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Overview

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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.
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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.
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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.

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).

MilitaryVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Highest attack per combat unitHuscarl
165
Royal Chariot
110
Elite Rider
230Best
Highest average defense per combat unitHuscarl
97.5
Royal Chariot
135Best
Elite Rider
77.5
Fastest combat unitViking Rider
12
Chariot
15
Horse Archer
16Best
Largest combat-unit carryViking Rider
90
Royal Chariot
70
Steppe Rider
105Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointViking Raider
6.44Best
Egyptian Fighter
14
Horse Archer
7.46
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*
VikingsEgyptiansHuns

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.

AxisVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
71.7
47.8
100Best
Defense
72.2
100Best
57.4
Speed
63.2
78.9
84.2Best
Logistics
75Best
66.7
55.6
Beginner friendliness*
40
80Best
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
VikingsViking Raider
EgyptiansArmed Slave
HunsHun Warrior
Starting infantryVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
45Best
10
35
Defense vs infantry
30
30
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
15
20
30Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
70Best
20
50
Total resource cost
290
165Best
290
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
960
640Best
1,120
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
VikingsBerserker
EgyptiansTemple Guardian
HunsHun Warrior
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
105Best
25
35
Defense vs infantry
45
110Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
30
80Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Carry
60Best
35
50
Total resource cost
840
650
290Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,960
1,760
1,120Best
Espionage
VikingsViking Scout
EgyptiansHorse Scout
HunsScout Rider
EspionageVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
15
20Best
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
8
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10
16
19Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
355Best
380
380
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
2
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,360
1,360
Offensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
HunsElite Rider
Offensive cavalryVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
165
110
230Best
Defense vs infantry
95
120Best
90
Defense vs cavalry
100
150Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
10
13Best
Carry
75Best
70
70
Total resource cost
2,105
1,800Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300
3,120Best
3,520
Defensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
EgyptiansRoyal Chariot
HunsElite Rider
Defensive cavalryVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
165
110
230Best
Defense vs infantry
95
120Best
90
Defense vs cavalry
100
150Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
10
13Best
Carry
75Best
70
70
Total resource cost
2,105
1,800Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300
3,120Best
3,520
Ram
VikingsRam
EgyptiansRam
HunsRam
RamVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
65Best
55
65Best
Defense vs infantry
35Best
30
30
Defense vs cavalry
80
95Best
90
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,940
1,990
1,820Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,700
4,800
4,400Best
Catapult
VikingsCatapult
EgyptiansCatapult
HunsCatapult
CatapultVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
55
65Best
45
Defense vs infantry
60Best
55
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,000
3,250
2,910Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
VikingsJarl
EgyptiansNomarch
HunsTribal Chief
ChiefVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
50Best
40
50Best
Defense vs infantry
45
50Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
40
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
4
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
125,100
160,000
117,600Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
VikingsViking Settler
EgyptiansEgyptian Settler
HunsHun Settler
SettlerVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Attack
10Best
0
10Best
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
22,600
21,000
20,900Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
27,500
24,800Best
28,950

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsVikingsEgyptiansHuns
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
750Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
18
16
20Best
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
13,500Best
12,000
10,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000Best
1,000Best
1,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
54.5
80.6Best
34.7
Hospital recovery share (%)
50Best
40
40
Wounded storage per hospital level
60Best
30
30
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25Best
20–25Best
20–25Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • Stone Wall
  • Waterworks
  • 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.

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.

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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