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AoE4 civs: build orders & counters

All 23 Age of Empires IV civs, with what their popular builds do. Open a civ for its most-played build orders and how to counter it.

AoE4 civs: style, median Feudal age-up and key units of their popular builds
CivStyleFeudalKey units
Abbasid Dynasty Mostly macro 4:00 HorsemenCamel ridersSpearmen
Ayyubids Mostly macro 4:10 Desert raidersArchersCamel lancers
Byzantines Mostly macro 4:38 LongbowmenLimitaneiHorsemen
Chinese Mostly macro 3:30 HorsemenSpearmen
Delhi Sultanate Mostly macro 5:10 ArchersGhazi raidersWar elephants
English Mostly macro 4:15 LongbowmenSpearmenHorsemen
French Aggressive 4:25 Royal knightsArchersSpearmen
Golden Horde Mixed 4:50 TorguudKeshiksArchers
House of Lancaster Mixed 4:07 KnightsYeomenDemilancers
Holy Roman Empire Mixed 4:05 Men-at-armsSpearmenArchers
Japanese Mostly macro 5:55 Mounted samuraiSpearmenYumi ashigaru
Jeanne d’Arc Aggressive 4:18 Royal knightsWomen-at-armsArchers
Jin Dynasty Mostly macro 4:20 Iron PagodasMohe tribesmenSpearmen
Knights Templar Mixed 4:15 Chevaliers confrèresArchersSerjeants
Macedonian Dynasty Mixed 4:20 HorsemenRiddariBogmadrs
Malians Mostly macro 4:20 ArchersFreeborn mansaDonsos
Mongols Mixed 4:55 SpearmenKeshiksArchers
Order of the Dragon Mostly macro 4:22 Gilded spearmenGilded knightsGilded crossbowmen
Ottomans Mostly macro 4:40 SipahisArchersSpearmen
Rus Mostly macro 4:25 KnightsWarrior monksArchers
Sengoku Daimyo Mixed 5:05 Yumi ashigaruYariSpearmen
Tughlaq Dynasty Mostly macro 4:10 Elephant raidersLancersSpearmen
Zhu Xi’s Legacy Aggressive 4:25 Zhuge NuShaolin monks

Style counts rushes and timing attacks among a civ's most-played builds; Feudal is their median age-up click. Win rates are on the AoE IV meta page.

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