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Most popular opening builds per civilization · parsed from ranked replays

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Map: Arabia·Games analyzed: 7,849·Updated: 2026-05-09

All Civilizations — Opening Breakdown

Opening
Scout Cavalry icon — Scout Rush opening
Scout Rush
4,450 games
50.4%
±1.5
Archer icon — Archer Rush opening
Archer Rush
3,959 games
48.5%
±1.6
Man At Arms icon — M@A Archers openingArcher icon — M@A Archers opening
M@A Archers
2,497 games
53.7%
±2.0
Villager icon — Other opening
Other
1,119 games
42.5%
±2.9
Man At Arms icon — M@A Rush opening
M@A Rush
827 games
49.2%
±3.4
Castle Age icon — FC Boom openingTown Center icon — FC Boom opening
FC Boom
637 games
49.5%
±3.9
Watch Tower icon — Tower Rush opening
Tower Rush
490 games
48.2%
±4.4
Spearman icon — Pike Skirm openingSkirmisher icon — Pike Skirm opening
Pike Skirm
410 games
45.6%
±4.8
Castle Age icon — Fast Castle opening
Fast Castle
387 games
57.6%
±4.9
Militia icon — Drush Archers openingArcher icon — Drush Archers opening
Drush Archers
254 games
57.1%
±6.0
Battle Elephant icon — Elephant Rush opening
Elephant Rush
178 games
50.6%
±7.3
Town Center icon — 2TC Feudal Boom openingTown Center icon — 2TC Feudal Boom opening
2TC Feudal Boom
166 games
51.8%
±7.5

Highest Win-Rate Openings

MilitiaCastle Age
Drush FC
61.4%
MilitiaMan At Arms
Drush M@A
60.7%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
57.6%

Lowest Win-Rate Openings

SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
45.6%
Militia
Drush
46.6%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
48.2%
Mongols civilization iconMongols976 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
439
50.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
223
46.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
117
53.8%

+10 more openings

Magyars civilization iconMagyars756 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
459
52.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
110
43.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
64
54.7%

+9 more openings

Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese699 games
Archer
Archer Rush
300
52.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
139
51.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
119
61.3%

+9 more openings

Persians civilization iconPersians617 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
292
49.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
126
54.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
67
68.7%

+9 more openings

Khmer civilization iconKhmer535 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
220
46.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
134
50.7%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
77
53.2%

+9 more openings

Japanese civilization iconJapanese459 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
214
52.8%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
75
44.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
39
38.5%

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Malians civilization iconMalians449 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
185
59.5%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
67
44.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
63
52.4%

+10 more openings

Wei civilization iconWei438 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
182
53.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
87
46.0%
Villager
Other
73
45.2%

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Franks civilization iconFranks408 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
284
55.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
35
57.1%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
23
56.5%

+7 more openings

Maya civilization iconMaya394 games
Archer
Archer Rush
233
51.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
98
55.1%
Villager
Other
20
70.0%

+7 more openings

Ethiopians civilization iconEthiopians388 games
Archer
Archer Rush
230
47.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
97
55.7%
Villager
Other
14
28.6%

+9 more openings

Huns civilization iconHuns387 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
157
49.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
105
53.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
28
57.1%

+9 more openings

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines358 games
Archer
Archer Rush
100
46.0%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
70
52.9%
Villager
Other
60
46.7%

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Chinese civilization iconChinese349 games
Archer
Archer Rush
151
48.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
110
48.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
19
47.4%

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Hindustanis civilization iconHindustanis333 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
140
47.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
70
50.0%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
31
64.5%

+9 more openings

Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians324 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
151
57.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
41
46.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
35
48.6%

+10 more openings

Britons civilization iconBritons318 games
Archer
Archer Rush
152
40.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
97
56.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
20
50.0%

+8 more openings

Bulgarians civilization iconBulgarians300 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
89
40.4%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
78
50.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
38
52.6%

+10 more openings

Portuguese civilization iconPortuguese299 games
Archer
Archer Rush
118
46.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
71
49.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
48
43.8%

+9 more openings

Spanish civilization iconSpanish289 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
78
43.6%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
65
63.1%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
44
56.8%

+10 more openings

Tatars civilization iconTatars273 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
101
49.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
94
48.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
34
58.8%

+8 more openings

Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians272 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
97
51.5%
Villager
Other
68
48.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
57
50.9%

+7 more openings

Khitans civilization iconKhitans259 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
171
55.6%
Villager
Other
23
43.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
21
23.8%

+7 more openings

Saracens civilization iconSaracens250 games
Archer
Archer Rush
115
41.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
40
47.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
28
32.1%

+8 more openings

Berbers civilization iconBerbers246 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
151
47.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
40
60.0%
Villager
Other
14
35.7%

+9 more openings

Jurchens civilization iconJurchens246 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
160
50.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
39
69.2%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
13
46.2%

+8 more openings

Aztecs civilization iconAztecs244 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
72
50.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
50
42.0%
Villager
Other
41
46.3%

+8 more openings

Italians civilization iconItalians244 games
Archer
Archer Rush
107
46.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
76
53.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
27
55.6%

+9 more openings

Vikings civilization iconVikings244 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
82
65.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
79
53.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
25
64.0%

+10 more openings

Koreans civilization iconKoreans241 games
Archer
Archer Rush
101
57.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
34
58.8%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
31
58.1%

+8 more openings

SlavsSlavs239 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
82
51.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
41
46.3%
Villager
Other
32
59.4%

+10 more openings

Teutons civilization iconTeutons236 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
77
53.2%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
51
56.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
25
44.0%

+9 more openings

Cumans civilization iconCumans232 games
Town CenterTown Center
2TC Feudal Boom
166
51.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
21
52.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
18
38.9%

+8 more openings

Romans civilization iconRomans228 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
100
59.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
59
55.9%
Villager
Other
16
37.5%

+8 more openings

Goths civilization iconGoths227 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
68
48.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
63
57.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
18
44.4%

+10 more openings

Malay civilization iconMalay227 games
Archer
Archer Rush
59
49.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
58
50.0%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
44
54.5%

+10 more openings

Celts civilization iconCelts219 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
76
53.9%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
45
46.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
19
57.9%

+10 more openings

Poles civilization iconPoles217 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
111
45.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
39
46.2%
Villager
Other
19
52.6%

+8 more openings

Turks civilization iconTurks210 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
96
45.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
44
40.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
20
60.0%

+8 more openings

Gurjaras civilization iconGurjaras195 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
78
64.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
64
57.8%
Villager
Other
15
53.3%

+8 more openings

Sicilians civilization iconSicilians181 games
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
79
55.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
39
53.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
19
47.4%

+6 more openings

Inca civilization iconInca169 games
Archer
Archer Rush
119
47.9%
Villager
Other
35
28.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
7
14.3%

+3 more openings

Dravidians civilization iconDravidians168 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
62
56.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
49
32.7%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
14
35.7%

+8 more openings

Burmese civilization iconBurmese166 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
39
30.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
35
57.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
23
60.9%

+10 more openings

Bohemians civilization iconBohemians164 games
Archer
Archer Rush
64
60.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
33
54.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
32
43.8%

+8 more openings

Shu civilization iconShu164 games
Archer
Archer Rush
79
50.6%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
44
63.6%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
10
30.0%

+8 more openings

Georgians civilization iconGeorgians153 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
76
35.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
29
44.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
12
58.3%

+9 more openings

Bengalis civilization iconBengalis148 games
Archer
Archer Rush
42
54.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
38
50.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
20
45.0%

+8 more openings

Wu civilization iconWu147 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
44
45.5%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
27
48.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
18
61.1%

+9 more openings

Armenians civilization iconArmenians116 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
36
58.3%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
27
33.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
21
33.3%

+7 more openings

Mapuche civilization iconMapuche109 games
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
32
59.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
30
36.7%
Villager
Other
29
31.0%

+3 more openings

Tupi civilization iconTupi108 games
Archer
Archer Rush
37
43.2%
Villager
Other
23
34.8%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
21
61.9%

+3 more openings

Muisca civilization iconMuisca80 games
Archer
Archer Rush
53
39.6%
Villager
Other
14
57.1%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
6
66.7%

+3 more openings

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