HoI4 By Blood Alone Ethiopia Beats up Italy 

By the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Elect of God commands you to buy the game play.heartsofiron.com/Taureor

Next guide: conquer the world as Ethiopia!

1:23 “When you abandon all hope like a little bit- *cough* like a weak person.” That cracked me up

you are amazing and love your vids!!

"I hate micromanagement" says the guy who runs a grand strategy game RU-vid channel

That was an amazing guide, nice job 😍 it worked for me - I would like to see how you make uprisings

Worked like a treat, thanks!

yeahh continue the save or start another, doesn't matter i just wanna see you try the "Towards African Unity". it sounds very cool!

Good video👍

Italy sending wave after wave of troops to die against entrenched mountain positions? what is this, World War 1?

As Poland, it's possible to get cores on all of Austria-Hungary. What I found is that you have to go down the Habsburg Path as Poland, and then you have to let Czechoslovakia form Austria-Hungary. Czechoslovakia has to be fully independent to do so, making this more difficult. One method I found is to conquer all cores of Austria-Hungary, then you can intentionally let the resistance go to 100%. After letting Czechoslovakia occupy all the required territories, they will do the decision to form Austria-Hungary. Then, you can puppet them in the peace deal. After you do the focus to unite with Bohemia, you'll get cores on all of Austria-Hungary as Poland.

Watching Ethiopia humiliate Italy again is absolutely satisfying Maybe the third time, it will be Ethiopia's turn? Ethiopian Two Sicilies!

i love it !!

Play as Syria and restore The Syrian Nation 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Tauror, I think Your videos are too long, too concentrated on details.

It is interesting to see a different approach. The militia are pretty strong. Wish I trained them now 😆

I was just playing Ethiopia in ironman to try and get some achievements, if only I knew they were adding an Ethiopian focus tree!

I don’t know when exactly Haile Selassie learned that there was a religious movement worshiping him in Jamaica, but I like to think he got it as an aside between updates on how the war with Italy was going

Taureor should be a radio presenter

Paradox should definitely continue supporting you as you are getting the best out of HOI4

A Sultanate of Aussa run would be interesting in the future

By Blood alone looks like a really cool update! I like the new Peace Deal changes. I can steal the navy of the Greeks when i play Romania now lol!

the paw you put on 17:05 is actually a bear's paw, not a lion's 😅

Hey Paradox, you better give this man a shitload of money, because he's the reason I fell in love with HOI4 differently

Does the escalation mechanic and war level seem similar to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Prawie dobrze przeczytałeś jego imię i nazwisko czyta się Haile Selasii (przynajmniej tak mówiła profesorka na historii etiopi na stutdiach 100% pewności nie mam ale siedziała na miejscu 8 lat więc zakładam że zna się na temacie :D )

I'm so happy Paradox made a tree for Ethiopia, because their history is fascinating and very heroic

23:31 they don't give army exp anymore. only chief of army gives exp

Great video! I would be very interested to see you complete one of the new achievements with ethiopia. Crusader Kings IV I think it's called... It's the one where you need to take jerusalem. I would really enjoy it!

taureor should do audiobooks. best voice for it.

Love the new expacs, but I will always been bad for the countries that got focus trees early on and now have tiny ones

Holding the hills slightly further east of your southern line forces the Italians to stand in desert and gives you a good angle to attack the center tile from, which you can then use to encircle the units on the northern tile and inflict massive casualties and chaos on the Italians in Somalia. Also it will provoke them to attack slightly more often, which is a boon for the general you picked since he gets the Scavenger trait from a Focus. Add that to the Logistics Spirit you can get for free and Scavenging Tactics and unless you're very unlucky in real life you'll be gaining guns every time the Italians fail to take your tiles. I also don't bother training new units with my strategy because you have enough to pull it off by bringing the one commander out of retirement. I instead stall to get the extra research stuff while keeping things primed for ~1938 when I start doing the Focuses that improve the Mekwanint's control, because in the early stage of the war you want the Mesafint's defense bonus more. Edit: I also stack debuffs to enemy air with leaders like Empress Asfaw because, y'know. You have no possible way to not fight under red air.

Wait, you are telling me that Rastafarianism has Haile Selassie as their God? I think I've found my new religion.

VIVA LA POLAND

1:23 lmao that was the closest I've come to hearing Taureor swear haha. Btw can u please in ur future videos turn off the background hoi4 music? on headphones we can still hear it and it comes off sometimes annoying when you speak.

I need a "part 2" for this guide! Proszę!

wait --- no albanian focus tree??? lower your expectations from dlc lads

Sultinate of Aussa world conquest. They seem to be in a "strong" position there, heh.

*Aksum sounds like a lot of fun.* Alternatively, anything that makes "Ethiopia" a large name on the map works for me!

From my Ethiopia play through, if you hold Macalle, then Italy won’t annex Aussa. This allows you to hold the line with only 2 tiles on the front.

Okay so I am following your strategy and appreciate the help but idk if Paradox changed something but after I fell back to your video location I lost a civilian factory I used to trade for steel which I need for weapon production. I don't understand how you are producing anything as I have no civilian factories to trade for steel

For some reason aussia had transferred all its troops to Italy

True heir of solomon or anti colonization would be proper... the Rasta path is too meme worthy.. great informative video!!!

Italy denied the peace treaty does that mean I'm at war for ever?

Wait wait wait, "select random country" button on the start screen?

"No leader compares" Ahem, Her Queen Wallis, First of her name, by the Grace of God Queen of the Americas, Grand Admiral of the Royal American Navy, Duchess of Wallington, Duchess of Manhatten, Duchess of Long Island, Countess of Orange, Countess of O'ahu, Marquise of New Orleans, Baroness of Springfield, Baroness of Hollywood, Baroness of Central Park, Grande Socialite, Protector of Liberty, Northwest Vanguard of Alaska, Avenger of the Boston Tea Party, and Terror of Wallington DC, would like a word with you Taureor...

I created Aksumute imperium yesterday!!! ALONE!! IM THE FIRST ONE!! And i beated the italians and accepted the peace after conquering all his side.

Every Ethiopia playthrough has the: - liberate Africa from the colonizers - conquer Africa yourself - restore Aksum - *A S C E N D*

Hearing your son say "dado" (i guess that is dad in polish?) really made me feel old.

Glad the media embargo has been lifted, just when the ingame embargo has been added.

Hi Taureor, love your content, ace videos and guides with super tips, your OWB vids got me into the fallout mod, could we have an Ethiopia video where you free/unite all Africa and some more Old World Blues please, thank you for your videos!

I use your solution (mostly) at first England , France attack me... at second now Czechoslovakia,Romania,Yugoslavia fight with Italy and great council of fascism is in Italy

Such a treat, as always. I'd love to see you continue this playthrough (go for Jamaica, of course!) I couple of things I noticed as I tried my hand at this. imru Haile Selassie, the original Infantry Specialist, levels up really fast and is really godlike. Also, by the late 1936, as Italians run out of steam, you can put pretty much any General in the Northern mountains to level up. Put your Hill Fighter there and he gets Adaptable in no time. Wouldn't it be better to use him as a Field Marshal? He'a Adaptable and a Logistic Wizard, what's not to love?

*Launches mash dem down by Danman* The one true path is the one that get us closer to the fall of Babylon brother, you gotta believe in Jah the all mighty, King of kings, Lord of Lords, light of my salvation. JAH!

Haile Selassie was hailed as a second coming of Christ by Coptic christians and some rastafari during his lifetime

Ethiopia, looking at two soviet divisions of elite mountaineers, circa 1936: Stalin, Stalin, gib volunteers!

Thanks for the guide but at around early and mid 1937 (twice) I made a third army at the northern border and the Italian divisions retreated to Eritrea, is that normal AI behavior?

by balltorture alone

You are wrong map post to the Ethiopian 🇪🇹 map. please don't want me to see my country map mixed 🇪🇷 Eritrea map see you post a false job

When I play on medium difficulty the Italians have way more units

NOT APPROVED! and Mussolini told me to tell that you're banned from italia.

Holy hell this looks really fun, bravo paradox

I would love to see you do a communism guide, maybe even independent to make it harder? (not taking soviet aid)

Great video and love the new Ethiopian FT. For a next video start uprisings and free Africa of colonialism.

Got to finish teh war early, since Italy sudently left big chunk of land and let me walk to their port in the north

I would love to see an Aussa playthrough. As I find it quite funny that such a tiny country is such a beast.

In my attempt, Italy joined the Allies. Not sure why. They were still fascist.

22:03 You're at 40% since the regrouping specialist you added moved the balance of power 10% to the left.

36:20 and finally we can become god 🤣🤣🤣

for some reason italy keeps joining the allies when im Ethiopia, anybody know how to stop this?

Not to be mean but I found your videos very easy to get to sleep too genuinely, I sleep hella easier thank you

Used cheats to use unlimited nukes and it was still almost impossible even when trying to use the guide.

on non-historical britain just called the entire commonwealth on me and destroyed me within 3 months

i`d like to see italy or swis

As a Jamaican when u called Silesia god my grandpa said ur correct 😂

I don’t wanna spoil the DLC for me, but it is a Taureor video and long awaited one at that

love your vids bro!

No medals to divisions? Might make things a little teeny bit easier.

Play Germany and let Italy join your faction and you'll notice a glitch

I cant make alot of guns guns so I cant produce troops idk what I did wrong

Hiring some advisors move the balance of power left or right

I was always temted to play Ethiopia. Now it looks super fun to play. Nice done.

Can you guy's do somefocos 🌲 for iran ?

Wow

unifying the entirety of Africa would be cool!

I wonder if I can refund and buy it through your link

Sponsor Taureor Paradox! I approve of this👍

Earlier at PDXCon Dankus: OMAN ESHPORTS! OMAN!

I won but italy refused to peace >:(

Waltuh put y d a w ayv im not hving s w y richting know

Would love to see you form the Empire of Zion.

wp you are fuckin monstrum in this game

please consider doing more Ethiopia runs!

Well, i did it as u said and ehm Mussolini said NO :D

Cool, gonna pirate the new dlc 😘

you and Bitt3rSteel upload a video about by blood alone on the same minute.

Awesome

I chuckled at the "little bi.." comment lol

Kind sir, correct me if I am wrong, but I keep seeing a common mistake with many players with offensive lines lacking an actual offensive order and thus not getting the combat performance bonus. As stated directly in the wiki, "When a division is at the starting position of an offensive battle plan (i.e. a battle plan containing at least one Offensive Line or Spearhead order) and is neither moving or fighting, it will accumulate a planning bonus at the start of each day, expressed as a percentage, until a maximum planning bonus is reached. This confers greater combat performance for the division. "