Knights Templar | Feudal all-in

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Knights Templar

Rush·Season 13

Basic opening for a strong Feudal Age all-in with chevalier confrere and archers. Very similar to a French all-in, but with a stronger economy and more reliance on archers rather than knights. My other Knights Templar build orders: - 2TC: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/4eHSzSzuResmbfKsdVCV - Dark Age tower rush: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/txlg20KyI99bVIoPSWXs

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Dark Age

Queue the Gaiatreeprototypetree to move to Sheep and Gold after chopping their respective tree.

0:00

on Sheep
Rally -> -> -> Gold (2)

Transition to Feudal Age

For the purpose of this build order, it is assumed that you pick Kof. If you pick any of the other options, adapt your economy accordingly to produce whatever unique unit you unlock.

2:45

Feudal Age

~3:03

Feudal Age

3:45

-> Safepassage

Transition to Castle Age

If the game is not finished after a while and you want to change your strategy, age up to Age 3 to upgrade your army and deal the final blow.

Castle Age

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0:45

Rally -> Sheep (7)

1:05

Rally -> Straggler Tree (8)
2 to closest Gaiatreeprototypetree to Sheep; they will go gather Sheep after they fully chop it
2 to closest Gaiatreeprototypetree to Gold; they will go gather Gold after they fully chop it
The rest to main Wood

2:30

Move 3 Sheep -> Wood

Kof: The best option for this strategy. Heavy cavalry in Age 2 are super strong and the bonus unit production speed allows you to outproduce most civilizations in the game. Additionally, you will force the enemy to make , which you will counter with .
Age 2 are discounted feudal knights, decent for early raids and harassing opponents, but they are worse in direct combats. Still, once you group a large amount they can overwhelm enemy archers.
Hos: vs Abb or Ayy (they can very easily counter cavalry).
Age 2 are decently tanky in Age 2 and, with good micro, you can save units from dying during the early game, even while diving the enemy static defenses. They don't scale very well into Age 3, but they become considerably tanky in Age 4.
Ant: Is better for tempo/scaling strategies. Still, they are the best option vs Fre and Jda, since they have Royal Knight which destroy Age 2 and Age 2.
Age 2 are a great unit to mass in Feudal Age, but way too expensive and are soft-countered by and static defenses. This makes all-ins with this unit very difficult.

~3:22

TL;DR: Kof > Hos > Ant

3:40

The Gaiatreeprototypetree should be close to finishing chopping their respective tree and then moving 2 to Sheep and 2 to Gold
Pay attention so that they don't go chop more trees.

Having on

Gold will secure enough income to produce Age 2 without relying on pilgrims, which can be denied easily by our opponent.

3:45

1 Wood -> Repair
Produce Age 2 until you have 5 and use them to raid. Make sure they take as little damage as possible, forcing idle time is good enough and we need a large amount of them for the all-in.

4:15

1 Gold -> Repair -> Build
Order of upgrades: -> ->
You can research first for kill breakpoint on (charge + 3 normal attacks instead of 4), but this will delay your all-in timing. Do it only if you are confident on your micro or if you want to punish enemy on Deer.
One pilgrim generates 130 Gold per minute, which coincides perfectly with upgrades.

4:45

Repair -> Repair 2nd

5:20

1 Wood -> Repair
Produce nonstop
If you ever lack Food to produce units, prioritize

5:50

Repair -> Repair second or

~6:04

If you build , move 4 Gold -> Food; otherwise move only 2.
Either way, pause Age 2 production until you have enough Food

7:45

Rally -> Food (14)
Now should be a good time to resume production.

~8:42

Move Food to Deer or Boar if you have map control. This will spike your unit production significantly, therefore you should build more military buildings to spend the resources.

~9:40

Once you have over , if you lack Food but have too much Wood, make
Otherwise research put 1 or 2 Wood on
is enough to destroy secondary , but don't move for the main until you have at least 4.

If you float too much Gold, you can build to buy other resources or another for more Age 2.

Ang: Age 3 are amazing against Age 2 armies that rely on cavalry. Going for these will allow you to close up the game in early Age 3 against civilizations like Fre, Jeanne d and Rus, since their will become useless and they will have no way to protect their Knight.
Gen: are very strong against pretty much any unit, but are specially strong against melee infantry (most noticeably, ). Their biggest counter are and , but both can be dealt with our Age 2 unique unit ( Age 2, Age 2 or Age 2 ).
Koc: Age 3 are ultra specific counter units. Good choice against Ayy Abb Rus Mongols if they are doing mounted cavalry units, but since we have been playing aggressive all this time, we should not wait to see what our opponent does after aging up, we want to have the upper hand by going Age 3 first.

TL;DR: Ang > Gen