Assyrians/Strategy

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Strategies

 * The Assyrians are a good civilization for early rushes since their villager bonus allows them to scout the area faster than other civilizations.
 * The Assyrians can begin to flex their muscles as soon as they hit the Tool Age and build an archery range.
 * Their fast villagers allow to get ahead of other civilizations, both in research and resource gathering, so you can try to be the first to make it to a subsequent age, build a small army, and strike while you have a technology advantage.
 * The Assyrians also have excellent archers and will make up a large part of your army. It's not a bad idea to get a small group of archers together immediately after you get to the Tool Age and build an archery range.
 * Use them to harass and slow your enemy's resource gathering, picking off villagers and retreating when they come under fire.
 * With their fire rate increased, a large amount of them can wipe out an entire village within minutes. This makes the Assyrians an excellent choice in small land maps.
 * Don't depend entirely on your archers - you'll still need a varied army.
 * In major battles, use infantry to engage enemy troops, so your archers can stay behind and fire their arrows.
 * The speed advantage of your villagers will be blunted in a long game. Other civilizations will be able to field a more technologically advanced Iron Age force given time.
 * Don't hedge your bets on controlling the seas either.

Strengths

 * Units produced by the archery-range building fire 40 percent faster. Villagers move 30 percent faster.
 * Excellent choice in Random Map mode of the game.
 * Most powerful from Stone Age to Bronze Age.
 * Excellent for rushes or blitzkrieg.
 * Best if used for hit and run attacks.

Weaknesses
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 * A lot of the Iron Age units and research items are closed to them.
 * They cannot build centurions or the phalanx, and the only Iron Age vessel they can produce is the trireme.
 * They also don't get elephants of any type.
 * They don't get the improved or composite bowmen or the heavy horse archer.
 * Not as powerful in the Iron Age.
 * Lack elite units with a lot of hit points.
 * Ineffective against heavily fortified areas, especially ballista towers.
 * Not a very good choice in Death Matches, unless if an early rush is used.
 * One of the Assyrians major weaknesses are the siege weapons, especially the heavy catapult and the helepolis (with engineering).