ToV Feudal Rush into Castle Push

4800

Pull Gold Villager at 3770G in Gold Vein onto Wood -> Queue Scholar

81000

QUEUE MOSQUE TECHS. Prioritize Sanctity, then All-Seeing Eye, then Piety

81400

Villager split should be heavier on Wood initially to get down Blacksmith + prod buildings (make Stable or Barracks + Archery Range ). Garrison Scholar in prod buildings to spam units

131200

Now balance economy approx 50/50 to build Food + Wood heavy units and Palisade Wall around Sacred Site.

151200

Remove Scholar from prod. buildings and send to Sacred Site. It's okay to split units for sites so long as you aren't losing too many. Make Scholar from Sacred Site Gold

261800

At this point, producing out of ~3 Archery Range and 2 Barracks (w/ 1 Scholar garrisoned)

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CASTLE TIMING - Use Compound of the Defender (not if opponent is in castle): build 3-4 Barracks (total with scholars) and mass Man-at-Arms (MAA). Send age up vills to Stone and Keep -drop opponents base when pushing. Go siege, if necessary, and, if you can't push, build economy with Keep. Valdemar drops his Compound of the Defender at around 15:50 (this changes based on game state) using 12 villagers from wood. Only ever go House of Learning if you are very late/the last person to reach castle (maybe 5% of games)

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• OPENERS -
• Open Stable + Archery Range for standard opener vs English Malians Holy Roman Empire China.
• Open Barracks + Archery Range if against Abbasid Dynasty Delhi Sultanate Ottomans
• Open Barracks + Stable vs French Rus Mongols
• Of course, scout opponent and build units that counter his. This is just a guide.

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SCHOLARS - Shoot for 10-12 Scholar in castle and ~20 Scholar in imperial to get techs in a reasonable amount of time.