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Are you Varg Vikernes?

I don't see how a basic all-in Spartan rush is so overpowered. Hoplites are good, yeah, but skirmishers still kill them. The only civ that strategy should be extremely effective against is maybe Celts or Persians if they don't make skirmishers. Athens just has better options in age 1, can equal the Hoplite count and stats of Sparta that early with an additional 5 or 6 slingers. If the enemy is under the impression that their spearmen can stand up to Hoplites then yeah, you'll likely win, but you sacrifice a lot of wood to do that rush that's needed for booming. It won't win the game for you nearly every time, especially if someone is watching for it. Sparta has to grow to a Town to counter skirmishers decently with Ekdromoi, and there's nothing stopping your opponent from starting with skirmishers when you start with spearmen.