Build Orders
Double Stable Scouts (18 VILS)
18 VILS
Double Stable Scouts
Recommended Civs: Franks, Huns, Magyars, Lithuanians, Persians
Quick Summary: Feudal Age 8:50 • Fast double stable scout production • Rush to fully upgraded bloodlines scouts • Major feudal damage then heavy Castle Age followup
- The objective of this build is to open with a standard scout rush but then surprise our opponents by continuing to spam scouts, and even adding a 2nd stable, and in some cases a 3rd
- The idea is that we rush to the strongest possible feudal age unit, which is the bloodlines scout with blacksmith upgrades
- With 2 stables we can get enough scouts on the field to defend enemy aggression and keep him open (in most cases)
- Once we get to fully upgraded scouts we can easily take out any unit in feudal age besides mass spearmen, but for those we try to run around them or pick them off one by one
- The goal is to get major damage done in feudal age, and then finish off our opponent with a heavy followup once we hit castle age
- So at this point we have 2 stable scouts with full upgrades and a great economy. We have a choice to make. Either we commit heavier to full feudal, or we aim for castle age
- If we want to do more in feudal, then usually we add a 3rd stable and keep adding farms with vils that come out of the tc. Keep fighting aggressively with scouts in this case
- If we want to aim for castle age, we want to send vils from tc to gold, and sometimes even send the berry vils there once those run out to get a decent castle timing. NOTE: we probably will still be behind in castle age time in most cases, but in compensation we will have a huge scout army and potentially do alot of eco damage
- In either case, once you hit castle age your main play is to commit with a heavy followup. Light cav upgrade is natural, 2-3 stable knights is also great
- We will likely be facing counter units at this point, so my advice is: vs pikes we add siege, vs camels we add monks or pikemen, and vs stonewalls we go for a forward castle or siegeshop
- LASTLY: if your opponent fully walls in feudal, you either give up on the double stable scouts and play another strat (scouts into knights for example) or you commit to 2 stable scouts and send 5 vils to tower rush and break into his base that way
Build Order Steps
Dark Age
6 vils
Pop: 6
Send 6 villagers to sheep
2 vils
Pop: 8
Send 2 villagers to wood
1 vil
Pop: 9
Send 1 villager to boar
1 vil
Pop: 10
Send 1 vil to make house and then mill on berries
Recommended: Lure deer with scout when you have found all sheep
6 vils
Pop: 16
Next 6 vils to hunt under TC
2 vils
Pop: 18
Send 2 villagers to wood
Research loom
4
14
0
0
| 18 Pop
Research Feudal Age (perfect landing time: 8:50)
5 vils
9
9
0
0
| 18 Pop
9
9
0
0
| 18 Pop
Move 5 vils from hunt to wood and build a second lumber camp
4 vils
9
9
0
0
| 18 Pop
9
9
0
0
| 18 Pop
Move 4 vils from under TC to berries
1 vil
9
8
0
0
| 18 Pop
9
8
0
0
| 18 Pop
Use 1 vil from under TC to make a barracks
Feudal Age
2 vils
9
7
0
0
| 18 Pop
9
7
0
0
| 18 Pop
Use 2 vils to make a stable
Research double bit axe
Research horse collar
Use the 2 vils that build the stable to wall opposite sides of your base
Start seeding farms as soon as you have extra wood in the bank
Keep adding scouts and use them to attack your opponent or defend
Optional: Make 1-4 spears if you are scared of enemy scouts
At around 15 farms (+~2) add a second stable
2 vils
Pop: 20
Send 2 villagers to gold
Go back to making more farms
Research bloodlines
Berry vils spread out to whatever resource you need once they run out
Make a blacksmith
Get armor and attack in the order you prefer
Get wheelbarrow once were on 20 farms
Strategy: Be aggressive with your scouts, either aim for economy damage or try to kill enemy army
