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Overview

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Egyptians

Economy

For beginners: Approachable

Strengths

  • Armed Slaves have a low resource cost and short base training time.
  • Temple Guardians provide strong infantry defense per unit.
  • Waterworks can improve annexed oasis bonuses after its prerequisites are met.

Weaknesses

  • Low-cost troops still consume crop.
  • The starting unit has little attack power.
  • Waterworks is a developed-village investment, not a free starting bonus.
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Gauls

Defense

For beginners: Approachable

Strengths

  • The Phalanx offers a practical defensive foundation.
  • Theutates Thunder gives this roster a fast raiding option.
  • Enhanced Cranny protection and the Trapper support a guarded opening.

Weaknesses

  • Starting infantry has low attack power.
  • Fast cavalry still needs research, infrastructure and resources.
  • Traps and protected resources do not replace an army or allies.
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Spartans

Defense

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Homoioi combine substantial infantry attack with useful defensive values.
  • Spartan Riders offer strong defense at a high movement speed.
  • The Big Hospital provides a larger recovery share and storage than the standard Hospital.

Weaknesses

  • Several core units require a significant resource investment.
  • Homoioi move slowly compared with the faster infantry options elsewhere.
  • The Big Hospital requires advanced infrastructure and does not prevent losses.

Military

Highlights show the best of the selected tribes. Lower is better for cost per attack point; higher is better for the other summary rows. Equal values share the highlight.

Bars use the maximum across all seven tribes, even when only two are selected. Cost efficiency uses the inverse ratio (best cost ÷ cost).

MilitaryEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Highest attack per combat unitRoyal Chariot
110
Haeduan
140
Hippeis
195Best
Highest average defense per combat unitRoyal Chariot
135Best
Haeduan
107.5
Spartan Rider
105
Fastest combat unitChariot
15
Theutates Thunder
19Best
Spartan Rider
16
Largest combat-unit carryRoyal Chariot
70
Theutates Thunder
75
Spartan Rider
110Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointEgyptian Fighter
14
Swordsman
8.23Best
Homoioi
8.37
How to read the data

Summary records exclude scouts, siege and expansion units. Average defense is (infantry defense + cavalry defense) ÷ 2. Role representatives below are derived from the roster: highest anti-cavalry defense among infantry, highest attack among cavalry, and highest average defense among cavalry. One unit can appear in more than one role; this does not imply a special bonus.

Strengths at a glance

Radar comparing five dimensions, including an editorial beginner ratingAttack = highest combat-unit attack; defense = highest combat-unit average defense; speed = fastest combat unit; logistics = merchant capacity × merchant speed. These four axes are percentages of the seven-tribe maximum. *Beginner friendliness is an editorial 1–5 rating, scaled to 100; it is not an engine stat. The table provides the same values in text.AttackDefenseSpeedLogisticsBeginner friendliness*
EgyptiansGaulsSpartans

Attack = highest combat-unit attack; defense = highest combat-unit average defense; speed = fastest combat unit; logistics = merchant capacity × merchant speed. These four axes are percentages of the seven-tribe maximum. *Beginner friendliness is an editorial 1–5 rating, scaled to 100; it is not an engine stat. The table provides the same values in text.

AxisEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
47.8
60.9
84.8Best
Defense
100Best
79.6
77.8
Speed
78.9
100Best
84.2
Logistics
66.7
100Best
38.9
Beginner friendliness*
80
100Best
60

Role-by-role comparison

Summary records exclude scouts, siege and expansion units. Average defense is (infantry defense + cavalry defense) ÷ 2. Role representatives below are derived from the roster: highest anti-cavalry defense among infantry, highest attack among cavalry, and highest average defense among cavalry. One unit can appear in more than one role; this does not imply a special bonus.

In the role tables, lower resource cost, upkeep and training time are highlighted; higher attack, defenses, speed and carry are highlighted.

Starting infantry
EgyptiansArmed Slave
GaulsPhalanx
SpartansSpartan Hoplite
Starting infantryEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
10
15
50Best
Defense vs infantry
30
40Best
35
Defense vs cavalry
20
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
20
35
60Best
Total resource cost
165Best
315
440
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
640Best
1,040
1,700
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
EgyptiansTemple Guardian
GaulsPhalanx
SpartansHomoioi
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
25
15
95Best
Defense vs infantry
110Best
40
80
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
50
75
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
5
Carry
35
35
50Best
Total resource cost
650
315Best
795
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,760
1,040Best
2,200
Espionage
EgyptiansHorse Scout
GaulsPathfinder
SpartansPerioikoi Scout
EspionageEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20
20
25Best
Defense vs cavalry
10
10
12Best
Speed (tiles/h)
16
17Best
16
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380Best
380Best
445
Upkeep (crop/h)
2Best
2Best
2Best
Base training (seconds)
1,360Best
1,360Best
1,360Best
Offensive cavalry
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
GaulsHaeduan
SpartansHippeis
Offensive cavalryEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
110
140
195Best
Defense vs infantry
120Best
50
55
Defense vs cavalry
150
165Best
80
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13Best
9
Carry
70
65
80Best
Total resource cost
1,800Best
1,965
2,315
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120Best
3,120Best
3,450
Defensive cavalry
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
GaulsHaeduan
SpartansSpartan Rider
Defensive cavalryEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
110
140Best
55
Defense vs infantry
120Best
50
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
150
165Best
90
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13
16Best
Carry
70
65
110Best
Total resource cost
1,800
1,965
1,440Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
3
2Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120
3,120
2,600Best
Ram
EgyptiansRam
GaulsRam
SpartansRam
RamEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
55
50
65Best
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
95
105Best
85
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,990
1,910Best
1,995
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,800
5,000
4,600Best
Catapult
EgyptiansCatapult
GaulsTrebuchet
SpartansCatapult
CatapultEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
65
70Best
60
Defense vs infantry
55Best
45
55Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,250
3,130Best
3,130Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
EgyptiansNomarch
GaulsChieftain
SpartansEphor
ChiefEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
40
40
45Best
Defense vs infantry
50Best
50Best
50Best
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
50Best
45
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
160,000
144,650
127,730Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
EgyptiansEgyptian Settler
GaulsSettler
SpartansSpartan Settler
SettlerEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Attack
0
0
10Best
Defense vs infantry
80Best
80Best
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
80Best
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
5Best
Carry
3,000Best
3,000Best
3,000Best
Total resource cost
21,000Best
22,700
21,540
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
24,800
22,700Best
26,900

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsEgyptiansGaulsSpartans
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
750Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
16
24Best
14
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
12,000
18,000Best
7,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000
2,000Best
1,000
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
80.6Best
63.9
73.7
Hospital recovery share (%)
40
40
50Best
Wounded storage per hospital level
30
30
60Best
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25Best
20–25Best
20–25Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Stone Wall
  • Waterworks
  • Palisade
  • Trapper
  • Defensive Wall
  • Big Hospital

Merchant values exclude the Trade Office and other bonuses. Cranny values are per resource, before the Teuton attack modifier. Wall values use the rounded troop multiplier in battle resolution. Construction counts exclude Plus and master queues. See each tribe guide for special-building effects. Chief ranges are highlighted by their maximum base reduction.

Egyptians

Waterworks

Waterworks increases the annexed oasis bonus by 5% relative per level: a 25% resource bonus becomes 50% at level 20. It requires a level 10 Hero’s Mansion.

Gauls

Trapper

The Trapper captures attacking troops in available traps. It is a defensive tool to support your army and diplomacy.

Spartans

Big Hospital

Spartans and Vikings use the Big Hospital instead of the standard Hospital. Its recovery share and storage are larger; it still needs surviving infrastructure and resources to heal troops.

Source files and calculation notes

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