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Arena

Our detailed Arena overview covers all you need to understand the Arena map layout, top-tier strategies and civilizations.
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Archer Build Order

The straight archer build will allow you to harass an opponents wood and wall lines and allow you to begin massing archers to make a critical ball of crossbowmen.
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Unique Unit Counter Guide

Unique Unit Counter Guide

Each civilization in AoE2 has its unique unit with their own strengths and counters. Learn about the unit and their counter using our guide.
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Arabia

Of all the maps available in Age of Empires 2, Arabia is the most popular. Find out more about this popular map, its meta, and what to expect going in.
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16 Population Mongol Scout Rush

With this build order, you will be able to have an 8 minute Feudal time and begin producing scouts. This build is of an advanced difficulty and utilises early Feudal…
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18 population Mongol Scout Rush

The 18 population Mongol scout rush is one of the fastest rushes in the game, capable of derailing your opponent before they have even reached the Feudal Age. For that…

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Mayan Plume-&-Boom

This build lets a Mayan player fast castle and immediately place a castle and a second town center, with steady production of Plumed Archers and a third town center being…

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Wild Horses of the Huns

Huns

The Huns. One of every player’s favorite civilization to play at one point of time in Age of Empires 2, although this civilization is also quite strong in competitive play,…

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Fast Castle into Boom

The Fast Castle into Boom, one of the best beginner build orders for closed maps. Learn the build for a 15 minute fast castle into a 3 town-center boom.
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