Talk:Aztecs (Age of Empires III)/Strategy/@comment-81.157.148.97-20180630175414/@comment-47.222.152.96-20190623024957

they are definitely underused but it's due to them being more difficult to use than other nations. However if you are able to get a grasp on them they are quite a terrifying civ to play as. They perfom well in almost every age while being at their strongest in age 2 and in age 5. age 3 is where they have the biggest trouble as they have to transition from early game units to late game and that takes quite a bit of time to do so but if you are able to survive and get a stable economy running then your chances of winning are pretty high.

Eagle Runner Knights are their best unit by far and can only be countered by skirmishers and artillery. The only faction that will seriously give this trouble will be the Japanese yumi archers. However these and other skirmishers get countered by Coyote Runners which get stealth with the right home city card allowing you to ambush skirmishers and deal a lot of damage.

Needless to say don't build arty against Aztec it's a waste of gold.