Rax Before Temple

==Description==
A land build order with an early barracks to provide some defense against early pressure and harassment. However it has a slightly slower age 2 time than the Basic Egyptian Build Order which will delay your priestess/storehouse upgrades/stable. Overall it is a very safe build, but inflexible and slightly weaker economically than a standard age up.
This build order is best used when your hunts are in a vulnerable position - this build will allow you to get an early spearman or two to fend off any age 1 harassment. However, egyptian spearmen are weak and you should train as few as possible, reaching age 2 and getting out some axemen should be your priority.
This build is not recommended when you have safe hunts, since it is unnecessary and has several disadvantages over Temple First.
==The Build Order==
#Have your Priestess empower your TC and send your 3 starting villagers to berries. Have your scout find your first hunting spot and woodline.
#Have your scout kill the hunts, and transfer your food villagers over to build a storehouse at the hunts.
#Your first trained villager should rally to your woodline and build a storehouse. Rally 2 more villagers to wood.
#Rally 2 more villagers to hunts. You should have 5 villagers on hunts at this point.
#As soon as you have 200 wood, take a villager from wood to build a barracks. Train spearmen if necessary.
#Set your TC rally point to wood.
#As soon as you have the required resources, take a villager from hunts/wood to build your Temple of Ra. Continue to rally villagers to wood while aging up.
#Recommended: research Apprentice Wood Chopping upgrade and train a Priestess of Ra as soon as you reach age 2.
==No-hunts Variation==
#As soon as the game starts, have your Priestess empower your TC and send your 3 starting villagers to build a storehouse at your berries (the storehouse can be skipped if the berries are very close to your TC).
#Research Berry Picking as soon as the storehouse is complete.
#Your first trained villager should rally to your woodline and build a storehouse. Rally 2 more villagers to wood.
#Rally 2 more villagers to berries. You should have 5 villagers on berries at this point.
#As soon as you have 200 wood, take a villager from wood to build a barracks. Train spearmen if necessary.
#Set your TC rally point to wood.
#As soon as you have the required resources, take a villager from berries to build your Temple of Ra. Continue to rally villagers to wood while aging up.
#Recommended: research Apprentice Wood Chopping upgrade and train a Priestess of Ra as soon as you reach age 2.
This variation should be used if you don't scout any hunts nearby. This is common on maps such as Arabia and Bandit Canyon.
==What do I do now?==
With most strategies, you should continue to rally villagers to wood until you have around 7-9 villagers on wood. At this point you should start gathering some gold. What you do next will largely depend on the map, matchup and of course on scouting information. However, in most cases a stable for camel raiding will be a strong follow up, with some exceptions.
Category:PVP Strategy