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Best civs per map in AoE4

The 32 maps of the Age of Empires IV ranked 1v1 rotation, most played first, with the three civs that win most on each. Open a map for every civ's win rate and who gains the most there.

Dry Arabia

Land · 285,132 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty54.3%
2. Golden Horde53.3%
3. Knights Templar52.9%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo44.6%
2. Chinese45.6%
3. Rus45.9%
Gorge

Land · 184,219 games

Best civs
1. Zhu Xi’s Legacy53.8%
2. Golden Horde53.8%
3. Macedonian Dynasty53.4%
Worst civs
1. Chinese44.6%
2. Sengoku Daimyo44.7%
3. Byzantines44.9%
Flankwoods

Land · 109,980 games

Best civs
1. Zhu Xi’s Legacy56.8%
2. Macedonian Dynasty56.2%
3. Golden Horde53.3%
Worst civs
1. Chinese45.4%
2. Ottomans45.9%
3. Mongols46.5%
West Lake

Hybrid · 103,448 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty55.3%
2. Golden Horde53.6%
3. Knights Templar53.4%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo44.8%
2. English45.6%
3. Chinese46.1%
Himeyama

Land · 95,292 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar54.2%
2. Golden Horde53.8%
3. Jin Dynasty53.2%
Worst civs
1. Chinese42.2%
2. Rus43.2%
3. Sengoku Daimyo44.6%
Hidden Valley

Land · 84,139 games

Best civs
1. Order of the Dragon57.6%
2. Macedonian Dynasty57.2%
3. Knights Templar53.9%
Worst civs
1. Byzantines43.7%
2. Chinese44.2%
3. Mongols44.9%
King of the Hill

Land · 80,707 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty56.4%
2. House of Lancaster54.0%
3. Golden Horde54.0%
Worst civs
1. Mongols43.7%
2. Sengoku Daimyo44.9%
3. Chinese45.7%
Atacama

Land · 67,047 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty56.2%
2. Knights Templar55.1%
3. Order of the Dragon54.3%
Worst civs
1. English44.8%
2. Delhi Sultanate45.2%
3. Sengoku Daimyo45.2%
Relic River

Hybrid · 62,357 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty54.8%
2. Golden Horde54.3%
3. Jeanne d’Arc54.3%
Worst civs
1. Chinese42.4%
2. Sengoku Daimyo44.6%
3. Rus45.2%
Hill and Dale

Land · 61,687 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty57.5%
2. Order of the Dragon54.6%
3. Golden Horde53.4%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo45.4%
2. Rus46.2%
3. Chinese46.4%
High View

Land · 57,113 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty54.9%
2. Golden Horde53.6%
3. Order of the Dragon53.0%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo44.0%
2. Byzantines46.0%
3. Chinese46.3%
Carmel

Land · 51,153 games

Best civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo56.3%
2. Macedonian Dynasty54.2%
3. Knights Templar54.1%
Worst civs
1. Mongols44.8%
2. English45.5%
3. Tughlaq Dynasty46.0%
Golden Heights

Hybrid · 46,519 games

Best civs
1. Golden Horde54.5%
2. Macedonian Dynasty53.7%
3. Knights Templar53.5%
Worst civs
1. Malians44.7%
2. Delhi Sultanate45.0%
3. Chinese45.4%
Hideout

Land · 43,948 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar56.2%
2. Golden Horde54.5%
3. Rus52.7%
Worst civs
1. Chinese42.7%
2. Sengoku Daimyo43.5%
3. Jeanne d’Arc44.7%
Mongolian Heights

Hybrid · 37,196 games

Best civs
1. Tughlaq Dynasty55.2%
2. Macedonian Dynasty55.1%
3. Order of the Dragon55.1%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo43.5%
2. Chinese44.1%
3. English46.7%
Rocky River

Hybrid · 32,892 games

Best civs
1. Golden Horde54.9%
2. Japanese53.8%
3. Macedonian Dynasty53.6%
Worst civs
1. Chinese42.9%
2. Sengoku Daimyo45.3%
3. Rus46.6%
Oasis

Hybrid · 32,030 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar57.0%
2. Golden Horde56.3%
3. Macedonian Dynasty54.6%
Worst civs
1. Chinese43.9%
2. House of Lancaster44.6%
3. Mongols45.0%
Sunkenlands

Land · 29,952 games

Best civs
1. Order of the Dragon55.6%
2. Macedonian Dynasty54.9%
3. Golden Horde54.6%
Worst civs
1. Byzantines43.2%
2. Chinese44.2%
3. English45.7%
Ancient Spires

Hybrid · 29,565 games

Best civs
1. Golden Horde55.8%
2. Macedonian Dynasty55.7%
3. Knights Templar55.4%
Worst civs
1. English44.2%
2. Chinese44.5%
3. Sengoku Daimyo44.6%
Baltic

Hybrid · 28,693 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar60.7%
2. Golden Horde55.1%
3. Macedonian Dynasty55.0%
Worst civs
1. English44.1%
2. Ottomans44.5%
3. House of Lancaster45.0%
Cliffside

Land · 28,297 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty54.3%
2. Zhu Xi’s Legacy53.6%
3. Golden Horde52.9%
Worst civs
1. Abbasid Dynasty44.2%
2. Sengoku Daimyo45.1%
3. Chinese45.9%
Snake River

Hybrid · 26,587 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty56.9%
2. Zhu Xi’s Legacy54.6%
3. Knights Templar54.3%
Worst civs
1. Malians45.3%
2. Abbasid Dynasty45.4%
3. English45.5%
Lipany

Land · 26,247 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty54.9%
2. Abbasid Dynasty53.7%
3. Order of the Dragon52.7%
Worst civs
1. Chinese45.6%
2. Sengoku Daimyo45.8%
3. Jin Dynasty46.4%
Wasteland

Land · 25,297 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar55.2%
2. Macedonian Dynasty55.0%
3. Golden Horde53.4%
Worst civs
1. Chinese43.6%
2. Ottomans46.0%
3. Mongols46.1%
Highwoods

Land · 24,410 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty57.5%
2. Zhu Xi’s Legacy55.8%
3. Golden Horde55.4%
Worst civs
1. Delhi Sultanate45.1%
2. Ottomans45.1%
3. Sengoku Daimyo45.6%
Ocean Gateway

Hybrid · 22,425 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar57.4%
2. Macedonian Dynasty55.0%
3. House of Lancaster53.8%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo40.0%
2. Malians43.3%
3. Jin Dynasty43.5%
The Pit

Land · 19,867 games

Best civs
1. Golden Horde54.4%
2. Macedonian Dynasty54.0%
3. House of Lancaster53.7%
Worst civs
1. Sengoku Daimyo44.3%
2. Chinese45.3%
3. Byzantines45.3%
Craters

Hybrid · 19,714 games

Best civs
1. Tughlaq Dynasty62.2%
2. Knights Templar61.0%
3. Jin Dynasty54.4%
Worst civs
1. Mongols43.6%
2. English44.3%
3. Jeanne d’Arc44.3%
Waterholes

Hybrid · 18,163 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar56.0%
2. Macedonian Dynasty55.7%
3. Mongols54.5%
Worst civs
1. Byzantines43.1%
2. Chinese43.7%
3. Abbasid Dynasty45.0%
Archipelago

Water · 14,999 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar64.3%
2. House of Lancaster56.0%
3. Ayyubids53.2%
Worst civs
1. Jeanne d’Arc38.2%
2. Tughlaq Dynasty39.3%
3. Ottomans41.4%
Danube River

Hybrid · 13,773 games

Best civs
1. Macedonian Dynasty56.9%
2. Knights Templar55.1%
3. Order of the Dragon54.5%
Worst civs
1. Rus43.9%
2. English44.9%
3. Sengoku Daimyo46.0%
Migration

Water · 6,753 games

Best civs
1. Knights Templar65.7%
2. Order of the Dragon54.9%
3. Jin Dynasty53.4%
Worst civs
1. Malians37.7%
2. Golden Horde40.1%
3. Byzantines41.0%

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