Archer Rush Build Order - Age of Empires 2

Archer Rush Build Order

Overview: Raid your opponent's economy as soon as possible with a small group of Archers to gain an early advantage.

Dark Age

3
  • Queue up Villagers (as many as you can in TC)
  • 2 Houses (Two Villagers build one, one builds the other → then to Sheep)
4-6
  • Sheep (send new Villagers to Sheep)
7
  • Lumber Camp (build → then to Wood)
8-10
  • Wood
11
  • Lure Boar
12
  • 2 Houses (build near Berries → then to Berries)
13
  • Mill (next to Berries → then to Berries)
14-15
  • Berries
Lure 2nd Boar
  • Send one Villager from Boar to lure 2nd Boar
16-17
  • Sheep/Boar
18
  • Lumber Camp (build → then to Wood)
19-20
  • Wood
21
  • Wood
  • Research Loom
  • Advance to Feudal Age

During advance to Feudal:

  • Take 2 from Sheep → Wood (aim for 5 on each Lumber Camp)
  • Take 3 from Sheep → Build Mining Camp on Gold → Gold
  • Around 60% to Feudal: Take 1 from Food → Build Barracks

Resource target on Feudal click: 10 Wood, 3 Gold, 1 Barracks

Feudal Age

21
  • Research Double-Bit Axe
  • Build 2x Archery Ranges (train 6-8 Archers)
  • Build Blacksmith
  • Before attacking: Research Fletching
22-25
  • Gold

As resources deplete:

  • From Sheep/Berries → Build Farms (around TC or Mill)
  • Research Wheelbarrow (around 33-35 vills)
26-33
  • Straggler Trees and Farms
34
  • Wood
35
  • Gold
  • Advance to Castle Age

During advance:

  • Research Horse Collar (Mill)
  • Research Gold Mining (Mining Camp)

Resource target: 15 Food, 11 Wood, 8 Gold, 1 ?

Castle Age

Continue massing Archers/Crossbows, add TCs, and adapt based on opponent.