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Overview

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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.
Huns portrait

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.

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).

MilitaryRomansHuns
Highest attack per combat unitEquites Caesaris
180
Elite Rider
230Best
Highest average defense per combat unitEquites Caesaris
92.5Best
Elite Rider
77.5
Fastest combat unitEquites Imperatoris
14
Horse Archer
16Best
Largest combat-unit carryEquites Imperatoris
100
Steppe Rider
105Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointImperian
8.57
Horse Archer
7.46Best
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*
RomansHuns

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.

AxisRomansHuns
Attack
78.3
100Best
Defense
68.5Best
57.4
Speed
73.7
84.2Best
Logistics
44.4
55.6Best
Beginner friendliness*
60Best
20

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
RomansLegionnaire
HunsHun Warrior
Starting infantryRomansHuns
Attack
40Best
35
Defense vs infantry
35
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
6Best
Carry
50Best
50Best
Total resource cost
400
290Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,600
1,120Best
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
RomansLegionnaire
HunsHun Warrior
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableRomansHuns
Attack
40Best
35
Defense vs infantry
35
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
6Best
Carry
50Best
50Best
Total resource cost
400
290Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,600
1,120Best
Espionage
RomansEquites Legati
HunsScout Rider
EspionageRomansHuns
Attack
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
16
19Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
360Best
380
Upkeep (crop/h)
2Best
2Best
Base training (seconds)
1,360Best
1,360Best
Offensive cavalry
RomansEquites Caesaris
HunsElite Rider
Offensive cavalryRomansHuns
Attack
180
230Best
Defense vs infantry
80
90Best
Defense vs cavalry
105Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13Best
Carry
70Best
70Best
Total resource cost
2,170Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
3,520Best
3,520Best
Defensive cavalry
RomansEquites Caesaris
HunsElite Rider
Defensive cavalryRomansHuns
Attack
180
230Best
Defense vs infantry
80
90Best
Defense vs cavalry
105Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13Best
Carry
70Best
70Best
Total resource cost
2,170Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
3,520Best
3,520Best
Ram
RomansBattering Ram
HunsRam
RamRomansHuns
Attack
60
65Best
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
75
90Best
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,830
1,820Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,600
4,400Best
Catapult
RomansFire Catapult
HunsCatapult
CatapultRomansHuns
Attack
75Best
45
Defense vs infantry
60Best
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
2,990
2,910Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
RomansSenator
HunsTribal Chief
ChiefRomansHuns
Attack
50Best
50Best
Defense vs infantry
40Best
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
30Best
30Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
140,450
117,600Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
5Best
5Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
RomansSettler
HunsHun Settler
SettlerRomansHuns
Attack
0
10Best
Defense vs infantry
80Best
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
Carry
3,000Best
3,000Best
Total resource cost
23,800
20,900Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
26,900Best
28,950

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsRomansHuns
Merchant capacity (resources)
500Best
500Best
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
16
20Best
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
8,000
10,000Best
Base simultaneous construction jobs
2Best
1
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000Best
1,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
80.6Best
34.7
Hospital recovery share (%)
40Best
40Best
Wounded storage per hospital level
30Best
30Best
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–30Best
20–25
Tribe-specific buildings
  • City Wall
  • Horse Drinking Trough
  • Makeshift Wall
  • Command Center

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.

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.

Huns

Command Center

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

Source files and calculation notes

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