AGE OF EMPIRES IV
CIVILISATION MATCHUPS
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AyyubidAyyubid
The Ayyubids win through camel cavalry and siege, adapting their development through House of Wisdom choices while scaling toward a Golden Age where each structure built amplifies their gathering rates, research speed, production, and camel attack effectiveness.
Matchup advice5 TIPS

You need two knights, maybe three, to outdamage the healing of dervishes once the knights' charge damage bonus runs out.

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The additional charge damage from French knights makes them one of the most potent knights against desert raiders.

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Camel lancers are actually worse against knights than desert raiders.

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Camel Lancers minus 20% damage for all horse cavalry. It's pretty significant when that's the entire thing your civilization is based around, like the French.

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If those camels do get hurt, they just run back and get healed back to full. French knights need a pretty expensive upgrade to heal themselves; Chivalry is not an easy investment for the French.

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Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
Desert RaiderVersatile camel unit available at range and stable
Camel LancerCamel cavalry with tactical charge attack
DervishReligious cavalry unit with mass healing ability
ManjaniqMangonel switching to fire projectile mode
GhulamHeavy infantry unit with quick strike ability
Tower of the SultanSiege tower firing arrows while ramming buildings
AtabegMounted civilian buffing unit hit points when garrisoned
Bedouin SkirmisherLight ranged infantry with bonus vs light units
Bedouin SwordsmanLight melee infantry with bonus vs melee units
Atabeg Trade CaravanFaster cheaper trader with reduced gold return
Landmarks
Culture Wing
House of Wisdom wing. Choose: Advancement (cheaper, faster age-up) or Logistics (2 Dervishes with Mass Heal at 2 hp/s).
Economic Wing
House of Wisdom wing. Choose: Growth (3 Villagers, Orchards +50 food) or Industry (400 wood, Villagers build +30% faster).
Military Wing
House of Wisdom wing. Choose: Master Smiths (free Feudal Blacksmith upgrades, early Military Academy) or Reinforcement (1 Desert Raider on completion, then 1 every 2 min).
Trade Wing
House of Wisdom wing. Choose: Advisors (3 Atabegs) or Bazaar (a Trade Caravan every 3 min).

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