Advanced Strategies

Advanced Strategies

This is the most important part of this whole FAQ. I will list the key
terms and strategies:

Clumping - Build 6 castles, a house, and barracks along with your town
center in a circular manner so nobody can get in. There is a good
article about how to do this on www.mrfixitonline.com

Clustering - A start off in which you build everything closely around
your town center, as it optimizes the ability to get buildings up
faster, get an army faster, but it also is a great defense against
rushes, as most people will try to pick off your villagers but will
have a hard time navigating through your base.

Rushing - One of the most common strategies on the zone. It is used
even by rookies, but is deadly with an expert. It entails attacking
your enemies base as soon as possible so you can kill his villagers so
they won't get many military buildings up, so you can easily overwhelm
his army. This is one of the most important strategies in the game as
it is always used in expert rooms, and is usually found in intermediate
and rookie rooms. To rush, you must send your scout out as soon as
possible to harass the enemy villagers, you must then build military
buildings and queue them to the enemy base so they get their ASAP. Here
are a few tips for rushing

1. Try to kill villagers that are building houses, this way you can
halt the enemies chances of creating militia.
2. Send your scout out as soon as possible.
3. Ask your allies to give you resources when you need them to
support the rush if you are doing well.
4. If your ally is willing, tell him to help out by sending stuff to
the enemy base, especially his scout.
5. Never rush with just one thing, unless you are the Goths. Come in
with two things, as they will probably not have your counter, but
you will definitely have theirs.
6. Use something fast and come in with large numbers!
7. Keep killing villagers, don't let them build new buildings!
8. Consider massing cavalry archers, because if their initial army
can't beat them, they will definitely lose.
9. Be careful, because your enemy may escape with one villager, this
could eventually lead to him building a new base.

Anti-rushing - there are a few ways to stop rushes, most people just
build lots of halberdiers, but this will get crushed by everything.
Three really good ways to stop are rush are:
1. Have one of your first villagers immediately work on a bombard
tower.
2. Send your scout to the enemy base to see what they are coming
with and build your counter accordingly.
3. Have a villager in a hard to reach spot start on a castle.

Tunnel - On maps with lots of trees, use a siege onager or a couple and
have them aim at the trees and clear a path. This is a rookie tactic,
but is pretty powerful when done quickly. Your best bet is to clear a
path to a part where there is minimal defense.