The best ones to learn first are fast castle economy boom, archer rush and scout rush. Glad you found it helpful. There’s also a build order mod in the game that might help
I just listened to the video without actually looking at it, just like a podcast. But tjere are some steps you missed out very important, like whicj villagers will go to Gold at what stage of the dark age. How many villagers its ok to have 2 stables running up good and how many farms as well Thanks for the video. Your accent pretty strong (bow saw). Lol That's nice
Haha yeah it’s not a strategy for 1v1 arabia. Mainly for closed maps like hideout or in 3v3 or 4v4 games on maps like arabia, providing you’re the middle player
Because a scout can kill a weak villager easier if it is chopping wood or collecting gold. Keep the weak ones by the town centre where the can be garrisoned quickly from incoming scouts
Hi mate. It makes your villages stronger so if you get attacked early by scouts or archers, they will be a bit more resilient to the attack as they will take more hits. With the knight rush, if you can’t get walled quickly, the chances are you will be attacked before you have been able to click up to castle age and that will be deadly, especially without loom :-) however if you’re doing this on a man like hideout where you are already fully walled, you can skip loom or make another villager.
Austin Pugmire that’s a good question, both are good but I would probably say franks because you could get an extra knight a little earlier through not having to research bloodlines, however in this video I probably could have researched that whilst advancing to castle age so that it is in, ready for when I can make knights. The resources saved with franks could help with getting extra defence techs a little earlier and I guess the Berber bonus wouldn’t account for that saving until you have made 17 knights. In the long run, Berber bonus is better but in early castle, franks wins.
Hi! Great question! Multiple reasons really. It’s more efficient as the villagers bump into to each other less, slowing them down. Also if you’re on 2 different woodlines, the woodline won’t be depleted as quickly, which, if you’re using them as part of a wall, is good. Also, if your wood villagers get attacked, the damage won’t be as bad compared to if they are all in the same place.
Hi mate, I’m certainly no pro haha, I’m usually between 1200-1300. 1220 at the minute. Yeah i have 19 pop frank scouts, 18 pop Lithuanian scouts, generic 20 pop scouts, 19 pop Teuton scout (which is difficult to do) and 18 pop mongol scouts. The only one I can claim as my own is the Teuton one, the others are just told in my style of teaching. The Lithuanian one is Hera’s build. There’s a playlist on the channel for anything scout related :-) 40 different builds in total on the channel so do have a look! These are also all on my website, www.morleygames.co.uk
@@MorleyGames1 Watching these is all I'm currently doing at "work"! If you're ever looking for some games, I'm MajorBuzzkill, 1230 elo currently, always looking for extra ppl to learn from.
Nice mate! I’m often making these when I’m supposed to be working haha Will add you on steam. Feel free to join the discord too mate. The link is in the description and there’s quite a few people around our Elo so you could get some good games going :-)
Wouldn’t surprise me if there are smurfs loitering at around 900-1000 elo. Was often the case in HD. What helped me was watching back the recorded games to see where I went wrong. I can’t claim to be an expert, I have decent game knowledge but tend to make silly decisions lol I’m usually around 1300 (no expert by any means) but sometimes I hit a run of bad form and drop to about 1175. My faults are generally not spreading out my economy enough and not making enough military buildings. Definitely watching back my games helped me improve. Most of my old vids on here are of me analysing my games
Ah man. That sucks. I think I had a similar streak not long ago. You’ll soon go up again, just a bit of bad form perhaps. Happens to us all. I find that it starts getting in my head after about 3/4 losses so I have to take a break for a few days lol
@@MorleyGames1 I have a challenge for you btw. Next time you go play Arabia, go goth m@a into xbow and post the results. Its a heaps fun memey strat because no one expects ir and they're too scared to go into skirms bc the huskarls.
Thanks mate! It also works with camels so Any cavalry civ, so mongols, huns, franks, Teutons, Slavs, Magyar, berbers, saracens, Bulgarian, cumans, Lithuanians, Tatar, Indians and possibly Portuguese. Probably some others I could include there but those are the ones from the top of my head. In terms of maps, any map as long as you can wall up so you don’t get feudal rushed but it can be risky on open maps like Arabia if you can’t wall. Obviously wouldn’t work on arena but it could work on hill fort and hideout as they should get through the walls easily enough.
@@MorleyGames1 🐐! Great advice man gave you a sub and like. i know this was a long time ago, but i hope everything is going good in life hope you’re still keeping up with the TH-cam grind dont give up ! its to the top !! 🤟🏾
@@angrywhiteknee also worth noting, it was a team game build order for the pocket (middle) player in a team. The flanks would do feudal aggression whilst the pocket goes FC knights
great, this is really good man, I'm new at this game, and I'm loving it. This is so so sooo helpful. Is there anything similar but with Mayan eagles. that you can share ?? please
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying playing the game and have found this useful. There’s loads more build order tutorials on the channel and more to come! Sure; I will get one sorted for eagles :-)
Hi, any fast castle strategy is very risky on an open map in 1v1 (I think I say that on the video) These are usually done by the pocket (middle) player in team games. It can be very strong on maps like hideout in 1v1 though. If you have a map that’s easily walled, it can work on Arabia, although Cenotes is probably easier to wall up.
You train a few militia or archers to chase them off, move or garrison villagers only if it saves them from dying. Hopefully you kill them without taking too big of a hit on your economy. Might slow you down so that they get castle about the same time too
Because the only “buildings” that should be up against the town centre should be farms so that the villagers can quickly drop off resources at the town centre. :)
You would indeed, in a 1v1 and maybe 2v2. I mention in the video that this is for team games, usually the player in the pocket (middle position). The players on the flanks will be attacking the enemy and you will be able to wall up the front of your base with your buildings. If you still want full walls, you can make an extra villager in dark age to be the builder.
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Worked smooth like butter! Perfect, easy for begginers, quick, practical and works with any civ. Thank you, see you in discord!
Thank you so much this is very useful at this point I’ve reached it like 17 times for games I am trying the rush
Hey man! Thanks! I’m glad you have found it useful :-)
Got this game last week and im reading up on all strats. This was very helpful, thank you very much!
The best ones to learn first are fast castle economy boom, archer rush and scout rush. Glad you found it helpful. There’s also a build order mod in the game that might help
You probably should've purchased AOE3 instead. Better game.
@@kingstarscream3807 nah aoe3 sucks aoe 2 is the most fun i've had in ages
@@kahn_319 based
What's ur elo now khan
ty so much, i managed to beat the Extreme AI for the first time following your guide
That’s fantastic! Congrats buddy
speaking of straggler trees that's the best straggler scatter I've ever seen
Keep it up man, love your videos
Cheers from argentina!
Muchas gracias! Great to have you here! Glad you’re enjoying the content.
My favorite strategy for more than one decade :D
I just listened to the video without actually looking at it, just like a podcast. But tjere are some steps you missed out very important, like whicj villagers will go to Gold at what stage of the dark age. How many villagers its ok to have 2 stables running up good and how many farms as well
Thanks for the video.
Your accent pretty strong (bow saw). Lol
That's nice
I watch your videos rather than anyother youtuber keep it up!
Much Love From Pakistan!
Thank you my friend! Glad you are enjoying them! Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see on the channel
@@MorleyGames1
Bro you should make defense tutorial as well How to defend your Villagers And Base Etc.
TheGamingKiller someone else has asked for that as well actually so yes, perhaps I will do one soon :-)
Great channel guy
Thanks my friend. Glad you’re enjoying it
Good vid just got bak into Aoe thanks
No problem mate. Thank you for being here
Very good explanation! Thank you
Thanks for watching
Much obliged, thank you so much!
But can you please expand the tutorial; to include booming and proceeding to the imperial age?
Hi mate, I’d love to however after this point a game would change to multiple possibilities, too many for a video.
Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe guys! I generally reply to all comments and enjoy finding out how these tutorials have helped.
Good video man
Anirudh Kashyap thank you!
i got totally hammered trying this in arabia
Haha yeah it’s not a strategy for 1v1 arabia. Mainly for closed maps like hideout or in 3v3 or 4v4 games on maps like arabia, providing you’re the middle player
Your food stock seems to allow for sending the last villager from sheep not to build a farm but instead to start walling up.
That’s a nice adaptation
Quick question, what is the point of putting the weaker villagers on farm instead of just using the new ones?
Because a scout can kill a weak villager easier if it is chopping wood or collecting gold. Keep the weak ones by the town centre where the can be garrisoned quickly from incoming scouts
@@MorleyGames1 Oh that makes sense, ill definitely try this strat! Thanks!
are there any in game mods that you can use for practicing build orders? Like something visual or scenario.
Yes mate. Cicero build order mod.
Nice! 🙌
Thanks Emma! Next one will be on Sunday :-)
@@MorleyGames1 i wont miss it
Plenty more to look through in the mean time haha
Thank you
No problem! Thank you for watching
@@MorleyGames1 I played 5 games 3x 2v2 2x 1v1 and i won every game, my elo is 800 and 1000 :D
@@jonaskincl2721 thats awesome! Congrats man!
Any reason to research Loom and not go straight to Feudal / make villagers? I'm a bit of a noob
Hi mate. It makes your villages stronger so if you get attacked early by scouts or archers, they will be a bit more resilient to the attack as they will take more hits. With the knight rush, if you can’t get walled quickly, the chances are you will be attacked before you have been able to click up to castle age and that will be deadly, especially without loom :-) however if you’re doing this on a man like hideout where you are already fully walled, you can skip loom or make another villager.
Would you prefer the frank bonus or the berber bonus for a knight rush?
Austin Pugmire that’s a good question, both are good but I would probably say franks because you could get an extra knight a little earlier through not having to research bloodlines, however in this video I probably could have researched that whilst advancing to castle age so that it is in, ready for when I can make knights. The resources saved with franks could help with getting extra defence techs a little earlier and I guess the Berber bonus wouldn’t account for that saving until you have made 17 knights. In the long run, Berber bonus is better but in early castle, franks wins.
Age 2 newbie here... why should we make 2 lumber camps instead putting all lumber workers together?
Hi! Great question! Multiple reasons really. It’s more efficient as the villagers bump into to each other less, slowing them down. Also if you’re on 2 different woodlines, the woodline won’t be depleted as quickly, which, if you’re using them as part of a wall, is good. Also, if your wood villagers get attacked, the damage won’t be as bad compared to if they are all in the same place.
@@MorleyGames1 thanks for the response! this makes so much sense. Very awesome video!! keep it up!!!
No problem mate. Thank you for your praise and for taking the time to comment :-) welcome to aoe2 :-)
I use this build but cuz im lower elo i can afford to add more vills before clicking up without dying cuz too late.
yeah it's really good at low elo because they tend not to be as aggressive early game
@@MorleyGames1 i just played my first game in months and the guy fully stone walled in feudal.
Hi, bro. Whats you voobly rated? Ty
I don’t play on voobly.
U've come a LONG way since this build order @MorleyGames1.
We all have. 😁
Yes! I’d like to think i’m more comfortable on the mic now! Yes, the other player base has definitely improved
@@MorleyGames1
Ur great bro & ur content has been a fantastic resource for the community.
just wondering but is this build adaptable for fast catsle into 3 tc bom for maps like arena? love the content bro!
Hi mate, I have a 3 TC boom video on the channel. :-) should be in the FC playlist
@@MorleyGames1 thanks 😁
No problem mate
Hi Morley, 2 questions. What's your elo? Do you have a (franks) scouts into knights build order? Haven't found a good one on youtube yet. grtz
Hi mate, I’m certainly no pro haha, I’m usually between 1200-1300. 1220 at the minute. Yeah i have 19 pop frank scouts, 18 pop Lithuanian scouts, generic 20 pop scouts, 19 pop Teuton scout (which is difficult to do) and 18 pop mongol scouts. The only one I can claim as my own is the Teuton one, the others are just told in my style of teaching. The Lithuanian one is Hera’s build. There’s a playlist on the channel for anything scout related :-)
40 different builds in total on the channel so do have a look! These are also all on my website, www.morleygames.co.uk
@@MorleyGames1 ok, thanks for the info!
No problem mate. You you find them useful
@@MorleyGames1 Watching these is all I'm currently doing at "work"!
If you're ever looking for some games, I'm MajorBuzzkill, 1230 elo currently, always looking for extra ppl to learn from.
Nice mate! I’m often making these when I’m supposed to be working haha Will add you on steam. Feel free to join the discord too mate. The link is in the description and there’s quite a few people around our Elo so you could get some good games going :-)
Any tips for improving consistency?
One day I can go from snacking an 1100 player with something stupid like goth xbow, to losing 8/9 to 900 players.
Wouldn’t surprise me if there are smurfs loitering at around 900-1000 elo. Was often the case in HD. What helped me was watching back the recorded games to see where I went wrong. I can’t claim to be an expert, I have decent game knowledge but tend to make silly decisions lol I’m usually around 1300 (no expert by any means) but sometimes I hit a run of bad form and drop to about 1175. My faults are generally not spreading out my economy enough and not making enough military buildings. Definitely watching back my games helped me improve. Most of my old vids on here are of me analysing my games
@@MorleyGames1 ive had such a bad run of 8 losses in 9 games that I went from 1146 to 902.
Massive tilt hey
Ah man. That sucks. I think I had a similar streak not long ago. You’ll soon go up again, just a bit of bad form perhaps. Happens to us all. I find that it starts getting in my head after about 3/4 losses so I have to take a break for a few days lol
At least you qualify for the new
@@MorleyGames1 I have a challenge for you btw. Next time you go play Arabia, go goth m@a into xbow and post the results.
Its a heaps fun memey strat because no one expects ir and they're too scared to go into skirms bc the huskarls.
very good guide! Just wondering what are some good civs to pair with this strat?
franks have great horse perks
how does this build differ if youre playing huns?
I would say not to. The saving on houses isn’t that much. Perhaps you could get away with 1 less on wood towards the end of dark age.
@@MorleyGames1 okay thank you!
Nice
Super ironic that you commented on this video because I’m currently trying to figure out a really fast Saracen knight rush build order lol
@@MorleyGames1 would really appreciate that. Thanks for helping us noobs.
No problem! Thanks for watching. It’s great to have you here
Please include which which civilization is best and which map is best to do this rush??
Love your series, love to watch move!!!
Thanks mate! It also works with camels so Any cavalry civ, so mongols, huns, franks, Teutons, Slavs, Magyar, berbers, saracens, Bulgarian, cumans, Lithuanians, Tatar, Indians and possibly Portuguese. Probably some others I could include there but those are the ones from the top of my head. In terms of maps, any map as long as you can wall up so you don’t get feudal rushed but it can be risky on open maps like Arabia if you can’t wall. Obviously wouldn’t work on arena but it could work on hill fort and hideout as they should get through the walls easily enough.
@@MorleyGames1 🐐! Great advice man gave you a sub and like. i know this was a long time ago, but i hope everything is going good in life hope you’re still keeping up with the TH-cam grind dont give up ! its to the top !! 🤟🏾
Indeed, without walling this is a very risky strat.
@@angrywhiteknee you can wall up. This was a very old build from when the meta wasn’t as reliant on walls
@@angrywhiteknee also worth noting, it was a team game build order for the pocket (middle) player in a team. The flanks would do feudal aggression whilst the pocket goes FC knights
great, this is really good man, I'm new at this game, and I'm loving it. This is so so sooo helpful. Is there anything similar but with Mayan eagles. that you can share ?? please
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying playing the game and have found this useful. There’s loads more build order tutorials on the channel and more to come! Sure; I will get one sorted for eagles :-)
Send the sheep scouting ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pro strats
Ummm what if your opponent does a small rush with Militia or swordsmen with some Archers while u r trying to do this?
Hi, any fast castle strategy is very risky on an open map in 1v1 (I think I say that on the video) These are usually done by the pocket (middle) player in team games. It can be very strong on maps like hideout in 1v1 though. If you have a map that’s easily walled, it can work on Arabia, although Cenotes is probably easier to wall up.
You train a few militia or archers to chase them off, move or garrison villagers only if it saves them from dying. Hopefully you kill them without taking too big of a hit on your economy. Might slow you down so that they get castle about the same time too
Why do you build your houses so randomly far apart and not right next to town center?
Because the only “buildings” that should be up against the town centre should be farms so that the villagers can quickly drop off resources at the town centre. :)
Use early houses and military structures to frame your walls and use the nearest villager to do so.
Ones you done this strat you’ll see the enemy knights having a dinner in your base 😅
@@Versatile-2-j2t this was an old team game meta strat
@ yeah i was wondering maybe its an old style srtat
I was surprised that the strat involves skipping the tc upgrades…
It should have loom. Town watch isn’t important and wheelbarrow is always left until castle age in a fast castle build
How to wall up beside that build order? In Multiplayer you wouldve been gg already playing like this
You would indeed, in a 1v1 and maybe 2v2. I mention in the video that this is for team games, usually the player in the pocket (middle position). The players on the flanks will be attacking the enemy and you will be able to wall up the front of your base with your buildings. If you still want full walls, you can make an extra villager in dark age to be the builder.
only usable if playing a noob
Or team game pocket player
Boring
Thanks
@@MorleyGames1 Not you, the strategy 😎