[ AOE2 CIVILIZATION ]
Lithuanians
The relic-snowball cavalry civ — 4 relics = +4 Knight/Leitis attack and a paladin line that outscales every other civ in the game.
[ IDENTIDAD ]
Lithuanians are a cavalry civilization with an unusual economic engine: relics. They start the game with +150 food (the largest starting food bonus in the game) and free Loom, which cleans up the opening significantly — you effectively begin with a vill-and-a-half of extra food already banked. The +150 food enables a tighter Feudal click and fuels an aggressive Scout/Knight opener. Their core unique mechanic is the relic bonus: for every Relic garrisoned in a Monastery, Knights AND the Leitis unique unit gain +1 attack, up to +4 attack with four relics. This turns Lithuanian Paladins into the highest-attack Paladins in the game (~20 attack with 4 relics vs a base 14). The Leitis is a Castle Age heavy cavalry unit whose attack ignores armor — it does full damage to Paladins, Elite Teutonic Knights, and every heavily-armored target in the game. Their team bonus (Monasteries work 20% faster) smooths monk play across the team. Defensively, Spearman line has +1 pierce armor (surviving the opening archer mini-wars better than most cav civs), Towers cost -50% stone, and their unique tech Hill Forts gives every Town Center +3 range in Imperial — effective map control. Lithuanians do not reach Arbalest, do not reach Bombard Cannon, and lack Eagle Warriors (being European), but they have full Hussar, Hand Cannoneer, full siege workshop, and a full monastery tree. The civ rewards map control (to capture relics) and snowballs brutally when ahead.
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⚡ Civ bonuses
Monasteries work 20% faster.
Start the game with +150 food.
Largest starting resource bonus in the game. Equivalent to ~1.5 villagers of accumulated food from minute 0. Enables the 4th villager to be made from the Town Center about 3 seconds earlier, and shifts the feudal click timing forward by roughly 20-30 seconds depending on build.
Loom is free.
Saves 50 gold and ~25 seconds of research time. Vills have +20 HP, +1 melee armor, +1 pierce armor available from minute 0."
Knights and Leitis gain +1 attack for each Relic garrisoned in a Monastery, capped at +4.
A fully-upgraded Paladin has 14 base melee attack. With 4 relics it hits 18 attack — plus Blast Furnace (+3) = 21 attack. These are the highest-damage Paladins in the game by a wide margin. Leitis with 4 relics and full upgrades reaches ~18 attack (armor-ignoring), which one-shots villagers and two-shots most cavalry.
Spearman line (Spearman, Pikeman, Halberdier) has +1 pierce armor.
Baseline Spearman pierce armor is 0; Lithuanian Spearmen have 1. Pikemen and Halberdiers gain proportionally. Archers deal noticeably less damage to Lithuanian spears, making the Spearman mini-mass vs feudal archer wars significantly stronger.
Towers cost -50% stone.
Watch Tower costs 62 stone (vs 125). Guard Tower effectively half-stone upgrade. Keep upgrade available to Imperial.
- · Arbalest — Archer line stops at Crossbowman — no Arbalest. Archers are a supplement, never a primary unit.
- · Heavy Cavalry Archer — Cav Archer stops at base Cavalry Archer — no Heavy. CA is not a viable line for this civ.
- · Bombard Cannon — No BBC — Imperial push against walls/castles relies on Siege Ram + Trebuchet. A notable late-game hole vs pure defensive civs.
- · Siege Onager — Stops at Onager — siege clear is mid-tier. Compensates with Siege Ram + Leitis + Paladin instead.
- · Heavy Scorpion — Stops at Scorpion — scorpion is a minor tool only.
- · Eagle Warrior — European civ — no eagle line. Not relevant as a gap, noted for completeness.
- · Battle Elephant line — No Battle Elephant. Not relevant for this archetype.
- · Camel line — No Camel Rider. Must answer opposing cavalry mirrors with Halberdier + monks + Leitis (whose armor-ignore means it trades reasonably vs camel-civ cavalry).
- · Plate Barding Armor — [VERIFY — believe Lithuanians HAVE Plate Barding Armor; confirm current patch.]
- · Blast Furnace — [VERIFY — believe Lithuanians HAVE Blast Furnace; confirm.]
- · Bracer — [VERIFY — believe Lithuanians have Bracer; confirm. Matters for Skirmisher Imperial trash.]
Leitis
heavy cavalry whose attack IGNORES armor — unique in the game
- · Anti-Paladin / anti-armored-cav specialist — does full damage vs Franks Paladins, Teutonic Knights, Cataphracts, Boyars
- · Raiding villagers (ignores armor doesn't matter vs vills, but speed + HP does)
- · Castle drop supplement — 2-3 Leitis + Knights from a forward castle apply relentless pressure
Escudos de Torre
Spearman line and Skirmishers gain +2 pierce armor.
When: Castle Age if opponent scouted as archer civ. Mid-Castle if Imperial is expected to be a trash war. Skip entirely in pure cav vs cav matchups.
Fuertes en Colina
Town Centers gain +3 range (from 7 to 10).
When: Imperial Age, ideally one of the first clicks. On Arena, Hill Forts + castle + relics + Paladins produce a fortress that opponent cannot breach without Siege Onager or Bombard Cannon mass.
🎯 Recommended build order
Scout→Knight + Relic + Forward Castle Option
Bracket 1300-1600Decide at 14-15min between defensive second-TC boom or forward castle drop. Based on scouting + map.
Alternativa
Scouts Into Archers Flex — Opponent scouted as cav civ (Huns, Franks, Magyars)
❌ Common mistakes playing Lithuanians
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Never producing a monk or collecting any relics
You are playing Franks-minus without the relic bonus. The civ's identity is the relic bonus; skipping it wastes the civ pick.
fix:Monastery at 17-18min. 1 monk from monastery. Send monk with 1 knight escort to closest relic. Don't need all 5 — 2 is plenty at low ELO.
▸Forgetting Bloodlines after clicking Castle Age
Bloodlines adds 20 HP to every cavalry unit including Leitis. Without it, Knights die faster.
fix:First click after Castle Age: Bloodlines. Always.
▸Spending the +150 food start on something useless
The +150 food bonus compounds only if you convert it to villagers/tech/Feudal click timing. Idle food on TC is wasted.
fix:Treat your starting villagers as if you already have 1.5 extra — queue feudal click 30s earlier.
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Tu Lithuanians en Arabia (open relic hunt) and team-game pocket on any map · The archetypal Lithuanian game: fast Castle with relic hunting running in parallel. Knight...
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⚠️ Sending monk without escort — monk dies to opponent scout
→ Always escort monks with at least 1 Knight or Scout. Move in pairs.
❌ Skipping Hill Forts in Imperial
Next match: The archetypal Lithuanian game: fast Castle with relic hunting running in parallel. Knight mass into Paladin + Leitis Imperial with Hill Forts covering the base. Compared to Franks, the game is more about map control (for relics) and less about economic runway. Relic-denied Lithuanians play below their weight; relic-secured Lithuanians play above every other cav civ.
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Scout aggressive + relic race. Monk escort mandatory.
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Lithuanians vs Britons
favoredKnight rush es preferred. Skirm defensivo es válido si scouting es malo.
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Anti-cav specialist destroys Paladin + Leitis; Leitis armor-ignore doesn't bypass Halb anti-cav bonus damage.
4-range anti-cav bonus damage; armor-ignore of Leitis doesn't help vs this.
Anti-cav bonus damage + high HP trades up vs cavalry.
Conversion removes expensive Paladin + Leitis; Lith monk tree helps but doesn't eliminate threat.
AoE damage kills knight clumps; siege civs exploit static Lith armies.
Briton/Mayan/Ethiopian Arbalest mass kites knights; Skirmisher screen denies cavalry closing.
🗺️ Performance por mapa
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