Franks 19 Pop Scouts Opening

A fast 19 pop Feudal (click at 7:05, arrive 9:15) into Scouts. Best on open or hard-to-wall maps like Acropolis, Land Madness or Four Lakes. Franks are the strongest civ for it thanks to cheap knights and free farm upgrades, but it also works with Magyars, Lithuanians, Mongols, Huns or Persians. Capoch streams on Twitch and Kick (kick.com/capoch).

  1. Send **6 villagers** to sheep
  2. **3** on wood
  3. **1** gets the first boar
  4. **1** on sheep
  5. **1** builds a **house**, then goes on berries
  6. **2 more** on berries, **1** gets the second boar
  7. **1 more** on berries (4 in total)
  8. **1** builds a **house**, then goes on food (sheep or boar)
  9. **2 more** on wood
  10. Send **1 villager from sheep** to build a new **lumber camp**
  11. 7:05 Research **Loom** and **click up to Feudal Age**
  12. Build a **barracks** and send **3 from sheep** to the second lumber camp
  13. Build a **stable** with 2 villagers; get **Double-Bit Axe** and **Horse Collar**
  14. Start **farming** once Horse Collar is in; start taking **gold** around 14-15 min
  15. Keep making **scouts** and **wall** slowly — scout the opponent and adapt
  16. If you see 2 ranges, add **1 range of skirms** unless you are fully walled
  17. Make a **blacksmith**; pick scout or skirm upgrades based on scouting
  18. **Wheelbarrow** around 16-17 min with 5 villagers on gold
  19. **Click up to Castle Age** as soon as you can; on the way get **Gold Mining**, then **Bloodlines** and **cavalry armor**, and add a **second stable**
  20. **Knights** from both stables and **Bow Saw**
  21. Add **2 more TCs** and harass with the knights; second cavalry armor after Bow Saw