Rush · Limitanei — Byzantines AoE4
Barracks up front, then Grand Winery (0:00)
Put the Barracks down from the start to get Limitanei out around 0:55; stop at 2 if you are not committing. Start the Grand Winery at 3:15 with 14 villagers and reach 18 villagers at 4:25.
- 0:00 — 1 villager builds the Cistern then goes to wood, 1 the Barracks then goes to sheep; 2 on wood, 2 on sheep. Rally on the sheep, and the Scout heads out to see the enemy base.
- 0:50 — At 50 wood, a wood villager builds a House then goes to the sheep.
- 0:55 — Force the wood drop-off when both wood villagers carry 5, then produce Limitanei.
- — If you are not committing: stop at 2 Limitanei and move a wood villager to food once his first tree is done. Otherwise stay at 2 on wood and keep producing.
- 2:05 — At 10 villagers on food, 3 villagers go to gold.
- 3:10 — A House by a wood villager.
- 3:15 — Age up: 5 food villagers build the Grand Winery next to the berries; 1 gold villager and 1 food villager go to wood. Rally on wood.
- — A House and a Lumber Camp.
- 4:25 — Every food villager goes to the berries; rally on the berries.
- — After aging up: Barracks and Mercenary House; Wheelbarrow and Horticulture.
Tips
- Scout the enemy base from the start: that is what decides whether you commit with the Limitanei or stop at 2.
- Forcing the wood drop-off at 5 on each of the two wood villagers lets you start the Limitanei without waiting.
- The Grand Winery goes next to the berries: every food villager heads there at 4:25.
- The Grand Winery starts at 3:15, later than in the 3-stone openers (2:57 for Valdemar): Age II therefore arrives later too.
Source: AoE4 Guides