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Team Islands map strategy

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Team Islands map strategy

Team Islands gives allies a shared starting landmass and leaves water lanes between the teams, making coordinated naval security and transport timing valuable.

Fishing Ship in-game unit artwork
Related game artwork: Fishing Ship

Overview

Team Islands gives allies a shared starting landmass and leaves water lanes between the teams, making coordinated naval security and transport timing valuable.

Plan and execution

Agree with teammates which coastline or sea lane each player will cover. Protect Fishing Ships and the route used by transports, then choose a landing target where allied forces can reinforce one another. Keep land defenses on the shared island while the fleet is away.

Risks and adaptation

An uncoordinated fleet can be defeated in pieces, and a transport raid may leave the home shore open. Share scouting, avoid duplicate investments that starve land defense, and time landings with allied support.

Focus
Allied island defense
Signature / category
Plan and execution
Release / context
Age of Empires II system
Region
Battle strategy
Classification
Battle strategies
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