Strategy

Rise of Nations Strategy Catalogue

Strategy Catalogue

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The most extensive listing of Rise of Nations strategies to be found anywhere. (more)...

Infidels Rise of Nations Strategy Articles

Fast Horse Archer Raiding

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The idea behind this strategy is to hit the enemy so fast that they can not mount a suitable defence using LC. A fast raid can hit the enemy before the 3 minute mark. If performed well, this raid can force the enemy to bell up and can lock them into ancient age for a very long time .(more)...

Iroquis Delayed Rush

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Heavy on early scouting followed by a delayed rush. (more)...

Raiding

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The philosophy of a raid is to send troops into the enemy's soft underbelly and destroy his means of production (citizens). (more)...

Two Minute Rush

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A 2 minute rush is a faster than normal ancient HI rush. The two minutes refers to the time point at which the enemy sees your troops walking across his fields. A conventional HI rush sets off around the 2:45 mark and the enemy often doesn't realise that he is being rushed until well past the 3 minute mark. (more)...

Rule the world with air power

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Ignore aircraft at your peril, read all about them.(more)...

Ending A Long Game

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Use those strategy elements that BHG designed into the game to secure the victory.(more)...

Opening Moves

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Many beginners are often overwhelmed by the complexity of RoN at first. The economic model is far more complex than traditional RTS games and the interaction of the upgrades on early development is hard to analyse. (more)...

Spies

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Psst! Everything you wanted to know about these wonderful/irritating little units. How to get the most out of them and how to defend against them(more)...

Rushing

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You could say a rush is any attack that comes when you don't want it to. But for most purposes, the rush happens as early in the game as it is feasible. For RoN this means in the first 3-5 minutes. At this time people are just getting to terms with what nation they are, where their scout is, messaging their team mates as to what map this is and checking on how much beer is left to hand. The all of a sudden they are being attacked! (more)...

War's Strategy Secrets

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Rise of Nations Strategy and Tactics according to War. A comprehensive guide on tips, tactics and strategy (more)...

Lakota Rush

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Are you mad? Well yes, but you can do a 3 min Ancient HI rush with Lakota!(more)...

The Despot Rush

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A very popular strategy in Thrones and Patriots. The despot rush.(more)...

Uses And Abuses Of Light Cavalry

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A little used unit has it's places on RoN, and also in this strategy section.(more)...

Team Strategies

A collection of strategy articles to augment team play