Game:

Stronghold: Crusader II (2014)

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rules:
NO: armorer
Starting goods: 5000 gold, very low res, high food, no weapons, 5 houses
Peace: 10
additional rules:
intended difficulty: 8/10

map link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

discussion:
first of all and as we are going through maps, i will show in the video a GENERAL build, and i will discuss in the description potential changes you can do according to your plan

DISCLAIMER:
that video was made for an older version of the map that pikes were blocked, so add 2 more pikes workshops instead of 2 maces workshops

why this eco?
- main rule to make eco gradually is to start with highest investment buildings then lower and lower until u reach your final economy form
- then how to determine your final economy form? make iron workshops that you will use its weapons in your army, take all quarries and iron mines then seek to highest tax possible with resting buildings UNLESS they are rules preventing that
- don't make wooden workshops or iron workshops for selling instead of tax 6 because they are just a bit higher income than tax6 so they will take so long to make the 100-gold difference, so you will have less army after peace which will force you to be defensive that will not work in most tournament maps
- if you play map that include building eco while no peace, you should keep in mind investment value of each building so you know when your investment will be back
- for more details: steam://openurl_external/https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter...

why army are spreaded?
- the main reason here is not the splash damage as we have in mountain pass 2024 but to reduce the damage from charging maces, spreading your ranged troops can make them survive being rushed with maces
- it is hard to spam enough pikes to cover all your ranged troops, so try to spread troops that are not coverws by pikes

why i made this army composition?
- i just showed in the video a bit of everything but there no optimal army composition in this map, it depends on scouting your opponent and preparing a suitable response
- maces, horse archer, archer and crossbow all can work here depend on situation and yor control
- my advice is to start the game with maces, horses and mantlets compo, it is so mobile combination which is very crucial at the start of the game before having heavy defenses
- best horse to mantlet ration is 4:1 and this ration can beat crossbow mantlets that are at half cost when you buy both weapons for crossbow
- so horse mantlets are the strongest composition in this map, you should start with horse mantlet and after the game slows make your crossbow, pikes archer, and treb attack from middle villages side
- you can remove 4 - 6 workshops for tax buildings (including 1 more of each farm) and make tax 6.25 (tax 6 but u can run 7 2 4 5 for while) to have momentum army after peace and workshops here are low value anyway because no iron

write questions / suggestions in the comments

more links:
SHC2 guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15mKe...
training maps: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
my group for training maps: https://steamcommunity.com/chat/invit...
tournament maps: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
tournament site: https://shc-2-winter-championship.ver...

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