Rus Guide! (AoE4)

In this guide, I go through Rus competitive gameplay. I outline general strategy, illustrate how I play by analyzing 3 of my games, and then analyze Rus tactics & all 16 matchups.

This video is quite long, here are some timestamps:

00:00:00 Start
Starting section:
00:00:08 Intro
00:01:08 Why play Rus?
00:04:14 Usual strategy (game plan)
Replay analysis:
00:05:24 vs Japanese, Gorge
00:25:32 vs Byzantines, Cliffside
00:33:26 vs Malians, Cliffside
Tactics:
00:44:34 Strategy vs Tactics
00:46:51 Common tactics
00:47:43 Rus specific tactics
Matchups vs other civs:
01:09:26 English
01:12:09 French
01:13:39 JD
01:14:30 HRE
01:17:07 OOTD
01:18:11 Abbasid
01:21:11 Ayyubid
01:22:54 Delhi
01:24:51 Chinese
01:27:16 Zhu Xi
01:28:15 Mongols
01:29:46 Ottomans
01:33:36 Malians
01:36:23 Byzantines
01:38:57 Japanese
01:41:02 Rus
Ending section:
01:42:55 Water/hybrid maps
01:44:52 Conclusion