Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 3 Week 14: Slavs vs Teutons

Alexander Nevsky vs the Teutonic Knights!

Hello and welcome back for another Age of Empires 2 civilization match up discussion! This is a series where we discuss the various advantages, disadvantages, and quirks found within the numerous match ups of the game. The goal is to collectively gain a deeper understanding of how two civilizations interact with each other in a variety of different settings. Feel free to ask questions, pose strategies, or provide insight on how the two civilizations in question interact with each other on any map type and game mode. This is not limited to 1v1 either. Feel free to discuss how the civilizations compare in team games as well! So long as you are talking about how the two civilizations interact, anything is fair game! Last week we discussed the Aztecs vs Italians, and next up is the Slavs vs Teutons!

Slavs: Infantry and Siege civilization

• Farmers work +15% faster
• Tracking free
• Siege Workshop units cost -15%

• TEAM BONUS: Military buildings provide +5 population

• Unique Unit: Boyar (Heavy cavalry unit with high melee armor)

• Castle Age Unique Tech: Orthodoxy (Monks +3/+3 armor)

• Imperial Age Unique Tech: Druzhina (Infantry deal 5 trample damage in .5 radius per attack)

Teutons: Infantry Defensive civilization

• Monks 2x healing range
• Towers garrison +5 units; TCs garrison +10 units
• Murder Holes free
• Farms cost -33%

• TEAM BONUS: Units resist conversion

• Unique Unit: Teutonic Knight (Slow, expensive, heavily armored infantry with high attack)

• Castle Age Unique Tech: Ironclad (Siege Weapons gain +4/+0 armor)

• Imperial Age Unique Tech: Crenellations (Castles +3 range; garrisoned infantry fire arrows)

Below are some match up-specific talking points to get you all started. These are just to give people ideas, you do not need to address them specifically if you do not want to!

• Man these civs have a lot in common. Both are slow civilizations with heavy UUs, farming bonuses, good siege, good Monks, and bad archers. However, if you find yourself on an open map like Arabia, to whom would you give the edge? Slavs are generally a bit faster, but Teutons have their deadly trush as well as access to gunpowder in the late game.
• On Arena, both of these civs are considered top tier. On a map that favors Monks, booming, Halbs, and Siege, to which civ would you give the edge and why?
• In team games, neither of these civs exactly thrive on the flank. However, both are considered pretty good pocket civs. Would you rather have the Slavs' better boom and access to Husbandry, or would you rather have the Teutons with their Paladins and gunpowder?

Thank you as always for participating! Next week we will end Round 3 of our discussions with the Goths vs Portuguese. Hope to see you there! :)

Links to previous discussions: Part 1 Part 2