AGE OF EMPIRES IV
CIVILISATION MATCHUPS
YOUR CIV
OPPONENT
House of LancasterHouse of Lancaster
House of Lancaster generates passive income through Manors while establishing keeps that spawn free heavy infantry with cumulative damage bonuses, scaling into a late-game army of heavily armored cavalry and elite soldiers whose durability and unit production chains compound with each keep, creating overwhelming staying power through accumulated armor and sustained presence.
Matchup advice4 TIPS

Hobbler is one of those units with the extra ranged armor, so potent especially against horse archers.

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A mannor takes roughly 3 minutes to pay off for itself. However, Rus already have a great economy baseline, so it's not an immediate advantage.

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With the Hill Trading upgrade, Hobelars come out insanely fast from stables and their charge does absurd damage, even against Horse Archers, pretty much one-shotting them.

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The Rus player would not be able to do much damage to Hobelars because they take quite a few shots before going down from ranged attacks; they're such a difficult unit to kill.

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Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
YeomanArcher with increased speed, range, and synchronized shot
HobelarCheap cavalry with high ranged armor
Earl's GuardMan-at-Arms periodically throwing daggers
DemilancerHeavy cavalry durable but with lower damage
Lord of LancasterLeader increasing nearby unit max health
Landmarks
Abbey of Kings
Heals out-of-combat friendly units within 7.5 tile radius. Can ordain up to 4 Lords of Lancaster.
Lancaster Castle
Defensive landmark with one-time muster of units in each age. Grants all Manors +500 HP.

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