How to beat
Order of the Dragonas Zhu Xi's Legacy
Matchup tips
Something that I do see as entirely possible in this specific matchup is just an all-in rush, completely balls to the wall, because Order of the Dragon has so few units and many units are good versus few units.
Those units are super expensive though. So if Order of the Dragon ends up losing a few of his land units, it impacts him more than losing one or two Zhuge Nu.
If Order of the Dragon commits heavily to melee infantry, Zhu Xi's Legacy can counter with crossbows, which they can produce quickly using Imperial Official supervision.
Even with lances, you don't run them into Order of the Dragon spearmen — that's a clean counter.
The Fire Lances tech from Zhu Xi's Library adds a fire lance charge attack to spearmen and horsemen, which is very useful up against OOTD cavalry.
I don't think a Gilded Man-at-Arms beats two Shaolin Monks. A Shaolin Monk costs 200 resources and heals itself, while a Gilded Man-at-Arms costs 240 resources.
Remember, Shaolin Monks are really tanky; they don't die as quickly as you think, especially with their two melee armor.
Usually you don't really want to build Nest of Bees against Order of the Dragon; they don't kill quick enough. But if you see OOTD leaning very hard into ranged, it actually does become an option.
Order of the Dragon suffer the most from their reproduction rate; it's a more extreme negative if they're injured because it takes their units so long to die, but when they finally do there's a giant gap in your army for a very long time. Against a healing civ like Zhu Xi, this is even worse.
Order of the Dragon Unique Units
Order of the Dragon Landmarks
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