Mongols build orders & counters

What the most-played Mongols 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: Mixed3 of its 6 most-played builds are rushes or timing attacks.
Feudal Age: 4:55Median age-up click of its popular builds.
Key units: Spearmen, Keshiks, ArchersMost trained in those builds.

Most-played Mongols build orders

Most-played Mongols build orders on aoe4guides.com
Build	Strategy	Feudal	Castle	Main units
New Player Guide to Mongolsby Shaada	—	—	—	Spearmen, Keshiks
Dark age horseman into IMP Mangudai, Teamgame Buildby Gissa777	—	~8:45	—	Spearmen
Mongol 2TC Cheeseby Skimsh	Cheese	~4:27	—	—
Mongols Keshik + Pressão Feudalby Richarddurodo	—	4:55	—	—
Mongol Notes - Tower Rushby KingJWEn	Aggressive	—	—	—
4:30 Feudal Rush Mongolby Valdemar1902	Rush	—	—	—

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 Mongols

Their popular builds lean on spearmen, keshiks and archers. Answer with:

SpearmenArchers · Men-at-arms · Handcannoneers
KeshiksSpearmen · Crossbowmen · Camel riders
ArchersHorsemen · Men-at-arms · Mangonels

What Mongols units beat

Playing Mongols? Your main units are the answer to:

SpearmenHorsemen · Knights · Lancers · Camel riders
KeshiksHorsemen · Men-at-arms · Handcannoneers · Gunpowder infantry (Streltsy, Janissaries)
ArchersSpearmen · Crossbowmen · Horse archers · Mangudai

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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