AGE OF EMPIRES IV
CIVILISATION MATCHUPS
YOUR CIV
OPPONENT
Zhu Xi's LegacyZhu Xi's Legacy
A Chinese variant built around massed Zhuge Nu, a rapid-fire crossbow infantry that reaches critical mass fast when buffed by Imperial Officials and double ranges. Cheap early dynasties fund fast age-ups and early Palace Guard pressure, while Ming Dynasty upgrades push its unique units to overwhelming late-game strength.
Matchup advice9 TIPS

Typically when you're up against Zhuge Nu, the main thing that you want to be making is cavalry and cavalry only. So it is going to be the Keshik. But you got to make at least a couple of archers as well. You need enough archers to be able to continuously one-shot the spearman from your opponent. After that, you want to make only Keshik, only cavalry. You go up to like 20 archers, after that just Keshik. And you're able to one-shot the spears, and then the main brunt of the force has got to be the cavalry.

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With the Khan's Hunter, they will outrange the Zhuge Nu by a decent margin, able to even kite them quite well, especially using the signal arrow once he has access to it.

Zhuge Nu, because of their fantastic DPS, are able to hold a candle even against high armored units in the feudal age like the Keshiks, especially after steel arrow and with numbers.

In the past, going full Keshik archer was pretty tough for Mongols to deal with Zhuge Nu spearmen, but the presence of the Khan's hunter — extra range can make a massive difference. Especially if you get the Deer Stones up forward.

The blacksmith Dali Horses tech giving 20% attack speed is so significant for lancers especially against Keshik.

Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
Imperial OfficialCollects taxes from buildings, supervises structure efficiency
Zhuge NuRanged infantry with rapid burst attack
Palace GuardHeavy melee infantry available in Feudal Age
Nest of BeesSiege unit firing rocket barrage with area-of-effect
GrenadierRanged gunpowder unit throwing grenades
Imperial GuardHeavy cavalry with superior durability
Yuan RaiderLight cavalry with exceptional speed
Shaolin MonkReligious melee unit with high damage
Landmarks
Meditation Gardens
Economic Landmark that steadily generates resources based on nearby buildings; enemy units in range disrupt its income.
Jiangnan Tower
Military Landmark. Nearby military buildings and the units they produce build progress toward a free army spawned from the Tower.

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