Malians¶

Kite Dive raze-setter / dive; Gbeto is community's premier raze unit.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
Gbeto (signature Castle UU)	Post-Imperial	300	600	2	80	10 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: buildings cost −15% wood, larger Villager gold drop-off, Barracks +pierce armor by age. UU Gbeto (fast, ranged-attack melee-type dmg). UTs Farimba (+cav atk), Tigui.
Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 300; razes-to-vill 2.
CBA role: raze-setter / dive; Gbeto is community's premier raze unit.
Post-vill: Gbeto back line + pierce-resistant infantry + Farimba cavalry + siege.
Weak vs: heavy melee catches, fast mounted.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses:
Buildings cost -15% wood.
Universities work +80% faster.
Gold Miners work +10%/+15%/+20% faster in Feudal/Castle/Imperial.
Cavalry has +1/+2/+3 pierce armor in Feudal/Castle/Imperial.
Team bonus: University techs research +80% faster.
Unique unit: Gbeto (Castle UU, ranged javelin infantry, no minimum range).
Unique techs:
Castle Age: Tigui — Town Centers fire arrows without garrison.
Imperial Age: Farimba — Cavalry +5 attack.
Notable missing techs: no Plate Mail Armor, no Ring Archer Armor, no Halberdier, no Heavy Scorpion, 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: Gbeto (signature Castle UU).
Spawn interval / unit cap: 10 s per Castle; cap 80.
Kills to Castle / Imperial: 300 (Castle) / 600 (Imperial).
Razes to first villagers: 2.
Free starting tech: Forging + Iron Casting (+2 melee attack) (Farimba likely gated as silver-UT).
Silver-UT unlock: Farimba for cavalry pivot — condition not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.
Available buildings / disabled: post-villager Cavalier / Camel access likely; BBC not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord per v294 whitelist.

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: glass-cannon skirmisher. Gbeto has huge attack, low HP, high speed — hit-and-run.
Secondary role: post-Farimba cavalry pivot.

🌅 Opening play

Minute 0–3: mid-range harass; do not sit still. Set spawn short so Gbeto regroup.
Preferred fights: any melee stack that can't close (Militia-line, Camels, elephants).
Fights to refuse: any archer stack (Gbeto out-DPS'd), Mangonel splash, Cav Archer civs.
Micro: fire, step back, fire. Never facetank.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

Safest farms: Persians (War Elephant), Khmer (Ballista Elephant — Gbeto shreds slow targets), Teutons (slow Paladin), Byzantines (Cataphract), Bulgarians (Konnik).
Avoid: Britons, Mayans, Chinese, Vietnamese — any archer civ.
Anti-cage: Gbeto have decent speed; disengage rather than trade.

🏚️ Raze allocation

Priority: low-to-mid. Gbeto are cheap-ish; Farimba cavalry pivot benefits from villagers.
Feed razes to: Persians, Turks, Mongols.

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: standard.
Standard build: 2 Stables (Cavalier + Farimba), 1 Siege Workshop. UU production and Castle research run from your pre-placed Castles.
Imperial composition: Elite Gbeto + Cavalier (Farimba-boosted) + Pikeman (no Halb) + Ram.
Silver-UT priority: Farimba — +5 cav attack is game-warping.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

🤝 Team synergies

Best pairs: Teutons (front-line Teutonic Knight + Gbeto snipe), Franks (Paladin cover), Koreans (Siege Onager cover).
Conflicts: another fragile-ranged civ (Aztec Jaguar-throwing hybrid, Gbeto mirror) leaves no front-line.

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)