Britons¶

Kite Dive long-range archer defender / kill carry.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
Longbowman (Elite on unlock)	Feudal	250	500	1	80	8 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: faster Shepherds, cheaper TCs, foot archers +1 range Castle / +2 Imp, allied Range works faster. UU Longbowman. UT Yeomen (+range foot archers/Skirms).
Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 250 (may be reduced); razes-to-vill 1 (S-tier).
CBA role: long-range archer defender / kill carry.
Opening: defend from behind allies or gates; focus targets before contact.
Post-vill: Longbow/Arbalester behind spear; rams late.
Strong vs: most comps at range.
Weak vs: Huskarls, Skirmishers, high-pierce-armor infantry, multi-angle cavalry dives, Chakram/Scorpion lanes.
Priority: receive first raze from team.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses
Foot archers +1 range in Castle Age, +2 in Imperial (stacks with Yeoman for +3 total).
Town Centers cost -50% wood from Castle Age.
Shepherds work +25% faster.
Team: Archery Ranges work +20% faster.
Unique units
Castle UU: Longbowman (long-range foot archer).
Unique techs
Castle Age — Yeomen (Foot archers +1 range, Towers +2 attack).
Imperial Age — Warwolf (Trebuchets do blast damage, no scatter).
Notable missing techs
No Redemption, no Siege Onager, no Paladin (Cavalier max), no Camel Rider, no Halberdier (Pikeman only), no Heresy.
Walls: full set.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

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

Starting age: Feudal (Requiem v294 start table).
Spawn unit: Longbowman (Elite on unlock).
Spawn interval / cap: 8 s per Castle; cap 80.
Kills to Castle / Imperial: 250 (Castle) / 500 (Imperial).
Razes: standard.
Free starting tech: Yeomen typically free at spawn (civ effectively wants it); confirm.
Elite unlock: on Imperial promotion.
Available buildings after villagers: Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Siege Workshop. Elephants disabled. Trebuchet enabled (Warwolf is signature).

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: Kite / long-range poke. Longbowmen out-range everything except Mangudai and Elite Kipchak (with UT).
Secondary role: Anti-melee-swarm.

🌅 Opening play

Minute 0–3: sit at max range, patrol lightly. Do not push.
Patrol: short-patrol backwards to maintain range gap.
Preferred fights: any melee civ, most other archer civs at range gap.
Refuse: Mangudai mass, Camel Archers with Parthian Tactics, Genoese Crossbowmen (anti-cav is irrelevant here but their tank stat matters), Cataphracts with high pierce armor.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

Safe farm: Goths (Huskarl aside), Teutons, Japanese, Vikings, Celts, Aztecs.
Avoid: Mongols (Mangudai kite you), Saracens (Mameluke), Franks (TA close the gap and Frankish cav HP is huge).

🏚️ Raze allocation

First raze priority in many team compositions — Britons scale into infinite trash + Longbow + Trebuchet late game.

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: back diagonal first, then front-line spike walls.
Standard build: 3 Ranges, 1 Siege Workshop, 1 Barracks. UU production and Castle research run from your pre-placed Castles.
Imperial composition: Elite Longbowman + Trebuchet (with Warwolf) + Halberdier substitute (Pikeman) + Skirmisher.
Silver-UT priority: Warwolf — turns Trebs into base-clearing artillery. Priority #1.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

Strong vs: Goths, Teutons, Japanese, Vikings, Celts, Aztecs, Mayans (equal range but Britons win with +2), Ethiopians (equal range).
Weak vs: Mongols, Saracens, Franks, Persians (elephants), Bohemians (Hussite Wagon).

🤝 Team synergies

Best pairs: Persians (elephant tank + Longbow behind), Aztecs (Jaguar dive + Longbow cover), Berbers (Camel Archer flank).
Conflicts: Mayans (redundant archer, both die to same counter).

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)