_Migeul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ‘HOW ARE THE GREECES THIS COMPETENT!?’
    Alex the Rambler - 2021

  • @Jason-gq8fo
    @Jason-gq8fo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you look much better with the stache than the goatee

  • @steveboshakis2751
    @steveboshakis2751 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dig the "Regimental" you got going on the upper lip there Well Done

  • @foxziez
    @foxziez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good video bro

  • @mabufang2217
    @mabufang2217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Alex basically did what the soviets done irl

  • @metgath
    @metgath 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The power of the mustache is inferior to the Chonk.

  • @noahchiaravallotti6510
    @noahchiaravallotti6510 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the stache is looking good Mr. Rambler!

  • @tsk9277
    @tsk9277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why did you think one div per tile would work?

  • @ratchetprime4683
    @ratchetprime4683 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just bought an art card, cant wait for it to arrive!

  • @gaffalstudios3617
    @gaffalstudios3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alex factory placement is giving me a stroke

  • @unpluggedlamp1
    @unpluggedlamp1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CHALLENGE!! I sent you an incredibly hard disaster save as Yugoslavia. Save it and return it to me.

  • @mrk2825
    @mrk2825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did anyone saw the portrait of our king Alexander the rambler

    • @northofnashira2575
      @northofnashira2575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean the one that he used as the thumbnail for his AoE4 video?

    • @mrk2825
      @mrk2825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@northofnashira2575 yes

  • @greenwhite79
    @greenwhite79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    imagine being a german soldier sitting in your position north of kiev and hear that berlin has fallen

  • @jamro9011
    @jamro9011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't know how the algorithm gods would like it but a playthrough of a Russia game with no step back DLC would be nice to see

  • @mr.zman8
    @mr.zman8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see you have the best spooky mod ever conceived turned on

  • @DisgruntledHippo
    @DisgruntledHippo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mustache Movember?

  • @alphawolffestudios1169
    @alphawolffestudios1169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Arty wall

  • @rikki87sufc
    @rikki87sufc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So got to dress up as Freddie Mercury with that epic 'tash!!!

  • @williamgleason5628
    @williamgleason5628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For the algorithm

  • @christianhennebold8274
    @christianhennebold8274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    putting strongholds behind the river with infanterie divisions did help me against the germans as i played with the soviets. In the end though the allies attacked and utterly destroyed everything with their overpowered airforce and a-bombs. No chance at all^^

  • @Fordo007
    @Fordo007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I look forward to the first 'No Step Back' video being the monarchist Soviet path

  • @fem530
    @fem530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What mod has skelly empire

  • @tomm9963
    @tomm9963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you expect me to complete No Nut November when you're rocking that tashe? Cmon man, give a guy a chance

  • @realnapoleon9000
    @realnapoleon9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Challenge! Wonder Weapons only game. Imagine… entire panzer divisions made up of only the Ratte and V2 rocket support ;)

  • @stormolandervergard3777
    @stormolandervergard3777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take over the world as norway in hearts of Iron 4

  • @nojourneywithin
    @nojourneywithin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Delightful video

  • @justvibingman496
    @justvibingman496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex: this is bonkers!
    Me: well yes but actually no

  • @ColCoal
    @ColCoal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An idea for a video. I released a challenge in My Road to 56 a long time ago to just form Prussia as Danzig. You can't use any other mods except the italy companion mod, and ironman mode ofc.

  • @fkmkl
    @fkmkl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only naval and air as US. (it actually works really well, just build subs, carriers, heavy fighters and strat bombers and your allies actually do the rest)

  • @svedenska4535
    @svedenska4535 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex be like: “ GaRRisOnS? WhAts THaT? “

  • @stresseddictator1849
    @stresseddictator1849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That mustache fits you well alex

  • @frefox2701
    @frefox2701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rambler, don't you cheat in the NNN challenge now!

  • @Hortifox_the_gardener
    @Hortifox_the_gardener 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The moustache is only a thing because of a manscaped or whatever sponsorship - 100% certain about that.

  • @raz-x7158
    @raz-x7158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why is transylvaniiia named skelly land?

  • @everetbalforthe2681
    @everetbalforthe2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you throw enough shit at the wall, some of it is liable to stick.

  • @impostorsyndrome1350
    @impostorsyndrome1350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Next Challenge: Perfect D-day as Britain or USA

  • @ecthelion1735
    @ecthelion1735 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooh starting to look a bit like Mosley now with that 'tache 👌

  • @jacobmoslund3921
    @jacobmoslund3921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ''I may not have guns, but I have people. They are beginning to lack guns AND people.'' Stalin 1945.

  • @lucaszukic
    @lucaszukic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex looks like that one tow car that looks like tow mater but with a mustache from cars 2

  • @dawie3410
    @dawie3410 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Challenge, the micro-pro challenge, you can't use battleplans or anything, you can only personally order troops to attack, everything is allowed as long as it's not using the battleplans
    hope it won't be too much of a hassle if you do it cause of the hole thing with your wrist or whatever it was that made you not do it in the start