Persians can do the Lithuanian instant drush without TC idle time

Originally, when the strat came out, persians were ruled out from this because of their 10% faster vill production in dark age. That was removed, now its possible.

Its slightly different than the lithuanian version, since persians dont need to get wood for their 2nd house, but need to collect food faster.

It also somewhat forces you into loom at 9-10 supply because you need the 50 food for the 2nd militia, Alternatively, you can delay the 2nd militia about 1 minute. Thats not a small investment, but i'd say its not terrible either. At the very least, youre not cutting vills by having your TC idle.

Build order is pretty much : 2 vills house -> food, 1 vill barracks -> 2nd house, rest on food. Once your food eco has stabilised to sustain vills - build house to get past 15 supply. Now youre out of wood and need straggler trees for your lumber camp. Your boar is beeing harvested at this point.

Id say the advantage is its easier in the first minutes, theres no shortage of lumber and you wont get supply blocked - but it faces the same challenges as scouting your opponent in time. You wont have TC idle time if you pull this off correctly, but it still hurts your economy slightly becasue youre harvesting stragglers and have loom that early.

Why do it with persians? I dont think its nessassarily better than from lithuanians, but its something your opponent wont expect.