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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 Oct 20) by community vote — no patch dropped for these boards, so this is pure player-driven movement. As of Oct 11, 2026: rising — Macedonian Dynasty, Knights Templar, Order of the Dragon. falling — Chinese, Byzantines, Sengoku Daimyo.

Civilization Tier List

↗ Rising
Macedonian Dynasty iconMacedonian DynastyS↗S
Knights Templar iconKnights TemplarS↗S
Order of the Dragon iconOrder of the DragonB↗B
Golden Horde iconGolden HordeA↗A
Tughlaq Dynasty iconTughlaq DynastyS↗S
Zhu Xi's Legacy iconZhu Xi's LegacyS↗S
Japanese iconJapaneseA↗A
Jin Dynasty iconJin DynastyA↗A
↘ Falling
Chinese iconChineseC↘C
Byzantines iconByzantinesC↘C
Sengoku Daimyo iconSengoku DaimyoC↘C
English iconEnglishB↘B
Ottomans iconOttomansA↘A
Holy Roman Empire iconHoly Roman EmpireB↘B
Jeanne d'Arc iconJeanne d'ArcC↘C
Delhi Sultanate iconDelhi SultanateC↘C

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