Khmer 18-pop Fast Scouts → Knights

Place the first 6 villagers on sheep; the Khmer opening deliberately delays the Lumber Camp

Build a Mill and establish 4 villagers on berries while the remaining villagers stay on sheep and boar

Lure both boars and keep almost every new villager on food until the click; this version does not require deer

Send the final 2 Dark Age villagers to wood and click Feudal at 18 population

During the transition, move villagers aggressively to wood until 9 are chopping and leave about 5 finishing food under the Town Center

Build the delayed Lumber Camp, then use 2–3 villagers to place the Stable immediately on reaching Feudal

Research Double-Bit Axe and produce the first 4 Scouts continuously; the group should reach the opponent before 11:00

Research Horse Collar after the first Scout queue, then seed farms continuously while maintaining roughly 10 on wood

Continue toward 8 Scouts only if they can still raid or win map control; use houses to protect the key resources

When berries expire, send 4 foragers to gold and turn the rest of the food economy into farms

Grow toward 18–20 farms, research Wheelbarrow around 16–17 farms, and take Bloodlines when the Scouts will keep fighting

Click Castle Age directly, Khmer need no Blacksmith or Market, then add a second Stable during the transition

On reaching Castle Age, upgrade Light Cavalry if the Scouts survived and produce Knights from 2 Stables; add Town Centers only after military production is secure