[ AOE2 CIVILIZATION ]
Aztecs
Infantry/eagle/monk triangle with an eco carry — no cavalry, no cannons, but everything else scales.
[ IDENTIDAD ]
Aztecs are the canonical "carry civ" — extra villager carry capacity (+3/+5 on all resources with the loom-era bonus plus subsequent upgrades) injects a permanent tempo edge you can cash out in any age. Their military identity is an infantry-monk-eagle triangle: the Jaguar Warrior UU hard-counters other infantry (enormous bonus damage vs infantry line), Eagle Warriors provide the mobility the missing cavalry can't, and the monastery is the best in the game (all monk techs + Garland Wars infantry synergy + Atlatl skirmishers). They lack everything cavalry-adjacent: no Stable at all, no Scout Cavalry opener, no Knight/Camel/Hussar, no Battle Elephant, no Steppe Lancer. They also lack all gunpowder (no Hand Cannoneer, no Bombard Cannon, no Bombard Tower, no Cannon Galleon of any kind) and several navy upgrades. What they DO have they have fully: full arbalest line (no Thumb Ring — key weakness), full skirmisher with Atlatl, full siege through Siege Onager and Siege Ram, full Champion + Elite Eagle + Elite Jaguar with Garland Wars. The team bonus (+4 LOS for Relics — some sources phrase as "Monasteries with relics generate +33% faster" on older patches; current DE value is LOS for Relics) is a meta-game information bonus for relic-dense maps.
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⚡ Civ bonuses
Relics give +33% more gold (some patches also list +4 LOS for monks carrying relics). Verify current DE patch 169123 wording.
Villagers carry +3 extra resources (food, wood, gold, stone).
Reduces walking time per resource trip by ~15-20%. Compounds over the whole game into a permanent ~10-15% eco edge. Strongest ambient bonus in the game.
All military units (except siege) are created 11% faster.
You build armies noticeably quicker — matters most in long production-driven engagements and in military response windows (e.g. reinforcing a raid).
Monks gain +5 HP for each Monastery technology researched.
Fully teched monastery (10 techs) adds +50 HP → 80 HP monks. Nearly impossible to one-shot; forgiving vs scout/knight raids.
Unique Castle-age tech Atlatl gives Skirmishers +1 attack and +1 range.
Aztec Elite Skirmishers become the best skirmishers in the game, outranging opposing skirm-line and competitive vs crossbow.
Unique Imperial-age tech Garland Wars gives all infantry +4 attack.
Elite Jaguar Warrior, Champion, and Elite Eagle all benefit — imperial infantry deathball is among the strongest in the game.
Team Bonus: Relics give +33% more gold.
Stacks ambient team gold income on relic maps.
- · Entire Stable (building) — No Scout Cavalry, Knight, Light Cavalry, Hussar, Paladin, Camel, Battle Elephant, Steppe Lancer, Winged Hussar. Aztecs cannot produce any cavalry under any circumstances. Scouting in feudal must be done with villagers/militia/eagles (Castle Age).
- · Thumb Ring — Aztec Arbalest has 85% accuracy and slower firing rate. Not a main-army unit — xbow plays are support only. This is the single biggest handicap on archer plays.
- · Bracer — No final +1 range for archers/skirm/castle. Hurts Eagle+Xbow comps in Imperial mirrors vs Bracer-civs (e.g. Britons Arbalest outranges by 1).
- · All gunpowder (HCC, BBC, BBT, Chemistry available? yes) — Aztecs HAVE Chemistry (for the +1 archer/castle attack) but cannot build Hand Cannoneers, Bombard Cannons, or Bombard Towers. No gunpowder siege at all. Fortified/walled opponents in Imperial are a serious problem — must rely on Trebuchet + SO + rams.
- · Plate Barding Armor / Bloodlines / Husbandry — N/A — no cavalry, so these techs are simply absent from the tech tree. Noted only because coach bot may compare tech trees.
- · Ring Archer Armor — [VERIFY — believe Aztecs DO have RAA; confirm]
Guerrero Jaguar
anti-infantry heavy infantry (castle unique unit)
- · Hard counter to opposing Eagle/infantry pushes — a mass of Elite Jags dismantles Inca/Maya infantry pushes
- · Supplement to Champion in Imperial vs non-archer civs
- · Core Imperial unit with Garland Wars (+4 attack on top of base infantry line)
Atlatl
Skirmishers gain +1 attack and +1 range.
When: When going Eagle + Skirm vs archer civs (Britons, Mayans, Ethiopians) or when the main comp is Skirmisher-backed.
Guerras Floridas
All infantry gain +4 attack.
When: First Imperial click priority after reaching Imperial with an infantry comp. Non-optional on infantry push builds.
🎯 Recommended build order
Flex Opener (M@A-Archer or straight Archer)
Bracket 1300-1600Choose between M@A-archer opener (pressure) or straight archer boom based on scouting. Castle Age: Eagle + Xbow + Monk always.
Alternativa
Drush FC Monk — Arena, or open map vs expected knight push — drush to deny scouting, then FC
❌ Common mistakes playing Aztecs
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Trying to click Stable in feudal
Aztecs have no Stable. Muscle memory from other civs wastes 5-10 seconds of confusion and delays military production.
fix:Memorize: Barracks + Archery Range + Blacksmith in feudal. No Stable, ever. For Castle Age Eagles, build another Barracks (Eagles train from Barracks, not Stable).
▸Not using the +3 carry bonus consciously
Aztec carry bonus is invisible — it just makes your vils drop more per trip. Players who don't know about it under-use it and boom like a generic civ.
fix:Push for earlier second TC (minute 19-20) and third TC (minute 23-24) knowing eco is carrying you faster than the opponent expects.
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Tu Aztecs en Arena · Eagle+Archer opener → monk split vs knight civs → siege transition → Garland Wars Imperial...
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⚠️ Skipping Monastery in Castle Age
→ Monastery is mandatory within 2 minutes of Castle click. Even 2-3 monks change a knight fight.
❌ Going pure Arbalest as main army
Next match: Eagle+Archer opener → monk split vs knight civs → siege transition → Garland Wars Imperial. Jaguar used situationally vs infantry opponents.
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Kites Eagles, out-ranges Skirms without Bracer
Bonus vs infantry destroys Jaguar + Champion; niche hard counter
Out-ranges Aztec xbow without Thumb Ring/Bracer; forces Eagle+Monk attrition
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