• Practice your Dark Age efficiency and stick to a solid build order.

• Prioritize managing your own economy over damaging your opponent’s.

• Never idle your Town Center.

• Learn a build order to make fishing ships and go fast castle
• Build the dock next to your sea tower

• Take safer resources, ideally those located toward the back of your base.

• Secure your base early with walls

• Scout your opponent well and adapt your strategy accordingly.

• Play to your civilization’s strengths, whether it’s military units or economic bonuses.

• Don’t hesitate to build a defensive tower in Feudal Age if you get rushed, dying with 200 stone in the bank is a waste!

• In Castle Age, play for economy and control the map later on.

• Use castles to control the sides as the game progresses.

Recommended Build Orders:

For Low ELO Players: (all of them include fishing ships)

• Scout rush

• Fast castle boom

• Fast castle knights

For Mid ELO Players:

• Scout rush

• Fast castle fire ships

• Fast castle boom 

For High ELO Players:

• Scout rush into light cav monk arena style (adding some fire ships to kill fish in the castle age)
• Cuman 2 TC boom

• Fast castle fire ships

• Fast castle boom 
• Fast castle light cav
• Fast Feudal fish snipe with galleys