Mayans¶

Kite Dive premier mobile archer; front-switching.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
Plumed Archer (signature Castle UU)	Post-Imperial	250	500	1	80	8 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: +1 villager, resources last longer, foot archers cheaper, team wall −50%. UU Plumed Archer (fast, pierce armor). UTs Holcans (+Eagle HP), Hul'che Javelineers (+Skirm projectile).
Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 250; razes-to-vill 1 (S-tier).
CBA role: premier mobile archer; front-switching.
Post-vill: Plume + Eagle + multi-projectile Skirm + siege.
Weak vs: Huskarls, Ghulams, dedicated Skirms — force Eagle transition.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses:
Start with +1 villager, but -50 food.
Resources last +15% longer.
Archer-line -10%/-20%/-30% cost in Feudal/Castle/Imperial.
Walls cost -50%.
Team bonus: Walls cost -50%.
Unique unit: Plumed Archer (Castle UU, fast archer with high pierce armor).
Unique techs:
Castle Age: Obsidian Arrows — Archer-line +6 attack vs. buildings.
Imperial Age: El Dorado — Eagle Warriors +40 HP.
Notable missing techs: no cavalry at all, no gunpowder, no Halberdier, no Champion (Two-Handed max? — Mayans DO have Champion, verify: Mayans have Champion in DE).
Walls: all three tiers, cheapest in the game.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

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

Starting age: Post-Imperial.
Spawn unit: Plumed Archer (signature Castle UU).
Spawn interval / unit cap: 8 s per Castle; cap 80.
Kills to Castle / Imperial: 250 (Castle) / 500 (Imperial).
Razes to first villagers: 1.
Free starting tech: none listed in the v294 wiki table.
Silver-UT unlock: Obsidian Arrows if buildings are relevant; not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord for cadence.
Available buildings / disabled: post-villager Eagle Warrior access; no cavalry; Siege Onager not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: kite / DPS archer. Plumed Archer is one of the fastest archer UUs in the game with high pierce armor — kite everything.
Secondary role: wall spam (cheapest walls in the game).

🌅 Opening play

Minute 0–3: pick a lane, kite backward, force enemies onto your patrol arc.
Preferred fights: any melee stack, elephants, slow cavalry.
Fights to refuse: Mangonel/Onager splash, Skirmisher-heavy stacks, Huskarl (bonus vs. archer).
Micro: micro-kite — fire, back-step half a tile, fire. Never A-move.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

Safest farms: Persians (War Elephant), Khmer, Teutons, Byzantines, Franks, Bulgarians, Aztecs (Jaguar can't catch you).
Avoid: Goths (Huskarl), Ethiopians (Shotel + boosted skirm), Mongols (Mangonel + Cav Archer).
Anti-cage: kite in circles around friendly units; Plumed Archer speed lets you escape most flanks.

🏚️ Raze allocation

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: exploit the -50% wall cost — wall everything, including redundant back layers.
Standard build: 2 Archery Ranges (Arbalest — Mayans have Arbalest), 1 Barracks (Eagle Warrior + El Dorado), 1 Siege Workshop. UU production and Castle research run from your pre-placed Castles.
Imperial composition: Elite Plumed Archer + Arbalest + Elite Eagle Warrior (El Dorado) + Onager/Ram.
Silver-UT priority: El Dorado for Eagle fallback tank; Obsidian Arrows situational.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

Strong vs.: all melee civs, elephants, slow cavalry, Cataphract.
Weak vs.: Goths (Huskarl bonus vs. archer), Ethiopians, Mongols, dedicated Mangonel splash.

🤝 Team synergies

Best pairs: Teutons (Teutonic Knight wall + Plumed kite behind), Koreans (Siege Onager cover), Franks (Paladin front).
Conflicts: another fragile ranged civ (Chinese, Vietnamese, Britons) — no front-line.

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)