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Overview

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Huns

Offense

For beginners: Demanding

Strengths

  • Four combat cavalry choices offer several offensive options.
  • Elite Riders carry the highest attack value in this seven-tribe roster.
  • The Command Center provides the Hun route to expansion.

Weaknesses

  • The Makeshift Wall has the smallest troop multiplier of the seven walls.
  • Cavalry development requires a substantial resource and crop commitment.
  • A single combat infantry type limits infantry specialisation.
Vikings portrait

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.
Egyptians portrait

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.

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).

MilitaryHunsVikingsEgyptians
Highest attack per combat unitElite Rider
230Best
Huscarl
165
Royal Chariot
110
Highest average defense per combat unitElite Rider
77.5
Huscarl
97.5
Royal Chariot
135Best
Fastest combat unitHorse Archer
16Best
Viking Rider
12
Chariot
15
Largest combat-unit carrySteppe Rider
105Best
Viking Rider
90
Royal Chariot
70
Lowest resource cost per attack pointHorse Archer
7.46
Viking Raider
6.44Best
Egyptian Fighter
14
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*
HunsVikingsEgyptians

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.

AxisHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
100Best
71.7
47.8
Defense
57.4
72.2
100Best
Speed
84.2Best
63.2
78.9
Logistics
55.6
75Best
66.7
Beginner friendliness*
20
40
80Best

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
HunsHun Warrior
VikingsViking Raider
EgyptiansArmed Slave
Starting infantryHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
35
45Best
10
Defense vs infantry
40Best
30
30
Defense vs cavalry
30Best
15
20
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
7Best
Carry
50
70Best
20
Total resource cost
290
290
165Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,120
960
640Best
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
HunsHun Warrior
VikingsBerserker
EgyptiansTemple Guardian
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
35
105Best
25
Defense vs infantry
40
45
110Best
Defense vs cavalry
30
30
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Carry
50
60Best
35
Total resource cost
290Best
840
650
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,960
1,760
Espionage
HunsScout Rider
VikingsViking Scout
EgyptiansHorse Scout
EspionageHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
15
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
8
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
19Best
10
16
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
380
355Best
380
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,360
Offensive cavalry
HunsElite Rider
VikingsHuscarl
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
Offensive cavalryHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
230Best
165
110
Defense vs infantry
90
95
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
65
100
150Best
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
70
75Best
70
Total resource cost
2,390
2,105
1,800Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,520
3,300
3,120Best
Defensive cavalry
HunsElite Rider
VikingsHuscarl
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
Defensive cavalryHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
230Best
165
110
Defense vs infantry
90
95
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
65
100
150Best
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
70
75Best
70
Total resource cost
2,390
2,105
1,800Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,520
3,300
3,120Best
Ram
HunsRam
VikingsRam
EgyptiansRam
RamHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
65Best
65Best
55
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
30
Defense vs cavalry
90
80
95Best
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,820Best
1,940
1,990
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,400Best
4,700
4,800
Catapult
HunsCatapult
VikingsCatapult
EgyptiansCatapult
CatapultHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
45
55
65Best
Defense vs infantry
55
60Best
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
2,910Best
3,000
3,250
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
HunsTribal Chief
VikingsJarl
EgyptiansNomarch
ChiefHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
50Best
50Best
40
Defense vs infantry
40
45
50Best
Defense vs cavalry
30
40
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
4
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
117,600Best
125,100
160,000
Upkeep (crop/h)
5
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
HunsHun Settler
VikingsViking Settler
EgyptiansEgyptian Settler
SettlerHunsVikingsEgyptians
Attack
10Best
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
20,900Best
22,600
21,000
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
28,950
27,500
24,800Best

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsHunsVikingsEgyptians
Merchant capacity (resources)
500
750Best
750Best
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
20Best
18
16
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
10,000
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 (%)
34.7
54.5
80.6Best
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
  • Makeshift Wall
  • Command Center
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • Stone Wall
  • Waterworks

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.

Huns

Command Center

The Command Center replaces the Residence and Palace for Huns. It handles expansion troop training and capital administration.

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.

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.

Source files and calculation notes

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