Malians build orders & counters

What the most-played Malians builds in Age of Empires IV do, the units they rely on, and how to answer them. From the popular builds on aoe4guides.com.

Style: Mostly macro2 of its 8 most-played builds are rushes or timing attacks.
Feudal Age: 4:20Median age-up click of its popular builds.
Key units: Archers, Freeborn mansa, DonsosMost trained in those builds.

Most-played Malians build orders

Most-played Malians build orders on aoe4guides.com
Build	Strategy	Feudal	Castle	Main units
Fast Pit Mine Into Cows (2026)by Valdemar1902	—	4:11	12:15	Donsos, Javelin throwers
Vortix's Feudal Aggro with Sofas into Cow Boomby Eldritch	Aggressive	4:15	—	Warrior scouts, Archers
Classic malians openerby Astralfr	—	4:11	—	Donsos, Javelin throwers
2 Stable Sofa Archer Openingby Valdemar1902	Rush	4:24	—	—
Malian \| 2 TCby Jockxtar	Boom	4:35	~6:20	Musofadi mansa, Freeborn mansa
Malian 2TCby siberian_wolf	Boom	8:30	14:05	Musofadi warriors, Freeborn mansa

Each build opens on aoe4guides.com, where its author wrote it. Times are the age-up clicks in the build (~ means estimated). Browse every build on aoe4guides.com.

How to counter Malians

Their popular builds lean on archers, freeborn mansa and donsos. Answer with:

ArchersHorsemen · Men-at-arms · Mangonels
DonsosArchers · Men-at-arms · Handcannoneers

What Malians units beat

Playing Malians? Your main units are the answer to:

ArchersSpearmen · Crossbowmen · Horse archers · Mangudai
DonsosHorsemen · Knights · Lancers · Camel riders

Counters follow the unit-class rules of MetaAOE's counter sheet (Alt+C in game), not patch numbers. Upgrades and numbers still decide the fight.

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