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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.
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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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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).

MilitaryRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Highest attack per combat unitEquites Caesaris
180Best
Teutonic Knight
150
Royal Chariot
110
Highest average defense per combat unitEquites Caesaris
92.5
Paladin
70
Royal Chariot
135Best
Fastest combat unitEquites Imperatoris
14
Paladin
10
Chariot
15Best
Largest combat-unit carryEquites Imperatoris
100
Paladin
110Best
Royal Chariot
70
Lowest resource cost per attack pointImperian
8.57
Clubswinger
6.25Best
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*
RomansTeutonsEgyptians

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.

AxisRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
78.3Best
65.2
47.8
Defense
68.5
51.9
100Best
Speed
73.7
52.6
78.9Best
Logistics
44.4
66.7Best
66.7Best
Beginner friendliness*
60
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
RomansLegionnaire
TeutonsClubswinger
EgyptiansArmed Slave
Starting infantryRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
40Best
40Best
10
Defense vs infantry
35Best
20
30
Defense vs cavalry
50Best
5
20
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
7Best
Carry
50
60Best
20
Total resource cost
400
250
165Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,600
720
640Best
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
RomansLegionnaire
TeutonsSpearman
EgyptiansTemple Guardian
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
40Best
10
25
Defense vs infantry
35
35
110Best
Defense vs cavalry
50
60
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
6
Carry
50Best
40
35
Total resource cost
400
340Best
650
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,600
1,120Best
1,760
Espionage
RomansEquites Legati
TeutonsScout
EgyptiansHorse Scout
EspionageRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
20Best
10
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
5
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
16Best
9
16Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
360Best
360Best
380
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,360
1,120Best
1,360
Offensive cavalry
RomansEquites Caesaris
TeutonsTeutonic Knight
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
Offensive cavalryRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
180Best
150
110
Defense vs infantry
80
50
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
105
75
150Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
9
10Best
Carry
70
80Best
70
Total resource cost
2,170
1,525Best
1,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,520
2,960Best
3,120
Defensive cavalry
RomansEquites Caesaris
TeutonsPaladin
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
Defensive cavalryRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
180Best
55
110
Defense vs infantry
80
100
120Best
Defense vs cavalry
105
40
150Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
10Best
10Best
Carry
70
110Best
70
Total resource cost
2,170
1,005Best
1,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
4
2Best
3
Base training (seconds)
3,520
2,400Best
3,120
Ram
RomansBattering Ram
TeutonsRam
EgyptiansRam
RamRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
60
65Best
55
Defense vs infantry
30Best
30Best
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
75
80
95Best
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,830
1,720Best
1,990
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,600
4,200Best
4,800
Catapult
RomansFire Catapult
TeutonsCatapult
EgyptiansCatapult
CatapultRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
75Best
50
65
Defense vs infantry
60Best
60Best
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
2,990
2,760Best
3,250
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
RomansSenator
TeutonsChief
EgyptiansNomarch
ChiefRomansTeutonsEgyptians
Attack
50Best
40
40
Defense vs infantry
40
60Best
50
Defense vs cavalry
30
40
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
4
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
140,450
114,300Best
160,000
Upkeep (crop/h)
5
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700
70,500Best
90,700
Settler
RomansSettler
TeutonsSettler
EgyptiansEgyptian Settler
SettlerRomansTeutonsEgyptians
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
23,800
25,000
21,000Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
26,900
31,000
24,800Best

Economy & special mechanics

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

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.

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.

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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