
If you aren’t, then I am afraid it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to be able to compete against any of these people you are playing online. These two questions will be your determining factors for when to build an army.įirst off let’s address the elephant in the room - are you following a build order? The bottom line is if you are playing online almost anyone who is decent at the game is following some type of build order to maximize efficiency and be able to win as quickly as possible. I will assume that you are discussing a normal online match with a Random Map type & Conquest victory condition. Let’s see if we can break this down into some helpful questions & tips to follow.

You want to know if it is safe to do the strat you are doing. Try to scout your opponent early, repeatedly, and consistently. In all cases, any time you just try to eco boom, you are vulnerable to someone who just tries to attack you instead. Arena it’s pretty common to build a couple of scouts in Feudal (for map control, preventing Castle Drops, and getting relics by sniping enemy monks), while fast castling otherwise. Black Forest you should be building Military as soon as you arrive in Castle age, and don’t stop. On closed maps it is more common to fast castle. You could even build 2 Scouts, and have them join your normal Scout and just use them the same way the Drush works to hassle your opponent while you finish aging ASAP. There are a few ways to do this, you could build archers non stop from as many Archery Ranges as you can handle while still getting food to age up. On a competitive level if you intend to build the primary amount of your units in Castle, then you should drush your opponent with Militia before they reach Feudal age, buying you time to finish fast castling / walling and allowing you to use the Castle Age tech advantage while they deal with your 2-5 Militia / it is also incredibly common to build military starting in Feudal Age. In open maps it is generally considered essential to have military before Castle Age.

It depends on when you intend to do combat.
