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Most popular opening builds per civilization · parsed from ranked replays

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Map: Arabia·Games analyzed: 15,423·Updated: 2026-05-09

All Civilizations — Opening Breakdown

Opening
Scout Cavalry icon — Scout Rush opening
Scout Rush
7,614 games
54.1%
±1.1
Archer icon — Archer Rush opening
Archer Rush
6,415 games
51.6%
±1.2
Villager icon — Other opening
Other
4,266 games
38.4%
±1.5
Castle Age icon — FC Boom openingTown Center icon — FC Boom opening
FC Boom
3,781 games
48.8%
±1.6
Man At Arms icon — M@A Rush opening
M@A Rush
2,905 games
53.5%
±1.8
Man At Arms icon — M@A Archers openingArcher icon — M@A Archers opening
M@A Archers
1,542 games
55.9%
±2.5
Castle Age icon — Fast Castle opening
Fast Castle
1,191 games
53.9%
±2.8
Watch Tower icon — Tower Rush opening
Tower Rush
886 games
42.7%
±3.2
Spearman icon — Pike Skirm openingSkirmisher icon — Pike Skirm opening
Pike Skirm
710 games
37.3%
±3.5
Battle Elephant icon — Elephant Rush opening
Elephant Rush
387 games
53.5%
±4.9
Serjeant icon — Serjeant Rush opening
Serjeant Rush
339 games
54.0%
±5.3

Highest Win-Rate Openings

Siege Workshop
Hoang Rush
65.7%
MilitiaArcher
Drush Archers
61.5%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
55.9%

Lowest Win-Rate Openings

Militia
Drush
23.6%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
37.3%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
42.7%
Franks civilization iconFranks2134 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1074
56.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
296
55.7%
Villager
Other
294
38.8%

+10 more openings

Mongols civilization iconMongols1817 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
843
54.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
333
49.8%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
209
40.7%

+10 more openings

Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese1636 games
Archer
Archer Rush
815
53.7%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
164
53.0%
Villager
Other
138
31.9%

+11 more openings

Magyars civilization iconMagyars1622 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
1104
55.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
176
53.4%
Villager
Other
111
28.8%

+8 more openings

Ethiopians civilization iconEthiopians1363 games
Archer
Archer Rush
905
55.2%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
147
59.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
110
44.5%

+10 more openings

Persians civilization iconPersians1213 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
509
56.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
196
49.0%
Villager
Other
193
44.6%

+10 more openings

Britons civilization iconBritons926 games
Archer
Archer Rush
500
51.4%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
101
53.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
90
58.9%

+8 more openings

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines873 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
199
48.7%
Archer
Archer Rush
148
48.0%
Villager
Other
148
39.9%

+10 more openings

Japanese civilization iconJapanese816 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
312
58.7%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
145
62.1%
Villager
Other
79
39.2%

+10 more openings

Khmer civilization iconKhmer812 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
259
54.1%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
146
49.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
124
52.4%

+10 more openings

Spanish civilization iconSpanish789 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
202
53.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
187
50.3%
Villager
Other
115
38.3%

+10 more openings

Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians745 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
329
48.6%
Villager
Other
110
42.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
100
47.0%

+10 more openings

Bulgarians civilization iconBulgarians704 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
369
58.3%
Villager
Other
68
48.5%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
54
37.0%

+10 more openings

Huns civilization iconHuns690 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
297
55.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
82
47.6%
Villager
Other
81
30.9%

+9 more openings

Teutons civilization iconTeutons643 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
138
54.3%
Villager
Other
126
37.3%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
119
51.3%

+10 more openings

Maya civilization iconMaya628 games
Archer
Archer Rush
344
50.0%
Villager
Other
95
35.8%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
62
58.1%

+8 more openings

Chinese civilization iconChinese627 games
Archer
Archer Rush
216
50.9%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
106
55.7%
Villager
Other
102
27.5%

+8 more openings

Goths civilization iconGoths574 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
258
52.7%
Villager
Other
85
35.3%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
66
43.9%

+10 more openings

Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians546 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
152
51.3%
Villager
Other
147
46.3%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
105
55.2%

+9 more openings

Hindustanis civilization iconHindustanis521 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
171
59.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
102
53.9%
Villager
Other
91
48.4%

+10 more openings

Portuguese civilization iconPortuguese518 games
Archer
Archer Rush
163
57.7%
Villager
Other
73
31.5%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
72
51.4%

+10 more openings

Cumans civilization iconCumans514 games
Town CenterTown Center
2TC Feudal Boom
288
52.8%
Siege Workshop
Hoang Rush
67
65.7%
Villager
Other
42
35.7%

+11 more openings

Romans civilization iconRomans512 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
264
62.1%
Villager
Other
54
38.9%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
42
40.5%

+10 more openings

Celts civilization iconCelts508 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
139
56.8%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
85
47.1%
Villager
Other
69
46.4%

+10 more openings

Koreans civilization iconKoreans501 games
Archer
Archer Rush
150
53.3%
Watch Tower
Tower Rush
111
51.4%
Villager
Other
83
38.6%

+6 more openings

Tatars civilization iconTatars499 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
174
61.5%
Archer
Archer Rush
126
57.9%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
75
48.0%

+7 more openings

Aztecs civilization iconAztecs479 games
Villager
Other
143
41.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
106
48.1%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
73
57.5%

+9 more openings

Sicilians civilization iconSicilians472 games
Serjeant
Serjeant Rush
339
54.0%
Villager
Other
50
44.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
21
52.4%

+8 more openings

Vikings civilization iconVikings463 games
Archer
Archer Rush
116
56.9%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
101
50.5%
Villager
Other
69
47.8%

+10 more openings

Turks civilization iconTurks449 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
152
54.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
81
55.6%
Villager
Other
73
20.5%

+8 more openings

Poles civilization iconPoles445 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
183
55.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
66
50.0%
Archer
Archer Rush
64
46.9%

+7 more openings

Saracens civilization iconSaracens445 games
Archer
Archer Rush
148
51.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
78
46.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
77
51.9%

+8 more openings

Italians civilization iconItalians409 games
Archer
Archer Rush
147
52.4%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
75
38.7%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
70
50.0%

+10 more openings

Berbers civilization iconBerbers407 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
137
59.1%
Villager
Other
81
48.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
74
47.3%

+8 more openings

Wei civilization iconWei380 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
118
55.1%
Villager
Other
93
45.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
68
57.4%

+9 more openings

Inca civilization iconInca342 games
Villager
Other
177
45.2%
Archer
Archer Rush
82
48.8%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
38
34.2%

+3 more openings

Malians civilization iconMalians339 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
68
48.5%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
54
50.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
54
46.3%

+9 more openings

Bohemians civilization iconBohemians329 games
Archer
Archer Rush
75
53.3%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
67
49.3%
Villager
Other
54
27.8%

+9 more openings

Malay civilization iconMalay329 games
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
74
58.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
51
51.0%
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
44
61.4%

+10 more openings

SlavsSlavs302 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
80
52.5%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
68
48.5%
Villager
Other
51
39.2%

+8 more openings

Armenians civilization iconArmenians279 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
147
57.1%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
37
56.8%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
22
36.4%

+7 more openings

Khitans civilization iconKhitans275 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
168
61.9%
Villager
Other
36
47.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
26
65.4%

+6 more openings

Georgians civilization iconGeorgians245 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
99
54.5%
Villager
Other
41
48.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
35
51.4%

+6 more openings

Gurjaras civilization iconGurjaras235 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
56
44.6%
Archer
Archer Rush
53
34.0%
Villager
Other
39
41.0%

+8 more openings

Bengalis civilization iconBengalis234 games
Castle Age
Fast Castle
62
71.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
43
48.8%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
41
46.3%

+6 more openings

Burmese civilization iconBurmese232 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
61
59.0%
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
37
54.1%
Battle Elephant
Elephant Rush
35
60.0%

+10 more openings

Tupi civilization iconTupi208 games
Villager
Other
88
51.1%
Archer
Archer Rush
45
44.4%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
32
50.0%

+3 more openings

Dravidians civilization iconDravidians184 games
Archer
Archer Rush
43
44.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
27
33.3%
Man At ArmsArcher
M@A Archers
26
61.5%

+7 more openings

Mapuche civilization iconMapuche149 games
Villager
Other
65
40.0%
SpearmanSkirmisher
Pike Skirm
25
36.0%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
23
43.5%

+3 more openings

Jurchens civilization iconJurchens143 games
Scout Cavalry
Scout Rush
45
44.4%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
30
50.0%
Villager
Other
18
44.4%

+6 more openings

Shu civilization iconShu117 games
Archer
Archer Rush
39
35.9%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
19
47.4%
Castle Age
Fast Castle
17
76.5%

+6 more openings

Muisca civilization iconMuisca115 games
Villager
Other
48
43.8%
Archer
Archer Rush
38
52.6%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
16
50.0%

+3 more openings

Wu civilization iconWu108 games
Man At Arms
M@A Rush
37
62.2%
Castle AgeTown Center
FC Boom
18
33.3%
Archer
Archer Rush
18
55.6%

+9 more openings

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