The Best and Most Interesting Dukes in CK3 

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You missed Laszlo, duke of Transylvania in 1066. He has really good stats, owns de jure territory of like 3 duchies, has a claim and high position in succession for the kingdom of Hungary, and you start the game in a faction to install you as the king of Hungary, which also starts stronger than the starting king.

My Ancestors are smiling at me, Byzantine. Can you say the same?

Matilda is a fascinating historical figure, I wrote a paper on her military career for one of my college history courses.

Last time I was this early, Haesteinn was still conquering India

"She possesses huge tracts of land...." Hey, I get this reference ;)

That brilliant Monty Python reference for Duchess Matilda.

The Bohemian Seniority Succession is also quite helpful at the start

Another fun and easy start is the 1066 emir of Marrakesh. You have a lot of land, quite a few neighbors to eat with your claims, and since your cousin is your liege, you get to learn a lot about faction mechanics to install yourselfon the throne. He's also got incredible martial ability

This might just be my opinion, but I feel like Prince Rhodri of Gwynedd was overlooked in this video. He starts in prime position to form the Kingdom of Wales and has an immediate claim on the Ducky of Mann. He also starts off with some brilliant stats and a decent starting levy. He should have been somewhere in this list.

Forgot the name, but the Duke of friuli in 867 is worth mentioning. He starts with seniority succession, which is unique considering he is not of culture that allow seniority succession in early date (czech), and seniority itself only unlocked at earliest at 1050

2:48 I had no idea that Ibrahim was such a gamer

In the 800 start I recommend the Duke of Pagan (in Burma). You have a clear first goal of creating the Pagan kingdom, he has very high intrigue (over 20) and you get to play at the eastern border of the map. The more powerful Indian Kingdoms can become strong Allies or challenging foes.

i really like your voice man, it always sounds like some evil mastemind explaining his secret plan for world domination

Honestly my favorite Duke is Duke Pierre of Piedmonte in 1066. It’s because he’s in a good position to form the Kingdom of Burgundy, OR if you culture swap to Swabian or Cisalpine, Switzerland. I perfer the Switzerland game with Pierre. The problems with his game though is that you always start out with a chaste wife and you have to deal with a lot of vassals. But, but, his brother in law is the Kaiser of the HRE, so you know

Possessed and depressed intelligent man, ah, just like every teen ever.

A very good guide, thanks! Dyre was historically pronounced roughly like the French word durée, and still is in Swedish.

Nice, been looking for new people to play and have been really indecisive about ot

Great to see you uploading again man! Missed your puns. If you're interested the č in Čáslav is pronounced like the ch in chai or champagne, not like a K. Basically like a ts or tz sound to oversimplify it. You can read it however you prefer though 😊

Yes! I was waiting for this. You should Make another ‘most ____ dynasty’ video! Keep up the good work.

"What should we call you great leader?" Jarl Ivar: I want mah sh*t *BONELESS*

Another great video as always.

In CK2 with Bohemia in 1066 i managed to be: king of bohemia, king of Italy and king of (forgot the name of the kingdom). Only by helping the Emperor of the HRE to put down some revolts. He gave me a ton of vassals and land. It took me about 15/20 years

Would also recommend Duke Nino of Portucale in 1066, pretty easy to break away from Galicia and form an alliance with one or more of the Iberian rulers that can help grab the land necessary for the Last Count, First King achievement. You can even parlay this into a Reconquista achievement, which is what I’m currently up to now.

Love these types of videos, could you so more eg; easy counts & dukes to play with(in a non sus way)

Welcome back Alzabo!

Matilda is so fun

Mom: go to bed. Me: CZECHS and balances. mom: GO TO BED!!!

I would be interested in a Top 10 hardest starts/ to Play count Charakters in the game :) Good Video. Keep it up 👍

Can’t wait for more CK3 content

Ahhhh the natural progression Wait I just realized I’m so early this video isn’t in his listing yet

it should also be worth mentioning that Vratislav has a relative that's a claimaint to the throne of the kingdom of Hungary, so with a solid alliance or a stroke of good luck, you can get the Přemyslid dynasty on two thrones at once, eventually controlling a gargantuan realm as a single character later down the line i'm legitimately convinced that the 1066 Vratislav start is the most disgustingly and blatantly OP non-king/emperor start in the game

Some of these are recommended starts... I'd rather see counts and dukes which are not in sight but are still very interesting

Rurikstead. Haha, good one!

Love the Skyrim reference

Thanks for the content.

Love your french pronounciation, can't wait for your next ASMR or gameplay video (or both). Merci !

Paradox really needs to make ck3 fun when not at war.that’s my only complaint

High Chieftain Kodere of Courland (name might be wrong) keeps wrecking me in games with their 3000 raiders

'If you make hastings' ;)

"Blood Eagle achievement" for Ivar the Boneless *King Aelle sweating nervously*

love this game

In the middle of a game as Ibrahim, its great.

Man this sponsorship hits different rn

Next CK3 vid by AlzaboHD, best leaders/rulers of Crusader Kings 3 :)

Best memory of Dyre: Playing in Pomerania, then checking the map to find he had converted to being Mögyer and had started the Hungarian migration, succeeding in becoming King of Hungary.

I just started a Matilda campaign. So good. Annoying you can't conquer the Pope, but you can usurp his kingdom title. The Byzantines become an issue down the road though.

The thumbnail and topic of the video next to this one in my recommended is John Wayne.

As usual, patrilinearly marry the subscribe button, INBREED THAT BELL, protecc the like button, HOLY WAR DISLIKES and finally romance that sexy patron bb (alzabo fans inherit genius traits)

Oh wow, I'm currently doing a Taltoist Mogyer campain for the weird Decisions and it looks like my Genius wife is a descendent of a #6. I have Jarl Dyre to thank for my bloodline's genius genetics.

Seath the scaleless.

Forgot these dudes... Hafdan of Jorvik, Robert Guiscard of Apulia and of course the Bastard William

Mostly watched for the great puns and strangely soothing voice.

Came for the info. Subbed for the skyrim references.

I think I might play as good ol matida or rurik

Can you do another video on interesting counts?

2:50 actually his lunatic trait isn't inheritable, there's two identical versions of that trait, one inheritable and one non-inheritable, the inheritable traits glow (as you can see with ibrahim's intelligent and melancholic traits)

Ah, my favorite terrible pronunciations! Great vid as always.

Nice.

No idea what this game is or what you're talking about, but it sounds interesting.... kind of. 😁😁

Hell yeah!

wait there are skyrim references? whaaat?

Novograd belongs to the NORDS!

1:30 end of ad !

cool

Did he just say ``If you make Hastings`` ???

Missed opportunity for a John Wayne reference....

I cant help but wonder what is the easiest way to get the blood eagle achievement. Does anyone know how to get it before you die as one of the sons of Ragnar ?

Wait... No Duke Robert the Fox???????? You can pretty much expand anywhere u want if u do ur moves correctly with allies.

Ok starting to think that RU-vid IS sending out notification but people tbh probably just don’t notice them.

Puns every other sentence 😂

Should make some sort of religion min max video.

Wait... Aren't traits and stats randomly generated each game? I literally created a new game like 15 times yesterday to get traits in line with the way I wanted to play some count. Am I missing something?

The most interresting duke is the guy that starts in 867 in Madurai, south india, because madurai has fucking 7 holding slots, and the other 2 countys in the same douchy have 5 and 4 slots with one special building for religious special buildings repsectively. And also, most of them are near the water so you can ltierally just spam tradeports and have more development then constantinopole before 1000. and be far ahead of what your tech can do, but then agian, you can also just have your tech be permanently overdeveloped Its rteally fun tho Infact i cant beleive you didnt mention any indians, especially not a madurai one, because they start soooooooooo strong, and can make osoooooo much cash while get SSOOOOOOOOOO MUCH Development, and theyre the only religion that has the bhakti tennant. What that means? a permanent medium healthboost to add to your witch coven and inbreeding. Also they can do human sacrefice Its actually quite broken when youre 122 yeras old and youre still feeling fine. Funnily enoug, you forgot to mention that as vladislav, you dont have a choice you WILL be the holy roman empire. Also yo udidnt mention that they start the game with a high medival succession law: House seniority. makes playing them really easy.

Why Ivar and not Whiteshirt?

How can I no cb the subscription bell after you gave me a CB on it by telling me to no cb it?

I think Duke Nuno II de Portugale is very sad

Asmr king Why did you sound like Google traduction 9:10

Where my boi Robert The Fox? Good video otherwise :D

Ironically ivar is even better now that hes only 21 at start

I come to drop my challenge for you. Lothair II to HRE using murder intrigue only

Did you just call the Magýar, Huns?

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Alfred of Wessex in 867 is a duke initially, isn't he? His stats are the best in the game as far as I'm aware.

Man you're use of other games puns/references are legendary.. "Lead the stormcloaks to victory: hahahaa

"If you make hastings" Boooooooohahaha

lol I forgot about ck3

Not the Duke of Aquitaine in 1066? You have sterling intrigue and basically own a third of France. The only downside is that you only have a daughter, but RNG usually starts you with the seducer trait so that's easily taken care of.

Bump

Maybe add timestamps?

I don't need a game to be a childless depressed lunatic.

sacrifice to youtube algorithm god

love the fact they Matilda beautiful in CK3 my god she was so ugly in 2

Look up how Ivar the Boneless became associated with the while "blood eagle" thing, bit uh only if you aren't squeamish, un-bony boy don't fuck around...

I find Ivar kind of sucks. All the land you conquer are feudal holdings so you get zero benefit and he sucks at learning so becoming feudal is hard

No ducets in Crusader Kings. That’s a EU thing, mate.

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I think the best part of the ad was when Iran was invading America!!!!!!!!

Ck2 is end now rise ck3

"...legendary house Rurikid, the foundind dynasty of what we know today as Russia" - phrase is not correct and reflects Russian point of view on Rurukid dynasty and its legacy. If you don't want to offend Byelorussians and Ukrainians (I think so), it is more likely to re-phrase it to "...legendary house Rurikid, the foundind dynasty of what we know today as Belarus, Russia and Ukraine", because Rurukids played significant role in state-building processes of each of those three modern nations, you can double-check that in reliable neutral historical sources. Except that the video is good, thank you for your work