Issue with Zulu rushing?

[Athenaeum]

So lately I've been trying to do Zulu rushes on Honor. I rush ppl with craptons of melee (spearmen, Impi), but once I destroy their army I have nothing to take the city with.

I can make some chariots for ranged, but the thing is with the sheer number of units I often the production penalty for having too many units.

So what do you suggest to do about this? It seems that military strategies which rely too heavily on melee units require too many units.

 

[Aea]

What's your strategy? Are you building Ikandas? Upgrading Spearmen to Impis? You definitely would want a few ranged units (Composite Bows should be fine) in your army.

Even with Zulu you want a small but very competent army (so the Ikanda is mandatory IMHO).

 

[Mahasona]

Impis are strong but you still need range units. As the Zulu UA (unit promotions require 25% less Experience) build archers first and send them out to get xp, you'll get range or double attack that much quicker.

After archers build ikhandas and pump out spearmen.