...Only if there wasn't a nation named Caelum.
Oh, wait, There is.
EA Caelum definitely rush better than Van, which you can try out in a game(few units work against early mammothes, those actually worked are very vulnerable to early LB & TS). The only reason they don't is that they simply could do better focus on long-term plan, which is what Van cannot.
Van rushes not because of they can, but because they must. That IS the van style, if you don't follow, you are nobody later.
Here goes a quotation from pre 308:
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Unfortunately, this works just because it's Caelum - another superpower. Caelum is probably the only nation that is better at raiding than Helheim (some amphibian nations can be considered better at raiding if they play 1 vs 1 - but that's just because Helheim can't raid well underwater). Mobility-wise, Caelum is probably also the only nation that's better than Helheim (in mid-late game Mictlan probably can join the top in this area too). In terms of brute force on the battlefield, only few nations can match Helheim (and Caelum, of course, is one of them). I think that the only reason we don't hear that many complains about Caelum is because it requires noticably more competent play (than Helheim) to be efficient. But if Caelum is not rushed in the first 10 turns it will be very strong.
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