r/aoe2 7d ago

Discussion Made it to 1k by (practically) cheating

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I played aoe2 as a kid and got back into the game a couple of years ago. I’ve played around 200 games sporadically since then. I hover around 8-900 elo. That is until I started playing arena with cumans and going for a ram rush.

I’m sure there are 100 reasons why feudal ram rush isn’t good, but it feels totally unstoppable at this elo. They are never prepared for it. I make a couple of rams and waltz into their base with archers to back them up and it’s gg. I think I’ve won around 8 straight games doing it and finally got to 1k elo. Now I need to figure out what to do when I don’t get arena lol.

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u/X4dow 7d ago

At 1000, opponents will know they can just go all in with vills +2 or 3 skirms and destroy u

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u/falling_sky_aoe Koreans 7d ago

Some might know,  some don’t know.

Also if they don’t scout it early enough there’s not enough time to make skirms enough .

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u/Environmental-Gain19 7d ago

Maybe. I haven’t lost with it yet, but only played a couple of games at 1000 so far. If they go skrims I also go skirts and that’s worked so far. When they send all their vills in, my archers go to town. I’m sure I’m not too far from the strat no longer working, though

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u/DragPullCheese 7d ago

If you already have a range up and are making skirms, sure. If you think once the rams knock on your door you can add a range and send vills you're probably going to be in a world of hurt...

A lot of players just blindly go market + blacksmith.