How are the civilizations in this game right now? Is Hun massively nerfed or are there other civilizations that possess units and technology far more superior?

Sorry if this question seems too dumb. I'm only 21 and the most memory I have in this game is watching my father playing 3v3 when I was 4 and 5. I remembered him losing one game in like 5 or 6 in total so I've always tried to learn from him but was simply too bad. Back then in a 3v3 match everyone uses Hun, and I don't recall seeing any other civilization besides China or Koreans once in a blue moon.

From what I remembered, the strat in 3v3 are Hun fast Castle Aging and build knight army. As the game proceeds players might shift to Halberdiers to counter the prevalent Paladin strat, and some other players would use Skirmisher to counter. So it was like a Paladin(Hussar)-Halberdier-Skirmisher late game.

I began watching aoe videos on YouTube since April and saw all these new fancy civilizations but not Hun. I sadly don't inherent much deep knowledge in the game from my dad so I don't know where went wrong for Hun Paladin strat. Could somebody explain?

Also I'm trying to get back to the game :D