Celts¶

Dive Siege fast infantry + elite siege carry.

Spawn unit	Starting age	Kills to Castle	Kills to Imp	Razes to vill	Cap	Interval
Woad Raider (Elite on unlock)	Feudal	200	400	2	100	8 s

⚡ Quick reference¶

Baseline: faster Lumberjacks, infantry speed by age, Siege +25% atk speed, team Siege Workshops faster. UU Woad Raider. UT Furor Celtica.
Requiem v294: starting age Feudal; kills-to-Castle 200; kills-to-Imperial 400; razes-to-vill 2.
CBA role: fast infantry + elite siege carry.
Post-vill: Castle Age Stables → Knights; Imperial pivot to Halberdier/Champion mass + Furor Celtica Rams (mangonel line disabled in v294). Woad spawns become escort/filler only.
Weak vs: archers, Hand Cannoneers.

🏛️ Standard DE profile

Civ bonuses
Infantry moves +15% faster.
Siege Workshop units fire/reload +25% faster.
Lumberjacks work +15% faster.
Sheep not converted if a Celt unit is within 6 tiles.
Team: Siege Workshops work +20% faster.
Unique units
Castle UU: Woad Raider (fast infantry).
Unique techs
Castle Age — Stronghold (Castles and Towers fire +25% faster).
Imperial Age — Furor Celtica (Siege Workshop units +40% HP).
Notable missing techs
No Camel Rider, no Ring Archer Armor, no Bracer, no Paladin (Cavalier max), no Bombard Tower, no Heresy.
Walls: full set.

🏰 CBA REQUIEM v294 profile

(v294 numbers: Fandom wiki, retrieved 2026-08-21)

Starting age: Feudal (Requiem v294 start table).
Spawn unit: Woad Raider (Elite on unlock).
Spawn interval / cap: 8 s per Castle; cap 100.
Kills to Castle / Imperial: 200 (Castle) / 400 (Imperial).
Razes: standard.
Free starting tech: none listed in the v294 wiki table.
Elite unlock: on Imperial promotion.
Available buildings after villagers: Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Siege Workshop. Elephants disabled. Siege Onager available (Celts signature). Trebuchet enabled.

CBA role & archetype

Primary role: Fast dive infantry. Woad Raiders are the fastest non-cavalry infantry.
Secondary role: Siege core post-villagers (Siege Onager + Furor Celtica).

🌅 Opening play

Minute 0–3: dive-patrol into fragile ranged units. Woads close gaps faster than any archer can kite.
Patrol: attack-move; Woads want short arcs.
Preferred fights: archer civs, siege units, monks.
Refuse: cavalry masses (Franks, Persians elephants), Halb walls.

⚔️ Kill accumulation strategy

🏚️ Raze allocation

First or second raze — Celt Siege Onager is a top-tier late-game unit that needs villagers to produce.

👷 Post-villager composition

Wall order: back diagonal.
Castle Age: Stables → Knights. Celt Knights miss Bloodlines/Plate Barding but Knights still beat massing infantry in Castle Age — 2 Stables, with Barracks growing behind.
Imperial: pivot to Halberdier/Champion mass + Furor Celtica Rams. Faster-moving Celt infantry in volume escorts +40%-HP Rams into the walls; the mangonel line (incl. Siege Onager) is disabled in v294, so the Ram push IS the Celtic siege game.
Woad Raider spawns become escort/filler only — fast flankers for the Ram push, not the core.
Silver-UT priority: Furor Celtica — +40% HP Rams anchor the Imperial push. Priority #1.

⚖️ Strong against / Weak against

Strong vs: Britons, Mayans, Ethiopians, Vietnamese, Turks, archer civs generally.
Weak vs: Franks (TA), Persians (elephant), Cumans (Kipchak kite), Bohemians (Hussite tanks Siege Onager).

🤝 Team synergies

Best pairs: Britons (Longbow + Siege Onager back-line demolisher), Persians (elephant + Siege Onager), Aztecs (Jaguar + Woad double-dive).
Conflicts: Ethiopians (redundant Siege Onager role).

🎮 Key micro rules

⚠️ Common mistakes

🔒 Version-locked (Requiem v294)

Siege Onager availability post-villagers is central to Celt viability. Confirm v294 whitelist.