Archers -> Xbow Pike Siege Rush

    Build Guide by Fenmund

    '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

    2 sheep scout for berries, boar

    The 2 remaining go to TC

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      Go back to TC

    Find enemy

    Avoid TC fire

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      Set to automatic

    4-6
    Sheep

    Send your new Villagers to Sheep

    7
    Lumber Camp

    Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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      When finished, send them to Wood

    8-10
    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

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      Wall up around once all 4 in

    11
    Lure Boar

    Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

    12
    2 Houses

    Send your new Villager to build a house

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      When finished, send them to Berries

    13
    Mill

    Send your new Villager to build a Mill next to your Berries

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      When finished, send them to Berries

    14
    Berries

    Send your new Villagers to Berries

    15
    Berries

    Send your new Villagers to Berries

    Lure 2nd Boar

    Send one of your Villagers collecting from Boar to lure your 2nd Boar

    16-17
    Sheep/Boar

    Send your new Villagers to Sheep or Boar

    18
    Lumber Camp

    Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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      When finished, send them to Wood

    19-20
    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

    21
    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

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      Wall up around once all 4 in

    Loom

    Research Loom in your Town Center

    Queue Feudal Age

    Queue Feudal Age in your Town Center

    • Take 2 villagers from Sheep to...

    Wood

    • Take 3 villagers from Sheep to...

    (Gold) Mining Camp

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      When finished, send them to Gold

    • Around 60% of the way up to Feudal, take a Villager from Food to...

    Barracks

    5
    5
    8
    3

    Feudal Age

    21
    Double-Bit Axe

    Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

    Queue up 3 spears

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      Send to patrol berries

    (1x) Archery Range

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      When finished, train 5 Archers

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      Attack

    • Take a Villager from Gold

    Blacksmith

    Build a Blacksmith

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      Go back to Gold

    Fletching

    Research Fletching in your Blacksmith

    22-25
    House

    Send your new Villager to build a house

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      Send to gold

    Gold

    Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

    • Take villagers from Sheep as they get depleted to...

    Farms

    26-33
    Straggler Trees and Farms

    Wheelbarrow

    Research Wheelbarrow in your Town Center

    • Take villagers from Berries as they get depleted to...

    Farms

    34
    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

    35
    Gold

    Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

    Queue Castle Age

    Queue Castle Age in your Town Center

    Gold Mining

    Research Gold Mining at your Mining Camp

    22
    9
    4

    Castle Age

    36

    • Take 4 Villagers from wood

    Build a forward siege workshop

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      Make 1 ram, 1 mangonel

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      Build a forward lumber camp

    Build army

    Crossbows or pikes, depending on enemy army composition

    • If in Feudal they built up skirmishers

    Build a stable with forward villagers

    Best if not directly on the line of conflict, but sideways for an element of surprise

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      Make 3 knights

    37-40
    Farms

    Send your new Villagers to build Farms next to your Town Center or Mills

    40-43
    (Stone) Mining Camp

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

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      When finished, send them to Stone

    44-47
    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood