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Sengoku | Fast Castle

Jockxtar

Sengoku Daimyo

Fast Castle·Season 12

Greedy build order to go Fast with 4 yatai. Check my other sengoku guides: - Team games: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/uoIAWOJSmE2bHbRXoTon

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Dark Age

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Japanese -> Wood

Transition to Feudal Age

In team games, you should move the to your allies' bases during age up, between their Sheep and Berries. Once their Sheep start to run out, move it to their closest Deer

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Feudal Age

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Transition to Castle Age

For the rest of the guide it is assumed you chose .

If you chose , move 6 Gold Japanese to Food upon aging up.

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Castle Age

Army composition:

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Add Yari against Crossbowman

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Japanese -> Repair on

Wood

Try to also put it in range of

Gold and move Sheep inside the area.

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First Japanese -> Repair on Berrybush

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Rally -> Sheep (8)

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-> Towara

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5 Wood drop Wood after fully gathering the Straggler Tree then go to main Wood line with the other
Select all 6 to fully gather 2 trees.

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-> to Boar

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-> to closest Deer

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5 Wood Japanese -> Repair on Gold

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-> between starting Berrybush and Sheep

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Rally -> Wood (8)

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6 Sheep Japanese -> Age 2
1 Sheep Japanese -> Wood

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: If you have good micro. The active providing vision and the Shinobi can be extremely useful for the entire game if you use them correctly.
: Provides decent tempo advantage by saving up Wood and building time of . Very useful for going Fast .

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Berrybush Japanese -> Repair

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--- vs Del Fre Jda Rus Mon Goh Byz ( Imperial Hippodrome ) ---
Repair to defend

5 Repair Age Japanese -> Repair on

Gold

1 Repair Age Japanese -> Sheep

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-> to second closest Deer
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Repair / to defend if enemy is making units.

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Rally -> Berrybush (15)

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->

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Repair on Gold with 1 Gold Japanese
Move 6 Wood -> Berrybush

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Rally -> Wood

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10 Food -> Age

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: Allows picking up Relics very early and unlocks 2 very strong upgrades for Ikko Ikki Monk in Imperial Age. Great for team games or if you expect a long match.
: A safe source of infinite Gold. The safest option and the best way to boost our economy in Age 3.
Build it in a way that the mats spawn inside aura.

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1 Gold Japanese -> Repair Takeda 1 -> ->

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Buy 100 Wood on to afford

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Takeda 1 ->

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10 Repair Age Japanese -> Food
(or 5 to and 5 to Food )

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produce Ikko Ikki Monk and start grabbing Relics

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-> nonstop

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-> nonstop

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Build second to research veterancy ( Age 3 ) and Oda 1

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Research -> -> -> ( Age 3 ) -> -> in that order

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If your first is at the front of your base, build a second one for future at the back. Click 'Redirect ' after it finishes to start buffing it.

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Start adding around with the extra Wood and research

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Later, as you get Stone, Repair Takeda 2 and Takeda 3 for Odachi