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Age of Empires IV Meta Shift Report

How the Age of Empires IV meta drifted over the last 7 days (since Sep 5) by community vote — no patch dropped for these boards, so this is pure player-driven movement. As of Sep 3, 2026: rising — Macedonian Dynasty, Order of the Dragon, Golden Horde. falling — Ottomans, Byzantines, Chinese.

Civilization Tier List

↗ Rising
Macedonian Dynasty iconMacedonian DynastyS↗S
Order of the Dragon iconOrder of the DragonS↗S
Golden Horde iconGolden HordeS↗S
Knights Templar iconKnights TemplarS↗S
Japanese iconJapaneseA↗A
Ayyubids iconAyyubidsA↗A
Tughlaq Dynasty iconTughlaq DynastyA↗A
Jin Dynasty iconJin DynastyA↗A
↘ Falling
Ottomans iconOttomansC↘C
Byzantines iconByzantinesC↘C
Chinese iconChineseC↘C
Sengoku Daimyo iconSengoku DaimyoC↘C
English iconEnglishC↘C
Holy Roman Empire iconHoly Roman EmpireB↘B
Jeanne d'Arc iconJeanne d'ArcB↘B
Delhi Sultanate iconDelhi SultanateB↘B

Drift = community score now vs about 7 days ago, within the current patch only; entries need 3+ votes to register. Methodology.