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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.
Romans portrait

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).

MilitaryHunsVikingsRomans
Highest attack per combat unitElite Rider
230Best
Huscarl
165
Equites Caesaris
180
Highest average defense per combat unitElite Rider
77.5
Huscarl
97.5Best
Equites Caesaris
92.5
Fastest combat unitHorse Archer
16Best
Viking Rider
12
Equites Imperatoris
14
Largest combat-unit carrySteppe Rider
105Best
Viking Rider
90
Equites Imperatoris
100
Lowest resource cost per attack pointHorse Archer
7.46
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*
HunsVikingsRomans

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.

AxisHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
100Best
71.7
78.3
Defense
57.4
72.2Best
68.5
Speed
84.2Best
63.2
73.7
Logistics
55.6
75Best
44.4
Beginner friendliness*
20
40
60Best

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
RomansLegionnaire
Starting infantryHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
35
45Best
40
Defense vs infantry
40Best
30
35
Defense vs cavalry
30
15
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
6
Carry
50
70Best
50
Total resource cost
290Best
290Best
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,120
960Best
1,600
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
HunsHun Warrior
VikingsBerserker
RomansLegionnaire
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
35
105Best
40
Defense vs infantry
40
45Best
35
Defense vs cavalry
30
30
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Carry
50
60Best
50
Total resource cost
290Best
840
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,960
1,600
Espionage
HunsScout Rider
VikingsViking Scout
RomansEquites Legati
EspionageHunsVikingsRomans
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
360
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,360
Offensive cavalry
HunsElite Rider
VikingsHuscarl
RomansEquites Caesaris
Offensive cavalryHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
230Best
165
180
Defense vs infantry
90
95Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
65
100
105Best
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
70
75Best
70
Total resource cost
2,390
2,105Best
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,520
3,300Best
3,520
Defensive cavalry
HunsElite Rider
VikingsHuscarl
RomansEquites Caesaris
Defensive cavalryHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
230Best
165
180
Defense vs infantry
90
95Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
65
100
105Best
Speed (tiles/h)
13Best
10
10
Carry
70
75Best
70
Total resource cost
2,390
2,105Best
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,520
3,300Best
3,520
Ram
HunsRam
VikingsRam
RomansBattering Ram
RamHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
65Best
65Best
60
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
30
Defense vs cavalry
90Best
80
75
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,820Best
1,940
1,830
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,400Best
4,700
4,600
Catapult
HunsCatapult
VikingsCatapult
RomansFire Catapult
CatapultHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
45
55
75Best
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
2,910Best
3,000
2,990
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
HunsTribal Chief
VikingsJarl
RomansSenator
ChiefHunsVikingsRomans
Attack
50Best
50Best
50Best
Defense vs infantry
40
45Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
30
40Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
117,600Best
125,100
140,450
Upkeep (crop/h)
5
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
HunsHun Settler
VikingsViking Settler
RomansSettler
SettlerHunsVikingsRomans
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
23,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
28,950
27,500
26,900Best

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsHunsVikingsRomans
Merchant capacity (resources)
500
750Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
20Best
18
16
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
10,000
13,500Best
8,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1
1
2Best
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
20–25
20–25
20–30Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Makeshift Wall
  • Command Center
  • 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.

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.

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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