GUIDE · BATTLE STRATEGY
Mstislav relic-funded campaign tempo
Mstislav automates most Villager tasks, letting you focus on a fast military route while Relics provide gold. Protect the exposed opening farms, capture resource outposts, and prepare early for the late-game coalition.
Overview
Mstislav automates most Villager tasks, letting you focus on a fast military route while Relics provide gold. Protect the exposed opening farms, capture resource outposts, and prepare early for the late-game coalition.
Plan and execution
Send the starting force to defend the Farms and Mill beyond the walls, then move southeast to the shallows and recruit the nearby units. Use the new group to capture southern farms and outposts, gaining their resource bonuses while the automated Villagers continue gathering. Collect Relics for gold and keep the army moving between cities instead of waiting for a conventional economy. Build the force needed for the final wave before it arrives, and use the saved attention to scout the next approach.
Risks and adaptation
The automated economy can hide resource shortages, and a lost outpost may cut off a key supply. Do not assume captured farms defend themselves; keep a mobile force near the border and prepare for the endgame before the early objectives feel complete.
- Focus
- Automated economy and early outpost capture
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- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
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