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Overview

Teutons portrait

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.
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.

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).

MilitaryTeutonsVikings
Highest attack per combat unitTeutonic Knight
150
Huscarl
165Best
Highest average defense per combat unitPaladin
70
Huscarl
97.5Best
Fastest combat unitPaladin
10
Viking Rider
12Best
Largest combat-unit carryPaladin
110Best
Viking Rider
90
Lowest resource cost per attack pointClubswinger
6.25Best
Viking Raider
6.44
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*
TeutonsVikings

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.

AxisTeutonsVikings
Attack
65.2
71.7Best
Defense
51.9
72.2Best
Speed
52.6
63.2Best
Logistics
66.7
75Best
Beginner friendliness*
40Best
40Best

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
TeutonsClubswinger
VikingsViking Raider
Starting infantryTeutonsVikings
Attack
40
45Best
Defense vs infantry
20
30Best
Defense vs cavalry
5
15Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
Carry
60
70Best
Total resource cost
250Best
290
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
720Best
960
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
TeutonsSpearman
VikingsBerserker
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableTeutonsVikings
Attack
10
105Best
Defense vs infantry
35
45Best
Defense vs cavalry
60Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
Carry
40
60Best
Total resource cost
340Best
840
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,960
Espionage
TeutonsScout
VikingsViking Scout
EspionageTeutonsVikings
Attack
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
10
15Best
Defense vs cavalry
5
8Best
Speed (tiles/h)
9
10Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
360
355Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,120Best
Offensive cavalry
TeutonsTeutonic Knight
VikingsHuscarl
Offensive cavalryTeutonsVikings
Attack
150
165Best
Defense vs infantry
50
95Best
Defense vs cavalry
75
100Best
Speed (tiles/h)
9
10Best
Carry
80Best
75
Total resource cost
1,525Best
2,105
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
2,960Best
3,300
Defensive cavalry
TeutonsPaladin
VikingsHuscarl
Defensive cavalryTeutonsVikings
Attack
55
165Best
Defense vs infantry
100Best
95
Defense vs cavalry
40
100Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
10Best
Carry
110Best
75
Total resource cost
1,005Best
2,105
Upkeep (crop/h)
2Best
3
Base training (seconds)
2,400Best
3,300
Ram
TeutonsRam
VikingsRam
RamTeutonsVikings
Attack
65Best
65Best
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,720Best
1,940
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,200Best
4,700
Catapult
TeutonsCatapult
VikingsCatapult
CatapultTeutonsVikings
Attack
50
55Best
Defense vs infantry
60Best
60Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
2,760Best
3,000
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
TeutonsChief
VikingsJarl
ChiefTeutonsVikings
Attack
40
50Best
Defense vs infantry
60Best
45
Defense vs cavalry
40Best
40Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
114,300Best
125,100
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
70,500Best
90,700
Settler
TeutonsSettler
VikingsViking Settler
SettlerTeutonsVikings
Attack
10Best
10Best
Defense vs infantry
80Best
80Best
Defense vs cavalry
80Best
80Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
5Best
Carry
3,000Best
3,000Best
Total resource cost
25,000
22,600Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
31,000
27,500Best

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsTeutonsVikings
Merchant capacity (resources)
1,000Best
750
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
12
18Best
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
12,000
13,500Best
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000Best
1,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
48.6
54.5Best
Hospital recovery share (%)
40
50Best
Wounded storage per hospital level
30
60Best
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25Best
20–25Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Earth Wall
  • Brewery
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade

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.

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.

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.

Source files and calculation notes

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