MetaAOEAoE IV and AoE II counters
Your opponent makes a unit, you read its line: the safest answer is in green, the others follow. The same counters MetaAOE shows in game, against your opponent's civ.
Age of Empires IV
AoE IV counters: standard units
The units every civ (or nearly) can make.
ArchersHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels- LongbowmenHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels
SpearmenArchersMen-at-armsHandcannoneers
HorsemenSpearmenKnights- KnightsSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- LancersSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- Men-at-armsCrossbowmenHandcannoneersKnights
- CrossbowmenHorsemenArchersMangonels
- HandcannoneersHorsemenKnightsMangonels
- Gunpowder infantry (Streltsy, Janissaries)HorsemenKnightsMangonels
- Zhuge NuHorsemenKnightsMangonels
- GrenadiersHorsemenKnights
- Horse archersArchersCrossbowmenHorsemen
- MangudaiArchersCrossbowmenHorsemen
- Camel ridersSpearmenArchersMen-at-arms
- Camel archersArchersMen-at-armsCrossbowmen
- War elephantsSpearmenCrossbowmenHandcannoneers
- Tower elephantsCrossbowmenSpearmenHandcannoneers
MangonelsHorsemenKnights- SpringaldsHorsemenKnights
- CulverinsHorsemenKnights
- BombardsHorsemenKnightsCulverins
- TrebuchetsHorsemenKnights
- RamsMen-at-armsSpearmenKnights
- Siege towersMen-at-armsSpearmenKnights
MonksHorsemenKnights- TradersHorsemenKnights
AoE IV counters: civ unique units
A unit only one civ has: what beats it.
- KeshiksSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- CataphractsCrossbowmenHandcannoneersSpearmen
- Varangian guardsCrossbowmenHandcannoneersKnights
- LimitaneiArchersMen-at-armsHandcannoneers
- LandsknechteArchersHorsemenKnights
- Royal knightsSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- ArbalétriersHorsemenKnightsMangonels
- JanissariesHorsemenKnightsMangonels
- SipahiSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- Great bombardsHorsemenKnights
- GhulamsCrossbowmenArchersKnights
- Desert raidersSpearmenArchersCamel riders
- Camel lancersSpearmenCrossbowmenMen-at-arms
- SamuraiCrossbowmenHandcannoneersKnights
- Mounted samuraiSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- Onna-mushaArchersCrossbowmenHorsemen
- Yumi ashigaruHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels
- OzutsuHorsemenKnightsMangonels
- DonsoArchersMen-at-armsHandcannoneers
- Musofadi warriorsArchersHorsemenMen-at-arms
- SofaSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- Javelin throwersHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels
- Fire lancersSpearmenArchersMen-at-arms
- Palace guardsCrossbowmenHandcannoneersKnights
- Nest of beesHorsemenKnights
- Ghazi raidersSpearmenArchersCamel riders
- Black ridersSpearmenCamel ridersKnights
- Hospitaller knightsSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- SerjeantsCrossbowmenHandcannoneersKnights
- Genoese crossbowmenHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels
- Iron pagodasSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- YeomenHorsemenMen-at-armsMangonels
- HobelarsSpearmenKnights
- DemilancersSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- RiddariSpearmenCrossbowmenCamel riders
- Huihui paoHorsemenKnights
These counters in game, against their civ
In game, MetaAOE reads your opponent's civ and keeps its counters one key away: Alt+C, the best answer shows in green, over the game. Free, on Overwolf.
Age of Empires II
AoE II counters: standard units
The units every civ (or nearly) can make.
- ArchersSkirmishersMangonelsKnights
- ScoutsSpearmen / PikemenLong swordsmen
- KnightsSpearmen / PikemenCamelsMonks
- Men-at-armsArchersHand cannoneers
- SkirmishersKnightsMen-at-armsLight cavalry
- Cavalry archersSkirmishersLight cavalryCamels
- Battle elephantsMonksSpearmen / Pikemen
- MonksLight cavalryEagle warriorsScouts
- Eagle warriorsLong swordsmenKnightsHand cannoneers
- MangonelsKnightsLight cavalry
- RamsMen-at-armsLong swordsmenKnights
- Hand cannoneersSkirmishersKnightsMangonels
- Light cavalrySpearmen / PikemenCamelsKnights
- CamelsSpearmen / PikemenLong swordsmenArchers
- Spearmen / PikemenArchersLong swordsmenHand cannoneers
- Long swordsmenArchersHand cannoneersCavalry archers
- ScorpionsKnightsLight cavalryMangonels
- Bombard cannonsLight cavalryKnights
- TrebuchetsLight cavalryKnights
AoE II counters: civ unique units
A unit only one civ has: what beats it.
- ConquistadorsCamelsSpearmen / PikemenSkirmishers
- War wagonsSpearmen / PikemenCamelsLong swordsmen
- Woad raidersArchersHand cannoneersKnights
- CataphractsCamelsMonksKnights
- Teutonic knightsArchersCavalry archersHand cannoneers
- HuskarlsKnightsLong swordsmenHand cannoneers
- SamuraiArchersKnightsHand cannoneers
- Jaguar warriorsArchersKnightsHand cannoneers
- Plumed archersSkirmishersKnightsMangonels
- LongbowmenSkirmishersMangonelsKnights
- Chu Ko NuMangonelsSkirmishersKnights
- Genoese crossbowmenSkirmishersMangonelsKnights
- Elephant archersSkirmishersSpearmen / PikemenMonks
- MamelukesArchersLong swordsmenHand cannoneers
- JanissariesSkirmishersKnightsMangonels
- KeshiksSpearmen / PikemenCamelsLong swordsmen
- LeitisSpearmen / PikemenCamelsMonks
- BoyarsCamelsSpearmen / PikemenMonks
- TarkansSpearmen / PikemenCamelsLong swordsmen
- Magyar huszarsSpearmen / PikemenCamelsMonks
- KamayuksArchersHand cannoneersLong swordsmen
- Organ gunsKnightsLight cavalryMangonels
- SlingersKnightsLight cavalryArchers
- Throwing axemenArchersKnightsHand cannoneers
- Rattan archersLong swordsmenMangonelsHand cannoneers
- GhulamsKnightsCamelsHand cannoneers
- BerserksArchersKnightsHand cannoneers
Counters civ by civ (AoE IV)
The units each civ plays most in its popular builds, and how to beat them.
Abbasid Dynasty
Ayyubids
Byzantines
Chinese
Delhi Sultanate
English
French
Golden Horde
House of Lancaster
Holy Roman Empire
Japanese
Jeanne d’Arc
Jin Dynasty
Knights Templar
Macedonian Dynasty
Malians
Mongols
Order of the Dragon
Ottomans
Rus
Sengoku Daimyo
Tughlaq Dynasty
Zhu Xi’s Legacy