AGE OF EMPIRES IV
CIVILISATION MATCHUPS
YOUR CIV
OPPONENT
Order of the DragonOrder of the Dragon
Order of the Dragon converts rapid resource gathering by efficient villagers into continuous production of expensive elite units with superior armor and damage, compounding into late-game dominance where individual unit quality overwhelms numerical disadvantage and grinds opponents through attrition rather than early aggression.
Matchup advice4 TIPS

Going for mass Hospitaller Knights against the Order of the Dragon: against normal men-at-arms, it's really, really good. Like, normal men-at-arms just cannot touch the Hospitaller Knights. They out-heal easily. But the gilded men-at-arms, they just thump when it comes to the damage numbers, so hard that no amount of healing is going to be able to really deal with that.

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17 crossbows is pretty much enough to two-shot those gilded men-at-arms.

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The Szlachta Cavalry is like one of the strongest units to make against Order of the Dragon. The attack speed debuff on it, it's brutal.

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Szlachta is definitely the unit that could win him the game here. Very very high base ranged armor on them. So they'll just get tickled by the gilded archers here.

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Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
PrelateReligious unit inspiring nearby military units
Gilded Man-at-ArmsEnhanced melee infantry with superior armor
Gilded KnightHeavy cavalry with superior armor and survivability
Gilded ArcherSkilled bowman with greater range and speed
Gilded SpearmanAnti-cavalry unit with area-of-effect
Gilded CrossbowmanRanged unit with bonus vs heavy units
Gilded LandsknechtLight infantry with devastating sweep attack
Gilded HandcannoneerPremium gunpowder unit with superior stats
Gilded HorsemanPremium cavalry unit with superior stats
Landmarks
Aachen Chapel
Inspires all Villagers in a large radius, increasing their gather rate by +15%. Acts as a drop-off point for all resources.
Meinwerk Palace
Acts as a Blacksmith. Technologies cost 50% less and research 50% faster. Contains unique technologies.

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