Aztec Siege & Monk Push on Arena
Aztecs are dangerous on Arena with a siege and monk push that grinds the opponent down while your economy keeps growing behind it. Every monastery technology gives their monks +5 HP, so the monks survive mangonel shots and scout raids long enough to keep converting. Villagers carrying more, and relics generating extra gold, fund the whole thing. Note this build skips Loom entirely. Capoch streams on Twitch and Kick (kick.com/capoch).
Added 15 Sep 2026
- **6 villagers** on sheep
- **4** on wood
- **1** gets the first **boar**
- **1** builds the third **house** and a **mill** on the berries
- Start **pushing deer**
- **2** on berries
- **1** lures the **second boar**
- **1 more** on berries, **4 in total**
- **2** to take food under the TC
- **4** on wood, and build a new **lumber camp**
- **2** on gold
- 8:45 **Click up to Feudal Age** with 25 population. **Do not make Loom.** Arrival around 10:55
- While going up, take wood from **straggler trees** with 2-3 villagers as the sheep run out
- Seed **3 farms** and build a **barracks**
- Make a **blacksmith** and a **market**
- Make **2 villagers** and send them to gold
- 11:45 **Sell 200 stone** at the market and **click up to Castle Age**. Arrival around 14:25
- While going up, start producing **Eagles** from the barracks
- Build a **monastery** and a **siege workshop**, and push with monks and siege together
- Tip: Take monastery technologies — each one gives Aztec monks **+5 HP**, which is what lets them survive long enough to convert
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