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Most popular opening builds per civilization · parsed from ranked replays

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Map: Arabia·Games analyzed: 134,461·Updated: 2026-05-09

All Civilizations — Opening Breakdown

Opening
Scout Cavalry icon — Scout Rush opening
Scout Rush
75,205 games
52.1%
±0.4
Archer icon — Archer Rush opening
Archer Rush
64,459 games
50.1%
±0.4
Villager icon — Other opening
Other
27,450 games
40.9%
±0.6
Man At Arms icon — M@A Archers openingArcher icon — M@A Archers opening
M@A Archers
26,510 games
55.4%
±0.6
Castle Age icon — FC Boom openingTown Center icon — FC Boom opening
FC Boom
19,419 games
48.0%
±0.7
Man At Arms icon — M@A Rush opening
M@A Rush
18,786 games
51.3%
±0.7
Castle Age icon — Fast Castle opening
Fast Castle
8,006 games
52.9%
±1.1
Watch Tower icon — Tower Rush opening
Tower Rush
7,808 games
44.9%
±1.1
Spearman icon — Pike Skirm openingSkirmisher icon — Pike Skirm opening
Pike Skirm
6,893 games
41.0%
±1.2
Battle Elephant icon — Elephant Rush opening
Elephant Rush
2,882 games
51.2%
±1.8
Militia icon — Drush Archers openingArcher icon — Drush Archers opening
Drush Archers
2,705 games
57.2%
±1.9

Highest Win-Rate Openings

MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
57.2%
MilitiaCastle Age
Drush FC
56.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
55.4%

Lowest Win-Rate Openings

SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
41.0%
Militia
Drush
41.3%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
44.9%
Mongols civilization iconMongols17705 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
8680
51.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
3568
50.1%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
1298
47.0%

+10 more openings

Magyars civilization iconMagyars14328 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
9456
53.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
1791
47.0%
Villager
Other
853
33.9%

+10 more openings

Franks civilization iconFranks12526 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
7309
55.4%
Villager
Other
1262
39.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
1200
51.9%

+10 more openings

Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese11720 games
Archer
Archer Rush
5471
51.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1532
52.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
1396
54.9%

+12 more openings

Persians civilization iconPersians10621 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
4955
53.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
2080
51.4%
Villager
Other
1257
44.8%

+10 more openings

Ethiopians civilization iconEthiopians10441 games
Archer
Archer Rush
6347
50.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
2307
56.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
421
41.8%

+11 more openings

Khmer civilization iconKhmer8313 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
3376
50.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
1558
51.2%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
1094
50.9%

+11 more openings

Japanese civilization iconJapanese7029 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
2440
54.9%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
1743
50.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
701
45.1%

+10 more openings

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines6829 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1666
48.2%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1268
52.2%
Villager
Other
1202
43.8%

+10 more openings

Britons civilization iconBritons6103 games
Archer
Archer Rush
3452
49.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
941
55.2%
Villager
Other
387
35.4%

+10 more openings

Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians6095 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2748
52.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
781
48.7%
Villager
Other
702
42.0%

+10 more openings

Huns civilization iconHuns6074 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2442
53.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
1290
55.3%
Villager
Other
468
39.5%

+10 more openings

Chinese civilization iconChinese5598 games
Archer
Archer Rush
2371
50.2%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1390
53.8%
Villager
Other
515
37.7%

+10 more openings

Maya civilization iconMaya5591 games
Archer
Archer Rush
3308
51.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
909
57.3%
Villager
Other
511
43.1%

+9 more openings

Spanish civilization iconSpanish5561 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1640
49.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
1003
48.5%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
746
59.4%

+10 more openings

Hindustanis civilization iconHindustanis5483 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2363
55.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
966
50.1%
Villager
Other
605
46.3%

+10 more openings

Bulgarians civilization iconBulgarians5333 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
2265
55.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
764
57.2%
Villager
Other
563
42.5%

+10 more openings

Wei civilization iconWei5323 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2334
54.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
1033
50.0%
Villager
Other
910
44.8%

+10 more openings

Portuguese civilization iconPortuguese5110 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1938
52.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
773
48.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
723
53.1%

+10 more openings

Malians civilization iconMalians4784 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
1272
59.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
763
53.1%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
747
48.7%

+11 more openings

Tatars civilization iconTatars4694 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1733
51.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
1459
52.6%
Villager
Other
425
36.9%

+11 more openings

Teutons civilization iconTeutons4637 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1373
55.0%
Villager
Other
662
43.4%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
570
48.8%

+10 more openings

Berbers civilization iconBerbers4431 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2121
53.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
846
51.8%
Villager
Other
534
42.5%

+10 more openings

Goths civilization iconGoths4421 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
1712
54.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
650
54.6%
Villager
Other
430
38.6%

+11 more openings

Saracens civilization iconSaracens4369 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1925
49.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
813
46.9%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
430
48.4%

+11 more openings

Romans civilization iconRomans4280 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
2036
58.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
561
59.0%
Villager
Other
442
47.7%

+10 more openings

Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians4230 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1259
46.1%
Villager
Other
1092
49.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
735
45.6%

+10 more openings

Vikings civilization iconVikings4141 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1216
54.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
932
61.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
609
51.1%

+10 more openings

Koreans civilization iconKoreans4120 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1537
52.8%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
635
46.3%
Villager
Other
512
40.8%

+10 more openings

Italians civilization iconItalians4035 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1763
51.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
630
55.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
565
48.3%

+10 more openings

Cumans civilization iconCumans3994 games
Town CenterTown Center
2TC Feudal Boom
2644
52.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
354
45.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
322
46.0%

+12 more openings

Aztecs civilization iconAztecs3978 games
Archer
Archer Rush
858
46.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
856
57.9%
Villager
Other
843
47.8%

+10 more openings

Khitans civilization iconKhitans3930 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2531
56.4%
Villager
Other
385
41.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
338
47.3%

+10 more openings

Celts civilization iconCelts3929 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
922
51.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
789
58.2%
Villager
Other
461
39.5%

+10 more openings

Poles civilization iconPoles3813 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1855
49.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
592
44.3%
Villager
Other
421
38.0%

+10 more openings

Sicilians civilization iconSicilians3771 games
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
2423
51.1%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
470
53.0%
Villager
Other
264
42.4%

+10 more openings

Turks civilization iconTurks3333 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1542
50.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
680
47.5%
Villager
Other
339
30.7%

+10 more openings

SlavsSlavs3208 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1041
52.0%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
521
48.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
428
56.8%

+10 more openings

Malay civilization iconMalay3030 games
Archer
Archer Rush
694
50.3%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
678
55.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
424
55.7%

+11 more openings

Bohemians civilization iconBohemians3026 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1030
52.3%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
436
49.5%
Villager
Other
392
38.3%

+10 more openings

Inca civilization iconInca3004 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1364
40.5%
Villager
Other
1002
39.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
259
39.4%

+4 more openings

Georgians civilization iconGeorgians2638 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1448
48.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
405
46.9%
Villager
Other
227
41.4%

+10 more openings

Burmese civilization iconBurmese2522 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
440
46.6%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
435
48.0%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
412
49.5%

+11 more openings

Bengalis civilization iconBengalis2462 games
Archer
Archer Rush
644
51.6%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
531
49.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
313
48.9%

+10 more openings

Dravidians civilization iconDravidians2454 games
Archer
Archer Rush
689
48.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
642
52.3%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
258
50.0%

+10 more openings

Gurjaras civilization iconGurjaras2420 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
908
53.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
684
50.7%
Villager
Other
299
41.5%

+10 more openings

Jurchens civilization iconJurchens2388 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1277
52.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
333
48.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
209
46.9%

+10 more openings

Tupi civilization iconTupi2383 games
Archer
Archer Rush
707
44.7%
Villager
Other
628
44.4%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
433
53.3%

+3 more openings

Armenians civilization iconArmenians2177 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
746
48.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
388
46.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
280
42.1%

+10 more openings

Shu civilization iconShu1842 games
Archer
Archer Rush
870
50.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
308
61.4%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
151
63.6%

+10 more openings

Wu civilization iconWu1668 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
447
55.9%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
327
54.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
252
50.4%

+10 more openings

Mapuche civilization iconMapuche1637 games
Villager
Other
504
45.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
410
47.6%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
345
45.2%

+3 more openings

Muisca civilization iconMuisca1386 games
Archer
Archer Rush
751
45.1%
Villager
Other
407
39.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
88
40.9%

+3 more openings

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