Tips for LA C'tis

[Viajero]

Originally Posted by vfb

In the 1st year:

Turn 1 hire Lizard King for smite, sermon; plus some Desert Rangers.

Until early fall, build Sauromancers, Desert Rangers, expand with the Rangers, research Conj. The free Tomb Priest reanimates Chariots from turn 1, just accumulate them.

Early Fall - Summon Servant, send out a D4EF site searcher if you've got one, otherwise D3EF; Research Ench-3
Fall - Prophetize Servant
Late Fall - Prophet reanimates Wyrms, hire another Lizard King
Early Winter - 1st Tomb King; move out Chariots as 1st undead army
Winter: Build Forest Castle (or some other 4-turn castle); hire a Keeper of tombs
Late Winter: get ench-3, switch to const.

Really interested in an efficient build order for LA Ctis and the initial 10-15 turns, irrespective of the bless strategy. Quick question on this one: It is not clear if this recommends to build up rangers unitl early fall and THEN expanding, or rather starting expanding on turn 2 right away with a handfull of them? Any idea?

Given the initial Ctis contingent, how many rangers are necessary to start a healthy expansion?