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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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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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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).

MilitaryGaulsVikingsRomans
Highest attack per combat unitHaeduan
140
Huscarl
165
Equites Caesaris
180Best
Highest average defense per combat unitHaeduan
107.5Best
Huscarl
97.5
Equites Caesaris
92.5
Fastest combat unitTheutates Thunder
19Best
Viking Rider
12
Equites Imperatoris
14
Largest combat-unit carryTheutates Thunder
75
Viking Rider
90
Equites Imperatoris
100Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointSwordsman
8.23
Viking Raider
6.44Best
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*
GaulsVikingsRomans

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.

AxisGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
60.9
71.7
78.3Best
Defense
79.6Best
72.2
68.5
Speed
100Best
63.2
73.7
Logistics
100Best
75
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
VikingsViking Raider
RomansLegionnaire
Starting infantryGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
15
45Best
40
Defense vs infantry
40Best
30
35
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
15
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
35
70Best
50
Total resource cost
315
290Best
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040
960Best
1,600
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
GaulsPhalanx
VikingsBerserker
RomansLegionnaire
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
15
105Best
40
Defense vs infantry
40
45Best
35
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
30
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
6
Carry
35
60Best
50
Total resource cost
315Best
840
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,040Best
1,960
1,600
Espionage
GaulsPathfinder
VikingsViking Scout
RomansEquites Legati
EspionageGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
15
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
8
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
17Best
10
16
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380
355Best
360
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,360
Offensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
VikingsHuscarl
RomansEquites Caesaris
Offensive cavalryGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
140
165
180Best
Defense vs infantry
50
95Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
100
105
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
65
75Best
70
Total resource cost
1,965Best
2,105
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,120Best
3,300
3,520
Defensive cavalry
GaulsHaeduan
VikingsHuscarl
RomansEquites Caesaris
Defensive cavalryGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
140
165
180Best
Defense vs infantry
50
95Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
165Best
100
105
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
65
75Best
70
Total resource cost
1,965Best
2,105
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,120Best
3,300
3,520
Ram
GaulsRam
VikingsRam
RomansBattering Ram
RamGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
50
65Best
60
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
30
Defense vs cavalry
105Best
80
75
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,910
1,940
1,830Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
5,000
4,700
4,600Best
Catapult
GaulsTrebuchet
VikingsCatapult
RomansFire Catapult
CatapultGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
70
55
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
3,000
2,990Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
GaulsChieftain
VikingsJarl
RomansSenator
ChiefGaulsVikingsRomans
Attack
40
50Best
50Best
Defense vs infantry
50Best
45
40
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
40
30
Speed (tiles/h)
4
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
144,650
125,100Best
140,450
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
GaulsSettler
VikingsViking Settler
RomansSettler
SettlerGaulsVikingsRomans
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
22,700
22,600Best
23,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
22,700Best
27,500
26,900

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsGaulsVikingsRomans
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
750Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
24Best
18
16
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
18,000Best
13,500
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
54.5
80.6Best
Hospital recovery share (%)
40
50Best
40
Wounded storage per hospital level
30
60Best
30
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25
20–25
20–30Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Palisade
  • Trapper
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • 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.

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.

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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