age of empires 2 castle rush build order

Though the monk seems vulnerable, a castle age monk can convert a charging knight before the knight can reach him. The goal is to get your monks converting enemy buildings and units. If you have troops left over from feudal, bring them along as escorts. Pump out 5-6 monks with redemption and head out.Maybe put 3 guys on gold in the transition to feudal, and build 3 more guys in feudal and put them on gold… Keep in mind that on maps this is effective (arabia) you’re going to be vulnerable to attacks early in the game, and if you’re attacked, no matter how solid your build order, you have to improvise.

Plan this into your build order and adjust accordingly. This tech costs 475 gold, but it’s vital for a monk rush. This is the #1 most important tech to have when you’re monk rushing.

Out of 1 monastary get a monk qued up, and out of the other get the tech that allows you to convert buildings called “redemption”.

The reason you’re going more than 1 is that it lets you produce more monks.

When you hit castle age build 1-2 monastaries.

Remeber, Monks take 100 gold each, if you don’t have a lot of miners, you won’t be able to build more than 1-2 monks.

This build is VERY gold intensive, so throw about double your standard gold miners onto gold.

Treat the monk rush as a next step to go to (For example: start with militia, transition into Skirms and spears, then into monk rush with battering rams, then into Elite Eagle Warriors and Siege Onagers) Whatever strategy you do make sure you know what steps you’re going to take. Whatever it is, make sure it’s a strategy you’ve done before and that works. For aztecs, maybe that means go for a dark age rush and then shoot for a fast castle time. One of the best monk rushing civs is the Aztecs (because their monks have more HP the more techs you have) Play the aztecs the way you play them normally, but when you get to castle age, build monks instead of your standard play. Since I wouldn’t try this until you’ve played a lot of games online and feel comfortable dealing with attacks, I won’t post a build order, but rather let you adapt your own build orders to suit this.

Just make sure to hit castle in a relatively quick time so you can pump out some Monks as fast as possible.

Make sure to deal with any drush/flush and if you think you can even do a little early pressure yourself, do so. The theory behind a castle age rush, is that you get to castle age in a relatively fast time, meaning, as fast as possible without losing to early pressure. The reason for this is it’s one of the COOLEST strategies in the game! And if properly done, it’s very hard to prevent. Some very few people have actually seen a monk rush in action, but those who have have often thought about trying it themself.

Age of empires 2 castle rush build order