How to Rush Effectively in Age of Empires

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Gather starting resource crates

   Put all villagers to food (hunting using the hunt technique).
   
   Build one house and Market.
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   Step 2: beginning with food

   You can do this as soon as you have 11+3 Villagers. , During aging, send a villager close to your enemy's base and put him on wood. ,, Build Barracks, take the Fencing School Card, and build the outpost near Barracks. , Put 4 on gold, 11 on food, and 3 on wood.
   
   Keep making Villagers and Musketeers. ,
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   Step 3: then wood

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   Step 4: Use all starting food to create Settlers.

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   Step 5: Put all Settlers on hunts and set the gather point for the TC to hunts

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   Step 6: Continue queuing Settlers until you have approximately 10-11 queued

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   Step 7: Ship 3 Settlers as your first shipment

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   Step 8: or with Eastern civilizations

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   Step 9: ship 300 food

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    Step 10: While aging

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    Step 11: shift about 7 Settlers to wood and the rest to food

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    Step 12: Once in the Colonial Age

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    Step 13: build 1-2 barracks close to your opponent's base (depending on civilization) and begin queuing up both heavy infantry (like Pikeman) and light infantry (like Crossbowmen)

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    Step 14: Ship 700 wood for a more powerful rush or ship infantry for a faster rush

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    Step 15: Continue training Settlers whenever possible

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    Step 16: and put all new Settlers on food

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    Step 17: Attack at 5-6 minutes with your army and continue to train heavy and light infantry

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    Step 18: Add all new soldiers to your current army and have fun destroying your opponent's town

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    Step 19: Collect all Crates fast.

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    Step 20: Try to advance to 2nd Age(200 Gold and an Outpost).

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    Step 21: Send all the Villagers to wood.

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    Step 22: Continue collecting wood till you have 450 wood.

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    Step 23: Collect Crates.

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    Step 24: Build houses.

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    Step 25: Crush your enemy!

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