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EU5: Secret Strategy to Centralize FAST - Annex Vassals Through War!
This video reveals an unconventional strategy in Europa Universalis V (EU5) to annex vassals faster through war, using the 'Disloyal Subject' casus belli. Although risky due to the loss of stability, this tactic allows you to significantly reduce the size of vassals and accelerate their integration, especially useful for those that would take centuries to be annexed diplomatically. The video also highlights the changes in version 1.1 that affect the speed of annexation and offers tips to maximize the effectiveness of this strategy.
1. 🛑 Stop Diplomatic Annexation: Invade Your Vassals for Rapid Expansion
- ✅ Diplomatic annexation in EU5 1.1 is too slow, especially for large countries.
- ✅ Invading your own subjects is a faster way to annex them.
- ✅ This strategy is necessary because diplomatic annexation takes too long.
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1. 🛑 Stop Diplomatic Annexation: Invade Your Vassals for Rapid Expansion
- ✅ Diplomatic annexation in EU5 1.1 is too slow, especially for large countries.
- ✅ Invading your own subjects is a faster way to annex them.
- ✅ This strategy is necessary because diplomatic annexation takes too long.
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2. ⚔️ The 'Disloyal Subject' Casus Belli: Your Secret Weapon for Annexation
- ✅ The 'Disloyal Subject' casus belli (CB) allows you to annex larger subjects by reducing their size.
- ✅ This CB does not allow the vassal's independence; it simply allows you to conquer it and keep it as a vassal.
- ✅ The CB offers a 50% reduction in conquest cost and an 80% reduction in Aggressive Expansion (AE).
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3. ⚠️ The Cost of Internal War: Impact on Stability and How to Mitigate It
- ⚠️ Invading a subject causes a significant loss of stability (minimum 40).
- ⚠️ The loss of stability increases depending on the level of relationship with the subject (up to 60 if you have +200 relationship).
- ✅ Consider stability as 'mana' to maximize expansion.
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4. 🤔 When to Use the 'Disloyal Subject' Casus Belli: Strategies for Disloyalty
- ✅ Use the CB on disloyal subjects or make a subject become disloyal on purpose.
- ✅ It is ideal for subjects that cannot be annexed in a reasonable time or that possess valuable regions.
- ✅ To use the CB, the subject must have a loyalty of less than 50.
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5. 📉 How to Induce Disloyalty: Diplomatic Tricks and Tactics
- ✅ Temporarily reduce diplomatic investment to decrease loyalty.
- ✅ Use diplomatic actions that reduce loyalty, such as diverting trade (-33 temporary loyalty).
- ✅ Ceding territory increases the desire for freedom (+10 temporary).
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6. ⚔️ Declaring War and Negotiating Peace: Objectives and Results
- ✅ Once the CB is available and the subject remains disloyal, declare war.
- ✅ Decide how much territory to take based on proximity to annexation, the threat of the subject, and the desired regions.
- ✅ The subject remains as a vassal after the war, without gaining independence.
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7. 📉 Impact on Annexation Cost: Significant Reduction and Considerations
- ⚠️ Annexation is restarted when using this strategy.
- ✅ The cost of annexation is drastically reduced after the war. Example: from 1944 to 786.
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8. 💡 Final Tips: Maximizing the Strategy and Considerations of Version 1.1
- ✅ Don't be afraid to have many large vassals, as you can always reduce their size.
- ✅ Consider stability as mana points for expansion.
- ✅ Evaluate which subjects can be annexed normally and which require this strategy.
| Change in 1.1 | Effect |
|---|---|
| Centralization | +33% to annexation speed |
| Diplomatic Investment (100%) | +0.5 to base annexation speed |
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9. Conclusion and Call to Action: Subscribe for More EU5 Strategies!
- ✅ Despite the improvements in annexation in version 1.1, it is still useful to reduce the size of large vassals.
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