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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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Vikings

Offense

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Viking Raiders combine useful starting attack with a generous carry capacity.
  • Berserkers offer a heavy offensive infantry option.
  • The Big Hospital gives a developed village a larger recovery share and storage.

Weaknesses

  • Berserkers consume more crop than the lighter infantry options.
  • The offensive roster still needs defensive planning.
  • The Big Hospital is a later investment and healing consumes resources.
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Teutons

Offense

For beginners: Demanding

Strengths

  • Clubswingers offer inexpensive attack power and short base training.
  • Spearmen provide an infantry answer to cavalry threats.
  • Large merchant loads support bulk transfers.

Weaknesses

  • Clubswingers have particularly weak defense against cavalry.
  • Merchant journeys are slower than those of the other six tribes.
  • An offensive opening needs attention, information and replacement resources.

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).

MilitaryEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Highest attack per combat unitRoyal Chariot
110
Huscarl
165Best
Teutonic Knight
150
Highest average defense per combat unitRoyal Chariot
135Best
Huscarl
97.5
Paladin
70
Fastest combat unitChariot
15Best
Viking Rider
12
Paladin
10
Largest combat-unit carryRoyal Chariot
70
Viking Rider
90
Paladin
110Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointEgyptian Fighter
14
Viking Raider
6.44
Clubswinger
6.25Best
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*
EgyptiansVikingsTeutons

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.

AxisEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
47.8
71.7Best
65.2
Defense
100Best
72.2
51.9
Speed
78.9Best
63.2
52.6
Logistics
66.7
75Best
66.7
Beginner friendliness*
80Best
40
40

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
VikingsViking Raider
TeutonsClubswinger
Starting infantryEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
10
45Best
40
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
20
Defense vs cavalry
20Best
15
5
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
7Best
Carry
20
70Best
60
Total resource cost
165Best
290
250
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
640Best
960
720
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
EgyptiansTemple Guardian
VikingsBerserker
TeutonsSpearman
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
25
105Best
10
Defense vs infantry
110Best
45
35
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
30
60
Speed (tiles/h)
6
6
7Best
Carry
35
60Best
40
Total resource cost
650
840
340Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,760
1,960
1,120Best
Espionage
EgyptiansHorse Scout
VikingsViking Scout
TeutonsScout
EspionageEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
15
10
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
8
5
Speed (tiles/h)
16Best
10
9
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380
355Best
360
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,120Best
Offensive cavalry
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
VikingsHuscarl
TeutonsTeutonic Knight
Offensive cavalryEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
110
165Best
150
Defense vs infantry
120Best
95
50
Defense vs cavalry
150Best
100
75
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
10Best
9
Carry
70
75
80Best
Total resource cost
1,800
2,105
1,525Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120
3,300
2,960Best
Defensive cavalry
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
VikingsHuscarl
TeutonsPaladin
Defensive cavalryEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
110
165Best
55
Defense vs infantry
120Best
95
100
Defense vs cavalry
150Best
100
40
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
10Best
10Best
Carry
70
75
110Best
Total resource cost
1,800
2,105
1,005Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
3
2Best
Base training (seconds)
3,120
3,300
2,400Best
Ram
EgyptiansRam
VikingsRam
TeutonsRam
RamEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
55
65Best
65Best
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
30
Defense vs cavalry
95Best
80
80
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,990
1,940
1,720Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,800
4,700
4,200Best
Catapult
EgyptiansCatapult
VikingsCatapult
TeutonsCatapult
CatapultEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
65Best
55
50
Defense vs infantry
55
60Best
60Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,250
3,000
2,760Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
EgyptiansNomarch
VikingsJarl
TeutonsChief
ChiefEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
40
50Best
40
Defense vs infantry
50
45
60Best
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
40
40
Speed (tiles/h)
4
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
160,000
125,100
114,300Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700
90,700
70,500Best
Settler
EgyptiansEgyptian Settler
VikingsViking Settler
TeutonsSettler
SettlerEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Attack
0
10Best
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
22,600
25,000
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
24,800Best
27,500
31,000

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsEgyptiansVikingsTeutons
Merchant capacity (resources)
750
750
1,000Best
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
16
18Best
12
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
12,000
13,500Best
12,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000Best
1,000Best
1,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
80.6Best
54.5
48.6
Hospital recovery share (%)
40
50Best
40
Wounded storage per hospital level
30
60Best
30
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25Best
20–25Best
20–25Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Stone Wall
  • Waterworks
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • Earth Wall
  • Brewery

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.

Vikings

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.

Teutons

Brewery

While a capital festival is active, the Brewery adds its level-based attack bonus across your villages. It also halves chief persuasion and makes catapult targets random. Plan conquest separately.

Against a Teuton attack, Cranny protection is multiplied by 0.8 in this server’s battle resolution.

Source files and calculation notes

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