Their towers are mediocre because of a lack of the Keep upgrade, and they cannot build Bombard Towers. Europe With fast farmers before hand cart is done/cheap af siege and all the relevant castle age monk techs. Combined with the already high melee armor, this makes them one of the strongest units in the game and able to outclass Knights in several ways. A good BF civ and definitely good on Arena. 1v1 open maps. They also completely fuck up Mayans late game in my experience, and who doesn't love that?
InfantrySiege weapons Orthodoxy does not make monks a commonly used unit for the slavs. They have a good economy and a better than average military.
The region benefited economically from its geography, as it was located in the middle of the Europe-Asia trade route and close to the Byzantines and Persians. Depending on the Patch version being played, it either grants the Onagers +1 range or reduces their minimum range.
A typical strategy is to prioritize upgrading Rams to Siege Rams, followed by infantry upgrades and additional siege techs. Their cheap siege is great for both aggressive and defensive strategies. Press J to jump to the feed. The second Slav unique technology, Orthodoxy, provides Monks with armor, making them harder to kill. What is the best playstyle for Slavs? Their monks are awesome, combined with the farming bonus and cheaper siege I feel this makes them a great Arena civ.
Regarding their Monks, they are vulnerable to light cavalry, so civilizations with good light cavalry (like Berbers, Huns, and Magyars) can easily counter them. Continent The Slavs have cheaper siege weapons and their team bonus provides +5 population to all military buildings, providing them a logistical military advantage in a similar fashion to the Byzantines, albeit in a more offensive way.
Both civilizations have great siege, and the bonuses somewhat make up for the Slavs' inherent weaknesses. On par with Aztecs after wheelbarrow. The farming bonus is SO strong early game (even if it falls off to nothing after Hand Cart).
Age of Empires Series Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. As of the Definitive Edition, Slavs only lack Heresy at their Monastery. Especially since neither Paladin or Boyar have any specific attack bonuses alongside Turtle Ships they are the only raw strength units in the game. All slavs get is free tracking which is a blessing and a curse for M@A rush. It is a good tech but not one you see in a siege monk push because you won't have a castle up if going for such strategy unless you play RF or MR with a castle start but even then it's situational.
Architecture (Elite) Boyar training time reduced to 15s (from 23s/20s). In the beta, the Slavs had access to Bracer, but lacked Plate Mail Armor. When playing a random map game against the computer, the player may encounter any of the following Slavic AI characters: During the development of The Conquerors, the Slavs (along with the Huns, Swiss, Magyars, and Habsburgs) had been considered to appear as the new civilization representing Eastern Europe. Orthodoxy Druzhina. Imo I think Boyar should get 15 Attack instead of their original 16. Castle Age Boyar imo is super strong vs Knights and can stand up to Pikemen better than Knights can and almost completely curbstomp spearmen.
Slavic armies are mainly composed of infantry, and to depict this, their other unique technology gives infantry trample damage, making them powerful in groups and against clusters of units, and they also receive Supplies (Tracking before the Definitive Edition) for free. However, their Farming bonus was nerfed to 10%, but still valuable to perform an economy boom or making early rushes. Overall rating. This siege unit allows garrisoned foot soldiers inside the tower to overstep walls, and has great synergy with the fantastic Slavic infantry. With update 36906, the Boyar got extra +1 pierce armor for both standard and elite, negating their previous big weakness against massed archers and defensive structures. 22 pop scout rush or man at arms/tower play is exceptionally good as the slavs. Their defensive structures are below average but their faster farming is considered one of the strongest economic bonuses in the game. Strong siege, strong infantry, strong cavalry, weak archers, no gunpowder. Even some splash halbs for emergency raid defence from Hussars/Palas.
They lack many technologies that benefit buildings, such as Architecture and Heated Shot.
This makes massed Slavic infantry formidable and deadly, especially when defending their cheap siege units.
The Slavic Monks are excellent offensively with every upgrade there plus Orthodoxy which grants them extra armor, making them fearsome in Monk rushes. They're strong when you know how to use their bonuses right. Druzhina gives infantry the ability to damage nearby units in an area with trample damage, similar to the Byzantine Cataphract with Logistica. Their navy is weak, although they can fully upgrade th… This is especially true on open maps like Arabia, and if starting from the Dark Age. Halbs still keep their generic 32 damage with 5 trample (probably for balance reasons however).
Allying with Byzantines makes them better healers, while Lithuanian allies grant Slav Monasteries an efficiency bonus to produce armored Monks quicker.