The Spanish

The Spanish

With the extra quick building time and powerful villagers, the Spanish
are the best anti-rushing civ and fourth best rushing civ in the game.
There are so many advantages to the Spanish, it's no wonder they are so
commonly played. They've got an excellent tech tree, so diversity is
important, but make sure that you add a little bit of siege to your
army, primarily onagers and bombard cannons. Don't forget to build
bombard on new establishments though, as the Spanish do it the fastest.

You can pretty much go into a game and improvise when you see you need
something new to your strategy with the Spanish, but a quick attack and
then defending the newly gained area will work well. Due to their extra
fast gold mining, being aggressive is a much better thing, and it
allows you to keep your population focused on militia. Don't forget to
take advantage of their 33% more profitable trade though too. The
Spanish are powerful with defense or offense, or both!