for 1v1 I always do a lb/pike strat. Age with 17 villagers pick 200 coin and watch tower. During age up pu tall on wood but 5 villagers for food. Build a market and try to get hunting dogs and the 100 food wood upgrade. build a manor but make sure you can build your rax as soon as your aged. 2nd age: ship 700 wood, build rax asap, build a wall in front of your base and put a gate (trust me it will save you if your rushed hardcore). 2nd shipment should be 5 vills NOT 600 wood. 600 wood comes after 5 villagers. Most Brits do 700 wood then 600 but if you look at experts or even talk to them they do 700 wood, 5 villagers. After you do that you'll notice 5 setts after 700 wood is better. As soon as my Rax is finished I always make 5 lb, then 5 pike. With the 700 wood I build another rax, a couple manors. I can duel rax and get 4-4 or 5-5 by about 6:30 - 7 mins. If you see he's massing cav make more pike early then make lb after you get 15-20 pike. You should easily be able to sustain a duel rax lb/pike spam and go triple at 13 mins if the games still going on. This strat is very effective make sure not to rush till about 8-9 mins imo as no point in rushing when your boom is better and you can get units out faster by duel or triple raxing. hope this helps hf playing Brits their fun to play imo :)
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