Mongols¶

Kite Dive elite kiter + siege sniper.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
Mangudai (signature Castle UU)	Post-Imperial	300	600	2	60	10 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: Hunters faster, CA +25% atk speed, Scout/Steppe Lancer +HP, allied Scouts +LoS. UU Mangudai (anti-siege CA). UT Drill (+50% Siege Workshop unit speed).
Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 300; razes-to-vill 2. Steppe Lancer cap 100.
CBA role: elite kiter + siege sniper.
Post-vill: Elite Mangudai + Hussar/Steppe screen + Drill siege.
Weak vs: Skirms, Genitour, Camel Archer, fast anti-ranged cav.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses:
Cavalry Archers fire +25% faster.
Light Cavalry, Hussar, Winged Hussar +30% HP.
Hunters work +40% faster.
Team bonus: Scout Cavalry line +2 line of sight.
Unique unit: Mangudai (Castle UU, cavalry archer with bonus vs. siege).
Unique techs:
Castle Age: Nomads — lost houses don't decrease population cap.
Imperial Age: Drill — Siege Workshop units move +50% faster.
Notable missing techs: no Plate Barding Armor, no Halberdier, no Ring Archer Armor, no Fortified Wall (check — Mongols DO have Fortified Wall in DE; verify: yes), no Bombard Tower.
Walls: all three tiers.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

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

Starting age: Post-Imperial.
Spawn unit: Mangudai (signature Castle UU).
Spawn interval / unit cap: 10 s per Castle; cap 60.
Kills to Castle / Imperial: 300 (Castle) / 600 (Imperial).
Razes to first villagers: 2.
Free starting tech: none listed in the v294 wiki table.
Silver-UT unlock: Drill for siege pivot — condition not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.
Available buildings / disabled: post-villager Siege Onager access (with Drill = fast Onagers), Mangudai sustain.

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: kite anti-siege. Mangudai + bonus vs. siege + Cav Archer +25% ROF = fastest siege killer in the game.
Secondary role: raider / flank / anti-archer with mobility advantage.

🌅 Opening play

Minute 0–3: pick a flank, kite. Set spawn distance long — Mangudai roll deep.
Preferred fights: any siege escort, any static archer line, any slow melee blob.
Fights to refuse: Skirmishers (bonus vs. cav archer), Camel civs in melee, Halb walls.
Micro: parthian shot — kite backward while firing. Never engage in melee.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

Safest farms: Turks (BBC + Janissary — Janissaries are gunpowder infantry, Mangudai outkite), Koreans (War Wagon slow), Britons (Longbow slow), Ethiopians (Shotel melee).
Avoid: Malay (Karambit dodge — actually swarms Mangudai), Aztec (Jaguar can't catch, safe farm actually), Saracens (Mameluke outranges cav archer in melee).
Anti-cage: Mangudai speed + range means you should never be caged. If caged, positioning was wrong.

🏚️ Raze allocation

Priority: mid. Mongols scale well with villagers for the Siege Onager+Drill pivot.
Feed razes to: teammates or self, depending on team siege balance.

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: standard.
Standard build: 2 Archery Ranges (Heavy Cav Archer backup), 1 Siege Workshop (Ram), 1 Stable (Hussar screen). UU production and Castle research run from your pre-placed Castles.
Imperial composition: Elite Mangudai + Siege Onager (Drill) + Hussar + Pikeman (no Halb).
Silver-UT priority: Drill — fast Siege Onagers are meta.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

Strong vs.: siege civs, slow archer civs, elephant civs (kite), Turks, Koreans (with care).
Weak vs.: Skirmisher-heavy stacks, Camels in melee, Malay swarm, Aztec Jaguar in prolonged combat.

🤝 Team synergies

Best pairs: Japanese (Samurai dive UU while Mangudai kite), Koreans (Siege Onager stack), Franks (Paladin front + Mangudai kite behind).
Conflicts: another Cav Archer civ (Magyars, Huns) creates role overlap.

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)