A guide written by SpainDevilI (SpainDevil) wrote this guide because I realized that there wasn't a Yumi Archer Spam guide at our portal yet, while it's one of the most important Japanese strategy.
You can use this strategy versus Japanese, British, Dutch and Ottomans. You need this strategy because otherwise all these civilizations would kill your Ashigaru Riders with ease!
Build Order:
Age I- 3 villagers on crates the rest on berries
- If you started with 300 wood get 24 wood and build a consulate. Ally with the Portuguese and build a shrine.
- Send as your first shipment 300 wood
- Age with 13 Villagers and use the Golden Pavilion.
- Split your Villagers in this way: 6 on berries and the rest on wood, put your shrines also on wood. Build while ageing a market and upgrade your wood and food.
Age II- Send in 600 wood as your first shipment.
- Build a forward barrack versus British, Japanese and Dutch
- If you didn't build a consulate in age I, build a consulate with your 600 wood shipment, and choose Isolation. Otherwise, switch from Portuguese to Isolation. Also, upgrade your gather rates in the market, and start spamming Yumi Archers.
- Send in 4 Villagers or if your enemy sets you under pressure, 5 Yumi Archers.
- Versus a British, Dutch or a Japanese player who spams Yumi' Archers, get Naginata Riders as soon as possible.
The aim of this strategy is to get a lot of military while having a good economy.
It's very important to be able to switch to Naginata Riders immediately when facing Ranged Infantry spamming civilisations. I've already had some games where I made only 5 Yumi Archers, then switched to making Naginata Riders.
Decks
This is my land Deck:
And this is the deck I use at water maps
