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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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Gauls

Defense

For beginners: Approachable

Strengths

  • The Phalanx offers a practical defensive foundation.
  • Theutates Thunder gives this roster a fast raiding option.
  • Enhanced Cranny protection and the Trapper support a guarded opening.

Weaknesses

  • Starting infantry has low attack power.
  • Fast cavalry still needs research, infrastructure and resources.
  • Traps and protected resources do not replace an army or allies.
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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).

MilitaryVikingsGaulsHuns
Highest attack per combat unitHuscarl
165
Haeduan
140
Elite Rider
230Best
Highest average defense per combat unitHuscarl
97.5
Haeduan
107.5Best
Elite Rider
77.5
Fastest combat unitViking Rider
12
Theutates Thunder
19Best
Horse Archer
16
Largest combat-unit carryViking Rider
90
Theutates Thunder
75
Steppe Rider
105Best
Lowest resource cost per attack pointViking Raider
6.44Best
Swordsman
8.23
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*
VikingsGaulsHuns

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.

AxisVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
71.7
60.9
100Best
Defense
72.2
79.6Best
57.4
Speed
63.2
100Best
84.2
Logistics
75
100Best
55.6
Beginner friendliness*
40
100Best
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
GaulsPhalanx
HunsHun Warrior
Starting infantryVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
45Best
15
35
Defense vs infantry
30
40Best
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
15
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
7Best
6
Carry
70Best
35
50
Total resource cost
290Best
315
290Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
960Best
1,040
1,120
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
VikingsBerserker
GaulsPhalanx
HunsHun Warrior
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
105Best
15
35
Defense vs infantry
45Best
40
40
Defense vs cavalry
30
50Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
6
7Best
6
Carry
60Best
35
50
Total resource cost
840
315
290Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,960
1,040Best
1,120
Espionage
VikingsViking Scout
GaulsPathfinder
HunsScout Rider
EspionageVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
15
20Best
20Best
Defense vs cavalry
8
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10
17
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
GaulsHaeduan
HunsElite Rider
Offensive cavalryVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
165
140
230Best
Defense vs infantry
95Best
50
90
Defense vs cavalry
100
165Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13Best
13Best
Carry
75Best
65
70
Total resource cost
2,105
1,965Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300
3,120Best
3,520
Defensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
GaulsHaeduan
HunsElite Rider
Defensive cavalryVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
165
140
230Best
Defense vs infantry
95Best
50
90
Defense vs cavalry
100
165Best
65
Speed (tiles/h)
10
13Best
13Best
Carry
75Best
65
70
Total resource cost
2,105
1,965Best
2,390
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300
3,120Best
3,520
Ram
VikingsRam
GaulsRam
HunsRam
RamVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
65Best
50
65Best
Defense vs infantry
35Best
30
30
Defense vs cavalry
80
105Best
90
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,940
1,910
1,820Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,700
5,000
4,400Best
Catapult
VikingsCatapult
GaulsTrebuchet
HunsCatapult
CatapultVikingsGaulsHuns
Attack
55
70Best
45
Defense vs infantry
60Best
45
55
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,000
3,130
2,910Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
VikingsJarl
GaulsChieftain
HunsTribal Chief
ChiefVikingsGaulsHuns
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
144,650
117,600Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
VikingsViking Settler
GaulsSettler
HunsHun Settler
SettlerVikingsGaulsHuns
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
22,700
20,900Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
27,500
22,700Best
28,950

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsVikingsGaulsHuns
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
750Best
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
18
24Best
20
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
13,500
18,000Best
10,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000
2,000Best
1,000
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
54.5
63.9Best
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
  • Palisade
  • Trapper
  • 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.

Gauls

Trapper

The Trapper captures attacking troops in available traps. It is a defensive tool to support your army and diplomacy.

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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