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Romans 5 Man-at-Arms Rush

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Video guide · DautRomans Man at Arms rush feels unstoppable!
Notes from DauT
Five Men-at-Arms, not a generic three-unit opening

The Roman economy funds five Militia and the Feudal upgrade. Keep the group together and research the first infantry armor quickly: the civilization bonus doubles its effect.

Preserve the mass

Run around walls and deny exposed resources with the Scout. Do not throw the infantry under the Town Center; buying time for the Roman economy is already valuable.

Execution

Build timeline

The first row shows new villagers, transfers and task assignments; the figures below are the totals after the step.

Dark Age
1

Send 6 villagers to sheep

Start+6
60600
2

Send 3 villagers to wood

New+3
93600
3

Send 2 villagers to boar

New+2
113800
4

1 to make a house then mill on berries

New+1
123900
5

NOTE: you should get 2nd boar when 1st one is at half food, using with 1 vil on hunt

6

Send 4 villagers to berries

New+4
1631300
7

1 to make barracks then a house at the front of the base

8

Send 2 villagers to wood

New+2
1951300
9

Research loom

10

Research Feudal Age (perfect landing time: 9:15)

1951300
Feudal Age
11

Move - villagers from food to gold

Transfer2
1951120
12

Move - villagers from food to wood

Transfer2
197920
13

Start making militia, up to 5, then send them out towards opponent

14

NOTE: when hunt under tc runs out, send vils to straggler and start seeding farms until you have 5

15

Research Man-at-Arms

16

Research double bit axe

17

New villagers should go to straggler trees

18

Make an blacksmith once you have 5 farms

19

Get infantry armor

20

Keep pressuring with scout and maa

21

NOTE: Try to buy time with them and keep running around looking for damage, DONT lose them too fast, especially to the TC!

Treat the order as a stable economic backbone, not a script that overrides scouting. Idle resources, map generation and the opponent's opening should change the transition.