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Britons

The Britons are a foot archer civilization with 3 civilization bonuses, led by the Longbowman. Shepherds work +25% faster.

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Early economy
Focus
Foot Archer
Introduced
The Age of Kings (1999)
Win rate
47.2%
Pick rate
3.12%

Civilization bonuses

  • Shepherds work +25% faster
  • Town Centers cost -50% wood starting in Castle Age
  • Foot Archers +1/+2 range in Castle/Imperial Age

Unique technologies

  • Yeomen (Foot Archers and Skirmisher-line +1 range; Watch Tower-line +2 attack)
  • Warwolf (Trebuchets deal blast damage and are more accurate)

Unique unit

Team bonus

Archery Ranges work +10% faster

How strong are the Britons on the ranked ladder?

On the current balance patch (162286), the Britons hold a 47.2% win rate in 1v1 Random Map across all ratings, ranking #45 of 50 civilizations. They appear in 3.12% of matches (64,047 games sampled). Ladder statistics via aoestats.io.

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