JapaneseI don't remember the last pro game that people have aged up with the astronomical clock tower as China for their first landmark into Castle. This is absolutely great for him because he's going to be able to make those Nest of Bees that he needs to deal with the Yumi mass
With China being in the Song Dynasty, they're getting villagers faster and faster, and this is just not something Japan on their one TC is going to be able to handle
When fighting Japanese, ignore banner men; there's no point. Killing a banner man just drops its banner for 30 seconds, and they have double health and armor, taking too long to kill. Focus on stripping DPS value instead.
He understands that Japan wins this matchup by getting the Yumi count too high, because then they'll always overkill but saturate with damage. So he's hugely focused on keeping that element as small as possible, even if it means losing a few archers.
He just ignores the samurai because if the Yumi count gets too low, the opponent has to retreat, and then they will lose the samurai because they're not that tanky.
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