Rush · Meinwerk — Holy Roman Empire AoE4

Meinwerk Palace at 2:20 (0:00–4:00)

Click up at 2:20 with 13 villagers: 4 build the Meinwerk Palace and 2 cut wood. Age II at 4:00 with 18 villagers.

0:00 — 3 villagers on food, one of them building a House, and 3 on gold. The Prelate alternates between gold and food until 8 villagers are on food.
2:20 — Age up: 4 villagers build the Meinwerk Palace; 2 others on wood, with the rally on wood and a Lumber Camp as soon as possible.

Produce Early Men-at-Arms and Archers or Horsemen without interruption from 5:10, with a second military building at 6:00.

4:00 — Age II: the 4 Palace builders go to food. A new Prelate, Double Broadax, and 1 villager builds a Barracks.
4:40 — 1 villager builds a Stable or an Archery Range; a Mill and Horticulture as soon as possible.
5:10 — Early Men-at-Arms and, your pick, Archers or Horsemen non-stop; research the Meinwerk Palace technology.
6:00 — A new military building (Stable, Archery Range or Barracks); move villagers off wood if needed.

Pick the production building according to the opponent: a Barracks against cavalry, a Stable against archers, an Archery Range against spearmen (slower to develop).
Against enemy Spearmen or Horsemen, research Awl Pikes in the Meinwerk Palace.
Place the Prelates with the villagers (on deer, for example) for the bonus; add food villagers as soon as you feel limited, with an Outpost and a Mill on the deer.
Variant: Melclem starts the Palace at 2:35, adds 3 villagers to it at 3:20, puts down a Mill at 5:20 with a second military building, then Steeled Arrow and Iron Undermesh around 6:15 while moving 5 wood villagers to food.
If the opponent stays under their Town Center, go to Age III and bring Battering Rams to destroy buildings outside the Town Center’s range.