AoE4 civs: build orders & counters

AoE4 civs: style, median Feudal age-up and key units of their popular builds

Civ	Style	Feudal	Key units
Abbasid Dynasty	Mostly macro	4:00	Horsemen, Camel riders, Spearmen
Ayyubids	Mostly macro	4:10	Desert raiders, Archers, Camel lancers
Byzantines	Mostly macro	4:38	Longbowmen, Limitanei, Horsemen
Chinese	Mostly macro	3:30	Horsemen, Spearmen
Delhi Sultanate	Mostly macro	5:10	Archers, Ghazi raiders, War elephants
English	Mostly macro	4:15	Longbowmen, Spearmen, Horsemen
French	Aggressive	4:25	Royal knights, Archers, Spearmen
Golden Horde	Mixed	4:50	Torguud, Keshiks, Archers
House of Lancaster	Mixed	4:07	Knights, Yeomen, Demilancers
Holy Roman Empire	Mixed	4:05	Men-at-arms, Spearmen, Archers
Japanese	Mostly macro	5:55	Mounted samurai, Spearmen, Yumi ashigaru
Jeanne d’Arc	Aggressive	4:18	Royal knights, Women-at-arms, Archers
Jin Dynasty	Mostly macro	4:20	Iron Pagodas, Mohe tribesmen, Spearmen
Knights Templar	Mixed	4:15	Chevaliers confrères, Archers, Serjeants
Macedonian Dynasty	Mixed	4:20	Horsemen, Riddari, Bogmadrs
Malians	Mostly macro	4:20	Archers, Freeborn mansa, Donsos
Mongols	Mixed	4:55	Spearmen, Keshiks, Archers
Order of the Dragon	Mostly macro	4:22	Gilded spearmen, Gilded knights, Gilded crossbowmen
Ottomans	Mostly macro	4:40	Sipahis, Archers, Spearmen
Rus	Mostly macro	4:25	Knights, Warrior monks, Archers
Sengoku Daimyo	Mixed	5:05	Yumi ashigaru, Yari, Spearmen
Tughlaq Dynasty	Mostly macro	4:10	Elephant raiders, Lancers, Spearmen
Zhu Xi’s Legacy	Aggressive	4:25	Zhuge Nu, Shaolin monks

From the popular builds on aoe4guides.com on 2026-10-16. Style counts rushes and timing attacks among a civ's most-played builds; Feudal is their median age-up click. Win rates are on the AoE IV meta page.