Modri's 22+2 Smush

Build Guide by pwncakes

'Age of Empires II Build -' + build.name

Build Overview

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Pros & Cons

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Note: the number on the left indicates your current number of villagers. Don't know where this is?
3
Queue up Villagers

Queue up as many Villagers as you can in your Town Center

2 Houses

Two Villagers build one, one Villager builds the other

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    When finished, send them to Sheep

4-6
  • scout for forward sheep

Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep

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    try to only take 2 sheep at start, switch to pushed deer/ a boar when possible

7-11
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

12
  • Start pushing deer if you have your scout available, Otherwise, go lure boar

House

Send your new Villager to build a house

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    then Mill berries wtih 4-5 depending on berry layout

13-19
Push Deer, Lure boar. Build house

2-4 Vils each preferrably

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    lure boar when deer about to run out

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    build a house @ 17/18 pop w/ woodline vil (queue back to wood)

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    will have to force drop food and queue back to deer potentially

20-21
Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

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    Force drop food if you have to

15
4
4
2

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Click Feudal

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    lure a boar

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    send 2 to gold from under TC

9
4
4
4

Feudal Age

up
  • Take 3 vils from food under TC

Market

Build a Market w/ 2 Vils

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    +2 woodline

Blacksmith

Build a Blacksmith with 1 vil

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    +1 straggler tree

22
Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep

23
Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

  • Sell 200 Stone Buy 200 Food

Click Castle

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    research double bit axe

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    take efficient stragglers

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    build a house with mill vil (24 pop)

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    finish taking sheep w 5/6

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    move a straggle vil to gold

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    research gold mining

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4
8
6

Castle Age

up
  • Take 2 food vils 1 gold vil

Build 3 Monasteries

Build a Dock

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    Queue up 3 monks + sanctity

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    go back to straggle +1 back to gold

24-25
  • take new + sheep vils

Build Houses for 15-20 pop space

Send your new Villager to build a house

3
16
5

26-35
  • Take 4 or so straggler vils from TC to gold

(Gold) Mining Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Mining Camp next to your Gold

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    When finished, send them to Gold

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    Horse Collar (opt) + farms with mill vils

Loom

for forward Villager wtih monk support

  • Continue to queue Monks

Monk Map Control

Opponent will have a few military units, A few monks, or Extra TCs

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    Convert, Heal scout + each other, Take relics.

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    Forward Siege Workshop

Smush

Don't waste time, Apply pressure. Take out a stone wall and force military response, Not much can beat 5 sanctity monks and a scout at this point

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    Battering ram

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    + scorps

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    or + mangonel if opp turtles

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    keep building houses, either with forward vil or back in base

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    keep pressure up force opponent to make mistakes (e.g. exposed castle)

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    Get to 8-10 monks with siege and converted army

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    Redemption if opp goes for siege shop

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    If opponent stops push somehow with a good castle:

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    Go to stone, Idle TC, Buy food, click Imp

40-45
  • ~5 from gold > stone

(Stone) Mining Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Mining Camp next to your Stone

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    Buy food

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    Click Imp

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    halfway up send 8 gold vils forward for castle drop/treb fight

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    Take resources for smush once in Imp and Castle is up

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17
5

Imperial Age

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Continue smush

Send your new Villager to build a house

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    add monks, outposts. take out gates and whatever you can range

Imperial Age

finish him

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    Block Printing

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    Trebs

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    Illumination

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    Theocracy

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    More monkas

End Game

Opponent should be strung pretty thin

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    finish eco upgrades

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    take out remaining castles/trebs/other threats

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    eat TCs