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Seize The Mountain is a random map in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Description[]
โ | A prospector's dream looms ahead on a mountain protruding out of shallows. It is not merely down to who claims it first, but rather whose claim outlasts the others. | โ |
The map depicts a large central mountain with plenty of resources. all players start on small islands in a map of shallows with less than standard resources to gather and will need to seize control of the central mountain and its resources before the enemy takes full control.
While each starting island and the surrounding shallows are very open, the mountain features thick clusters of forest that create narrow choke-points. In terms of huntables, each player has two Boars. However, their Deer are located on the central mountain, making them difficult to push.
Strategy[]
With the limited resources and small woodlines on the starting island, players will find turtle strategies not very effective. However, the central island is far easier to wall up. In team games, one player taking the middle with archers while the other hits the flanks with cavalry and Demolition Ships works quite well.
Due to the shallows, it will be almost impossible to get good trade lines going. This makes it even more important for team games to secure the gold piles on top of the mountain.
If a player manages to Castle drop the opposite side of the mountain that can be huge to snowball into a victory.
Trivia[]
- Seize the Mountain was originally a custom map known as "Seize the Hump".[1]