Shu¶

Kite Tank archer + siege carry. Also good "anti-cav body-block" tank via WFG.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
not listed (v294)	Post-Imperial (standard CBA start)	150	400	2	80	9 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: Lumberjacks generate ~0.7 food per 10 wood (9% post-153015); Range + Blacksmith archer techs −25%; land siege + Lou Chuan +10% / +15% Castle / Imp movement. Team: Foot archers +2 LoS. UU White Feather Guard (95/100 HP, 7/8 atk, +8 vs cav, 15% snare 10 s). UU War Chariot (repeating-crossbow bolts).
Requiem v294: starting age Castle; kills-to-Castle 150; razes-to-vill 2 (default).
CBA role: archer + siege carry. Also good "anti-cav body-block" tank via WFG.
Post-vill: WFG front + archer mass + mobile siege.
Weak vs: hard cavalry dives, anti-archer units.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses (Three Kingdoms DLC):
Villagers move +10% and have +2 LOS.
Scout Cavalry line has +2 LOS.
Trebuchets have +25% HP.
Start with an additional Scout Cavalry.
(Additional bonuses per DE patch — treat as not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord if the current patch has shifted numbers.)
Team bonus: Monasteries work +50% faster (technology research).
Unique unit(s): Fire Archer (Castle UU, anti-infantry/anti-building ranged). Warrior Monk is a regional UU shared across the Three Kingdoms trio.
Unique techs:
Castle Age: Recurve Bow — Archer-line +1 range, +1 attack (exact numbers not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord per current patch).
Imperial Age: Wu Wei — cavalry-related buff (exact effect not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord).
Notable missing techs: No Paladin (Cavalier max), limited siege upgrades. Confirm on live tech tree.
Wall availability: Palisade Yes / Stone Yes / Fortified not listed in the v294 wiki table — verify in-game.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

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

Starting age: Post-Imperial (standard CBA start).
Spawn unit: not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord — Shu is a multi-signature civ (Fire Archer / Warrior Monk / cavalry) and the confirmed v294 trigger is not in reference material.
Spawn interval, unit cap: 9 s per Castle; cap 80.
Kills to Castle: 150. Kills to Imperial: 400 (post-Imp start; treat as silver-UT unlock thresholds).
Razes to first villagers: 2. Subsequent raze payoff: not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.
Free starting tech: Squires; Arson; Castle Age Silver technologies.
Elite / silver-UT unlock: not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord (likely Recurve Bow or Wu Wei — verify on the map's help stone).
Available buildings / disabled units after villagers: not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord. Trebuchets typically restricted in v294 whitelists; BBC access not listed in the v294 wiki table — ask in the Requiem Discord.

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: Kite (Fire Archer harass with LOS advantage) / Anti-building raze specialist.
Secondary role: Anti-infantry line-hold thanks to Fire Archer AoE-style damage vs. clustered melee.

🌅 Opening play (minute 0–3)

Set spawn point one screen behind your Town Center on the safe diagonal; do not rally into the middle before you know enemy signatures.
Patrol short (half-screen) toward the nearest weak flank; Fire Archers want to be range-attacking from the second rank, never leading.
Fights to take: any melee-heavy dive civ (Goths, Vikings infantry, Celts infantry).
Fights to refuse: Mongol/Hun CA storms until you have mass; hussar spam civs before your first cluster forms.
Micro rule: short stagger patrols. Fire Archers overkill; patrol in 8–12 unit blobs so the AoE hits multiple targets.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

Safest farm: infantry-signature civs and elephant civs (Fire Archer chews HP-heavy targets).
Avoid feeding: fast archer civs that outrange you before Recurve Bow (Britons especially).
Anti-cage: keep spawn rally 1 tile inside your wall line; never rally to a forward outpost until walls are patched.

🏚️ Raze allocation

Mid-priority for villagers. Shu benefits from a 2nd or 3rd raze — not the first (Huns/Persians take priority) and not last.
Feeds razes best to a Castle-UU-hungry ally (Persians, Huns, Mongols) if Shu is over on kills.

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: backwall first (your Castle production is the target), then gate patch, then front spikes.
Build: 3 Castles for Fire Archer mass, 2 Ranges for Arbalest support, 1 Siege Workshop for Rams, 1 Monastery (team bonus makes it cheap to tech).
Imperial comp: Fire Archer + Arbalest + Ram. Add Warrior Monks if the regional UU is available on your build.
Silver-UT priority: Recurve Bow first (range = survival), Wu Wei only if you're pivoting to cavalry.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

Strong vs: Goths, Vikings (infantry), Bengalis (elephants — Fire Archer eats HP pools), Aztecs (infantry).
Weak vs: Britons (out-ranged), Mayans (out-DPS'd on Plumes), Mongols post-Elite Mangudai, Tatars CA.

🤝 Team synergies

Pairs with: Persians (tank in front, Fire Archer behind), Teutons (Teutonic Knight wall + Fire Archer AoE cleanup), Wei (regional UU overlap and Warrior Monk stacking).
Conflicts with: Britons (both want the back rank), Mayans (competes for archer economy of scale).

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)

CBA numeric fields above are from the Requiem v294 wiki table (retrieved 2026-08-21): interval 9 s, cap 80, kills 150/400, razes-to-vill 2.
- DE Recurve Bow/Wu Wei effect numbers change patch-to-patch; verify before locking a strategy.