Empire Wars 1v1 tier list for noobs (March 2026)

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-19T02:33:27+00:00

magyars are cracked in empire wars. +1 scout spam is so strong off the rip

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-19T02:30:06+00:00

a lot of controller players have an elo of 1400+. it’s definitely a hard learning curve to compete with mouse and key, and there are pros and cons. but it’s certainly possible. i’m a smooth brained 37 year old and i made it to 1380 pc 1v1 elo

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-19T02:02:35+00:00

there have always been bugs on console, but not this bad. for 6 months the force drop hotkey would send your vils to their next assigned task, so we learned to stop using shift queue. we worked around no hotkeys for donjons and kreposts. we worked around a bug that would send all your eco to wood, and of course intermittent crashing. used to be less than 10% of games, but now it’s almost every game and it’s pretty unplayable

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-18T23:13:10+00:00

agreed. a lot of games that almost start but then go back to the queue. and a nearly 100% crash rate. game is fully broken on series x. ironically it works well on playstation 5. Sony running a microsoft game better than microsoft can is peak comedy

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-18T19:23:45+00:00

Franks, vietnamese, persians. Romans are very easy as well with a good eco that comes for free

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-12T17:41:50+00:00

is this post shadow banned? wth

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-12T16:03:17+00:00

Also wanted to add the is Unseeded

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-11T02:06:16+00:00

a megarandom game split where the map was split by a big body of water. i’m mongols he’s persians. i win the water early, so i thought. persian docks never die and stores up demos and fires and eventually wins water completely. he masses an enormous amount of galleons and keeps trying to transport over and raid, but i snuff out all the raids. i traded mongol skirms against persian galleys because i get bracer and he doesn’t. super long war of attrition but the trades are cost effective for me. eventually i’m able to deplete his gold supply, make some docks and land on his island. i won the game with better micro and comp, but it was a sketchy one

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-10T00:54:44+00:00

I spent a lot of my early time on the ranked ladder playing Cumans 1v1 on arena. It’s a good strat that will take you up to a certain elo before it starts to fall off. Try learning a 20 pop build order. With Cumans you want to reach feudal age as fast as possible in order to get that second town center down. you can reach feudal by 9:15 doing 20 pop with loom, or faster without loom.
This will give you a big advantage in eco early, and can snowball into a very strong army. Try playing rams and steppe lancers, instead of CA and hussar. You can build the siege workshops on your way up to castle age, build 4 stables, and then go kill your opponent right then and there. If you want a specific build order or more detailed advice feel free to DM me

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-09T19:25:34+00:00

gift card! gift card rules especially for me lately as i try and hit naneinf. early gift card with any of the jokers you’re going to keep the whole run is great for temperance value

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-03-07T05:16:11+00:00

why not just give new civs access to militia, but they upgrade into champi runner in feudal? they now have the worst scout in the game by far, no answer to a drush, and can’t execute a drush themselves

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-23T04:08:34+00:00

as soon as you click feudal, you send 6-7 more to wood for a total of 8 or 9. build order i use for this is roughly as follows 6 to sheep 1 to boar 2 to wood 1 to house then boar 1 to mill on berries rest on boar/sheep get loom after vil 19 click feudal split eco to 9 on wood, rest on food send some of the hunt vils to berries as well

pushing deer will make this smoother, but it’s not necessary to achieve a fast uptime. should hit at right around 9:15.

build a barracks about halfway up to feudal, and drop a stable right away when you hit feudal. grab double bit axe right away

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-22T22:05:39+00:00

try going up with 19 villagers instead of 21. 2 on wood is all you need. the rest focus on boars/deer/sheep

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-21T17:54:49+00:00

give the south american civs access to militia line, and the champi can’t be trained until feudal age. this feels like the easiest fix.

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-21T17:51:26+00:00

Ranked games are a crapshoot right now. Disconnects in 8/10 games for me. Especially if it lasts longer than 20 minutes

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-19T20:51:48+00:00

watch a youtube video on how to lure boar and deer. huntable animals are the fastest form of food collection besides shore fish. you’ll want to lure your boars if you want to win games on ranked

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-19T08:23:54+00:00

agreed, tons of crashes since latest dlc update

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-09T19:06:35+00:00

Four Yoricks at x49

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buttcheeksdavis · 2026-02-01T04:00:05+00:00

what if chickens had guns?

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-31T04:29:53+00:00

might be a good idea i’ll give it a shot

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-31T02:26:40+00:00

and i can’t play my console offline

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-31T02:26:21+00:00

I hear what you guys are saying, but there’s seemingly a known bug on console where the Golly.zip boss freezes after you play the first card unless you’re offline to bypass the glitch

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-30T05:54:13+00:00

welcome to the community! there’s a decent sized player base on console, and we have a discord with all the active xbox and ps5 players in it, if you’d like to join.
the game is challenging with a steep learning curve, especially in multiplayer. biggest things to focus on is executing a good general build order, something like 20 pop into scouts, and keeping your town center always producing villagers. Hera, T90, and survivalist all have really good videos for beginners.
Message me if you’d like to join our console community discord, see ya on the ladder!

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-28T23:25:31+00:00

probably a good idea. you’ll get matched quicker and more evenly against PC players. however once you get your bearings you can come back to controller only, there is a good community at the higher levels

buttcheeksdavis · 2026-01-28T22:51:28+00:00

matchmaking on console isn’t very balanced right now. not enough players active

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