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Most popular opening builds per civilization · parsed from ranked replays

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Map: Arabia·Games analyzed: 13,737·Updated: 2026-05-09

All Civilizations — Opening Breakdown

Opening
Archer icon — Archer Rush opening
Archer Rush
7,624 games
51.2%
±1.1
Scout Cavalry icon — Scout Rush opening
Scout Rush
6,173 games
49.4%
±1.2
Man At Arms icon — M@A Archers openingArcher icon — M@A Archers opening
M@A Archers
4,482 games
52.9%
±1.5
Villager icon — Other opening
Other
1,743 games
43.1%
±2.3
Watch Tower icon — Tower Rush opening
Tower Rush
1,253 games
47.0%
±2.8
Man At Arms icon — M@A Rush opening
M@A Rush
1,141 games
49.6%
±2.9
Castle Age icon — FC Boom openingTown Center icon — FC Boom opening
FC Boom
1,130 games
49.4%
±2.9
Spearman icon — Pike Skirm openingSkirmisher icon — Pike Skirm opening
Pike Skirm
923 games
44.2%
±3.2
Castle Age icon — Fast Castle opening
Fast Castle
902 games
47.9%
±3.3
Militia icon — Drush Archers openingArcher icon — Drush Archers opening
Drush Archers
747 games
56.9%
±3.5
Militia icon — Drush FC openingCastle Age icon — Drush FC opening
Drush FC
306 games
56.5%
±5.5
Serjeant icon — Serjeant Rush opening
Serjeant Rush
302 games
46.4%
±5.6

Highest Win-Rate Openings

MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
56.9%
MilitiaCastle Age
Drush FC
56.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
52.9%

Lowest Win-Rate Openings

SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
44.2%
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
46.4%
Militia
Drush
46.4%
Mongols civilization iconMongols1351 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
458
48.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
366
53.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
250
45.6%

+9 more openings

Chinese civilization iconChinese869 games
Archer
Archer Rush
393
54.2%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
237
51.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
58
55.2%

+9 more openings

Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese789 games
Archer
Archer Rush
291
52.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
171
56.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
132
47.0%

+10 more openings

Persians civilization iconPersians754 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
247
50.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
190
52.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
104
56.7%

+10 more openings

Magyars civilization iconMagyars684 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
367
50.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
120
49.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
54
40.7%

+9 more openings

Japanese civilization iconJapanese672 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
275
51.6%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
106
48.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
90
44.4%

+10 more openings

Spanish civilization iconSpanish653 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
175
46.9%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
146
50.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
65
35.4%

+10 more openings

Khmer civilization iconKhmer642 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
260
50.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
214
53.3%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
48
52.1%

+10 more openings

Maya civilization iconMaya641 games
Archer
Archer Rush
325
56.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
163
57.1%
MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
37
75.7%

+8 more openings

Wei civilization iconWei637 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
262
51.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
147
44.2%
Villager
Other
64
51.6%

+10 more openings

Hindustanis civilization iconHindustanis626 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
262
53.4%
Archer
Archer Rush
152
53.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
44
70.5%

+9 more openings

Huns civilization iconHuns618 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
225
49.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
206
57.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
53
64.2%

+10 more openings

Portuguese civilization iconPortuguese586 games
Archer
Archer Rush
198
50.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
100
52.0%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
100
44.0%

+10 more openings

Koreans civilization iconKoreans576 games
Archer
Archer Rush
174
50.6%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
81
50.6%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
76
50.0%

+9 more openings

Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians553 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
173
42.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
100
49.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
86
60.5%

+10 more openings

Ethiopians civilization iconEthiopians541 games
Archer
Archer Rush
216
47.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
177
55.4%
MilitiaCastle Age
Drush FC
33
69.7%

+9 more openings

Italians civilization iconItalians539 games
Archer
Archer Rush
197
56.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
138
54.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
94
51.1%

+9 more openings

Sicilians civilization iconSicilians533 games
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
302
46.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
93
59.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
53
39.6%

+10 more openings

Malians civilization iconMalians516 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
201
56.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
106
52.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
62
48.4%

+10 more openings

Malay civilization iconMalay502 games
Archer
Archer Rush
143
55.2%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
118
55.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
86
54.7%

+11 more openings

Britons civilization iconBritons501 games
Archer
Archer Rush
223
53.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
137
50.4%
MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
38
50.0%

+10 more openings

Dravidians civilization iconDravidians501 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
190
45.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
106
47.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
56
46.4%

+9 more openings

Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians497 games
Archer
Archer Rush
160
45.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
123
44.7%
Villager
Other
112
48.2%

+9 more openings

Bulgarians civilization iconBulgarians489 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
160
61.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
95
51.6%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
78
43.6%

+10 more openings

Vikings civilization iconVikings485 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
181
54.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
128
57.8%
MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
30
56.7%

+10 more openings

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines478 games
Archer
Archer Rush
134
55.2%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
94
48.9%
Villager
Other
65
44.6%

+9 more openings

Franks civilization iconFranks478 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
251
56.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
92
60.9%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
48
47.9%

+9 more openings

Teutons civilization iconTeutons476 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
136
51.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
99
46.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
62
64.5%

+10 more openings

Berbers civilization iconBerbers470 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
216
50.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
125
51.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
34
50.0%

+10 more openings

Cumans civilization iconCumans469 games
Town CenterTown Center
2TC Feudal Boom
251
51.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
95
46.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
52
53.8%

+11 more openings

Burmese civilization iconBurmese468 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
152
47.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
61
45.9%
Archer
Archer Rush
58
50.0%

+11 more openings

Poles civilization iconPoles466 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
192
45.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
105
46.7%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
45
44.4%

+10 more openings

Tupi civilization iconTupi466 games
Archer
Archer Rush
141
46.1%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
101
54.5%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
82
42.7%

+3 more openings

SlavsSlavs455 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
141
55.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
96
56.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
60
46.7%

+10 more openings

Goths civilization iconGoths453 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
143
54.5%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
76
65.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
58
44.8%

+10 more openings

Gurjaras civilization iconGurjaras448 games
Archer
Archer Rush
202
54.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
150
49.3%
Villager
Other
32
28.1%

+7 more openings

Inca civilization iconInca448 games
Archer
Archer Rush
306
36.6%
Villager
Other
54
38.9%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
31
35.5%

+3 more openings

Aztecs civilization iconAztecs443 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
167
55.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
110
44.5%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
32
50.0%

+9 more openings

Tatars civilization iconTatars439 games
Archer
Archer Rush
162
54.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
145
44.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
44
61.4%

+9 more openings

Bengalis civilization iconBengalis438 games
Archer
Archer Rush
134
46.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
103
49.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
45
53.3%

+10 more openings

Bohemians civilization iconBohemians429 games
Archer
Archer Rush
189
56.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
98
56.1%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
31
38.7%

+10 more openings

Turks civilization iconTurks418 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
199
46.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
132
52.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
29
51.7%

+8 more openings

Saracens civilization iconSaracens415 games
Archer
Archer Rush
183
50.3%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
71
31.0%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
52
57.7%

+9 more openings

Khitans civilization iconKhitans414 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
238
57.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
61
49.2%
Villager
Other
32
31.3%

+10 more openings

Georgians civilization iconGeorgians408 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
183
44.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
108
50.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
27
51.9%

+10 more openings

Celts civilization iconCelts403 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
163
54.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
55
49.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
42
57.1%

+10 more openings

Shu civilization iconShu391 games
Archer
Archer Rush
149
55.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
90
55.6%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
36
69.4%

+10 more openings

Jurchens civilization iconJurchens386 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
207
48.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
68
47.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
22
54.5%

+9 more openings

Romans civilization iconRomans354 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
103
59.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
74
52.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
50
50.0%

+10 more openings

Armenians civilization iconArmenians341 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
107
38.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
76
46.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
37
40.5%

+9 more openings

Wu civilization iconWu312 games
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
131
55.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
41
51.2%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
33
48.5%

+10 more openings

Muisca civilization iconMuisca310 games
Archer
Archer Rush
204
48.0%
Villager
Other
61
36.1%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
16
37.5%

+3 more openings

Mapuche civilization iconMapuche243 games
Archer
Archer Rush
99
54.5%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
68
41.2%
Villager
Other
35
40.0%

+3 more openings

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