answer; constant outposts on green river and water control then make demo ships on river and wipe out the heavy attacks, onager enemy wood, hope that makes difference too

answer: get unbanned on YouTube.

There is a big difference on this mission for standard difficulty vs moderate and hard difficulty. Standard difficulty can potentially be a tedious gameplay especially for people playing this mission for the first time, but overall it seems to be a lot easier than playing on moderate and hard difficulty where you might be forced to use different strategies on moderate and hard difficulty than standard difficulty. From my personal experience with Lombard League on moderate difficulty it is definitely challenging, but not too difficult if using the right strategies. Also, I think that defeating Venice (purple) seems to be the easiest way to win on harder difficulty settings than standard difficulty instead of defeating Verona (yellow) or Padua (green). The only thing I do not like about this mission is that Henry the Lion does not help you in any way before his betrayal meaning that he just sits back and does nothing besides booming his economy until his betrayal.

cannon galleon venice but they had like 5 navies of 50 ships and like 5 docks

Doing on hard, very hard

all enemy lumberjack idle with onager chop, not sure if made difference as I had 1000 kills, if it made difference then damn this mission is extreme

Originally posted by NoobStomper:

cannon galleon venice but they had like 5 navies of 50 ships and like 5 docks

Doing on hard, very hard

Venice seems to be the biggest threat if you ignore them. Reason why I prioritize taking them out first instead of Verona or Padua if playing harder than standard difficulty. Also, I tried using the strategy of choosing only the north or the south on moderate difficulty from YouTube videos that shows how to win this on hard difficulty and failed at it every time even on moderate difficulty. I only won by taking control of both northern and southern parts of the map on moderate difficulty instead of choosing only one over the other, but northern section of the map contrary to the south needs to be completely walled with no other buildings near that wall that tricks the AI into thinking I have a base there without actually attacking the wall besides maybe with a few ships while the southern part of the map needs to be walled except for one section of the map near the coast which is supposed to be a trap because of castles being in the way that are even harder to deal with if Crenellations tech is researched as well.

Beat this mission on hard recently. My strategy - on mission start move all units with ships as close to henry as possible. Settle town centre close to henry, demolish few barracks and guard towers owned by the enemy that get in the way.
Prioritize building 2 castles fully garrisoned with +3 range. Build one of them close to Henry so that it reaches his town centre. When he betrays you, he will be showered with arrows. Kill his rams with meele units, and he will be at your mercy.
The other castle built near the river passageway kills all enemy unit and ship advancements.
From here take down the closest town and build a wonder

Originally posted by suktep:

Beat this mission on hard recently. My strategy - on mission start move all units with ships as close to henry as possible. Settle town centre close to henry, demolish few barracks and guard towers owned by the enemy that get in the way.
Prioritize building 2 castles fully garrisoned with +3 range. Build one of them close to Henry so that it reaches his town centre. When he betrays you, he will be showered with arrows. Kill his rams with meele units, and he will be at your mercy.
The other castle built near the river passageway kills all enemy unit and ship advancements.
From here take down the closest town and build a wonder

If playing by that strategy I am assuming that Verona (yellow) would be the easiest civ to take out on hard difficulty instead of Venice or Padua. Obviously not Padua, because they are the furthest away from Richard's base.

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by suktep:

Beat this mission on hard recently. My strategy - on mission start move all units with ships as close to henry as possible. Settle town centre close to henry, demolish few barracks and guard towers owned by the enemy that get in the way.
Prioritize building 2 castles fully garrisoned with +3 range. Build one of them close to Henry so that it reaches his town centre. When he betrays you, he will be showered with arrows. Kill his rams with meele units, and he will be at your mercy.
The other castle built near the river passageway kills all enemy unit and ship advancements.
From here take down the closest town and build a wonder

If playing by that strategy I am assuming that Verona (yellow) would be the easiest civ to take out on hard difficulty instead of Venice or Padua. Obviously not Padua, because they are the furthest away from Richard's base.

Yeah, If I recall correctly Yellow is the closest one.
Purple was non-threat at all, since castles completely obliterate navy, so purple just sent their units on suicide runs.
Green is the only one who builds trebuchets and bombard cannons, so having few cavalry units helps cleaning up any remaining siege, which tries to attack your castle on chokepoint
The other unit to worry is cavaliers, which may be tough for castles to take down, so naturally few spearmen help guarding chokepoint as well to give you time to build up your forces

Originally posted by suktep:

Yeah, If I recall correctly Yellow is the closest one.
Purple was non-threat at all, since castles completely obliterate navy, so purple just sent their units on suicide runs.
Green is the only one who builds trebuchets and bombard cannons, so having few cavalry units helps cleaning up any remaining siege, which tries to attack your castle on chokepoint
The other unit to worry is cavaliers, which may be tough for castles to take down, so naturally few spearmen help guarding chokepoint as well to give you time to build up your forces

Cavaliers are not the biggest threat to Teuton castles with Crenellations researched especially if you combine that with hoardings, murder holes, masonry, and ballistics. That goes to trebuchets and rams. Even bombard cannons do not have a long enough range to be a significant threat to Teuton castles with Crenellations researched. I prioritize that tech during this mission, because it is very useful.

Ignore the promt to reposition, buid a castle inside the walls of younenemy just to the north and garrison it up. You can just agro enemy units into castlefire with light cavalry while you build up

Originally posted by Flakstruk:

Ignore the promt to reposition, buid a castle inside the walls of younenemy just to the north and garrison it up. You can just agro enemy units into castlefire with light cavalry while you build up

I tried using that strategy of ignoring the south and focusing only on the north, but failed even on moderate difficulty and had to resign a number of times. In my opinion Papua is the hardest civ to take out instead of Verona or Venice. Ornlu the Wolf made it look easy to take out Papua on hard difficulty, but it is not. Unless if playing only on standard difficulty ignoring Papua seems to be the best approach for me.

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by Flakstruk:

Ignore the promt to reposition, buid a castle inside the walls of younenemy just to the north and garrison it up. You can just agro enemy units into castlefire with light cavalry while you build up

I tried using that strategy of ignoring the south and focusing only on the north, but failed even on moderate difficulty and had to resign a number of times. In my opinion Papua is the hardest civ to take out instead of Verona or Venice. Ornlu the Wolf made it look easy to take out Papua on hard difficulty, but it is not. Unless if playing only on standard difficulty ignoring Papua seems to be the best approach for me.

That is exactly the opposite of what i said

Originally posted by Flakstruk:

That is exactly the opposite of what i said

If I am not mistaken Padua is north and Henry the Lion is south. Verona and Venice are in the middle, but south of Padua.

Originally posted by James3157:

Originally posted by Flakstruk:

That is exactly the opposite of what i said

If I am not mistaken Padua is north and Richard the Lionheart is south. Verona and Venice are in the middle, but south of Padua.

Richard the Lionheart is not a player in The Lombard League.