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Berbers

Kite Dive premium mobile ranged; kite infantry and cavalry-archer opponents.

Spawn unit Starting age Kills to Castle Kills to Imp Razes to vill Cap Interval
Camel Archer (Elite on unlock) Feudal 300 600 2 60 9 s

⚡ Quick reference

  • Baseline: Villagers faster after Dark, Stable units −15/20%, ships faster, Kasbah, Maghrebi Camels (regen). Team unlocks Genitour. UU Camel Archer.
  • Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 300; razes-to-vill 2.
  • CBA role: premium mobile ranged; kite infantry and cavalry-archer opponents.
  • Post-vill: add Camels vs cav, Genitour vs archers; Heavy Camel + CA + Genitour/Hussar + siege late.
  • Weak vs: heavy skirmisher pressure, successful melee dives.

📜 Deep playbook

🏛️ Standard DE profile

  • Civ bonuses
  • Villagers move +10% faster.
  • Stable units cost -15% in Castle, -20% in Imperial.
  • Ships move +10% faster.
  • Genitour available at Archery Range from Castle Age (regional unit).
  • Team: Genitour available.
  • Unique units
  • Castle UU: Camel Archer (ranged camel, anti-cavalry ranged).
  • Regional UU: Genitour (ranged skirmisher-cavalry).
  • Unique techs
  • Castle Age — Kasbah (team Castles work +25% faster).
  • Imperial Age — Maghrabi Camels (Camels regenerate 20 HP/min).
  • Notable missing techs
  • No Arbalester, no Ring Archer Armor, no Halberdier (Pikeman only), no Siege Onager, no Bombard Tower.
  • Walls: full set.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

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

  • Starting age: Feudal (Requiem v294 start table).
  • Spawn unit: Camel Archer (Elite on unlock).
  • Spawn interval / cap: 9 s per Castle; cap 60.
  • Kills to Castle / Imperial: 300 (Castle) / 600 (Imperial).
  • Razes: standard.
  • Free starting tech: Parthian Tactics and/or Maghrabi Camels applied at spawn is common; none listed in the v294 wiki table for v294.
  • Elite unlock: on Imperial promotion.
  • Available buildings after villagers: Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Siege Workshop. Elephants disabled. Genitour available from Range.

CBA role & archetype

  • Primary role: Anti-cavalry ranged kite. Camel Archers demolish anything horse-shaped from range.
  • Secondary role: Wall-poke — good pierce damage on packed enemies.

🌅 Opening play

  • Minute 0–3: spawn behind an infantry tank teammate. Camel Archers are fragile in melee.
  • Patrol: short-patrol against cavalry masses.
  • Preferred fights: Franks, Persians (before elephants land), Huns Tarkans, Cumans, Magyars.
  • Refuse: Britons Longbows (out-ranged), Mangudai (out-ranged and faster), Ethiopian Arbs.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

  • Safe farm: any cavalry-heavy civ.
  • Avoid: pure archer civs with more range (Britons, Mongols post-Elite).

🏚️ Raze allocation

  • Second or third raze — Berbers scale well with the discount, but not as hard as Huns or Persians. Feed razes to Huns first.

👷 Post-villager composition

  • Wall order: standard back diagonal.
  • Standard build: 2 Stables, 2 Ranges (Camel Archer + Genitour), 1 Siege Workshop.
  • Imperial composition: Elite Camel Archer + Genitour + Ram + Halberdier substitute (Pikeman). Add Heavy Camel for melee front.
  • Silver-UT priority: Maghrabi Camels for regeneration is decent; Kasbah is only valuable if teammate has a Castle nearby (rare in CBA).

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

  • Strong vs: Franks, Persians (pre-elephant), Huns, Cumans, Magyars, Tatars, Mongols in melee.
  • Weak vs: Britons, Mayans, Ethiopians, Vietnamese (archer civs with more range/attack).

🤝 Team synergies

  • Best pairs: Britons (Longbow front, Camel Archer flank), Celts (Onager screen), Aztecs (Jaguar melee tank).
  • Conflicts: Saracens (redundant camel role).

🎮 Key micro rules

  1. Never engage archers head-on — flank.
  2. Keep Camel Archers behind a melee line.
  3. Regen from Maghrabi Camels is huge — micro-retreat wounded units.
  4. Use Parthian Tactics implicit range to kite anything mounted.

⚠️ Common mistakes

  • Fighting Mangudai — you lose.
  • Skipping melee cavalry — Camel Archer alone dies to Halbs.

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)

  • Free Parthian Tactics at spawn is common in CBA balance patches; v294 specifics not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.