Age of Empires 4 - The Rus Fast Castle

AoE4 gameplay and strategies are frequently posted here, where the focus is often on build orders which are unique or interesting.
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[@rakowozz]

Don't think you should've resigned, there was still hope to keep up with the AI's pressure

[@3lihsn367]

This is a really good advice, hope Drongo sees this.

[@jonathankelly4222]

Phew. That’s some of your best game play we’ve ever seen Drongo! You completely dominated that match!

[@MeinhardSRohr]

Thanks drongo for uploading so many videos. Brings me through some dark corona days here in Germany. These curfews/lockdowns/restrictions driving me nuts

[@cedricgauvreau555]

Love from Canada !!!

[@wichbertpushup]

Ja man. Die machen einen hier echt krank :( Bin auch froh, dass es gerade dieses game und geile Videos und Streams dazu gibt.

[@mikeostrowski173]

Drongo ist der MVP des Jahres🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thx g for your work🔥🔥🔥

[@maryjane7527]

I am from Russia and we must fight for our freedom. This is a war. Against Humanity.

[@mikeostrowski173]

@@maryjane7527 да в россий полный пипец :(

[@j.am501]

I typically will send my first scout back with the sheep a little earlier to prevent having more than 6 villagers on one sheep, and usually spread the vills out in pairs to kill sheep, so they are all dead under TC, bounty taken, and ready to harvest without causing the villagers to circle one sheep. You can squeeze out that 3rd horse archer immediately without the 10-30s time of 3 partially idle vills on food Very good tutorial and extremely similar to what I already am playing. More refined, I like that you didn't send a single villager to gold.

[@moonaj89]

Yeah as a rus main I find that this is almost my exact build except I typically focused some on gold and build a slightly more varied composition. Been adding some knights and then siege. I want to try a few games focusing on just the HA/scout composition and not focusing on gold at all like he did...

[@johnnypenso9574]

Very interesting to see this build that absolutely no one uses today. The advantage of this is no one will expect it either. Everyone expects feudal pressure from the Rus and usually creates barracks and spearmen. At the gold level no one pressures the Rus early either. So most of the time you'll be just fine going naked with this build, you'll get most of the relics against most Civs and your horse archers will do lots of damage from range and can run from unfavourable fights.

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

Great video, Drongo. Would like to see something like this for each of the civs.

[@dimitrijugoslov8812]

15:12 : like a biology teacher^^ The tactical gap in the wall was too much for the horse archers^^ Nice build order with nice timings, id like to see more of that drongo! info for you: 1. you dont need a monastary: with the current patch all 5 relics can be put in the abbey: just give the order to put the relic there to 3 monks at the same time; they will squeeze all 5 in there ;) 2. with the wood and the gold you didnt need, you can get some eco upgrades, or (more important) a siege workshop for springalds since your oppnents will try to counter the archers with mangonels...but you know this^^ 3. if you set the rally point ON the relic, the warrior monk will pick it up and you get the nice dingeling sound so you dont have an idle monk ;) 4. great content drongo! i watched every video (i almost cant keep up with the new ones :D)

[@gintonic3783]

Keep the videos coming! These are fantastic, helps me get through some late night work

[@Masus04]

Great Vid, I'd love to see more of those breakdowns!

[@xxxxTheDonxxxx]

Good high level player build orders are so rare at the moment, keep this content coming!

[@aventrikz8787]

This is exactly what we wanted to see, thank you Drongo!

[@GrandpaRob1]

Really like the frequency of these uploads man. A big wololo from Sweden!

[@zonda1317]

Thanks for the guide, it really helped me a lot!

[@mstrolling2151]

Really nice video! Please more of those build order videos !:)

[@alexandreturatto6540]

Really usefull guid! Thanks Drongo, cheers from Brazil

[@bearsgranola5172]

Content is helpful, and also makes for great Esports shows for lunch. Thanks!

[@stewarttrench528]

Great video, would like to see for other civs too.

[@bringtheflock1077]

Love these kind of videos! More please

[@daninturrisi8610]

Very cool Drongo I need more vids like this

[@Winterschlaf08]

For a newbie like me, this helps quite a lot, thank you!

[@derbengel8172]

Thanks Aussie! Now i can get to practice it as a pocket pick, for the Steel Series Tourney at saturday!

[@FrancisMaynard]

The immediate switch of tone and speaking speed is uncanny :D

[@NomoregoodnamesD8]

you can press CTRL+SHIFT+A to select all units, including sheep carcasses you control

[@Victor-wi7vr]

I'd love to see more build video like this one on your channel

[@0djc123]

Against the English rush I like to include a small wall to protect my woodline. Or another fortress to garrison in.

[@OmkarN]

Very nice tutorial. All is good although there is always an factor enemy scout killing deer herds on map before you get there.

[@Auronthaw]

Err, Drongo you didn't mention drooling on our keyboard? Have I been doing it wrong??

[@Kyle-xk4ke]

Yes! Just what i wanted

[@1Grainer1]

8:45, time when Drongos salvia starts to flood the keyboard

[@antkeeper1779]

interesting I must try this out

[@siinku123]

I would love to see more build orders from you, especially Chinese build orders and build orders on hybrid maps. Their isn't much content for build orders right now and I could really use the help. :)

[@richardnytch3522]

agreed!!! this content is what we need

[@maxkraus9614]

More build order breakdowns please! Updated ones for French and English for new players would be fantastic

[@lordnox69]

awesome ty hard to find build orders that are updated

[@chrisbrown3537]

could just right click TC and the scouts will drop the deer at the perimeter, very close, very nice. no need to "e" place them

[@ageofempireschannel870]

Playing with the Rus today is almost always a guarantee of victory.

[@vadimzhdanov3246]

I prefer Rus fast castle build to feudal aggression, that BeastyQT demonstrates. Professional scouts is fun a lot, and you have not to risk your villagers on feudal boars. Also, russian FC is very tempo in the race for reliques. Thank you for all your job, Aussie Drongo. I know you from the very start of the channel, when Age of Empires 3 DE had released. You are one of the pillars of the community.

[@wusenrob]

I love playing Rus so much but honestly the hardest part is managing the unsynchronized scouts in the early game, it's too much APM for my two brain cells

[@b0nes95]

ikr

[@deusvult9439]

Just make more scout during the transition so you got one big grp of scouts

[@gizmohutchens6203]

@@Unwise- its a step further, a, shift+left click. It'll make your unit attack nearby targets autonomously

[@mandyjuarezful]

Drongo just made a triple double upload

[@rockanon]

What are your thoughts on 1-2 more hunting cabins while aging up to castle for a bit more passive income?

[@hsteve7308]

Hi Drongo, I dont know weather this is the right place but I highly recommend the Game between Kasva and Bonwja.Honor (he’s a German Caster & Streamer) on Altai some days ago. It’s 30 min English vs Chinese madness, really a very good game I would like to see casted by you! :)

[@exiledtobronze8694]

@Aussie_Drongo you could like with your casted and played games put a icon in the top right and have it be a hammer and chisel in a X formation or something like that maybe even just a hammer would look good :)

[@bvbberserk]

Great video, thank you for sharing. So what would be your next steps? rushing to Imperial or first getting all available upgrades, maybe going second TC? Or on this stage it will depend on the opposite player actions?

[@matthewsterling4071]

I think go for battering rams and keep building units till pop cap and end the game

[@bengoodwin1767]

is there ever a point when the rus should go into farms? they most definitely have the wood production for it and increased food gathering from their bounty system.

[@deusvult9439]

Yeah when you are out of deer

[@thegardenmechanic6845]

could you do this for each civ please. This was great

[@wimpami4540]

thanks for the video, great work !! At what time would you consider putting villagers on gold with this BO ?

[@SLaKMaNiTy]

I think the idea is you just sell food/wood and get gold from sacred sites/relics. You'd only need to mine it if the enemy took away those options.

[@xdomsetv9757]

can you do a HRE fast castle or basic opening would love to see that

[@j.luhnen7689]

Check grubby on that

[@derrote6508]

So how do you counter that if you're not Hera playing the English or French?

[@GraysGx5000]

Awesome video! I have a question though: How do you manage all those scouts? do you assign each scout to a control group or can I cycle through them somehow? I always lose the overview when im playing rus. Same with the monks, often they just tank frontline and die quickly.

[@princelynocare1861]

You just have to put in the APM (actions per minute) with Rus, especially in age 1 and age 2. No other way around it. Just start Rus with a very vivid expectation to push your APM to the limit, especially if you get rushed in age 2. The effort pays off with Rus.

[@j.luhnen7689]

You can press , to find idle scouts

[@codiserville593]

Yeah years later, in season six or seven, are there any variations to this we need to know for it's viability?

[@Masus04]

How do you adapt to early pressure that comes in before your castle age, e.g. mongol ram push?

[@j.luhnen7689]

Against rams => scouts are super strong, mix some archers in, for fighting off the spears

[@monapow1]

One question, where do you get your food from when u eventually run out of deer carcases ? And at what point should you invest in gold mining, and what is the ''basic'''army for RUS, like good combos etc?

[@ELHAUKEZ]

Kill the boars with the first few military units to get the maximum hunt bonus quickly

[@krazygeek32]

You could chain rally the warrior monks back to your base from a relic, to reduce your APM managing them. Otherwise this buildorder was perfect. Love your videos. Keem em coming :D

[@b0nes95]

What's chain rally?

[@krazygeek32]

@@b0nes95 rally to the relic and shift click back to the abbey, monk will go, pick relic up and get back to the base automatically

[@cathalnolan8007]

Would this build work well for team games? Because the high requirement for sheep/hunts could end up competing with your allies

[@zekeronald7234]

you get more hunts in team games just kill your allies hunts

[@deusvult9439]

It's even better in team games, since you can kill all hunts just let your allies hunts on the ground

[@mattmuoio4936]

yes, seems like you will only want one rus on a team but that rus player will be able to hit 500 very easily.

[@AdmiralBorthos]

When and how do you transition away from deer food gathering? At some point it's going to run out and it sucks having to drop down mills and a bunch of farms

[@deusvult9439]

Yes but it's not like you got the choice, I guess you could take berries before :")

[@TheKingKevlar]

Now do you research any of the gathering upgrades other than professional scouts? Are you getting forestry? Or any of the econ upgrades? Because that costs a lot early on so it would slow you down a little bit. Or do you not get those at all until later?

[@deusvult9439]

The bonus hunt upgrade feels worth getting

[@NASASKA88]

Noob question , but how does the scout keep hitting next after next deer? I am doing it exactly like the vid and it still goes for a single target.

[@j.luhnen7689]

As he said ;) shift-click them! U can shift click nearly anything to minimise your work ;)

[@captainofthewhitetower]

Can you make a video on what to avoid ? Playlist for all civs guides

[@DeepBlue69]

aren't we supposed to use the early knights( as RUS) since we get them faster than others?

[@hankventurez]

Mate! All the civs fast castle please.

[@ba9695]

How do you get your minimap to look that clean?

[@juju-bg8ie]

hello when do you take the smallest bonus in wood mill pls ?

[@acolytetojippity]

a couple questions. 1) does harvesting the wood near your hunting cabin reduce it's gold output? 2) is Abbey really that much better than High Trade House? the Trade House can give you a good bit more than a relic in gold if placed well, plus a constant source of deer. 3) What makes Horse archers so good? I normally play Rus as a Knight-focused civ, since their knights are probably the strongest in the game (Royal Knights might edge them out by a little), but it seems like most people are going horse archers for them.

[@smnvalex]

1) harvesting wood near hunting cabin does not decrease gold output, 2) typically yes because you're not only increasing your golf through getting relics but you're also denying the enemy from getting those relics and therefore decreasing their golf. 3) horse archers are just very cheap. They only cost food and wood and despite that you can micro them and pick and choose your fights so it's easier to get good trades with them than the knights

[@Gunks_]

1. No 2. Depends on the map and the situation. The main benefit of the abbey are the cheaper warrior monks (50%). Warrior Monks are incredibly strong and the fact they can grab relics and SS faster than any other unit is just icing. You could build a monastery and make them their, but at twice the cost + wood. There are some maps where High Trade House might make sense, like Black Forest maybe where you can put it in a literal surround pocket of trees. You can only sustain 8-10 villagers on the deer it produces and I think the general idea is that the reduced cost + relics/SS increases the value of Abbey. Abbey does also have some unique techs while HTH has none. 3. Horse Archers deal 12 base damage which only goes up as you progress, they are fast, and relatively cheap for their damage output. They also have greater range than archers once you get mounted precision, but less than longbows. a large cluster of horse archers will one shot most higher cost units, move faster, and are great for harassment. Their only downside is low health, so have a cheap Scout meat shield in front of them is important. Knights are literally double the cost and while a lot stronger overall, also require you to mine gold because passive output won't be enough. Horse Archers allow you to effectively leverage all of the Rus bonuses together. Stronger outposts that house 8 vills to protect woodlines, all deer under TC so they are protected, faster food and wood gather rate, unique cav upgrades, bounty and passive gold for upgrades. It's going to be incredibly difficult for an opponent to harass your economy once you're set up in Castle Age because you don't need gold and food and wood are very well protected, while your horse archers can obliterate their villagers if they don't have a large force of units to counter.

[@nikkohull9825]

3) because they are much cheaper, so much easier to build a mass, plus easier to disengage without damage and control which battles you enter

[@TrapDorSpida]

A new series? Get some build order analysis videos out there?! Eh Drongo! Please!?

[@Lessen0]

6:43 "538". Always with the subtle political references. :p

[@Kiwionair]

what can i do with multiple relics? I know you can place one into the durch to generate ressources but for what do i need more? Can i place more then 1 relics on my curch for more income?

[@j.luhnen7689]

Yes!

[@alexnob3149]

My friend is playing holy roman he got early man at arms on age 2 how do i counter with just archers pike men and horseman

[@LedHeadNZ]

so how would you deal with an early spear or archer harass on this build? Looks like you are left open in till you hit 3rd age

[@b0nes95]

No answer, I see. I guess they use TC and wooden fortress to use villages to deal damage until they can make horse archers.

[@deusvult9439]

Build knights (you have them age 2 why not use them) + archers. You are almost totally safe under your fortress+tc tho

[@DigiMatt52]

Was this before or after the GTA Rus nerf?

[@carpetclimber4027]

The problem with this build is if the enemy ignores your scouts, because their damage is pathetic. You just focus on the horse archers with archers of your own.

[@Ryan-vn7de]

Horse archers out shoot archers - even more so in the imperial age

[@saulocoelho8126]

its so strange you talking that calm

[@blairashcroft3843]

How do you sell your tickets..? 7:40. Cheers

[@nikkohull9825]

I played against this just yesterday, only reason I won was a 28 horse archer conversion. Other than early push what’s the strongest counter? Walling + spears archers and mangonels?

[@SupaNub5]

As a Rus player, ^ pretty much what you said, mangonels can be effective if protected and not sniped, archers trade better if they have ~+30% numbers and are micro'd not to attack the scouts (or knights once they join in). I think the biggest issue is the cav speed advantage just means the Rus player decides when to fight, so you may need to force it by hitting the Rus eco. But also, early focus on protecting or taking hunt+relics cna hurt this (literally walling it or sticking spears (3-4) near relics all can slow it down substantially) imo the Rus' greatest enemy is the Mongols, early aggression+speed bonus helps make the speed Rus have nullified.

[@deusvult9439]

Siege + wall + archers, yep and I prefer to do all of this in case.

[@gregmcfadden6271]

What happens when you’re completely out of hunt

[@Sagemanni]

How do you pick up multiple deer so efficiently? I haven't figured out that yet.

[@j.luhnen7689]

Check my comment above ;)

[@OmkarN]

Does the hunting cabin drop the gold income per min with the trees chopped down around?

[@patrickmitulescu8913]

yes

[@nitrogenius]

nope, income is based on number of trees when you first build it

[@j.luhnen7689]

U sure?

[@0djc123]

I'd love to see you apply this against a real player with your famous commentry.

[@hirewen]

It would be awesome if build order videos had a quick-n-dirty list in the description. Not that I am not thankful for your content, but sometimes I just want to jump into a new civ and play with a semi-competent build order right away without having to watch the vid all the way through.

[@diaadag6241]

Rank 282, Not bad at all Drango

[@zwojack7285]

now make one for HRE

[@dcorzo]

Update for season 3?

[@desmass1]

how do i compete in these ?

[@TevionErazer]

how to counter it? :(

[@eyelashesfuzzi4677]

400 food for age II ??

[@unbreakablegaming7495]

Sounds like you couldn’t keep up with the AI so u left no need to lie (Understandable)

[@kshyun-]

I dont even play aoe4 lol

[@ManikandtanCK]

Early gg

[@fabioponton398]

1st wiewerrr

[@illegalsmirf]

I don't understand how you get paid to shoot an animal and leave its carcass. Who would pay you to do that? Surely they would only pay if you brought the carcass back to them. And dead animals no decaying is so lame.

[@ryanx8067]

Probably for the skin

[@ccrimewave]

Deer keep eating all the berry bushes. That’s a no go

[@LoveSun96]

Переведите кто-нибудь на русский, пожалуйста. Он так быстро говорит, что я нихера не понимаю

[@francescomassimi6679]

With a serious enemy u die at minute 6... idk why people see thoose videos

[@bryy2053]

Once a blueprint/build order comes out to win, it ruins the game and it just becomes rinse/repeat. Thats why low elo games are so entertaining because you never know what's gonna happen. With these high ranked games you know what the person is going to do at spawn.....yawn.