fertility dance (faster unit training time) this type of dance can be very useful to outboom your opponent rapidly. gift dance (exp income) it is the most common used one especially because it is effective since the very beginning when you reach the number of 10 WPs the amount of exp generated is simply huge This is a relevant bonus that other TWC civs don't have. not great flexibility in changing the strategy, especially when the opponent civ is suitable to exploit Aztecs weaknesses.īefore explaining the actual strategies I'd like to spend few words on 2 aspects which by themselves can make a huge difference.Īztecs can produce a limit of 10 warrior priests that count as 2 villagers when they dance on the firepit. weak units if not massed and combined, highly affected by diminishing returns.

poor age up boosts and no direct eco boom that lead to a low-starting booming curve Some FF based strategies are possible too. wide range of strategies, including sea boom, offensive or defensive play. hard-counter as well as cost efficient units if used properly they can be trained from the same building good income of exp points and thus good shipment rate That's why it's essential to chose the opening carefully, paying particular attention to its flexibility and also planning the next moves accordingly.īrief summary of strengths and weaknesses In conclusion we can say that Aztecs have a rather low-starting booming curve that is mostly fueled by the homecity shipments and that grows exponentially with the development of the upgrades (especially the number of priests on the firepit).ĭespite the wide range of options for every situation, Aztecs aren't a very flexible civ because in many cases it is required to commit into a strategy that cut off the possibility to completely change your plan.

Unlikely the other civs Aztecs have 3 viable age up options in colonial and each of them is very linked with the respective strategy (no wonder that I called the strategies with the age up to choose). It's important to build it straight from the beginning, since it boosts your start more than saving the 100w and using the warrior priest for treasures/scouting.įinally, the above mentioned poor age-up options raise some problems regarding the choice of the best opening and the relative play style to adopt. This building is the core of the civilization and makes the difference between a win and a loss in many cases. In addition to this, Aztecs start with a Warrior Priest and an extra 100w crate to make the firepit. Neither you have any kind of direct eco boom that instead most of the other civs have. The reason for this is that you don't get much from any age up option you have, atleast in terms of resources. This bonus is not casual: Aztecs early development is in fact based on cards more than any other civ (even more than spain). A feature that comes in handy to achieve army balance is having only 1 building for multiple units, so that you can quickly switch the production between them.Īnother important feature is the passive ability of the Warchief to grant extra experience points for every unit killed within his aura. Composing a well balanced army is thus very important with Aztecs, even more than with other civs. For this reason, in most of cases the units should be combined with each other to gain usefulness.

But most importantly each of them has a very specific role and can thus be defined an hard counter. In fact almost every unit is quite different from all the other units in the game for range, speed, ROF, bonus, etc. In the second place, Aztecs have an extreme variety of unique units. They can also profitably do some FF based strategies. They can indeed rush with various degree of aggressiveness but they can also play some economic-heavy strategies both on land and water, with or without TPs. I cannot think about a civilization that has more strategy options than Aztecs, except maybe for India. What makes Aztecs so unique is in the first place the wide range of strategies they can perform. This will make easier to comprehend the strengths and weaknesses and therefore what I consider the best way(s) to use the Aztecs. To begin, I'd like to highlight some features about the civilization. The aim of this guide is to provide some strategies and hopefully some comprehensive knowledge to help in mastering the Aztecs. That's mostly because of their uniqueness and complexity when it comes to play them properly. Aztecs are a rather strong but not very used civilization.

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