🔗 Resources & Links¶

Curated, deduplicated resource list drawn from 12 deep-research passes on the CBA REQUIEM scenario for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The list covers scenario mechanics, patrol/attack-move micro, team play, per-civ guides, DLC content (Three Kingdoms, Last Chieftains, Chronicles), unit-counter mechanics, patch history, communities, content creators, and data sources. Every entry is a URL plus a one-line description of what it contributes.

Use this as a primary link corpus. Some URLs (Fandom wiki, Steam guides, Discord invites, Liquipedia) recur across several categories; each is listed under its most relevant category and cross-referenced where useful.

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🎬 Video library¶

▶ The best videos from the collection below, grouped by what you want to learn: start with Tutorials if you're new, Casts to see full games, Micro to sharpen your control.

🎓 Tutorials¶

Intro to CBA! A Classic AoE2 Scenario — the beginner explainer.
Beginner Guide to Patrol and Attack Move — Resonance22 — the classic patrol tutorial.
When Attack Move is better than Patrol in DE — Spirit of the Law — which command to use when.
How to Micro #4 — Unit Formations — Survivalist — Line / Staggered / Box / Flank.
How To Setup Hotkeys In AoE2 — Hera — hotkey walkthrough.

🏆 Casts & tournaments¶

🖱️ Micro¶

📖 Scenario Reference & Wiki¶

Castle Blood Automatic — Age of Empires Series Wiki (Fandom) — Authoritative overview of CBA. Includes the full CBA REQUIEM v294 civ table: razes, castle/imperial kill thresholds, spawn interval, unit cap, Elite yes/no, starting-tech list, and maintainer credits from Zone → HD → DE.
Battle Formations — Fandom — Reference for Line / Staggered / Box / Flank formation mechanics.
Armor class (Age of Empires II) — Fandom — Canonical list of armor classes and the bonus-damage formula.
Pierce armor — Fandom — Formal damage formula and pierce/melee interaction.
Pass-through damage — Fandom — Scorpion-type mechanic; full list of units with pass-through.
Trample damage — Fandom — Radius / percentage / armor-ignore rules for elephants, rams, Cataphracts, Druzhina, Urumi, Lechitic Legacy.
Conversion — Fandom — Post-2023 conversion overhaul (Update 99311): CI mechanics, techs, group-conversion.
Regeneration — Fandom — Innate regen unit list (Berserk, Berber camels, Poles Villagers, Bengali ships, Dravidian elephants, Wu infantry).
Cavalry Archer — Fandom — CA mechanics shared across Mangudai / Kipchak / CKN / Chu Ko Nu.
Ballista Elephant — Fandom — Pass-through mechanics and Khmer counters.
Chakram Thrower — Fandom — Gurjara ranged-melee infantry with pass-through chakrams.
Organ Gun — Fandom — Portuguese multi-projectile gunpowder UU with pass-through.
Coustillier — Fandom — Charge attack unit spec.
Berserk — Fandom — Innate regen infantry archetype.
Lechitic Legacy — Fandom — Polish scout trample tech.
Armor class: Siege weapon — Fandom — Siege armor class detail page.
Damage Calculation — AoE2DE UGC Guide — Deep dive into base/special melee and pierce classes.
AoE2 UGC — Triggers reference — Current maintained scenario-editor conditions/effects reference.
Combat Basics: How Damage is Calculated — Steam Guide — Worked examples of armor-class stacking.

📥 CBA Scenario Downloads¶

=HD=_CBA_ALLinONE_V870 — Steam Workshop (AoE2 HD) — Flagship HD-era CBA package.
Comments on HD CBA ALLinONE V870 — Identifies CBA REQUIEM as the DE continuation.
Perfect CBA Pack — Steam Workshop — Widely-used CBA scenario pack with active community comments.
CBAI — Castle Blood Automatic AI — AoK Heaven Blacksmith — Single-player AI variant of CBA for DE.
CBA HERO v35/44/53 — AoK Heaven Blacksmith — Classic HD-era CBA Hero package with bug fixes.
AoK Heaven Blacksmith — Long-running scenario/map archive hosting CBA variants.
CBA Hero download hub — cbahero.weebly.com — Community-maintained downloads and install guidance.

💬 Communities & Discord¶

CBA Requiem community Discord (invite) — Active CBA Requiem community/tournament server (propagated via EternalPrince VODs).
CBA-Revolution Discord (invite) — Voobly/GameRanger CBA offshoot.
Join Discord for CBA-Revolution — Steam discussion — CBA-Revolution announcement thread.
Official Age of Empires Discord — 83k-member main hub, hosts custom-scenario / CBA subchannels.
Disboard — AoE2 Discord servers — Directory of AoE2 Discords.
AoEZone — International AoE Community — Competitive community hub with recorded games, drama, Leagues.
AoEZone — Recorded Games (Custom Scenario) — Custom-scenario rec files including CBA.
AoEZone — Community tag — Community tournaments and custom-scenario events.

🏆 Tournaments & Casts¶

Liquipedia — CBA 4v4 Tournament — First Liquipedia-tracked CBA event (Aug–Sep 2026, €559 prize pool).
Challonge — CBA AOE2 Tournament 2017 bracket — Historical 8v8 team-format bracket from AoE HD.
AoE2 Grand Finals | CBA Requiem Tournament | Game 1 (YouTube) — EternalPrince VOD of the 2025 Requiem tournament grand finals.
CBA Requiem Tournament Summary of Rounds 1–5 (YouTube) — Round-by-round recap.
CBA Requiem Tournament | Grand Finals Game 2 (YouTube) — Second finals game with reversed civs.
CBA Requiem Tournament | 3rd Place Game 4 (YouTube) — Bronze-match VOD.
CBA Requiem Tournament — 3rd Place Match (YouTube) — Team EternalQueens 3rd-place decider.
Match CBA Requiem V9L — AoE2 Insights — Sample 8-player Requiem match record.
Match — EternalPrince livestream 4v4 Requiem RP — Sample 4v4 Requiem RP match.

🎥 Content Creators¶

Eternalprince — YouTube channel — The primary CBA / CBA Requiem creator.
Eternalprince — Twitch — Source Twitch stream for CBA VODs.
Eternalprince — Twitch archives / VODs — Full VOD archive.
AoE2 DE CBA 4v4 — Malians (Eternalprince, YouTube) — Representative civ-by-civ CBA showcase.
LIVE CBA Requiem / RP High Elo — 4v4 (Eternalprince, YouTube) — Recent (Jan 2026) live broadcast confirming ongoing activity.
CBA (Castle Blood Automatic) Gameplay — YouTube playlist — Non-Eternalprince curated CBA matches.
AoE2: CBA Hero & Other Variants — YouTube playlist — CBA Hero variant matches.
Intro to CBA! A Classic AoE2 Scenario (YouTube) — Beginner-friendly CBA explainer with pinned Requiem notes.
CBA: Definitive Edition Multiplayer Gameplay (YouTube) — Early (Nov 2021) DE Requiem showcase.
CBA REQUIEM — AoE2 DE Gameplay (YouTube) — Full 8-player scenario gameplay (Jan 2022).
Eight Amazing Civs — AoE2 CBA Original 4v4 (Turks) — Strong-civ 4v4 CBA gameplay reference.

🎮 Micro & Patrol Tutorials¶

A new type of micro every pro should learn — RedPhosphoru (Reddit) — 2024 "No Attack stance patrol" technique.
When Attack Move is better than Patrol in DE — Spirit of the Law (YouTube) — DE attack-move vs patrol comparison.
Archer Micro Guide — sitaux.com — Written guide on Patrol / Attack-Move in Aggressive stance.
Patrol or Attack Move? — Steam Discussion — Community breakdown of patrol vs attack-move.
How to Micro #4 | Unit Formations (Survivalist, YouTube) — Line/Staggered/Box/Flank tutorial.
Beginner Guide to Patrol and Attack Move — Resonance22 (YouTube) — Classic accessible patrol tutorial.
Top 5 Army Control Tips To Improve Your Micro — Hera (YouTube) — Hera's army-control tips.
Why AOE2's pathfinding will never be fixed (Reddit) — Discussion of DE collision system.
How to Hit-n-Run using Attack Move in 69 seconds (YouTube) — Quick kiting tutorial.
Ballista Elephant Counters and Strengths — AgeOfNotes — BBE counter list.
How To Setup Hotkeys In AoE2 — Hera (YouTube) — 2024 hotkey walkthrough.
The Best Hotkey Layout for Age of Empires 2 (YouTube) — Alternative pro hotkey layout guide.
AoC/FE Hotkey Editor — Presets — Importable pro presets (TheViper, Zan's Grid, TwentyGrid).
TwentyGrid Hotkey Profile — Official Forums — Non-clashing grid hotkey profile.
Patrol with ranged units on stand ground — Forum — Edge-case stance/patrol interactions.
Pathing: Past and Present (YouTube) — Retrospective on DE pathing evolution.
The Most Complex Calculation in AoE2 — Spirit of the Law (YouTube) — Cataphract vs Sicilian Halberdier damage stack.
Update 153015 patch notes — AoE Wiki — 2025 pathfinding-relevant update page.

📜 CBA Strategy Guides (per-civ, general, tier lists)¶

Steam CBA Civilization Guide (canonical per-civ) — The definitive civ-by-civ CBA reference: razes, kill thresholds, matchups.
Steam CBA Guide for Beginners/Intermediates (hotgril) — Offense/defense/mid-field terminology, general rules.
CBA Quick Guide by LRC clan (Steam) — LRC playbook: raze allocation, walling, spawn-blocking, comms.
CBA Hero: A Guide to Being Great — AgeOfNotes — Community strategy guide for CBA Hero (parallels Requiem meta).
A Guide to Becoming a CBA Hero — AgeOfNotes — Multi-tip CBA Hero guide.
How to get better at CBA — AgeOfNotes forum — Discussion of CBA as two 2v2s, priority-target identification.
Chakram Thrower counters — AgeOfNotes — 15 strong counters for building anti-Bengali comps.
Karambit Warrior counters — AgeOfNotes — Counter matrix for Malay Karambits.
Age of Notes Unit Counters DB — Organ Gun example — Per-unit counter tables.
Elite White Feather Guard counters — AgeOfNotes — Matchup data for Shu WFG.

💬 Reddit Threads¶

r/aoe2 — Comprehensive Guide for CBA — Foundational primer on CBA mechanics.
r/aoe2 — CBA guide (2024) — Current-meta strategy refresher.
r/aoe2 — Tips for CBA (2022) — Civ-selection Q&A.
r/aoe2 — How to get better at CBA — Late-game micro discussion.
r/aoe2 — I made a tier list for CBA Requiem — Player-made Requiem tier list with tester feedback.
r/aoe2 — What is the worst CBA civ? — Community consensus on weakest picks.
r/aoe2 — What are the different types of CBA? — Salty vs Requiem vs Hero explanation.
r/aoe2 — So what is CBA and CBA Hero? — Classic explainer of CBA Hero's spawn scaling.
r/aoe2 — Do people still play CBA? — Perennial "is it dead" thread.
r/aoe2 — Toxic day in CBA Requiem — Culture / counter-luck frustration.
r/aoe2 — Why is CBA community so toxic — Meta thread on culture.
r/aoe2 — CBA Requiem elephant-limit mods — Sub-mods that cap elephant spawns.
r/aoe2 — There is currently a CBA Tournament going on (Nov 2025) — Tournament announcement thread.
r/aoe2 — Summary of the CBA tournament so far (Dec 2025) — Recap consolidating tournament VODs.
r/aoe2 — CBA balance ruined by new civs? — Discussion of DLC civ imbalance in CBA.
r/aoe2 — Reactions to Aug 2025 pathfinding patch — Player reception of pathing overhaul.
r/aoe2 — Changing max pop with triggers (Nov 2025) — Community pop-cap workaround.
r/aoe2 — Discussion of Update 162286 — Community reaction to Dec 2025 patch.
r/aoe2 — Spirit of the Law summary of Last Chieftains civs — SotL summary; Mapuche flagged as OP.
r/aoe2 — Muisca and Tupi tech trees — Community tech-tree assessment.
r/aoe2 — Muisca/Tupi UU infantry lack Blast Furnace — Tupi tech-tree caveat.
r/aoe2 — Community opinion on Three Kingdoms civs — Reception of 3K civs.
r/aoe2 — Chronicles: Battle for Greece "best-received DE DLC yet" — Poll on Chronicles reception.
r/aoe2 — Balance feedback for Chronicles Alexander the Great — UU pricing / Macedonian discussion.
r/aoe2 — CBA Guide (razes cheatsheet) — Razes-per-civ family reference.

💬 Official Forum Threads¶

Official Forum — CBA REQUIEM bug report (April 2022) — DoI civs not spawning; drove v8 update.
Official Forum — Lobbies with custom scenarios behave badly — 2021 crash bug thread for CBA Requiem V6.
Official Forum — CBA and CBA Hero ranked? — Request for official ranked ladder.
Official Forum — Should CBA be a separate game mode? — Community proposal to promote CBA.
Official Forum — CBA/CBA Hero AI — Bot request thread.
Official Forum — Custom Scenario Survey — Playerbase survey covering CBA.
Official Forum — Deepdive into Mapuche Civilization — Full Mapuche mechanics thread.
Official Forum — Favorite Chronicles Battle for Greece civ — Community opinions on Achaemenids/Athenians/Spartans.
Official Forum — Urumi Swordsman rework knight counter — Urumi vs cav/archer analysis.
Official Forum — June 2026 Update is now official — Devs and community discussion of Update 177723.

🩹 Patch Notes & Balance History¶

Official Patch Notes — Update 177723 (June 2 2026) — Full June 2026 patch: stability, pathfinding, balance, editor renames.
Fandom Wiki — Update 177723 — Structured breakdown.
SteamDB — AoE2 DE update for 2 June 2026 — Deployment metadata.
Official Patch Notes — Update 169123 (Feb 17 2026, Last Chieftains + Naval Overhaul) — Naval rebuild, new civs, UU tuning.
Fandom Wiki — Update 169123 — Structured summary.
Official Patch Notes — Update 162286 (Dec 2 2025) — Three Kingdoms balance pass.
Fandom Wiki — Update 141935 (Apr 10 2025) — Major pre-3K patch: Tech Tree UI, sprite refreshes, balance.
Fandom Wiki — Update 107882 (Mar 14 2024) — Chronicles: BfG companion patch.
Fandom Wiki — Update 143421 (May 6 2025) — Three Kingdoms launch patch.
AgeOfNotes — Feb 24 2024 Pathfinding fix — Hotfix for regroup-after-move-command.
Hera analysis — Dec 2025 AoE2 Patch — Pro-player breakdown of Dec 2025 patch.
PC Gamer — Coverage of Update 169123 (naval overhaul) — Editorial summary of Last Chieftains + naval.
December 2025 Balance Update AoE2 DE (YouTube) — Overview of Dec 2025 balance patch, Three Kingdoms nerfs.
Dec 2025 Patch Notes: New Civs Nerfed (YouTube) — Detailed recap of new-civ nerfs.

🐉 Three Kingdoms DLC (Shu / Wei / Wu / Jurchens / Khitans)¶

AoE2 DE — The Three Kingdoms (Fandom overview) — Comprehensive DLC page with civs, units, mechanics.
Shu civilization — Fandom — Full Shu bonuses and UUs.
Wei civilization — Fandom — Full Wei bonuses; Tiger Cavalry veterancy; Xianbei Raider charge.
Wu civilization — Fandom — Full Wu bonuses; Fire Archer + Jian Swordsman shield.
Jurchens civilization — Fandom — Jurchen bonuses, Iron Pagoda, Grenadier, Thunderclap Bombs.
Khitans civilization — Fandom — Khitan pasture mechanic, Ordo Cavalry, Liao Dao, Mounted Trebuchet.
AoE.com — Pre-order announcement (Three Kingdoms) — Official developer overview.
AoE.com — New DLC Available Now: The Three Kingdoms — Launch-day announcement.
White Feather Guard stats — Fandom — Detailed WFG stats.
Tiger Cavalry stats — Fandom — Wei UU with veterancy.
Iron Pagoda stats — Fandom — Jurchen heavy cav with melee-block stinger.
Mounted Trebuchet stats — Fandom — Khitan camel-mounted siege.
PSN Profiles trophy guide — Three Kingdoms — Consolidated civ bonus/UU table.
Note.com/fleuret — Three Kingdoms Unit Review — In-depth new-unit review.
Impulse Gamer — Three Kingdoms DLC review — Editorial review.

🪶 Last Chieftains DLC (Mapuche / Muisca / Tupi)¶

AoE2 DE: The Last Chieftains — Fandom wiki — Full DLC overview.
Tupi (Age of Empires II) — Fandom — Tupi civ page.
Muisca — Fandom — Muisca civ page.
Guecha Warrior — Fandom — Guecha regen stats.
Huaracas tech — Fandom — Slinger-line boost tech.
Malon tech — Fandom — Mapuche pass-through tech.
The Warriors of the Last Chieftains — World's Edge — Official reveal of new units.
FAQ — The Last Chieftains — Official FAQ.
Muisca Civilization Guide — games.gg — Strategy guide.
Tupi Civilization Guide — games.gg — Strategy guide.
GamingBible — Last Chieftains review — Launch review.
GameCritix — Last Chieftains review — Review with architecture focus.
Steam store — The Last Chieftains — Store listing / user reviews.
The NEW Civ Bonuses REVEALED — Last Chieftains (YouTube) — Video walkthrough of civ bonuses.
Introducing The Last Chieftains DLC + Balance Patch (YouTube) — Launch overview.

🏺 Chronicles DLC (Battle for Greece, Alexander the Great)¶

Chronicles: Battle for Greece — Fandom wiki — Full wiki: civs, mechanics, naval overhaul.
Chronicles: Alexander the Great — Fandom wiki — Full expansion wiki.
Pre-Order Battle for Greece — Official — Official feature list.
Launch — Alexander the Great DLC — Official — Official launch page (Oct 14 2025).
Chronicles Unique Units — Fandom — All Chronicles UUs with stats.
Achaemenids civ page (official) — Immortal + Achaemenid bonuses.
Athenians civ page (official) — Hoplite + Strategos.
Macedonians (Chronicles) — Fandom — Phalangite + Companion.
Pattiyodha Longbowman — Fandom — Puru heavy foot archer.
AgeOfNotes overview — Battle for Greece — Concise breakdown.
Inverse review — Battle for Greece campaign — Positive editorial review.
PSN Profiles trophy guide — Battle for Greece — Trophy guide with civ bonuses.
Steam store — Alexander the Great DLC — Store listing.

Existing Civ Strategy References¶

Fandom — Ethiopians Strategy — General Ethiopians strategy.
Fandom — Gurjaras Strategy — General Gurjaras strategy.

🛠️ Data Sources & Tools¶

aoe2techtree.net — Interactive AoE2 DE tech tree UI.
aoe2techtree (SiegeEngineers) — GitHub — Open-source tech tree with machine-readable JSON.
aoestats.io — Aggregated ranked match stats.
aoestats.io API & SQLite dumps — REST API + weekly SQLite dumps.
Age of Empires Series Wiki (Fandom) — Most comprehensive community wiki.
Tapsa/AGE — Advanced Genie Editor (GitHub) — Editor for empires2_x2_p1.dat (source-of-truth).
genie-js/genie-dat — Node library to read/write DAT files.
sandsmark/genieutils — C++ Genie-engine library.
SFTtech/openage — Open-source engine reimplementation with format docs.
KSneijders/AoE2ScenarioParser — Python library for .aoe2scenario files.
AoE2ScenarioParser docs — Trigger effect / condition / ID reference.
ustacode/aoe2-apis catalog — Catalog of public AoE2 DE data APIs.
Arkanosis/awesome-aoe2 (GitHub) — Curated meta-index of AoE2 tools.
AoE2 Insights — Live match/player/tournament stats.
Age of Empires II — Unit Statistics Table — Sortable unit stat table.
PatchBot AoE2 DE feed — Machine-scrapable patch note archive.
Forgotten Empires — Civilizations — Official studio civ pages.
Official AoE Patch Notes hub — Canonical URL pattern for DE patch notes.