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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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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.
Romans portrait

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.

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).

MilitaryVikingsSpartansRomans
Highest attack per combat unitHuscarl
165
Hippeis
195Best
Equites Caesaris
180
Highest average defense per combat unitHuscarl
97.5
Spartan Rider
105Best
Equites Caesaris
92.5
Fastest combat unitViking Rider
12
Spartan Rider
16Best
Equites Imperatoris
14
Largest combat-unit carryViking Rider
90
Spartan Rider
110Best
Equites Imperatoris
100
Lowest resource cost per attack pointViking Raider
6.44Best
Homoioi
8.37
Imperian
8.57
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*
VikingsSpartansRomans

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.

AxisVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
71.7
84.8Best
78.3
Defense
72.2
77.8Best
68.5
Speed
63.2
84.2Best
73.7
Logistics
75Best
38.9
44.4
Beginner friendliness*
40
60Best
60Best

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
RomansLegionnaire
Starting infantryVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
45
50Best
40
Defense vs infantry
30
35Best
35Best
Defense vs cavalry
15
30
50Best
Speed (tiles/h)
7Best
6
6
Carry
70Best
60
50
Total resource cost
290Best
440
400
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
960Best
1,700
1,600
Best anti-cavalry infantry available
VikingsBerserker
SpartansHomoioi
RomansLegionnaire
Best anti-cavalry infantry availableVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
105Best
95
40
Defense vs infantry
45
80Best
35
Defense vs cavalry
30
75Best
50
Speed (tiles/h)
6Best
5
6Best
Carry
60Best
50
50
Total resource cost
840
795
400Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
2
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
1,960
2,200
1,600Best
Espionage
VikingsViking Scout
SpartansPerioikoi Scout
RomansEquites Legati
EspionageVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
0Best
0Best
0Best
Defense vs infantry
15
25Best
20
Defense vs cavalry
8
12Best
10
Speed (tiles/h)
10
16Best
16Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
355Best
445
360
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
2
2
Base training (seconds)
1,120Best
1,360
1,360
Offensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
SpartansHippeis
RomansEquites Caesaris
Offensive cavalryVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
165
195Best
180
Defense vs infantry
95Best
55
80
Defense vs cavalry
100
80
105Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10Best
9
10Best
Carry
75
80Best
70
Total resource cost
2,105Best
2,315
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300Best
3,450
3,520
Defensive cavalry
VikingsHuscarl
SpartansSpartan Rider
RomansEquites Caesaris
Defensive cavalryVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
165
55
180Best
Defense vs infantry
95
120Best
80
Defense vs cavalry
100
90
105Best
Speed (tiles/h)
10
16Best
10
Carry
75
110Best
70
Total resource cost
2,105
1,440Best
2,170
Upkeep (crop/h)
3
2Best
4
Base training (seconds)
3,300
2,600Best
3,520
Ram
VikingsRam
SpartansRam
RomansBattering Ram
RamVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
65Best
65Best
60
Defense vs infantry
35Best
30
30
Defense vs cavalry
80
85Best
75
Speed (tiles/h)
4Best
4Best
4Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
1,940
1,995
1,830Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Base training (seconds)
4,700
4,600Best
4,600Best
Catapult
VikingsCatapult
SpartansCatapult
RomansFire Catapult
CatapultVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
55
60
75Best
Defense vs infantry
60Best
55
60Best
Defense vs cavalry
10Best
10Best
10Best
Speed (tiles/h)
3Best
3Best
3Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
3,000
3,130
2,990Best
Upkeep (crop/h)
6Best
6Best
6Best
Base training (seconds)
9,000Best
9,000Best
9,000Best
Chief
VikingsJarl
SpartansEphor
RomansSenator
ChiefVikingsSpartansRomans
Attack
50Best
45
50Best
Defense vs infantry
45
50Best
40
Defense vs cavalry
40
45Best
30
Speed (tiles/h)
5Best
4
5Best
Carry
0Best
0Best
0Best
Total resource cost
125,100Best
127,730
140,450
Upkeep (crop/h)
4Best
4Best
5
Base training (seconds)
90,700Best
90,700Best
90,700Best
Settler
VikingsViking Settler
SpartansSpartan Settler
RomansSettler
SettlerVikingsSpartansRomans
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
23,800
Upkeep (crop/h)
1Best
1Best
1Best
Base training (seconds)
27,500
26,900Best
26,900Best

Economy & special mechanics

Economy & special mechanicsVikingsSpartansRomans
Merchant capacity (resources)
750Best
500
500
Merchant speed (tiles/h)
18Best
14
16
Merchant throughput (capacity × speed)
13,500Best
7,000
8,000
Base simultaneous construction jobs
1
1
2Best
Cranny protection, level 10 (each resource)
1,000Best
1,000Best
1,000Best
Wall troop bonus, level 20 (%)
54.5
73.7
80.6Best
Hospital recovery share (%)
50Best
50Best
40
Wounded storage per hospital level
60Best
60Best
30
Base chief loyalty reduction
20–25
20–25
20–30Best
Tribe-specific buildings
  • Big Hospital
  • Barricade
  • Defensive Wall
  • Big Hospital
  • City Wall
  • Horse Drinking Trough

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.

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.

Source files and calculation notes

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