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17 VILS Anti-Lame Fast Up Dark Age [Advanced]
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17 VILS
Anti-Lame Fast Up Dark Age [Advanced]
Quick Summary: Secret tool from 3000 elo grind • Best for beating laming • Consistent 19 pop no loom or 18 pop with loom • Smooth dark age • Early boar with 7 vils (slightly less food eaten)
- This is one of my secret tools I cooked up during 3000 elo grind. I debated whether to reveal, or just leave it to those paying close attention
- This dark age is by far the best to beat laming, and it gets you a consistent 19 pop no loom or 18 pop with loom, regardless of your civ
- The point of this build is to get consistency in your game, and always have a smooth dark age
- Downsides is that you eat your boars early, so you get slightly less food from them (first boar eaten with 7 vils only so a bit more rot). Second downside is that it is hard to pull off
- I would use this pretty much every game you know you dont need infantry openings
- A short build, but a very strong one if you understand all the little details
- If going for archers you can send 4 vils to gold at the start of feudal
- For scouts or spear skirm you just keep a pure food/wood economy
- Get both eco upgrades in feudal, or skip horse collar if you want to play aggro or hit a faster castle time
- Play a regular game from there, good habits like walling with the first 2 vils that make production building is always applicable. GL!HF
Build Order Steps
Dark Age
6 vils
Pop: 6
Send 6 villagers to sheep
1 vil
Pop: 7
Send 1 villager to boar
2 vils
Pop: 9
Send 2 villagers to wood
1 vil
Pop: 10
Send 1 more vil to boar under TC
1 vil
Pop: 11
Send 1 more vil to grab the second boar
1 vil
Pop: 12
Send 1 vil to build a house and then mill berries
Mandatory: Lure at least 2 deer
5 vils
Pop: 17
Send 5 more vils to food under TC
Add 1 villager to wood or get loom
2
15
0
0
| 17 Pop
Research Feudal Age (perfect landing time: 8:25)
8
9
0
0
| 17 Pop
Send vils from hunt to wood until you have 8 on 1 lumber camp
Only make 2 lumber camps if your woodline is terrible
10
7
0
0
| 17 Pop
Send 2 vils from hunt to straggler trees
2 vils
10
5
0
0
| 17 Pop
10
5
0
0
| 17 Pop
Send 2 vils from hunt to make a barracks and a house
