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Overview

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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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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.
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Romans

Balanced

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Parallel resource-field and village-building construction helps develop infrastructure.
  • Specialist infantry and several cavalry options allow a varied army.
  • The City Wall and Horse Drinking Trough offer distinct development paths.

Weaknesses

  • Parallel queues require enough resources to keep both productive.
  • Heavy cavalry costs substantial resources and crop.
  • A varied roster can tempt you to fund too many plans at once.

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).

MilitaryGaulsTeutonsRomans
Highest attack per combat unitHaeduan
140
Teutonic Knight
150
Equites Caesaris
180Best
Highest average defense per combat unitHaeduan
107.5Best
Paladin
70
Equites Caesaris
92.5
Fastest combat unitTheutates Thunder
19Best
Paladin
10
Equites Imperatoris
14
Largest combat-unit carryTheutates Thunder
75
Paladin
110Best
Equites Imperatoris
100
Lowest resource cost per attack pointSwordsman
8.23
Clubswinger
6.25Best
Imperian
8.57
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*
GaulsTeutonsRomans

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.

AxisGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
60.9
65.2
78.3Best
Defense
79.6Best
51.9
68.5
Speed
100Best
52.6
73.7
Logistics
100Best
66.7
44.4
Beginner friendliness*
100Best
40
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
GaulsPhalanx
TeutonsClubswinger
RomansLegionnaire
Starting infantryGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
15
40Best
40Best
Defense vs infantry
40Best
20
35
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
5
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
35
60Best
50
Total resource cost
315
250Best
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040
720Best
1,600
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
GaulsPhalanx
TeutonsSpearman
RomansLegionnaire
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
15
10
40Best
Defense vs infantry
40Best
35
35
Defense vs cavalry
50
60Best
50
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
35
40
50Best
Total resource cost
315Best
340
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040Best
1,120
1,600
Espionage
GaulsPathfinder
TeutonsScout
RomansEquites Legati
EspionageGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
10
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
5
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
17Best
9
16
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380
360Best
360Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,360
Offensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
TeutonsTeutonic Knight
RomansEquites Caesaris
Offensive cavalryGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
140
150
180Best
Defense vs infantry
50
50
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
75
105
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
9
10
Carry
65
80Best
70
Total resource cost
1,965
1,525Best
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,120
2,960Best
3,520
Defensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
TeutonsPaladin
RomansEquites Caesaris
Defensive cavalryGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
140
55
180Best
Defense vs infantry
50
100Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
40
105
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
65
110Best
70
Total resource cost
1,965
1,005Best
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
2Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,120
2,400Best
3,520
Ram
GaulsRam
TeutonsRam
RomansBattering Ram
RamGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
50
65Best
60
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
105Best
80
75
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,910
1,720Best
1,830
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
5,000
4,200Best
4,600
Catapult
GaulsTrebuchet
TeutonsCatapult
RomansFire Catapult
CatapultGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
70
50
75Best
Defense vs infantry
45
60Best
60Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,130
2,760Best
2,990
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
GaulsChieftain
TeutonsChief
RomansSenator
ChiefGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
40
40
50Best
Defense vs infantry
50
60Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
40
30
Speed (tiles/h)
4
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
144,650
114,300Best
140,450
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700
70,500Best
90,700
Settler
GaulsSettler
TeutonsSettler
RomansSettler
SettlerGaulsTeutonsRomans
Attack
0
10Best
0
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
22,700Best
25,000
23,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
22,700Best
31,000
26,900

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsGaulsTeutonsRomans
Merchant capacity (resources)
750
1,000Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
24Best
12
16
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
18,000Best
12,000
8,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1
1
2Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
2,000Best
1,000
1,000
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
63.9
48.6
80.6Best
Hospital recovery share (%)
40Best
40Best
40Best
Wounded storage per hospital level
30Best
30Best
30Best
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25
20–25
20–30Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Palisade
  • Trapper
  • Earth Wall
  • Brewery
  • City Wall
  • Horse Drinking Trough

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.

Gauls

Trapper

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

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.

Romans

Horse Drinking Trough

The Horse Drinking Trough improves cavalry training. It reduces upkeep by one for Equites Legati at level 10, Equites Imperatoris at level 15, and Equites Caesaris at level 20. The table above shows upkeep before these reductions.

Source files and calculation notes

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