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Lithuanians

Tank Dive armor-ignoring cavalry vs armored targets.

Spawn unit Starting age Kills to Castle Kills to Imp Razes to vill Cap Interval
Leitis (signature Castle UU) Post-Imperial 300 600 3 60 11 s

⚡ Quick reference

  • Baseline: each TC starts with +food, Spear/Skirm +10% speed, garrisoned Relic +1 attack Knight/Leitis (up to +4), Tower Shields (+pierce Spear/Skirm). UU Leitis (ignores melee armor). UT Hill Forts.
  • Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 300; razes-to-vill 3.
  • CBA role: armor-ignoring cavalry vs armored targets.
  • Weak vs: Halbs, camels, kite. Relic bonus useless if map has no Relics.

📜 Deep playbook

🏛️ Standard DE profile

  • Civ bonuses:
  • Start with +150 food.
  • Spearmen, Skirmishers, Battering Rams move +10% faster.
  • Monks +5 HP per Monastery technology researched.
  • Knights +1 attack for each Relic garrisoned (max +4).
  • Town Centers hold 10 additional garrison slots.
  • Team bonus: Monasteries work +20% faster.
  • Unique unit: Leitis (Castle UU, cavalry that ignores armor).
  • Unique techs:
  • Castle Age: Hill Forts — Town Centers +3 range.
  • Imperial Age: Tower Shields — Spearmen and Skirmishers +2 pierce armor.
  • Notable missing techs: no Camel, no Halberdier (Pikeman max — check DE current; actually Lithuanians DO get Halberdier), no Heavy Scorpion, no Bracer.
  • Walls: all three tiers.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

(v294 numbers: Fandom wiki, retrieved 2026-08-21)

  • Starting age: Post-Imperial.
  • Spawn unit: Leitis (signature Castle UU).
  • Spawn interval / unit cap: 11 s per Castle; cap 60.
  • Kills to Castle / Imperial: 300 (Castle) / 600 (Imperial).
  • Razes to first villagers: 3.
  • Free starting tech: none listed in the v294 wiki table (in some CBA variants, Lithuanians spawn with the +Relic-attack bonus baked in — v294 specifics none listed in the v294 wiki table).
  • Silver-UT unlock: not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.
  • Available buildings / disabled: Leitis-only spawn; Relic mechanic is not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord in v294 (CBA typically doesn't spawn relics).

CBA role & archetype

  • Primary role: anti-armor dive. Leitis attack ignores armor, so heavily-armored enemies (Paladin, Cataphract, Teutonic Knight, Boyar) melt.
  • Secondary role: raider / flank pressure — cavalry mobility.

🌅 Opening play

  • Minute 0–3: pick a flank, not the middle. Leitis want tempo, not attrition.
  • Preferred fights: any heavy-armor UU or Paladin-equivalent stack.
  • Fights to refuse: Pike/Halb walls, Camel civs, mass archers on open ground.
  • Micro: dive-and-retreat. Never sit in place — cavalry attrition is a losing trade.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

  • Safest farms: Franks (Paladin), Byzantines (Cataphract), Teutons (Teutonic Knight), Slavs (Boyar), Persians (War Elephant — chip damage adds up), Bulgarians (Konnik).
  • Avoid: Aztecs (Jaguar bonus vs. cav), Malay (cheap Halb-adjacent swarm), Camel civs (Saracens, Berbers, Gurjaras, Hindustanis).
  • Anti-cage: retreat to friendly siege/archer arc; never fight surrounded.

🏚️ Raze allocation

  • Priority: mid. Lithuanians benefit from villagers but are not top-priority.
  • Feed razes to: Persians, Turks, Mongols, Ethiopians.

👷 Post-villager composition

  • Wall order: front + gate patch. Cavalry civs want thick front walls to sally through.
  • Standard build: 2 Stables (Paladin — Lithuanians have full cavalry tree), 1 Siege Workshop (Ram). UU production and Castle research run from your pre-placed Castles.
  • Imperial composition: Elite Leitis + Paladin + Halberdier + Siege Onager/Ram.
  • Silver-UT priority: Tower Shields if Skirmishers are relevant; otherwise stack cavalry upgrades.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

  • Strong vs.: Franks, Byzantines, Teutons, Slavs, Persians (in melee), Bulgarians.
  • Weak vs.: Aztecs, Malay, Saracens, Berbers, Gurjaras, Ethiopians (Halb + Shotel).

🤝 Team synergies

  • Best pairs: Franks (double cavalry front), Mongols (Mangudai kite + Leitis dive), Koreans (Siege Onager cover).
  • Conflicts: pairing with another dive cavalry civ (Huns, Magyars) creates redundant roles.

🎮 Key micro rules

  1. Dive on armored UUs — that's your entire value.
  2. Never sit still; cavalry attrition loses.
  3. Retreat before HP < 40%.
  4. Ignore Skirmishers and Pikes; go around them.
  5. Keep 2-tile spacing to reduce Mangonel splash.

⚠️ Common mistakes

  • Fighting into Halb walls out of habit.
  • Overcommitting past the enemy patrol arc.

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)

  • Relic-based attack bonus is unlikely to trigger in CBA (no relics spawn) — Leitis operate on base attack in v294.
  • Leitis as spawn unit is v294 configuration.