Age of Empires Mobile Tier List for all Heroes and Civilizations

The mobile entry for the popular RTS franchise, Age of Empires (AoE) Mobile, has finally arrived. At the time of launch, there are over 50 heroes and 8 civilizations to choose from, adding a ton of variability. We’ve put together an Age of Empires Mobile Tier List for launch breaking down the best heroes and civilizations you can use in the mobile RTS.

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Age of Empires Mobile Heroes Tier List

With over 50 Player Heroes in Age of Empires Mobile, there are plenty of options to choose from. We put together this launch tier list to help you decide which Player Heroes you should go for as you advance through the game. We also include each hero’s rarity and unit type so you know what to expect in that regard, in case you’re looking for a specific unit type.

Those in the S Tier are the absolute best Player Heroes and we recommend going for them in the long run. The heroes in the A Tier will suffice, and if you get them early can go a long way. Those in the B Tier are alright though they fall off the further you progress and should eventually be replaced with at least A Tier heroes. Finally, the C Tier Player Heroes are simply not worth using and should be replaced as soon as possible. Here is our Age of Empires (AoE) Mobile Heroes Tier List at the time of global launch:

S Tier

• Attila The Hun (Archer, Cavalry)
• Hannibal (Cavalry)
• Hua Mulan (Archer)
• Justinian the Great (Cavalry)
• Leonidas (Pikeman)
• Lu-Bu (Cavalry)
• King Arthur (Cavalry, Swordsman)
• Miyamoto Musashi (Swordsman)
• Octavian (Pikeman)
• Ram-Khamhaeng (Pikeman)
• Sun-Tzu (Swordsman)
• Tribhuwana (Cavalry, Pikeman)

A Tier

• Ashoka (Cavalry, Pikeman)
• Boudica (Pikeman)
• Cleopatra (Cavalry, Swordsman)
• Constantine the Great (Swordsman)
• Josephine (Archer, Swordsman)
• Julius Caesar (Pikeman, Swordsman)
• King David (Archer, Swordsman)
• Queen Seondeok (Archer)
• Richard (Pikeman)
• Suleiman (Archer)
• Theodora (Archer, Swordsman)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (Swordsman)
• Yodit (Swordsman)

B Tier

• Bellevue (Archer)
• Bushra (Cavalry, Pikeman)
• Frederick Barbarossa (Pikeman)
• Guan Yu (Cavalry)
• Philip IV (Swordsman)
• Rani Durgavati ( Archer, Cavalry)
• Yi Seong Gye (Cavalry)
• Tariq (Cavalry)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Swordsman)

C Tier

• Axel (Cavalry)
• Baldassi (Swordsman)
• Cid (Cavalry)
• Clyde (Cavalry)
• Cui Ruyi (Archer)
• Darius the Great (Cavalry, Pikeman)
• Gatos (Pikeman)
• Gao Meng (Swordsman
• Hammurabi (Swordsman)
• Harald (Cavalry, Swordsman)
• Joan of Arc (Pikeman)
• Kaso (Cavalry)
• Leo (Pikeman)
• Leon (Archer)
• Li Daoxuan (Swordsman)
• Luki (Archer)
• Narses (Cavalry)
• Nino (Swordsman)
• Thanius (Pikeman)
• Wu Wei (Pikeman)
• Yi Sun-Shin (Archer)
• Yuan Xia (Archer)

Age of Empires Mobile Civilizations Tier List

While there aren’t nearly as many Civilizations as Player Heroes in Age of Empires (AoE) Mobile, the decision is equally as important. Here’s where we rank each of the eight civilizations in our tier list at the time of Age of Empires (AoE) Mobile launch:

S Tier

• Chinese
• Koreans

A Tier

• Byzantines
• French
• Japanese
• Roman

B Tier

• British
• Egyptians

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