Japanese | FC cavalry

Jockxtar

Japanese

Fast Castle·Season 11

Fast build order with tips for team games. It works best if there are no HRE, OotD or Zhu'Xi players (on either team), and it relies on your teammates putting pressure on the oponents in Feudal Age. Still, it works as a standard build even if you have to delay the age-up thanks to the yorishiros, onna-musha and mounted samurai. Other japanese builds: - 2TC: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/BKgxe5CAXfcRTj4Sbq5C - Feudal all-in: https://aoe4guides.com/builds/0AloblREG8fqZjucs0AU

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Dark Age

Since you won't rely on Sheep, use to go deep into the enemy side of the map, try to steal their Sheep and check their landmarks.

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Japanese -> Sheep
Japanese -> build at Berrybush

0:30

Rally -> Gold (2)
First one builds

0:45

Rally -> Sheep (10)

2:05

Rally -> Wood (5)

Transition to Feudal Age

2:10

3 Sheep Japanese build (preferably 2 tiles away from and next to Wood )

~2:10

Of the Japanese Repair : 2 to Gold and 1 to the generated upon completion.

2:10

2 Sheep Japanese -> Gold

2:45

-> Towara

3:40

Build at Berrybush

3:45

Rally -> Sheep (16)

Feudal Age

enemies that may try to all-in you

4:10

4:30

Build to make against Fre Jda Mon Rus Eng ( Abbey Of Kings ). You may also build short Wall to cut off rotations around your base.

4:50

Move all Sheep Japanese -> Berrybush

~4:59

Move 1 Berrybush Japanese to as they generate from

5:25

Build

6:05

Build

6:45

Rally -> Gold (10)
Repair around

7:05

before aging up to make a

Transition to Castle Age

7:25

10 Food Japanese -> Age 3

~7:35

: For faster or Onna Musha production in early Age 3 and adding passive income. At this point it's possible that there are no Relics left, but if there are, try to get them with the free

8:05

Build

8:10

Make
If you don't need it to defend, move it to raid the enemy base.

8:25

Rally -> Wood (30)

Castle Age

Ideal army composition:

+ Handcannoneer + +

Add Onna Bugeisha + vs + Crossbowman

Add vs Knight

8:25

10 Age Japanese -> Food
yorishiro in order -> / (only one), main , ,

~8:38

Transition to Imperial Age

: Is the standard. Always good no matter what. Getting free and adds a lot of firepower to your main army with just , no further investment is needed for them to work.
are excellent at defending against big groups of melee units. And are excellent at finishing off opponents.
: Is very strong in the late stages of the game to protect key resources in the middle of the map or to secure chokepoints. The additional resources are also nothing to scoff at. 210 Food Wood Gold and 70 Stone per minute is the equivalent to 9 Relics split into all 4 resources.

Imperial Age

Ideal army composition:

+ Handcannoneer + +

Add Onna Bugeisha + vs + Crossbowman

Add vs Knight

Add to finish the game

A combination of , Onna Bugeisha & works great as an efficient meat shield for your and Handcannoneer.

<- Economy balance should look like this.

Build on

Gold against Eng ( Council Hall ) Byz Ayy Zxl (scout their base and check if they are making Longbowman, Desert Raider or Zhuge Nu )

If you are being harassed by both types of units, do not hesitate to do both things (put more villagers on

Wood temporarily). Surviving is more important than rushing the age up.

: Only good if your team has been putting a lot of pressure on the enemies and most Relics are still unclaimed. This landmark unlocks cheap , which allows picking up several very quickly.

are also decent against Order of the Dragon units and Del elephants.

Keep building at

~8:52

Keep the and constantly making Onna Musha and .
Separate a handful of for raiding opponent's economy while your main army runs around the map taking small trades against enemy reinforcement's or counter-raiding (protecting yourself and your allies). Remember to always keep a and with your army.

9:45

Repair at Stone with 3 Wood Japanese

~10:12

Research and upgrades

~10:38

Make
After which you can decide how to balance your army between cavalry ( ) and melee infantry ( ).
Ideally you want to separate it on thirds.
So, for example, 1/3 Onna Musha, 1/ / and 1/3 melee infantry would mean and .

~11:05

Slowly save up Wood and Stone for second
If your Wood goes over 500, build additional military buildings and

~11:32

Build if you manage to get any Relics

~11:58

Once you have done enough damage and your economy has scaled, you should be ready to go for an all-in, forcing the enemies to take fights where you are constantly trading units. This will keep them locked in Age, allowing you to finish the transition and even to get for an insane Food economy.
Also, it doesn't matter what strategy your allies are going for, they will be able to eventually join you in the all-in since you are creating a long engagement with your opponents.

Military buildings proportions:
; ; ;

Since the japanese gain additional Stone when mining Gold and viceversa, and your army is very Gold heavy, researching after your military "elitency" upgrades is very much worth it.

Research at a and place the two new yorishiros at .
Additionally, you may delete the / holding the first yorishiro to place the replacement on a .
Getting siege units and their upgrades faster can be crucial in the late stages of the game.