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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.
Spartans portrait

Spartans

Defense

For beginners: Intermediate

Strengths

  • Homoioi combine substantial infantry attack with useful defensive values.
  • Spartan Riders offer strong defense at a high movement speed.
  • The Big Hospital provides a larger recovery share and storage than the standard Hospital.

Weaknesses

  • Several core units require a significant resource investment.
  • Homoioi move slowly compared with the faster infantry options elsewhere.
  • The Big Hospital requires advanced infrastructure and does not prevent losses.
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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.

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).

MilitaryVikingsSpartansGauls
Highest attack per combat unitHuscarl
165
Hippeis
195Best
Haeduan
140
Highest average defense per combat unitHuscarl
97.5
Spartan Rider
105
Haeduan
107.5Best
Fastest combat unitViking Rider
12
Spartan Rider
16
Theutates Thunder
19Best
Largest combat-unit carryViking Rider
90
Spartan Rider
110Best
Theutates Thunder
75
Lowest resource cost per attack pointViking Raider
6.44Best
Homoioi
8.37
Swordsman
8.23
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*
VikingsSpartansGauls

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.

AxisVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
71.7
84.8Best
60.9
Defense
72.2
77.8
79.6Best
Speed
63.2
84.2
100Best
Logistics
75
38.9
100Best
Beginner friendliness*
40
60
100Best

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
SpartansSpartan Hoplite
GaulsPhalanx
Starting infantryVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
45
50Best
15
Defense vs infantry
30
35
40Best
Defense vs cavalry
15
30
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
7Best
Carry
70Best
60
35
Total resource cost
290Best
440
315
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
960Best
1,700
1,040
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
VikingsBerserker
SpartansHomoioi
GaulsPhalanx
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
105Best
95
15
Defense vs infantry
45
80Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
30
75Best
50
Speed (tiles/h)
6
5
7Best
Carry
60Best
50
35
Total resource cost
840
795
315Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,960
2,200
1,040Best
Espionage
VikingsViking Scout
SpartansPerioikoi Scout
GaulsPathfinder
EspionageVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
15
25Best
20
Defense vs cavalry
8
12Best
10
Speed (tiles/h)
10
16
17Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
355Best
445
380
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
2
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,360
1,360
Offensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
SpartansHippeis
GaulsHaeduan
Offensive cavalryVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
165
195Best
140
Defense vs infantry
95Best
55
50
Defense vs cavalry
100
80
165Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10
9
13Best
Carry
75
80Best
65
Total resource cost
2,105
2,315
1,965Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
3,300
3,450
3,120Best
Defensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
SpartansSpartan Rider
GaulsHaeduan
Defensive cavalryVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
165Best
55
140
Defense vs infantry
95
120Best
50
Defense vs cavalry
100
90
165Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10
16Best
13
Carry
75
110Best
65
Total resource cost
2,105
1,440Best
1,965
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
2Best
3
Base training (seconds)
3,300
2,600Best
3,120
Ram
VikingsRam
SpartansRam
GaulsRam
RamVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
65Best
65Best
50
Defense vs infantry
35Best
30
30
Defense vs cavalry
80
85
105Best
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,940
1,995
1,910Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,700
4,600Best
5,000
Catapult
VikingsCatapult
SpartansCatapult
GaulsTrebuchet
CatapultVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
55
60
70Best
Defense vs infantry
60Best
55
45
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,000Best
3,130
3,130
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
VikingsJarl
SpartansEphor
GaulsChieftain
ChiefVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
50Best
45
40
Defense vs infantry
45
50Best
50Best
Defense vs cavalry
40
45
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
4
4
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
125,100Best
127,730
144,650
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
VikingsViking Settler
SpartansSpartan Settler
GaulsSettler
SettlerVikingsSpartansGauls
Attack
10Best
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
22,600
21,540Best
22,700
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
27,500
26,900
22,700Best

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsVikingsSpartansGauls
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
500
750Best
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
18
14
24Best
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
13,500
7,000
18,000Best
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1Best
1Best
1Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000
1,000
2,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
54.5
73.7Best
63.9
Hospital recovery share (%)
50Best
50Best
40
Wounded storage per hospital level
60Best
60Best
30
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25Best
20–25Best
20–25Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • Defensive Wall
  • Big Hospital
  • Palisade
  • Trapper

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.

Spartans

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.

Source files and calculation notes

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