How to beat
Jeanne d'Arcas Japanese
Matchup tips
You need a couple of bombards to get through a Red Palace. If you march in with your army at the same time and the Red Palace isn't immediately garrisoned, letting your units soak up the damage before the bombards, you can realistically take it down with three to four bombards.
With Japanese, a spear opening is not bad here. You're going to want spears against knights anyway. And if it is forward gold, it gives you a clear blocker. The challenge is you can't really stop Jeanne from getting enough gold to tech up usually because Jean herself is a giant beefcake. 150 HP, easily deals with spears early on, kind of holds it back to buy time.
Mounted samurai do very well against French knights due to their deflective armor.
Onna-Musha are the worst unit Jean d'Arc can encounter; they eviscerate her.
Onna-Musha basically have to be raiding to be better than Arbalétriers. If your only goal is direct fight, Arbalétriers will be better.
Remember: Jean d'Arc doesn't get free melee techs like French.
Usually Japan with their mounted Samurai always beat any other form of Knight with that armor, but when Jeanne d'Arc or French get Royal Institute and the +80 HP and other upgrades, they still have the best knights in the castle age. It's hard to match up with those; all those upgrades tie in together so well.
Open Mounted Samurai first, then follow up with Yumi. It's also really nice because Jeanne d'Arc just doesn't get much XP from killing Yumi, but they can chase her down and kill her.
Mounted Samurai decimate French Knights even in the same age.
If Jeanne d'Arc reaches level 3, mass Yumi cannot kill her because she becomes too tanky.
Koka Township is just really good for assassination opportunities on ships. Shinobi can stop you in your tracks from scaling that play.
Jeanne d'Arc Unique Units
Jeanne d'Arc Landmarks
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