Their Camel Archer unit is among the best ranged mounted units as well, with excellent strength and accuracy, and it benefits from the Maghrabi Camels tech which grants Berber camel units a regenerative ability. Their villagers gather food faster from sheep, and their Town Centers are cheaper than usual, which helps their economy and gives them the possibility of expanding in the mid-game much faster. Their unique unit is the Longbowman which can out-range virtually every other unit in the game as well as towers and castles once fully upgraded.

Their archery ranges produce units considerably faster than the average civilization, and their archers in general have a longer range. The first entry in our list happens to be the Britons, a classic civilization with a focus on archery for their military strategies. Some may do better on certain maps, some benefit from 1v1 settings or are good in team games, and the list of variables goes on making it hard to make a simple ranking. With the HD version came several new civilizations to control and develop into bustling empires, complicating the ever-controversial question of which civilization is the best. As a defensive civilization, they also get cheaper counter units and Town Watch for free.Д«eing the bastion of Greek Orthodoxy, their Monks heal faster to keep with their defensive theme.And very few games have been played for such a long time as Age of Empires II, arguably the most beloved installment in the series. To reflect this achievement, the Byzantines attain a theme of a defensive civilization and have tougher buildings as the Age progresses. The Byzantines were best known for having deflected many invasions implemented by barbarians, Slavs and Arabsand the famed doubled walls that surrounded their capital of Constantinople almost stood for over a millennium until overran by Ottoman Turks. That is reflected upon in the game with the Byzantines having access to all economic Lumber CampMilland Mining Camp upgrades. Europe, in particular, could not match Byzantines' economic strength until late in the Middle Ages. So the Byzantine Empire's economy was among the most advanced in Europe and the Mediterranean for many centuries. As a result, they pay less to advance to the Imperial Age.Д¬onstantinople operated as the center of a trading network that extended across nearly all of Eurasia and North Africa, in particular as the primary western terminus of the famous Silk Road. The Byzantines had a head start over their European neighbors and arguably reached their zenith while the rest of Europe were in the Dark Age. Their Imperial Age unique technology is Logisticareferring to the Byzantines' strong military tactics which grants their Cataphracts trample damage to attack multiple enemies at once.

As the medieval stage of the Roman Empire they retain characteristics of their Rise of Rome Roman Roman and Palmyran counterparts and Persian neighbors, such as their unique unit, the Cataphracta type of heavy cavalry that happened to also be present in the original game.

Only classified as a defensive civilization in-game, they are in practice a very versatile civilization, relying on a wide variety of units of all categories for both offense and defense. They are situated in the Balkan peninsula and Asia Minor, along the eastern seaboard of the Mediterranean in the modern countries such as Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania. For a time in England, all sports but archery were banned on Sundays, thus the Britons also have faster Archery Ranges. Known as skilled shepherds and heavily involved in the wool trade, British shepherds work faster. The Britons were known for their small villages scattered across England, as well as their tactics of encroaching on enemies with strongholds, and thus get cheaper Town Centers.

Their Castle Age unique technology Yeomen refers to the fact that the Britons heavily relied on archery, thus giving their foot archers even more range, as well as increasing their tower damage. Longbowmen are archers with higher range than every other archer in the game, even outranging Castles and towers in later stages of the game. The Britons' unique unit is the Longbowmanfrom their historical use of the English Longbow in their campaigns. Listed below are all civilizations and their specialties in Age of Empires II and all its expansions. It can still be effective and create a moment of surprise if non-typical units are created. While it is possible to put the focus elsewhere other than their advantageous trait e. Each civilization in the game has one or two focused military strengths, meaning units or buildings that fall into those categories are usually given most-to-all of the available upgrades in addition to favorable stat boosts by the game and will likely be part of effective battle strategies during matches.

Aoe2 civ tier list