• Practice strong Dark Age efficiency and follow a solid build order.

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

• Never idle your Town Center.

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

• Secure your base early with short walls connected to your Town Center.

• Scout your opponent well and adapt your strategy accordingly.

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

• Don’t hesitate to build a defensive tower in the Feudal Age, floating 200 stone is a waste if you die without using it.

• In Castle Age, focus on map control: punish greedy booms with a forward castle, contest golds, and secure relics.

• Don’t overcommit to relics, they should be taken but not at the cost of major mistakes.

• Use castles to control key hills as the game progresses.

Recommended Build Orders:

For Low ELO Players:

• Beginner Scout Rush

• Archer Rush

• Simple Man-at-Arms Rush

For Mid ELO Players:

• Scout Rush

• Optimized Man-at-Arms Rush

• “Free ELO” Strategy

For High ELO Players:

• Scout Rush into fast archers

• Optimized Man-at-Arms Rush

• Drush into Adaptation

• 1-Range Archers

• Skirmishers and Spearmen Defense

Suggested Gameplan:

Dark Age:

• Focus on executing your build order.

• Scout your map properly to find key resources and walling potential.

Feudal Age:

• Complete your build order and start walling your base once your main goal is achieved.

• Add counter units based on what your opponent is creating.

Castle Age:

• Build a second Town Center on a good woodline, treat it like a large lumber camp.

• Stick to two Town Centers to maintain military pressure.

• Add more counter units as needed.

• Take map control and put pressure on the front of your opponent’s base.

• Once you gain map control, make a monastery and start taking relics, take a lot of stone and look to drop a forward castle near your opponent to hit his base.