1 TC Cavalry Archers with Huns
Opens identically to the standard scouts build, then diverges on the way to Castle to set up Cavalry Archers. Built for Huns specifically, because their Cavalry Archers are cheaper. You stay on one TC and push, which puts you on a clock: the opponent will be adding town centres, so the damage has to land. Capoch streams on Twitch and Kick (kick.com/capoch).
Added 15 Sep 2026
- **6 villagers** on sheep
- **3 villagers** on wood
- **1 villager** gets the first **boar**
- **1 villager** gathers food under the TC (boar or sheep)
- **1 villager** builds the **mill** and stays on berries
- **2 more villagers** on berries
- **1 villager** gets the **second boar**. Try to bring it under the TC just before the first one runs out
- **1 more villager** on berries, **4 in total**
- **1 villager** gathers food under the TC
- **2 more villagers** on wood
- Send **1 villager** from sheep to make a new **lumber camp**
- Research **Loom** in the Town Center
- 7:05 **Click up to Feudal Age**. While going up, send **4 villagers** from sheep to the second lumber camp. Arrival around 09:15
- Build a **barracks**
- Build a **stable** with 2 villagers, then take the wood upgrade and **Horse Collar**
- Once Horse Collar is done, **farm** around the Town Center. Start gold around **14-15 minutes**
- **Wall** slowly and keep scouting. Against 2 ranges, make 1 range of **skirmishers**
- Make the **blacksmith**. **Wheelbarrow** around 16-17 minutes with 5 on gold
- Click up. On the way take **Gold Mining**, **Bloodlines** and **Fletching**, plus padded archer armour if affordable. Build **3 archery ranges**
- Tip: Do not reseed expiring farms on the way up — send those villagers straight to gold
- Research **Bodkin Arrow** and **Bow Saw**, then produce **Cavalry Archers** without stopping
- Get a **university** as soon as you have the wood, then **Ballistics**
- Add the second armour upgrade and a forward **siege workshop** to keep pushing at his town centres
- Only once the push has done damage, expand with new **TCs** and more farms
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