Boom- Ok we all know Japan has arguably the strongest economy in the game close with the French. We also know if we give Japan time then the odds are against us. There boom however can be stopped quick often, due to there very slow 2nd age and the ability to not make a lot of units until late colonial early fotress once they have almost all shrines up and rocking with settlers. The only unit japan can really make early on to not effect there eco to hard is making the ashigaru musketeer. Yumi archers cost 100 resources roughly ashes costing a bit more however wood is significantly harder to gather then food, and all the coin for usk's can come from just your shrines that is why ashis are the cheapest for japan to build early on and you dont really have a big choice.
Rush- Ok so I am not going to spend much time on this topic at all cause we all know that japan CANT rush, never will be able to. Just to hard to balance making a decent sized army, with constant vill production, shrine production, map control it is to much for Japan.
Turtle- Again turtling is kind of like a boom in japan sense cause even when booming or turtling you are going to do the wall and consulate build either way and pump those shrines out.
So overall japan can achieve 2/3 but even those 2 can be stopped so unless you are the perfect japan player this civ will be tricky to survive the first 10 minutes or so, but if you do GG you have won because flaming arrow and usk upgraded cant be stopped even with the biggest forces sometimes.
Moving on we have China
Rush- Now i always thought that china were the "rushing" civ. 9 xbow shipment, 9 xbow plus flame-thrower shipment, 8 pike, 7 steppe riders list is endless. Also due to the fact that they train armies in batches like Russia made me even more decisive of the fact they were a rushing civ. But i was most certainly wrong, china sure can get some units out early but not "early" by rushing standards to make a difference in your opponents eco, looks like china just isnt born to rush.
Boom- Now boom is big word because do you mean 30 min boom, 15 min boom like Japan before you can get army already out fast, cause if you wanna "boom with china" boy your gonna need some time.
Turtle/FF- This is were china shines, now i state turtle cause you kind of are a turtle at the start laying out those villages in a certain spot preventing you opponent to kill many vills if any ealry on before you make it to the fotress around 6:30 with 18 skirms out by 7:30 if you aged with confuction academy but if you do what most do and age with tower, then you will sacrifice army for lot bigger army later around 8:30 and later.
So china 1/3 there boom will get them rushed, there rush will sacrifice too much eco so there only option most games if not all is to do naked FF.
Now India, My favourite and here is why- When i play a match with India I am never scared of a rush/ff or boom by the opponent i know i can counter all.
Rush- So not the best rush in the game because you do sacrifice a lot of eco but if we are going to say what rush causes most damage to opponent well then imo this is the one. 20 sepoy in base by 6 min 30 sec well you cant beat that, or just 5 or so by 4:30, if you had good age up with Agra, already working on a constructing rax/house e.c.t this wont kill opponent at first obviously but for sure will delay there, rax/stable or even artillery foundry if he is doing something weird. So rush is a big deal with india and is pre damn easy to accomplish, with the famous 10/10 sepoy rush.
Turtle- How many times have we seen agra wall combo around tc going for the more "boomy" approach answer is to many. Many players prefer the more boomy approach with india cause there eco and fotress age is just so strong, i mean you have everything, elephants, urumi swordsmen, gurka shipments list is endless.
Boom- Yes India can boom especially with agra and 10 sepoy to defend any rushes, then you will find yourself in fortress age pre comfortably with no pressure, you could always do the famous consulte otto boom, gaining 4 extra vills, and making sepoy around 8 Min with 2 rax at vet state is amazing tactic aswell.
So please comment below, I like India most of three becasuse imo are most versatile, now you see all pro's playing Japan most of three, this is because they are pretty damn good with them, and there timings are much superior to someone who is of PR25 or something. India is probably best of three for newbies but even experienced players wanting a quick match just do a sepoy rush almost counters every civ, some say easy just make lb, yumi but the fact that you will have 5 sepoy in there base by 4:30 how will you get lb,yumi out, boy be happy you even get rax up by then. I know that french usually just finish aging by 4:30 then building rax so 5 sepoy would easily siege rax in construction or even kill vills then siege who knows.
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