SEPTEMBER 2020

SARACEN MARKET 2
CUMAN 2 TC into KIPCHAKS 3
ARCHERS 4
TURK FAST IMP (Arena) 5
SCOUTS into Unique Unit 6
SCOUTS into SKIRMS 7
SCOUTS into KNIGHTS 8
SCOUTS into ARCHERS (Huns) 9
DRUSH into ARCHER 10
DRUSH FC into CROSSBOW 11
MAN AT ARMS into ARCHER 12
MAN AT ARMS into EAGLES 13
KOREAN TRUSH 14
HYBRID MAP 15
MAP CONTROL 16
HUNS TRUSH DEFENSE 16
DE RATED MAP GUIDE 16

BUILD OR DERS BY: hera Hera © 2019, 2020

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DESIGNED/COMPILED BY: supreme_platypus

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 SARACEN
MARKET
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 • Berries 10 ↓ 14
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 15
↓
1 • Berries 12 ↓ 16
Build: House #4, Barracks, House #5
1 x2 +
•
(Continue Walling or Food Under TC) 17
1 10 • Collect 10 Gold (Then to Food Under TC)
↓
1 18
- x3 • 3 Militia + Scout to Raid Opponent ↓

4 • Lumber Camp #2 (4 per Lumber Camp) 8 ↓ 22

Food Under TC or Farms (Start Making
2 +
•
Farms with Vils on Sheep/Food) ↓
15-16 24
3 • Gold 3 27
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 8 16 3 0 27
• Seed Farms Until 2-3 from Food Remain;
+ Send these 2-3 to Straggler Trees. 10-11 13-14 3 0 27
- + • Build Market and Range ↓ -
2 • Send 2 New Vils to Gold ↓ ↓ 5 ↓ 29
- Sell Stone ↓ -
- • Click Up to Castle Age 10-11 13-14 5 0 29
• Mass Archers

• Double Bit Axe (NO Horse Collar)

• Build Range #2 (Mass Archers)

Next Steps:
+ • Build Blacksmith + Research Fletching • Continue to go all in to break your opponent!
• Add:
• Send Berry Vils to Gold as Berries Expire o Forward Siege
o Range #3
X +
• News Vils to Gold/Wood
o Thumb Ring
• Crossbow Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow (Mass o Send Vils to Mine Stone: Forward Castle or Sell Stone
+ Crossbow) • Enjoy!

• NO bowsaw
GLHF!
- + • University + Ballistics

X • Build Mining Camp #2 on Secondary Gold

- • Use Market as needed to Achieve ↑

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 CUMAN 2 TC into

KIPCHAKS
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
3 • Lumber Camp #1 3 ↓ 7–9
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 10
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 11
1 • Boar Under TC
↓
9 ↓ ↓ 12
1 • Lure Boar #2 10 16
3 • Boar Under TC 13
3 • Berries 16 19
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 3 16 0 0 19
• 2 from Boar to Lumber Camp #1 5 14 0 0 19
As Boar runs out, send to sheep (after
- - 19
•
sheep, use straggler trees) 0 0
• Use 6 Vils (from sheep/stragglers) to build
- TC #2. Build on new woodline (if possible, - -
use a woodline with a gold/stone)

- + • Horse Collar + Bit Axe - -

TC #1 New Vils: Farming ASAP (remaining
x •
Vils on Straggler trees to Farms) ↓
↓
x • TC #2 New Vils: Wood (first Vils)

x • TC #1 and #2: Pump Vils and Make Farms

As Berries Run Out, Make Farms (Goal of
x • ↓
about 16 farms including 4 from berries)
TC #1: Send 8 Vils to Gold (After about 16
8
•
farms)
↓ ↓ 8
3 • TC#2: Send 4 Vils to Stone 4
• With a few Vils, build:
o Barracks + Stable + Blacksmith
x Fedual
Buildings (recommend for bloodlines)
↓
↓
o or Blacksmith + Market

- • TC #2: Research Wheelbarrow

- • TC #1: Click Up to Castle Age X X 8 4 X

• Send 2 more Vils to Stone X X 8 6 X
• Keep Pumping Out New Vils / Balance Eco Next Steps:
• Multiple options post castle drop:
o Add 1 to 2 more TCs and go for more economy
+ • (optional): Fletching + Bloodlines +
o Build a University (Ballistics) and a Range (Thumb Ring) and
Padded Archer
+ try to push with a potential second forward castle
o Stay on 2 TCs and go for fast Imperial (if fast trebs are
needed)
• Castle in reasonably defensive position
+ and pump Kipchaks Enjoy all!

GLHF!

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 AR CHERS
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 + • Berries + Lure 1 Deer
↓
10
↓ ↓
13-14
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 15
1 • Berries 12 16
2 + • Food Under TC (Sheep/Boar) 13-14 17-18
3 • Lumber Camp #2 5-7 19-21
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 7 14 0 0 21
3 (from Under TC) to Wood (5 per LC)
10 8-9 3 0 21
•
+ • 3 (from Under TC) to Gold
• Build Barracks at Front (Use 1 Vil)

- • Bit Axe (Wood Eco Upgrade Immediately)

- x2
• 2 Archery Ranges at Front (2 Vils Build) ↓

- • Make Archers ↓

4 • Send 4 New Villagers to Gold 7 ↓

• Build Blacksmith
- + o Continue Walling (Walls/Houses)
↓ ↓

X • New Vils to Farms x ↓

- • Research Fletching (Move Archers Out)

- • Wheelbarrow (Around Min 16-17) ↓

1 • Gold 8
- • Click Up to Castle Age 10 X 8 0 X
• Horse Collar + Gold Mining Upgrade
+
• Archer Armor (Keep Massing Archers)
+
- + • Crossbow Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow
GLHF!
- • Bowsaw

- x2 • Drop 2 TCs (Extra Wood/Secondary Gold)

- + • Build University + Research Ballistics

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 TURK FAST
IMP (ARENA)

Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
- • Lure/Push All Deer (3 or 4)
↓
↓ -
2 • Berries 9-10
↓
13-14
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 ↓ 15
1 + • House #4, Then Berries 12 16
4 • Wood 8 ↓ 17-20
3 • Food Under TC (Sheep/Boar/Deer) 13-15 21-23
- • [Food Under TC Runs Out] Make Farms ↓
↓
-
5 • Gold (Mining Camp #1) 5 28
- • Click Up to Feudal Age (No Loom) 8 15 5 0 28
[Food Under TC Runs Out] 3 Vils to
11 12 5 0 28
•
Straggler Trees
• Build Blacksmith + Market
- + o Use Vils from Straggler Trees
↓ -
↓ ↓ ↓

2 • Send 2 New Villagers to Gold 7 29-30

- • Click Up to Castle Age 8 12 7 0 30
• Builder Vils Make Farms 8 15 7 0 30
• Gold Mining Upgrade + Double Bit Axe
+ o Horse Collar is Optional ↓ ↓
• Sell Stone ↓ ↓

2 • Gold 9 ↓
32
• Pull 3 From Wood and Build Monastery +
- + Siege Workshop 5 15
↓ ↓

• Send Builders Back to Wood 8 ↓

• [Berries Run Out] Send to Gold (Mining

Camp #2)
• Build Barracks + Archery Range #1 and #2
+ x2 o Market to Afford Wood (As Needed)
• Padded Archer Armor (1st Archer Armor)
• [Optional] Monk for Relics
X X • Send New Vils to Gold/Food/Wood
- • Pump Hand Cannoneers
8 11 13 0 32
Next Steps:
• At this point you NEED to play aggressive and break in
• Make sure to micro your units a lot, you can't afford to lose even
a single unit for nothing.
• Don't try to add economy. Stay on one Town Center and put all
your resources into military.
• You can start mining stone after a few minutes to potentially get
a castle up.

- • Make Bombard Cannons (At Least 1-2) GL HF!

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 SCOUTS into

UNIQUE UNIT (wood/gold)

Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
3 • Lumber Camp #1 3 ↓ 7–9
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 10
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 11
2 • Berries
↓
10 12-13
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 ↓ ↓ 14
1 • Berries 12 15
2 • Boar Under TC 14 16-17
2 • Lumber Camp #1 5
↓
18-19
1 • Lumber Camp #2 6 20
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 6 14 0 0 20
• 3 from Sheep to Lumber Camp #2 9 11 0 0 20
• Build Barracks at 60% to Feudal

• Stable (Build with 2 Villagers)

- + • Make Scouts ↓
↓
- + • Horse Collar + Bit Axe
↓

- • Fully Wall Base (Stone/Gold Safe)

X • Farms (As Soon as Affordable) x ↓

3 • [13:30] Stone (Next New Villagers) ↓ 3

4 • Gold ↓ 4
↓
Research Wheelbarrow
-
•
↓
+ • Build Blacksmith

+ [Berries Run Out]:

- •
o 1 to Gold / 2 to Stone / 1 Make a Farm x 5 5
+
Click Up to Castle Age.
9-10 X 5 5 X
•
- • Send New Villagers to Wood (If Waiting)
• Fletching (+ Essential UU Upgrades)
Next Steps:
• Gold Mining Upgrade • Capitalize on Scout Pressure into Full Walls into Unique Unit
• Add any/all: Monk/Siege, Fast Ballistics, More Town Centers
• Castle in Strategic Position (ASAP) (The Choice is Yours!)
• Bowsaw
GLHF!
• Bodkin (+ Essential UU Upgrades)

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 SCOUTS into

SKIRMS
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
3 • Lumber Camp #1 3 ↓ 7–9
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 10
1 • Sheep 8 11
1 + • House + Mill on Berries 9 12
2 • Berries ↓ 10-11 13-14
↓ ↓
1 • Lure Boar #2 12 15
1 • Berries 13 16
1 • Boar Under TC 14 17
2 • Lumber Camp #1 5
↓
18-19
1-2 • Lumber Camp #2 6-7 20
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 6-7 14 0 0 20-21
• 3 from Sheep to Lumber Camp #2 9-10 11 0 0 20-21
• Build Barracks at 60% to Feudal

• Stable (Build with 2 Villagers)

- + • Make Scouts
↓

- + • Horse Collar + Bit Axe

X • Farms (As Soon as Affordable) x ↓

- • Build Archery Range After 12/13 Farms

↓ ↓ ↓
- + • Build Blacksmith (Research Fletching)

- • Make Skirms Constantly

↓
• Research Wheelbarrow (After 7 On Gold)
- • Build Blacksmith
6 • Gold 6
- • Wheelbarrow
↓
- • [Berries Run Out] Make Farms x
X • Click Up to Castle Age (2 Vils if Waiting) 9-10 X 6 0 X
• Archer Armor
Next Steps:
• Gold Mining Upgrade • Rest of the game is up to you!
• Switch to:
• Build Archery Range #2 o Knights
o Cav Archers
+ • Elite Skirmisher Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow o Monastery/Siege defense
o Work your way to Imperial Age
• Make a Couple Knights (1-2)
GLHF!
x2 • Drop 2 TCs (Extra Wood/Secondary Gold)

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 SCOUTS into

KNIGHTS
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6

3 Lumber Camp #1 3 ↓ 7–9

1 Lure Boar #1 7 10

1 Sheep 8 11

1 + House + Mill on Berries 9 12

2 Berries ↓ 10-11 13-14

↓ ↓

1 Lure Boar #2 12 15

1 Berries 13 16

1 Boar Under TC 14 17

2 Lumber Camp #1 5
↓
18-19

1 Lumber Camp #2 6 20

- + Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 6 14 0 0 20

3 from Sheep to Lumber Camp #2 9 11 0 0 20
Build Barracks at 60% to Feudal

Stable (Build with 2 Villagers) ↓

- + Make Scouts ↓

- Horse Collar + Bit Axe ↓

+

1 Wood 10 ↓ ↓

X Farms (As Soon as Affordable) x

5 Gold (Start around Min 14:00) ↓ 5
↓
Research Wheelbarrow
- + Build Blacksmith
↓

- Click Up to Castle Age 9-10 X 5 0 X

+ Bloodlines + Scale Barding

Gold Mining Upgrade Next Steps:

Make Stable #2 Build End Around 23 Min
Do your thing now!
Produce Knights (Both Stables)

Bowsaw GLHF!

x2 Drop 2 TCs (Extra Wood/Secondary Gold)

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 SCOUTS into

ARCHERS (HUNS)
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
3 • Lumber Camp #1 3 ↓ 7–9
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 10
1 • Sheep 8 11
1 + • House + Mill on Berries 9 12
2 • Berries ↓ 10-11 13-14
↓ ↓
1 • Lure Boar #2 12 15
1 • Berries 13 16
1 • Boar Under TC 14 17
2 • Lumber Camp #1 5
↓
18-19
1 • Lumber Camp #2 6 20
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 6 14 0 0 20
• 3 from Sheep to Lumber Camp #2 9 11 0 0 20
• Build Barracks at 60% to Feudal

• Stable (Build with 2 Villagers)

- + • Make Scouts
↓ ↓

- + • Horse Collar + Bit Axe ↓

1 • Wood 10
X • Farms (As Soon as Affordable) x ↓

7 • Gold (Start around Min 13:00) 7 ↓

- x2
• Build Ranges #1 and #2
↓
Research Wheelbarrow (After 7 On Gold)
- •
• Build Blacksmith
↓ ↓

- + • Build Blacksmith (Research Fletching)

2-3 • Gold 9-10

- • Click Up to Castle Age 10 X 9-10 0 X
• Archer Armor

• Gold Mining Upgrade

• Build Archery Range #3

+ • Crossbow Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow

GLHF!
• Bowsaw

• University (Immediately)
• Stop Army Production Until Ballistics Then
Produce CA From 3 Ranges

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 DRUSH into

ARCHER
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 • Berries 10 ↓ 13-14
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 15
↓
1 • Berries 12 ↓ 16
Build: House #4, Barracks, House #5
1 x2 +
•
(Continue Walling or Food Under TC) 17
1 10 • Collect 10 Gold (Then to Food Under TC)
↓
1 18
- x3 • 3 Militia + Scout to Raid Opponent ↓

1 • Lumber Camp #1 5 ↓ 19
4-5 + • Food Under TC (3-4 Farms) ↓ 16-17 23-24
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 5 16-17 1 0 23-24
• 5 (from Under TC) build Lumber Camp #2
+ • 3 (from Under TC) to Gold 10 8-9 3 0 23-24
• TC Food Runs Out; Vils to Straggler Trees 10 + X 4 3 0 23-24
- • Bit Axe (Wood Eco Upgrade Immediately)

- x2
• 2 Archery Ranges at Front (2 Vils Build)

- + • Make Archers (2-3 Spears if Scouts)

↓ -
• Houses (Archery Range Builder #1) ↓
- + • Wall Up Base (Archery Range Builder #2)
↓
• Build Blacksmith (Use House Builder Vil)
↓
- + o Continue Walling Until Fully Walled
• Research Fletching (send out Archers)

4 • Send 4 New Villagers to Gold 7 28-29

• 4-5 New Vils + Straggler Tree Vils to Farms
4-5 + Until About 13 Farmers 17-18 ↓ 32-34
• After 13 Farms, Research Wheelbarrow
[Berries Out]: 2 Vils to Gold, 2 Vils to
+X
•
- Wood/Farm 10-11 13-14 9 32-34
- • Click Up to Castle Age 10-11 13-14 9 0 32-34
• Horse Collar + Gold Mining Upgrade Next Steps:
+
• Arrive in Castle Age with a Military supported by Economy
• Archer Armor (Keep Massing Archers) • Set up a 3 TC economy and then make transitions:
+
o Siege, Monastery, University/Ballistics, Stables, Additional
- + • Crossbow Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow Ranges
• Spend your resources on what makes sense and enjoy!
- • Bowsaw

- x2 • Drop 2 TCs (Extra Wood/Secondary Gold) GLHF!

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 DRUSH FC into

CROSSBOW
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 • Berries 10 ↓ 13-14
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 15
↓
1 • Berries 12 16
↓
Build: House #4, Barracks, House #5
1 x2 +
•
(then Food Under TC) 17
1 10 • Collect 10 Gold (then to Food Under TC)
↓
(1) 18
- x3 • 3 Militia + Scout to Raid Opponent ↓

3 • Lumber Camp #1 7 ↓ 21
3 • Food Under TC (Sheep) ↓ 16 24
3 • Gold 3 27
- • Click Up to Feudal Age 7 16-17 3 0 27
- -
• Archery Range (Use 2 Vils to Build)
- + • Blacksmith (Use 1 Vil to Build
↓
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
- • Make Archers (ASAP)
• Click Up to Castle Age (Idle TC Max 20
- Seconds to Click Up) X X X X X
+ • Bit Axe + Horse Collar Next Steps:
• Arrive in Castle Age and make use of Crossbows
- + • Crossbow Upgrade + Bodkin Arrow (ASAP) • Set up a 3 TC economy and then make transitions:
o Siege, Monastery, University/Ballistics, Stables, Additional
- • Bowsaw (ASAP) Ranges
• Spend your resources on what makes sense and enjoy!
x2 • Drop 2 TCs (Extra Wood/Secondary Gold)
• Wheelbarrow (When possible, Around GLHF!
- Min 22-24)

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 MAN AT ARMS into

ARCHER
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 • Berries 10 13-14
- • Lure 1 Deer
↓
-
↓
-
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 ↓ 15
1 • Berries 12 16
1 • Food (Sheep or Boar) 13 17
1 • Build Barracks 18
1 • Wood 5 ↓ 19
2 • Gold ↓ 2 21
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 5 14 2 0 21
5 (from Under TC) Build Lumber Camp #2
10 9 2 0 21
•
o Slowly Add Vils Until 5 at LC #2

x3 • Make 3 Militia

- • Man at Arm Upgrade (Immediately)

↓
- • Bit Axe (When You Can Afford)
↓
- • Seed Farms (4-5)
↓ ↓ ↓
- • Build Archery Range #1

5 • Send 5 New Villagers to Gold 7 26

- • Build Archery Range #2
↓ ↓
Keep Seeding Farms
- +
•
• Wheelbarrow (Around Min 16-17)

- • Click Up to Castle Age 10 X 9 0 X

• Horse Collar

GLHF!

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 MAN AT ARMS into

EAGLES
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries 8 12
2 + • Berries + Lure 1 Deer 10 13-14
1 • Lure Boar #2 ↓ 11 ↓
↓
15
1 • Berries 12 16
1 • Food (Sheep or Boar) 13 17
1 • Build Barracks #1 18
1 • Wood 5 ↓ 19
2 • Gold ↓ 2 21
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 5 14 2 0 21
• 2 (from Under TC) to Lumber Camp #1
+ • 1 (from Under TC) To Gold 7 11 3 0 21
x3 • Make 3 Militia

- • Man at Arm Upgrade (Immediately) ↓

↓
- + • Bit Axe + Horse Collar
↓

- • Seed a Few Farms x

- • Build Barracks #2
↓
3 • Send 3 New Villagers to Gold ↓ 6 ↓ X
X • Seed Farms Until 9-10 X
↓
- • Build Blacksmith (Both Infantry Upgrades)

X • New Vils to Gold (Stop Seeding Farms) x ↓

↓
- +
• [Berries Run Out] Send to Wood/Gold
↓
• Make Market When Affordable
- o Sell Stone/Buy Food (as needed)

- • Click Up to Castle Age X X X 0 X

• Horse Collar
Next Steps:
• Build Barracks #3 (Mass Eagles)
• Build Mining Camp #2 on Main Gold • Add Monk/Siege to continue the push
+ • Gold Mining Upgrade

- + • Eagle Warrior + Chain Mail GLHF!

- + • Bowsaw + Squires

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 KOREAN
TRUSH
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
2 • Lumber Camp #1 2 ↓ 7–8
1 • Lure Boar #1 7 9
2 • Boar Under TC 8-9
↓ ↓
10-11
1 + • House #3 + Mill on Berries ↓ 10 12
1 • Lure Boar #2 11 13
5 • Food Under TC (Boar/Sheep) 12-16 18
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age 2 16 0 0 18
• 5 (from Under TC) to Stone Mine #1
+ • 2 (from Under TC) to Lumber Camp #1 4 9 0 5 18
x6 • Send 6 Brave Vils Forward 4 3 0 5 18
• Two Towers on Most Important Area of
Enemy Base:
- x2 o Tower #1 (Use 5 Vils)
↓

o Tower #2 (Use 1 Vil)

X • Send Vils to Berries ↓ X ↓ ↓ ↓

- + • Build Blacksmith + Research Fletching

↓
• Manage Economy to Afford Constant Vil +
X + Tower Production

- • Click Up to Castle Age X X X 5+X X

Next Steps:
- -
• After this it is based on the game, you can either:
o Add in Feudal army
o Simply tower up your base and save for castle.
• In castle age you can usually afford to continue the push with
a castle drop or a forward siege/monk push.
• You also have the option to just add 2-3 more TCs and do a
- - -
massive boom while your opponent is busy clearing the
towers.
• Either works, just suit yourself!

GLHF!

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 HYBRID
MAP
Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

VILS TASK NOTES WOOD FOOD GOLD STONE VIL POP

6 • Sheep 0 6 0 0 1–6
4 • Lumber Camp #1 4 ↓ 7 – 10
1 • Lure Boar #1
↓
7 11
1 + • House #3 + Dock + House #4 12
2 • Wood 6 ↓ ↓ 13-14
x4 • Make Fishing Ships (every 75 Wood) -
1 • Lure Boar #2 ↓ 8-9 15
6 • Food (Sheep/Boar) 15 21
- + • Loom + Click Up to Feudal Age (7:55) 6 15 0 0 21
1 (from Under TC) to Lumber Camp #1
14 7 0 0 21
•
• 7 (from Under TC) to Lumber Camp #2
• TC Food Runs Out; Vils to Straggler Trees 14 X 3 0 21
• Build Barracks (When Affordable)

- • Bit Axe (Wood Eco Upgrade)

• House + Archery Range #1 (Use Barracks
- + Builder Vil)
↓ ↓
↓

- • Fire Galley (ASAP, add more as needed)

7 • Gold 7 28
4 • Berries ↓ 11 32
- • Build Range #2 ↓

- + • Build Blacksmith + Research Fletching

↓
- + • Make Archers (2-3 Spears if Scouts) ↓
↓
- + • Wall Up Base + Houses

- • Pull 2-3 From Wood and Make Farms 11-12 13-14

• After 12-13 Farms, Research
- + Wheelbarrow
↓ ↓

- • Click Up to Castle Age 10-11 13-14 7 0 32 + X

• Horse Collar + Gold Mining Upgrade
+
Next Steps:
• Archer Armor + Mass Archers
+ After this, it depends on the game. Do your thing!

GLHF!

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MAP CONTROL
• First step is to get to 3 TCs and boom (1 TC wood 1 TC on second gold)
• If you have army advantage and you attacking, send 1 vil to make (siege workshop/monastery) on a forward hill
o Keep trying to fight near that building and pressure from there, always stay near the hill
• Once you get 3 TCs and you have a good boom, send vils from your first TC to stone (6-7) around 25-27 min. If you
do this, around 32-33 min you will have enough for a castle. Put that castle on the best hill defensively (to protect
most of your economy)
• Send 1-2 vils to both sides of map to make outposts
o Get town watch, if you haven’t gotten already
• If you have enough stone for more castles, put them on every hill in middle of map, usually near extra golds/stones
that you scouted with outposts
• Put couple more TCs on extra golds/stones that you find as well
• Late imp, when you have like 180-200 pop, start making stables on sides to raid him
• So basically, if you do all this, you should have control of middle hills, use your main army (gold units + siege) in
middle, while you raid with some hussar or light cav on sides

HUNS TRUSH DEFENSE

• Assuming you always open 21 pop scouts:
• Usually in Huns war, they will go forward with 4 vils and do the skirm/spear forward. The other option is M@A forward, you rarely see
the 7 vil crazy trush.
• 3 variations that can come up based on maps, but usually we react the same for both the M@A and the skirm spear forward.
• One thing remains the same for every variation though, you always aim to go knights in castle Age (2-3 stables depending on what you
can afford). The reason being, knights can clean up towers quite easily, they can also clear up the mass of leftover skirms. Usually your
opponent will be open at home so you can easily raid with knights. In castle, keep your knowledge of spending your resources the same
you’re just doing it with knights instead of CA. Good investments are TCs firstly then monasteries and siege shop. Don’t be afraid to stay
1 TC for a bit to gain momentum with the knight numbers though (monastery first can be a good option).
• These variations are (in order of worst to base case scenario):

Terrible map, no safe gold or stone Forward golds, back stone

A: Scouts into 1 range skirms, then fast blacksmith and fletching asap.
Goal is to use the scouts to try to kill his forward vils and use the skirms to
snipe his spears. He will have skirms (more than u) and some spears later.
So, you have to use your skirms to kill his spears and your scouts to kill his
skirm. USE your ONE TOWER WISELY. DON’T JUST THROW IT DOWN
ANYWHERE. TRY TO PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA OF YOUR
BASE. Since you don’t have any back golds, invest heavily into scouts (2
stable forging and armor) and go raid him at home once you’ve dealt with
the pressure at your base. Build your eco to the back to avoid getting
harassed by towers. Go all in Feudal until you can secure some gold. Use
market to click up then take that gold you secured.
B: Same thing as A. Except now you can use towers to defend more easily
since you have that back stone. Keep investing in Feudal with towers,
scouts, and skirms until you secure gold.
At least 1 back gold and 1 back stone
C: Best case scenario, you open the same as A with scouts and skirm.
Use some towers to zone his attack and protect your resources.
Instead of investing into Feudal like before, this time we just take the
safe gold and try to click up to castle as soon as possible (make sure
you don’t die doing this though).

DE RATED MAP GUIDE

Open Land Maps Hybrid Maps Closed Land Maps
• Arabia • Coastal • Oasis
• Valley • Continental • Ghost Lake
• Cenotes • Highland • Mongolia
• Rivers •
• Scandinavia
• Aztecs • Japanese • Cumans
• Mayans • Malians • Mayans
Best • Franks • Mayans • Mongols
• Bulgarians • Mongols
• Huns • Huns • Spanish
• Lithuanians • Byzantines • Chinese
Good • Vikings • Koreans • Tatars
• Chinese
• MAA, Scouts, Drush • 1 Dock fire galleys, 2 range archers • Early towers
• 2 Dock fire galleys, full wall • MAA
Best Opening • Scouts
• Early walls and boom
• Get relics early

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