Rush · Longbows — English AoE4

Gold first, then all-in on wood (0:00–3:58)

Age II at 3:58 with 17 villagers, a Barracks already up and 8 on wood: everything is ready to produce from the first second.

0:00 — 6 villagers on sheep; one of them builds a House.
0:20 — The next 2 villagers go to gold and build a Mining Camp.
1:00 — Rally new villagers to sheep.
2:10 — When 3,900 gold remain in a 4,000-gold vein (100 mined, plus 100 starting gold), move every gold villager to wood and build a Lumber Camp.
2:15 — Age up with the Council Hall: 4 villagers from sheep build it.
2:21 — Move 1 more villager from sheep to wood, and continue rallying on wood until 11 on wood.
3:20 — One of the Council Hall builders builds a Barracks.
3:35 — Another builder puts up a House. All builders return to sheep as soon as the Council Hall is done.

Pressure the enemy from 4:30 with a steady stream of Longbowmen and Spearmen: about 40 units by minute 10.

3:58 — Age II: queue Longbowmen at the Council Hall and Hardened Spearmen at the Barracks, non-stop. Move out with 5 Longbowmen and 2 or 3 Spearmen.
5:40 — 1 villager to food, then rally on gold until 5 on gold: it pays for the Blacksmith, Steeled Arrow and Iron Undermesh.
6:00 — Add Farms with the surplus wood; hunt the deer once you control the map. Add Man-at-Arms if the opponent masses archers.
10:00 — Around minute 10, with 3 packs of Farms (24), stop producing and age up: The White Tower for Knights and safe resources, or King's Palace to scale into the late game.

Convert the pressure into an Age III timing: veteran upgrades, then Man-at-Arms against a Feudal opponent, Knights and relics against a Castle one.

10:30 — Upgrade Longbowmen and Spearmen to veteran; Wedge Rivets at the Blacksmith.
11:00 — Opponent still in Age II: Man-at-Arms with Armor Clad. Opponent in Age III: Knights, and a Monastery for the relics.

Send the first 5 Longbowmen and 2–3 Spearmen to the enemy gold or wood line: deny the camp, do not attack the Town Center.
Dangerous against early heavy cavalry (French, Jeanne d'Arc, Order of the Dragon): keep the Spearmen in front of the archers and never walk around the enemy base.
An Outpost near the fight activates Network of Castles when enemies are in range, increasing the attack speed of your nearby units. Place one forward, towards the enemy.
Balance Longbowmen and Spearmen with the enemy composition: more Spearmen against cavalry, Man-at-Arms against archers.
Watch the gold vein: at 3,900 left you have the gold for the age-up — move the miners to wood right away, every extra gold would be wasted.