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SpearmanSkirmisher

Pike Skirm

Spearmen and Skirmishers defensive opening — counters cavalry and archers cheaply. Common on closed maps.

Total Games
18,934
Win Rate
40.8%

Top Civilizations

Byzantines civilization iconByzantines
49.3%2,674g
Mapuche civilization iconMapuche
48.0%1,081g
Vietnamese civilization iconVietnamese
41.3%890g
Koreans civilization iconKoreans
48.8%853g
Lithuanians civilization iconLithuanians
47.3%848g
Mongols civilization iconMongols
36.1%551g
Persians civilization iconPersians
37.2%530g
Inca civilization iconInca
30.9%470g
Chinese civilization iconChinese
36.3%455g
Burgundians civilization iconBurgundians
43.1%432g

Win Rate by Map

ArabiaArabia
41.4%14,319g
EnclosedEnclosed
41.6%916g
MegarandomMegarandom
40.6%606g
HaboobHaboob
36.1%349g
Golden PitGolden Pit
33.0%348g
Land MadnessLand Madness
37.8%341g
VulpineVulpine
39.6%250g
CenotesCenotes
38.5%231g
ArenaArena
34.9%215g
GladeGlade
44.1%195g

About Pike Skirm

Spearmen and Skirmishers defensive opening — counters cavalry and archers cheaply. Common on closed maps. Based on 18,934 ranked matches, this opening has an overall win rate of 40.8%. The strongest civilizations executing it right now are Byzantines, Mapuche and Vietnamese. Compare full civilization tier data on the tier list, dig into the full statistics table, check head‑to‑head win rates on the matchup matrix, or browse all openings on the meta overview.

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Win Rate by ELO Range

800-1000
36.2%2,646g
1000-1200
38.7%5,626g
1200-1400
41.5%3,770g
1400-1600
44.1%2,131g
1600-2200
44.6%3,330g
2200+
44.4%617g