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SpearmanSkirmisher

Pike Skirm

Spearmen and Skirmishers defensive opening — counters cavalry and archers cheaply. Common on closed maps.

Total Games
20,331
Win Rate
40.8%

Top Civilizations

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines
49.5%2,857g
Mapuche civilization iconMapuche
48.5%1,194g
Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese
41.2%954g
Koreans civilization iconKoreans
49.1%918g
Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians
47.4%894g
Mongols civilization iconMongols
35.8%587g
Persians civilization iconPersians
37.4%559g
Inca civilization iconInca
31.0%503g
Chinese civilization iconChinese
37.4%486g
Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians
42.4%472g

Win Rate by Map

ArabiaArabia
41.4%15,405g
EnclosedEnclosed
41.6%928g
MegarandomMegarandom
40.4%651g
HaboobHaboob
36.0%350g
Golden PitGolden Pit
33.5%349g
Land MadnessLand Madness
38.0%342g
VulpineVulpine
38.5%257g
ArenaArena
34.2%237g
CenotesCenotes
39.7%232g
NomadNomad
37.2%196g

About Pike Skirm

Spearmen and Skirmishers defensive opening — counters cavalry and archers cheaply. Common on closed maps. Based on 20,331 ranked matches, this opening has an overall win rate of 40.8%. The strongest civilizations executing it right now are Byzantines, Mapuche and Vietnamese. Compare full civilization tier data on the tier list, dig into the full statistics table, check head‑to‑head win rates on the matchup matrix, or browse all openings on the meta overview.

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Win Rate by ELO Range

800-1000
36.2%2,816g
1000-1200
38.4%5,939g
1200-1400
41.6%3,953g
1400-1600
44.4%2,403g
1600-2200
44.7%3,690g
2200+
44.2%669g