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Most popular opening builds per civilization · parsed from ranked replays

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Map: Arabia·Games analyzed: 57,283·Updated: 2026-05-09

All Civilizations — Opening Breakdown

Opening
Scout Cavalry icon — Scout Rush opening
Scout Rush
33,613 games
52.9%
±0.5
Archer icon — Archer Rush opening
Archer Rush
27,153 games
49.8%
±0.6
Villager icon — Other opening
Other
12,446 games
40.5%
±0.9
Man At Arms icon — M@A Rush opening
M@A Rush
9,071 games
51.6%
±1.0
Man At Arms icon — M@A Archers openingArcher icon — M@A Archers opening
M@A Archers
8,992 games
56.9%
±1.0
Castle Age icon — FC Boom openingTown Center icon — FC Boom opening
FC Boom
8,936 games
47.5%
±1.0
Castle Age icon — Fast Castle opening
Fast Castle
3,380 games
51.9%
±1.7
Watch Tower icon — Tower Rush opening
Tower Rush
2,942 games
43.2%
±1.8
Spearman icon — Pike Skirm openingSkirmisher icon — Pike Skirm opening
Pike Skirm
2,660 games
39.5%
±1.9
Battle Elephant icon — Elephant Rush opening
Elephant Rush
1,234 games
51.1%
±2.8
Town Center icon — 2TC Feudal Boom openingTown Center icon — 2TC Feudal Boom opening
2TC Feudal Boom
1,153 games
53.1%
±2.9

Highest Win-Rate Openings

MilitiaCastle Age
Drush FC
58.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
56.9%
MilitiaMan At Arms
Drush M@A
56.6%

Lowest Win-Rate Openings

SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
39.5%
Militia
Drush
40.6%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
43.2%
Mongols civilization iconMongols8556 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
4533
52.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
1595
50.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
683
48.0%

+10 more openings

Magyars civilization iconMagyars6914 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
4704
53.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
793
44.8%
Villager
Other
393
31.8%

+10 more openings

Franks civilization iconFranks5920 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
3521
55.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
562
49.5%
Villager
Other
560
37.1%

+10 more openings

Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese5304 games
Archer
Archer Rush
2649
51.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
624
51.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
564
55.5%

+12 more openings

Ethiopians civilization iconEthiopians5267 games
Archer
Archer Rush
3345
50.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
1149
58.1%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
175
40.6%

+11 more openings

Persians civilization iconPersians4886 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
2341
53.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
985
51.4%
Villager
Other
578
44.1%

+10 more openings

Khmer civilization iconKhmer3423 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1403
49.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
590
48.6%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
467
50.7%

+11 more openings

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines3143 games
Archer
Archer Rush
833
49.2%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
633
54.7%
Villager
Other
541
42.9%

+10 more openings

Japanese civilization iconJapanese3044 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
929
58.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
844
48.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
337
41.8%

+10 more openings

Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians2580 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1262
54.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
317
45.7%
Villager
Other
305
44.3%

+10 more openings

Britons civilization iconBritons2496 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1560
50.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
278
57.6%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
140
48.6%

+10 more openings

Huns civilization iconHuns2464 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
980
54.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
514
52.9%
Villager
Other
196
40.8%

+10 more openings

Hindustanis civilization iconHindustanis2390 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1009
56.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
364
46.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
347
63.7%

+10 more openings

Wei civilization iconWei2341 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1053
54.6%
Villager
Other
440
43.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
401
52.6%

+9 more openings

Bulgarians civilization iconBulgarians2325 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
1143
55.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
261
57.9%
Villager
Other
234
42.3%

+10 more openings

Spanish civilization iconSpanish2310 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
675
49.8%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
469
51.2%
Villager
Other
344
40.1%

+10 more openings

Maya civilization iconMaya2281 games
Archer
Archer Rush
1440
49.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
295
58.0%
Villager
Other
252
44.0%

+9 more openings

Portuguese civilization iconPortuguese2096 games
Archer
Archer Rush
821
51.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
313
50.5%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
255
54.9%

+10 more openings

Tatars civilization iconTatars2032 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
795
53.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
612
51.8%
Villager
Other
199
36.7%

+10 more openings

Chinese civilization iconChinese2024 games
Archer
Archer Rush
909
47.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
455
54.9%
Villager
Other
204
34.3%

+10 more openings

Romans civilization iconRomans2009 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
1123
59.0%
Villager
Other
218
50.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
196
56.6%

+10 more openings

Saracens civilization iconSaracens1959 games
Archer
Archer Rush
846
51.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
366
50.8%
Villager
Other
230
39.6%

+9 more openings

Berbers civilization iconBerbers1891 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
943
54.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
336
52.1%
Villager
Other
220
43.6%

+10 more openings

Teutons civilization iconTeutons1877 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
528
56.1%
Villager
Other
310
44.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
263
49.8%

+10 more openings

Goths civilization iconGoths1873 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
869
55.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
191
57.1%
Villager
Other
171
36.3%

+11 more openings

Malians civilization iconMalians1860 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
372
59.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
368
58.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
296
50.3%

+11 more openings

Vikings civilization iconVikings1834 games
Archer
Archer Rush
542
55.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
337
62.3%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
324
50.0%

+10 more openings

Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians1703 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
526
44.5%
Villager
Other
423
48.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
257
42.4%

+9 more openings

Khitans civilization iconKhitans1680 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1099
57.0%
Villager
Other
176
41.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
112
50.0%

+9 more openings

Celts civilization iconCelts1648 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
457
50.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
231
55.4%
Villager
Other
226
35.0%

+10 more openings

Italians civilization iconItalians1641 games
Archer
Archer Rush
793
51.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
218
50.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
202
45.5%

+10 more openings

Cumans civilization iconCumans1634 games
Town CenterTown Center
2TC Feudal Boom
1153
53.1%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
117
47.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
109
50.5%

+10 more openings

Aztecs civilization iconAztecs1606 games
Villager
Other
358
49.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
338
45.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
326
60.7%

+10 more openings

Poles civilization iconPoles1566 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
763
50.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
229
45.0%
Villager
Other
195
37.9%

+10 more openings

Koreans civilization iconKoreans1549 games
Archer
Archer Rush
633
53.9%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
236
40.7%
Villager
Other
207
33.3%

+9 more openings

Sicilians civilization iconSicilians1468 games
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
998
54.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
151
56.3%
Villager
Other
120
51.7%

+8 more openings

Bohemians civilization iconBohemians1261 games
Archer
Archer Rush
398
51.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
246
48.4%
Villager
Other
203
39.4%

+10 more openings

SlavsSlavs1213 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
392
52.3%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
253
47.8%
Villager
Other
172
43.0%

+10 more openings

Turks civilization iconTurks1208 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
610
51.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
193
37.3%
Villager
Other
132
27.3%

+10 more openings

Inca civilization iconInca1118 games
Villager
Other
447
41.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
415
41.4%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
117
41.0%

+3 more openings

Malay civilization iconMalay1081 games
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
242
57.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
220
53.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
115
51.3%

+11 more openings

Georgians civilization iconGeorgians970 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
595
52.3%
Villager
Other
108
43.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
89
42.7%

+9 more openings

Burmese civilization iconBurmese929 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
168
50.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
163
47.9%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
136
49.3%

+11 more openings

Bengalis civilization iconBengalis901 games
Archer
Archer Rush
207
58.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
183
47.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
142
47.9%

+9 more openings

Armenians civilization iconArmenians889 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
364
44.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
111
48.6%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
82
61.0%

+10 more openings

Dravidians civilization iconDravidians855 games
Archer
Archer Rush
278
52.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
157
56.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
95
57.9%

+10 more openings

Tupi civilization iconTupi841 games
Villager
Other
297
41.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
275
40.0%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
116
54.3%

+3 more openings

Gurjaras civilization iconGurjaras807 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
323
54.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
161
45.3%
Villager
Other
127
38.6%

+9 more openings

Jurchens civilization iconJurchens763 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
447
53.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
99
48.5%
Villager
Other
67
38.8%

+9 more openings

Mapuche civilization iconMapuche569 games
Villager
Other
222
46.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
132
45.5%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
84
41.7%

+3 more openings

Wu civilization iconWu564 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
130
53.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
108
50.0%
Villager
Other
84
42.9%

+10 more openings

Shu civilization iconShu515 games
Archer
Archer Rush
280
46.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
54
63.0%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
52
61.5%

+9 more openings

Muisca civilization iconMuisca485 games
Archer
Archer Rush
235
40.9%
Villager
Other
187
39.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
28
35.7%

+3 more openings

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