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 advice9 TIPS

When you get five or six Manjaniq toggled to incendiary shots, they do massive damage to any unit. But Ottomans can deal with it using their best horsemen, which tank the shots and take down siege with relative ease.

Sipahi are just as effective as Camel Lancers DPS-wise.

Crossbows, especially with the Mehter buff, are quite competitive even up against archers. Same range, but with the attack speed and more damage, they actually trade quite nicely.

Imams can't heal themselves and move really slow, while the dervish is much faster and can heal itself.

If you have four or five Manjaniq, everything the Ottoman has falls apart. With many Janissaries, you cannot make any more cavalry units. Your best bet is a ranged mass with the Manjaniq and then a bunch of spears of your own. Spears would be your play with Manjaniq.

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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