Are you feeling lost with all the possible lieups you can use in Age of Empires Mobile? We feel you, possibilities can be endless but actually only a couple handful are really having the strong synergies that make it worth building them and running them – and we have them here ready for you to copy and use them.
Please mind this goes very tight with our hero tier list where the ranking of a hero depends not only on individual strength but also how well and flexible a hero can make synergies and is relevant and powerful in the current meta of Age of Empires Mobile – you can check our frequently updated tier list for age of Empires Mobile here.
Archers Pairings
Mulan Burst
Centered around Mulan, this lineup maximizes secondary strike skill triggered through the coordination of three heroes. A single-target high burst damage lineup, specializing in offense and
explosive output…. to make this pairing work, use Mulan as your commander and Rani Durgavati + Josephine as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Mulan Burst Alt
Like ht emUlan Burst pairing but with King Derrick instead of Rani. Works very similar so if your roaster has Derrick (used to be called King David) instead of Rani, this is a good pairing to use with archers… to make this pairing work, use Mulan as your commander and Josephine + King Derrick as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Archer Doubleattack
These archers are all about fighting in the double attack state for efficient damage output…. to make this pairing work, use Bellevue as your commander and Mulan + Attila as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Archer Doubleattack
Same as above but with Rani instead of Attila… to make this pairing work, use Bellevue as your commander and Mulan + Rani Durgavati as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Archers Debuffing
This lineup constantly inflicts debuffs on enemies to maximize your archers damage output and if your opponent can’t cleanse debuffs they get into trouble…. to make this pairing work, use Suleiman as your commander and Queen Seondeok + Theodora as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Double Attack Archers Cavalry
With Mulan at the core, this lineup maximizes secondary strike skill triggers through Attilas double attack effects for massive damage. Attila the Hun can provide the entire troop with the double attack effect, serving as the core output support for troops relying on secondary strikes! Additionally, with both cavalry and archer specialties, Attila the Hun exhibits strong adaptability. When paired with Hua Mulan and Josephine, he can effectively enhance the overall strength of the Hua Mulan & Archers lineup…. to make this pairing work, use Mulan as your commander and Josephine + Attila as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Cavalry Pairings
Cavalry Duel
Hunt down players and slow them to even hit them harder. This is a pairing you want to use to rush and hunt down enemies or make very quick assaults that are over before the enemy can get backup. Capable of applying a slowdown effect to enemies and dealing additional damage to slowed enemies. Keep
enemies bogged down and strike them hard!… to make this pairing work, use Cid as your commander and Tariq + Bushra as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Cavalry Active
With Yi Seong-gye at the core, this team relies on active skills to deliver high damage. Heroes are easy to obtain too…. to make this pairing work, use Yi Seong Gye as your commander and Sejong the Great + Bushra as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Cavalry Crit
These cavalrymen pack a punch with their critical hits, capable of delivering huge burst damage!… to make this pairing work, use Lu Bu as your commander and Guan Yu + Attila as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Cavalry Crit-Double
This lineup relies on high critical strike rates and secondary strike skills to maximize damage output for your cavalry…. to make this pairing work, use Guan Yu as your commander and Harald + Attila as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Pikemen Pairings
Pikemen Support
A troop of pikemen with key team support abilities, capable of boosting the attributes of your other troops during battles…. to make this pairing work, use Ram Khamhaeng as your commander and Octavian + Julius Caesar as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Leonidas Counterattack
This lineup features with passive damage output from counterattacks when taking normal attacks, with an increased trigger chance against multiple enemies. A team fight-oriented lineup with strong endurance. Focuses on damage output through counterattacks, maximizing damage when facing multiple enemies,
with slightly weaker ability in one-on-one battles… to make this pairing work, use Leonidas as your commander and Joan of Arc + Frederick Barbarossa as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Important! You can always use Mansa Musa as substitute along Leonidas for all heroes. He works exceptionally well with counterattacking. Check out his build here
Leonidas Counter Alt
Like the Leonidas Counterattack setup but you can also run Darius instead of Freddy… to make this pairing work, use Leonidas as your commander and Joan of Arc + Darius the Great as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Leonidas Advanced Counter
And Leonidas again… I know, but he is just so strong for pikemen and this is the strongest counter pairing you can make with him. Replace Joan of Arc with Richard I and make him the commander to greatly enhance the
overall strength of the lineup. There’s a chance to trigger a counterattack when hit by normal attacks and trigger chance increases against multiple enemies which maximizes its potential…. to make this pairing work, use Richard as your commander and Leonidas + Frederick Barbarossa as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Advanced Counterattack without Leonidas
Counteratttack without Leonidas! An advanced version of your regular counterattack & pikemen lineup, more versatile and powerful but requires the heroes built for this… to make this pairing work, use Richard as your commander and Boudica + Frederick Barbarossa as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Pikemen Survivability
With turn-based skills as the primary means of damage output and healing, this lineup features with strong stability. Turn-based skills activate at fixed intervals and aren’t affected by control effects. This makes the team highly reliable, allowing it to
output steady damage and healing in any scenario… to make this pairing work, use Julius Caesar as your commander and Octavian + Bushra as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Swordsmen Pairings
Swordsmen Samurai
A swordsmen troop that relies on active skills to deal significant might damage. Notably, King David and Hammurabi have synergistic effects of exploiting the enemy rout…. to make this pairing work, use Miyamoto Musashi as your commander and Tribhuwana + Constantine as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Swordsmen Immunity
A swordsmen lineup with balanced attack & defense abilities. It deals continuous damage, and the immunity effect also provides great survivability… to make this pairing work, use Yodit as your commander and Tribhuwana + Miyamoto Musashi as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Ultimate Strategist
This lineup features with strategy damage, frequently triggering signature skills for tons of strategy damage revolving around Sun Tzu’s Ultimate Strategist state. Activate the skill more frequently for extremely high
burst damage!… to make this pairing work, use Sun Tzu as your commander and Philip IV + Theodora as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Turnbased Swordsmen
This team mainly uses turn-based skills for steady damage and healing. The heroes are easy to get and build and quite versatile for that use… to make this pairing work, use Oda Nobunaga as your commander and Toyotomi Hideyoshi + Tokugawa Ieyasu as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Swordsmen True Damage
This lineup centers around King Arthur’s ability to ignore enemy defenses, which can be combined with Constantine the Great’s healing and damage reduction for high overall combat effectiveness…. to make this pairing work, use King Arthur as your commander and Tribhuwana + Constantine as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Gathering
Gathering Swordsmen
This is one of the later-game gathering marches to build your 4 gathering marches. You will use one troop type each and this is the one with swordsmen… to make this pairing work, use King Derrick as your commander and Baldassi + Nino as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Gathering Pikemen
This is one of the later-game gathering marches to build your 4 gathering marches. You will use one troop type each and this is the one with pikemen… to make this pairing work, use Darius the Great as your commander and Thanius + Leo as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Gathering Cavalry
This is one of the later-game gathering marches to build your 4 gathering marches. You will use one troop type each and this is the one with cavalry… to make this pairing work, use Cleopatra as your commander and Narses + Kaso as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Gathering Archers
This is one of the later-game gathering marches to build your 4 gathering marches. You will use one troop type each and this is the one with archers… to make this pairing work, use Diao Chan as your commander and Yuan Xia + Leon as secondary commanders with the recommended skills show below.
Conclusion
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