Ottoman | FC (with early military school)

Jockxtar

Ottomans · Fast Castle · Season 11

FC build order with military schools for defending. With late game tips. Check my other ottoman guides: - Feudal tempo: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/QFjboWF6Ofjl3p6djYe1 - 2TC: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/JeAwZ5Ra2EnZNH137nZS - Fast Imperial: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/i5Z9xOcROOI7ijlpjNv6

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Dark Age

0:00

-> 50 Stone
-> Sheep
First -> ->

0:25

(TC) Rally -> Sheep (9)

1:25

Builder -> Gold

2:05

Rally -> Wood (5)

Transition to Feudal Age

Finish the first Straggler Tree you chopped at the start, and then another Straggler Tree before going to the main Wood line.

2:55

4 Sheep Ottomans ->

Feudal Age

Army composition:

Add vs Horseman and Knight

4:35

Transition to Castle Age

If the opponent doesn't have a large army, move your alongside your towards Relics now while the distract enemy

7:55

Castle Age

Army composition:

Man At Arms + + + +

OR (vs + )

Transition to Imperial Age

: Always the best choice.

Imperial Age

Army composition:

Man At Arms + + + +

OR (vs + )

+ + + +

Add if enemy is making melee units only

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(TC) Rally ->

Gold (3)

Rally -> enemy

Gold /

Stone

3:45

Rally -> Stone (2)

3:50

1 Wood Ottomans -> Repair

4:20

1 Wood Ottomans -> Repair

4:25

Rally -> Gold (5)

~4:42

->
OR --- vs Del Fre Jda Kte Mon Byz ( Imperial Hippodrome ) ---
->

5:05

Rally -> Food (18)
If there are Deer available and it's safe: ->

5:55

1 Stone Ottomans -> Repair

6:25

Repair Ottomans -> Repair

6:50

Vizier Point:
your safe in your base until your Age 3 landmark is almost finished, then move them near Relics to immediately pick them up once it's completed.

6:55

Repair Ottomans -> Repair

7:20

Repair Ottomans -> Repair

7:50

Repair Ottomans -> Repair

10 Sheep Ottomans -> Age 3

~7:58

: Is the standard, good in all circumstances, build orders, matchups, maps, team compositions... Always a good choice.
: Is only better in maps where trade is viable or when playing 2TC. That way you can play more greedy, get some free units with / Vizier to defend with and still have some Vizier Point for the more important upgrades like , , and

8:05

Rally -> Gold (15)

~8:08

Produce on and then or to defend

~8:11

Research /

~8:14

Remember that upgrades don't affect

8:20

Repair Ottomans -> Stone

~8:31

Produce either or while aging up, but try to keep at least 240 Food in reserve to immediately produce Castle Age units upon completing the landmark.

Add instead of if enemy is making a lot of melee infantry

9:15

5 Age 3 Repair -> Food
5 Age 3 Repair -> Wood

~9:17

Produce nonstop and to accelerate Vizier Point.
If you have any excess Food, produce Man At Arms / too.
Delay upgrades for now.

~9:18

-> Man At Arms / / depending on enemy army

9:20

Wood Ottomans -> Repair

9:50

Repair Ottomans -> Repair

10:25

Vizier Point
Repair Ottomans -> Repair

11:25

Rally -> Food (40)

~11:40

If enemy has a lot of , produce and instead of and

~11:54

Production buildings:
; ; ;

14:05

Once you get 350 Stone, build 2nd behind your base to protect future placements. Ideally you want it near Wood.

~23:05

<- Ideal economy balance should look like this:

Make a big army, fight a lot with your opponent before they can set up their economy and slowly grab Relic and capture Sacred Sites
Our goal now is to slow down the game to get Vizier Point until our economy is strong enough to go Age 4 comfortably.

Vizier Point -> * ->
*For the 4th Vizier Point, you can choose any upgrade you want, but it's too early to really benefit from , so leave that one for last. My recommendations:
- can help you turn around a complicated situation or get an edge over the opponent's army and start a snowball effect.

: Only if you desperately need to protect your base from an incoming all-in OR if you are trading (which we are not doing in this guide).

Upgrade to elite.
If enemy is not making a lot of , also upgrade to elite and research .
Otherwise upgrade to elite.

: (-> ) -> -> ->

<- Ideal economy balance should look like this:
Once you have a good bank of resources, you can delete thanks to free units.

Production balance:
; ; ;

Once you are close to max population, gather a lot of Wood and do the transition. You can keep reinforcing your army slowly thanks to and , so the impact should be lower than for other civilizations.

- Pax Ottomana on is helpful, but not that great. On though, it's a massive boost that allows you to reach optimal count just as quickly as if you had started the game with the additional .

only if you are making instead of