Aztec may be trash 1v1, but they have a lot of value as a support civ on a 4v4 team

Was watching a streamer and someone in Twitch chat was asking how to play Aztec, to which the streamer said if you want to play Aztec just uninstall the game because Aztec is trash.

And that got me thinking. I can see how Aztec is really bad 1v1 because their units are pretty underwhelming. Your melee units just get kited and your only decent ranged infantry costs wood(meaning it's hard to make late game), and is basically a strelet. Your civ doesn't really have any fancy quirks. War huts/nobel huts doubling as outposts and barracks doesn't help, because the build limit actually hinders you late game, unlike Russia where you can train infantry instantly.

In 4v4 though, you have more ability to specialize. In the early game, you have a lot of support cards to help your team. if you get a fast age 2 you can immediately ship everyone 3 villagers early on to get them going, which is a huge eco boost especially when combined with other early team eco boost cards like Japan's.

Then in age 3 and 4 you team coin shipment cards that provide a lot of value to teammates.

Late game, your arrow knights are especially good. They are like culverin and howitzers in one, but with the mobility of ordinary infantry. If you can depend on your teammates to handle other units, spamming these can be pretty broken to push forward and deal with artillery. And since they're uber long range, they won't die as much, so your 7 nobel hut/war hit limit won't be as big of a deal.