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Magyars
Cavalry civ with +2 attack scouts, Cavalier, and a gold-free Hussar replacement (Magyar Huszar) that skips blacksmith costs entirely.
[ IDENTIDAD ]
Magyars occupy a specific niche in the cavalry-civ space: Franks are the 'free farms + paladin +20% HP' cavalry civ, Huns are the 'no houses + paladin + tarkan' civ, Lithuanians are the 'relic paladin + leitis' civ. Magyars are the 'trash cavalry scales into late game' civ. Their three bonuses all compound through time: (1) villagers kill wolves in 1 hit — saving early-game villager time and TC shots, (2) Scout Cavalry line gains +2 attack in Feudal (stacking with Forging), making scouts effective combatants rather than pure harassers, and (3) Forging, Iron Casting, and Blast Furnace are FREE when you train a Magyar Huszar — which effectively means the late-game Hussar trash war is won before it starts. Their unique unit, the Magyar Huszar, is a Castle-age cavalry trainable from castles that functionally replaces the Hussar line in Imperial — 100 food, 0 gold, with pierce armor advantages and those 'free' blacksmith upgrades. The Imperial unique tech Recurve Bow adds +1 range + +1 attack for cavalry archers, pushing Magyar Cav Archer comps into competitive territory. Their Castle-age Unique Tech Mercenaries gives Magyar Huszars a cost reduction or speed boost (exact effect: Magyar Huszars become free for allies — or similar; VERIFY on current patch). Magyars lack Halberdier and Siege Onager, and some sources list missing Plate Barding Armor — so pure paladin mirrors vs Franks/Lith can be uphill. They reach Paladin and have full cavalry archer tech through Heavy Cav Archer + Parthian Tactics. The civ plays hardest on open maps (Arabia, Runestones, Nomad) where the scout +2 attack and knight/huszar speed exploit the absence of walls; Arena and Black Forest are comparatively weaker because Magyars lack boom bonuses.
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⚡ Civ bonuses
Foot archers have +2 line of sight.
Villagers kill wolves in 1 hit.
Eliminates early-game villager idle time from wolf attacks on sheep/boar/vils. Saves ~10-20 villager-seconds in typical games. Niche but reliably felt on wolf-heavy maps (Arabia, Nomad).
Scout Cavalry line (Scout, Light Cavalry, Hussar) has +2 attack.
Feudal Scout Cavalry hits for 5 attack (vs base 3) before Forging — with Forging it's 6 attack. This means Magyar scouts trade up against opposing scouts and villagers significantly faster, and can harass resource lines with fewer units. In Castle+ the Light Cavalry and Hussar inherit the bonus.
Forging, Iron Casting, and Blast Furnace are free (Magyar Huszar does not require gold for these upgrades).
The Magyar Huszar UU — a gold-free Hussar replacement trained from Castle — effectively auto-upgrades through blacksmith cav attack tiers because the bonus applies specifically to Magyar Huszars. In late-game trash wars, this means Magyar Huszars arrive with full attack upgrades at no cost, dominating mirror trash cav engagements.
- · Halberdier — Magyars stop at Pikeman — they cannot upgrade to Halberdier. Against Paladin-civ opponents (Franks, Lith, Persians), Magyars rely on Camel mirror — but they DO NOT HAVE CAMELS. So the answer to enemy paladin is Magyar Huszar mass + cavalry archer harass + monk split. A significant structural weakness in imperial cavalry mirrors.
- · Camel Rider / Heavy Camel — No camel line at all. Against opposing paladin/cav civs, Magyars must rely on Magyar Huszar + CA + monks.
- · Siege Onager — Stops at Onager. Limits late-game anti-archer push tools; must lean on Cav Archer + Magyar Huszar instead.
- · Plate Barding Armor — [VERIFY] — historically Magyars have been listed as lacking Plate Barding Armor in some sources. DE 169123 should be confirmed; if absent, Magyar Paladin is a tier below Frankish Paladin in cav mirrors.
- · Siege Ram — [VERIFY — believed Magyars have Capped Ram but NOT Siege Ram; confirm]
- · Heavy Scorpion — [VERIFY — believed absent; if absent, positional scorpion play is weaker]
- · Bombard Tower — [VERIFY — believed absent; limits tower defense options]
Huszar Magiar
fast trash cavalry (no gold cost) with pierce armor advantage; functional Hussar replacement
- · Mass late-Imperial trash cav — the gold-free upgrade compound wins mirror trash wars
- · Raid opponent woodlines/gold in Castle-Imperial transition
- · Convert pressure role in 1v1 — fast, cheap, hits hard enough to matter
Mercenarios
Allows allies to build Magyar Huszars from castles (or similar ally-focused effect). [VERIFY exact wording on DE 169123]
When: Team games — once Castle up and ally composition known. 1v1 — rarely, if ever.
Arco Recurvo
Cavalry Archers gain +1 range and +1 attack.
When: Imperial, when CA production is online and committed.
🎯 Recommended build order
Scout-Knight Rush + Castle Drop Option
Bracket 1300-1600Decide at ~15-16min between pure knight rush or forward castle drop for Magyar Huszar. Based on map and opponent.
Alternativa
Cav Archer Flex — Opponent scouted as foot archer civ with walls or slow cav response
❌ Common mistakes playing Magyars
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Not using scout +2 attack in feudal
Magyar scouts hit 5 atk base (vs 3 baseline) — if you don't pressure villagers in feudal, you've wasted the civ's signature early-game bonus.
fix:3-5 scouts at 11-12min. Attack-move on opposing villagers. Retire on Pikeman contact.
▸Forgetting Bloodlines before knight production
Bloodlines adds 20 HP per knight — missing it means knights die in 1-2 extra hits; knight rush bounces off Pike screens.
fix:Bloodlines is first click after Castle Age up. Always.
▸Ignoring Magyar Huszar UU (never building castle)
Magyar Huszar is the civ's late-game signature. Skipping castle means trash war is vanilla Hussar, losing the 'free forge' scaling edge.
fix:Build castle ~22-25min even if knight rush is stalling. Magyar Huszar is your Imperial identity.
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Tu Magyars en Arabia · Scout/knight aggression Castle Age → castle drop at 20-22min for Magyar Huszar + secondary...
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⚠️ Skipping second Town Center
→ Second TC at 18-19min. Even under pressure. Pull vils from wood to stone for TC funding if needed.
❌ Producing knights without Forging
Next match: Scout/knight aggression Castle Age → castle drop at 20-22min for Magyar Huszar + secondary unit → Imperial with Recurve Bow CA and Magyar Huszar trash scaling. Decision-making around which unit composition to mass defines the bracket.
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Scout pressure to deny Frank feudal + two-TC boom timing. Castle drop for Magyar Huszar.
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Anti-cav specialty. Magyar has no camel mirror — Magyar Huszar + CA + monks is only response.
Anti-cav specialist. Magyar has no Halberdier — Pike mass only.
Anti-cav infantry, range 1; Magyar knight melts without Halb support.
Anti-cav attack ignores armor — Magyar Paladin armor useless.
AoE damage deletes knight/Magyar Huszar clumps; Magyar has Onager but no Siege Onager.
High HP, melts pike; Magyar needs monk convert or Halb (lacking) to counter.
🗺️ Performance por mapa
Magyars' home map. Scout +2 attack + knight + Magyar Huszar plays on Arabia are …
Walls neutralize scout aggression; no cheap castle bonus (like Franks) or TC dis…
Scout bonus shines on map control; knight rush viable. Eco scaling weaker than s…
Walled map with no boom bonus hurts Magyars. Late-game Magyar Huszar trash + CA …
Similar to Arena. No castle cost bonus, no TC bonus. Cavalry comes online eventu…
Slightly better than Arena because the map is less rigidly walled and cavalry ca…
Water presence neutral-negative; Magyars are not naval civ. Land play viable but…
Avoid. Magyars are among the weaker naval civs — no FFS, no strong galleon bonus…
Same as Team Islands — no naval identity. D-tier."
Mixed map. Land army viable but water cede to opponent. C-tier.
Transition phase favors naval civs. Magyars fine on the land phase but slow to t…
Open steppe map — scout + knight + CA identity shines. Magyars are a natural fit…
Open Arabia-variant; same archetype windows. A-tier consistent with Arabia.
Hybrid map; Magyars work land side, cede water.
Variance — Magyars shine on land rolls, suffer on naval rolls. Average B.
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