This is an age old strategy that was practiced before the flush and the castle rush were discovered.It mainly consists of the following steps:-
1.Trush:-The first step is tower rush strategy.Hit fast feud(around 10-11 mins)and then start building towers in the opponent's base.This may have many variations like trush+flush or archer+trush though these variations slow down the attack(coz u have to collect food+gold+stone+wood).The key point here is to build towers at strategic positions.For example,a tower near his lumber camp will besiege him and he will be forced to cut wood elsewhere(this wastes his 100 wood he used to build the lumber camp).Other strategic positions maybe his main gold mine or stone mine.
2.Castle Age:-Once the towers surround his base (partly or completely),it time to hit castle age.Ideal time would be around 22-24 mins.Once in castle age build a castle in between the towers(so that he cannot kill the vills with knights).Castle should be built as close to his TC as possible.Once the castle is built its time to hit age.
3.Imperial Age:-Imperial age ideal time is around 30 mins.Once in Imperial make trebeuchets and destroy his town center,castle etc..keep archers to guard the trebeuchets.If the castle was built near his town center,then the castle itself will give protection to the trebeuchet.Once his main buildings are razed he will resign sooner or later.
4.Important researches:-Range researches are very important as the main attack used is with arrows.It banks on archers,so gold and lumber camp researchers come next.Last come the researches of wheelbarrow etc.(it can even be done in the imperial age.
5.Advantages of the castle to castle strategy:-Fast and continuous attack are its advantages.Occupation of enemy territory and restricting the enemy to have his resources.
6.Civilizations often used:-Archer civilizations are advantageous.Teutons are hot favorites because of their garrison bonus.Britons are also preferred because of range bonus.Other civilizations which are useful include Byzantines(lesser resources for advancing age),Mayans(cheaper archers),Persians(faster work rate),Vikings(free wheelbarrow).
7.Precautions while using castle to castle strategy:-If strategic positions are not occupied then it is very vulnerable to attack.For example, if towers are build in the middle of nowhere, then it wont affect his resource collection etc.If he notices the first tower being built, then he will try to raze it with vils.So a trush+flush is advisable.
8.Disadvantages of the castle to castle strategy:-As attack is continuous and the main priority is to advance age,boom is slow(mainly only with 2 TCs or even 1 TC as the stone is used in making towers and castle).So if attack is not successful,it fails miserably.It cannot defend in case of a counter attack,flush strategy being its best counter(becoz all the attack is concentrated in the enemy territory).Decentralization is also effective against this strategy.Just move away from the town center and collect resources elsewhere.
This strategy is very old and we have very few instances of such games in the recent past.
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Thursday, 25 October 2007
Friday, 22 June 2007
Age of Empires Strategy- Trush or Tower Rush
Strategy making is considered to be the most important part of Age of Empires.Read this strategy only when you have mastered the timing,the counters and other points mentioned in the previous post.There are as such many strategies that can be used in Age of Empires but I prefer to discuss the most important ones.
1.Trush or Tower Rush:- I use this strategy quite a lot and feel its the most important strategy for 1 vs.1.This strategy involves constructing towers in strategic positions in the enemies base.These strategic positions maybe a gold mine,stone mine or even near a lumber camp.If we do a micro on the tower rush strategy then we see that its the most balanced strategy.Balance is in reference with its ability to shift to another strategy if the tower rush fails.The micro is as follows
3 vils -->build house:- During this time make scout do his rounds and find sheep.Make 3 vils and keep them on sheep.As soon as 1 house is built keep 1 vil to build 2 more houses,rest 2 vils go for sheep.
Click loom:- During this time build mill with d vill u made d houses with.Also see to it that d scout is doing his work.If you find more sheep bring them near to the town centre and things like that.
Ensure that there are 6 vils on sheep Otherwise your sheep will b wasted.
Click 2 vils for bush
Click 1 vil to lure boar:- When boar comes near to town centre then remove 6 vils that were on sheep and keep on boar.
Click 2 vils and keep on sheep and after that all vils to wood unless pop reaches 20:-Till this time as the first boar is finished lure 1 more boar wid 1 vil who is on boar.Build 1 more house and lumber camp near a forest.
After 20 click 5 vils n keep on stone:-Build a mining camp near d stone mine.Try to bring 1 more vil frm wood to stone so that d total vils mining stone is 6.During this time find the enemy with the scout.
Click feudal age research:-During advancement take the vils on the boar for attack and build barracks and a house.
Feudal age:-As soon as you reach feudal age start building towers at a strategic position like near a stone or a gold mine.Even a guard tower near his lumber camp would be a good idea.Also click 4-5 vils from town center and set gather point at wood.
The advantage of such an attack is that as you are collecting so much stone so even if the opponent is using the flush strategy then you can defend by building towers in your base.If he is following a fast castle strategy then this strategy is very effective in raiding.
After making towers,build archery range and fill the towers with archers.Try to build a network of towers so that he cant destroy any tower with vils(One tower protecting another) and then gradually try to get near his town center.Give sometime for economy and click castle age quickly.During advancement build stable,do the fletching research and make more archers.
Castle Age:-If you have effectively collected stone then you can build two castles;one in his base(very near enemies town center) and one in your base just in case he raids you.
At this time,he will also try to build a castle in his base for defense.You can disturb him by raiding with knights.The key now to win the game is going imperial age fast(around 30 mins is ideal).If you are in imperial age before he is, then make trebeuchets which will ruin his kingdom and consequently make him resign.
The advantage of this tower strategy is maximum for koreans civilization because of their free tower upgrades.
Turks BBCs can be used as a counter to the tower strategy during imperial age(against trebeuchets because of 12+2 range).
Huns civilization trebeuchets are more effective because they are more accurate even without ballistics research.
Position of your castle in the enemy territory is very important.
Murder holes is an important research when in imperial age.
Variations of the tower strategy exist.But the main point in this strategy is to reach fast feudal age(around 10-11 mins).Try this strategy and post your comments if you play with any variation.
1.Trush or Tower Rush:- I use this strategy quite a lot and feel its the most important strategy for 1 vs.1.This strategy involves constructing towers in strategic positions in the enemies base.These strategic positions maybe a gold mine,stone mine or even near a lumber camp.If we do a micro on the tower rush strategy then we see that its the most balanced strategy.Balance is in reference with its ability to shift to another strategy if the tower rush fails.The micro is as follows
3 vils -->build house:- During this time make scout do his rounds and find sheep.Make 3 vils and keep them on sheep.As soon as 1 house is built keep 1 vil to build 2 more houses,rest 2 vils go for sheep.
Click loom:- During this time build mill with d vill u made d houses with.Also see to it that d scout is doing his work.If you find more sheep bring them near to the town centre and things like that.
Ensure that there are 6 vils on sheep Otherwise your sheep will b wasted.
Click 2 vils for bush
Click 1 vil to lure boar:- When boar comes near to town centre then remove 6 vils that were on sheep and keep on boar.
Click 2 vils and keep on sheep and after that all vils to wood unless pop reaches 20:-Till this time as the first boar is finished lure 1 more boar wid 1 vil who is on boar.Build 1 more house and lumber camp near a forest.
After 20 click 5 vils n keep on stone:-Build a mining camp near d stone mine.Try to bring 1 more vil frm wood to stone so that d total vils mining stone is 6.During this time find the enemy with the scout.
Click feudal age research:-During advancement take the vils on the boar for attack and build barracks and a house.
Feudal age:-As soon as you reach feudal age start building towers at a strategic position like near a stone or a gold mine.Even a guard tower near his lumber camp would be a good idea.Also click 4-5 vils from town center and set gather point at wood.
The advantage of such an attack is that as you are collecting so much stone so even if the opponent is using the flush strategy then you can defend by building towers in your base.If he is following a fast castle strategy then this strategy is very effective in raiding.
After making towers,build archery range and fill the towers with archers.Try to build a network of towers so that he cant destroy any tower with vils(One tower protecting another) and then gradually try to get near his town center.Give sometime for economy and click castle age quickly.During advancement build stable,do the fletching research and make more archers.
Castle Age:-If you have effectively collected stone then you can build two castles;one in his base(very near enemies town center) and one in your base just in case he raids you.
At this time,he will also try to build a castle in his base for defense.You can disturb him by raiding with knights.The key now to win the game is going imperial age fast(around 30 mins is ideal).If you are in imperial age before he is, then make trebeuchets which will ruin his kingdom and consequently make him resign.
The advantage of this tower strategy is maximum for koreans civilization because of their free tower upgrades.
Turks BBCs can be used as a counter to the tower strategy during imperial age(against trebeuchets because of 12+2 range).
Huns civilization trebeuchets are more effective because they are more accurate even without ballistics research.
Position of your castle in the enemy territory is very important.
Murder holes is an important research when in imperial age.
Variations of the tower strategy exist.But the main point in this strategy is to reach fast feudal age(around 10-11 mins).Try this strategy and post your comments if you play with any variation.
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