Light Cavalry Line (Stable) — every civilization at full Imperial upgrades
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Light Cavalry and Hussar rankings for Age of Empires II: the best raiding and trash cavalry at full upgrades, scored by round-robin battle simulations.
| # | Civilization | Unit | HP | Attack | Armor | Sim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magyars | Elite Magyar Huszar | 110.0 | 15.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 60.8 |
| 2 | Poles | Winged Hussar | 100.0 | 13.0 | 3.0/4.0 | 57.6 |
| 3 | Berbers | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 52.7 |
| 4 | Magyars | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 44.8 |
| 5 | Bulgarians | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 35.8 |
| 6 | Tatars | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 4.0/7.0 | 34.2 |
| 7 | Turks | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/7.0 | 30.9 |
| 8 | Lithuanians | Winged Hussar | 100.0 | 11.0 | 4.0/6.0 | 29.0 |
| 9 | Burmese | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 27.5 |
| 10 | Malians | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 14.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 26.3 |
| 11 | Mongols | Hussar | 117.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 26.0 |
| 12 | Hindustanis | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 13 | Huns | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 14 | Italians | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 15 | Khmer | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 16 | Persians | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 17 | Saracens | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 18 | Slavs | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 19 | Spanish | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 20 | Wu | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.9 |
| 21 | Georgians | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.6 |
| 22 | Jurchens | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 25.2 |
| 23 | Wei | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 6.0/4.0 | 24.8 |
| 24 | Gurjaras | Hussar | 95.0 | 9.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 24.7 |
| 25 | Cumans | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 19.5 |
| 26 | Dravidians | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 17.1 |
| 27 | Khitans | Hussar | 75.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 16.7 |
| 28 | Goths | Hussar | 95.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 14.9 |
| 29 | Bengalis | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 30 | Burgundians | Hussar | 75.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 31 | Chinese | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 32 | Portuguese | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 33 | Romans | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 34 | Sicilians | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 11.8 |
| 35 | Celts | Hussar | 75.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 11.3 |
| 36 | Ethiopians | Hussar | 75.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 11.3 |
| 37 | Armenians | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 9.7 |
| 38 | Franks | Light Cavalry | 72.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 9.7 |
| 39 | Japanese | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 9.7 |
| 40 | Bohemians | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 6.5 |
| 41 | Britons | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 11.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 6.5 |
| 42 | Malay | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 11.0 | 1.0/3.0 | 6.5 |
| 43 | Vikings | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 11.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 5.8 |
| 44 | Byzantines | Hussar | 75.0 | 9.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 5.5 |
| 45 | Koreans | Hussar | 75.0 | 9.0 | 2.0/4.0 | 5.5 |
| 46 | Vietnamese | Light Cavalry | 80.0 | 9.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 5.4 |
| 47 | Teutons | Scout Cavalry | 65.0 | 9.0 | 5.0/6.0 | 3.6 |
| 48 | Shu | Light Cavalry | 60.0 | 8.0 | 3.0/6.0 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Huns | Elite Tarkan | 170.0 | 15.0 | 4.0/8.0 | — |
Land scores come from five-run Simulation V3 equal-resource matchups at full Imperial upgrades — methodology. Rows without a score are outside this line's simulated pool.