What is the best Germans army in AoE3?

Colonial Age: Pikeman and Uhlan (beats 66% of 77 units); Fortress Age: Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 87% of 119 units); Industrial Age: Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 87% of 123 units); Imperial Age: Crossbowman, Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 90% of 123 units) — base stats, AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309.

What beats the Germans Fortress Age army?

Veteran Halberdier (its best answer, Pikeman, is at ×0.59), Poruchik (its best answer, Pikeman, is at ×0.73), Jaguar Prowl Knight (its best answer, Uhlan, is at ×0.75), Tomahawk (its best answer, Pikeman and is at ×0.76).

Which cards should the Germans send first?

For the fortress push: 2 Settler Wagons, 1 Settler Wagon, Cavalry Combat and TEAM Cavalry Attack.

Which Germans age-ups hand over the most?

to the Colonial Age: The Naturalist (≈ 500 resources); to the Fortress Age: The Gentleman Pirate (≈ 800 resources).

Worked out · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309

Germans builds

For the Germans in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, the Fortress Age army that answers the most enemy units for the same resources is Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet: between them they beat 87% of the 119 regular units of all civilizations out by then (average edge ×1.96). Colonial pressure (Colonial Age): Pikeman and Uhlan, 66%. Economic boom (Industrial Age): Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet, 87%. Treaty (Imperial Age): Crossbowman, Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet, 90%.

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Quick answers (4)

What is the best Germans army in AoE3?: Colonial Age: Pikeman and Uhlan (beats 66% of 77 units); Fortress Age: Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 87% of 119 units); Industrial Age: Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 87% of 123 units); Imperial Age: Crossbowman, Pikeman, Uhlan and Falconet (beats 90% of 123 units) — base stats, AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309.
What beats the Germans Fortress Age army?: Veteran Halberdier (its best answer, Pikeman, is at ×0.59), Poruchik (its best answer, Pikeman, is at ×0.73), Jaguar Prowl Knight (its best answer, Uhlan, is at ×0.75), Tomahawk (its best answer, Pikeman and is at ×0.76).
Which cards should the Germans send first?: For the fortress push: 2 Settler Wagons, 1 Settler Wagon, Cavalry Combat and TEAM Cavalry Attack.
Which Germans age-ups hand over the most?: to the Colonial Age: The Naturalist (≈ 500 resources); to the Fortress Age: The Gentleman Pirate (≈ 800 resources).

Colonial pressure · Colonial Age

Army

Beats 66% of the 77 regular units out by the Colonial Age (average edge ×1.54), training the right one of them against each.

Weak against

Pistolero×0.66
Sentinel×0.69
Soldado×0.69
Desperado×0.73
Poruchik×0.73
Levied Gunner×0.74

Age-ups

IIThe Naturalist≈ 500

Cards to send, in order

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Fortress push · Fortress Age

Army

Beats 87% of the 119 regular units out by the Fortress Age (average edge ×1.96), training the right one of them against each.

Weak against

Age-ups

IIThe Naturalist≈ 500
IIIThe Gentleman Pirate≈ 800

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Economic boom · Industrial Age

Army

Beats 87% of the 123 regular units out by the Industrial Age (average edge ×2), training the right one of them against each.

Weak against

Age-ups

Cards to send, in order

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Treaty · Imperial Age

Army

Beats 90% of the 123 regular units out by the Imperial Age (average edge ×2.02), training the right one of them against each.

Weak against

Age-ups

Cards to send, in order

The full deck (15 cards)

Capitalism I

Economic Theory I

Establish Ironmonger II

Cavalry Combat II

TEAM Cavalry Attack I

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What to train against the most common units

The Germans unit that does best for the same resources against each of the 12 units most civilizations have (any age).

Enemy unit	Train	Edge
Uhlan	Pikeman	×1.68
Culverin	Uhlan	×4
Falconet	Uhlan	×3.14
Gatling Gun	Uhlan	×4
Horse Artillery	Uhlan	×3.37
Hussar	Pikeman	×1.86
Dragoon	Pikeman	×3.32
Pikeman	Crossbowman	×1.02
Grenadier	Uhlan	×2.82
Musketeer	Falconet	×1.44
Carbine Cavalry	Pikeman	×3.06
Crossbowman	Uhlan	×1.9

Enemy unit

Train

Edge

×1.68

×4

×3.14

×4

×3.37

×1.86

×3.32

×1.02

×2.82

×1.44

×3.06

×1.9

How this is worked out

Army: every mix of 2 (Colonial), 3 (Fortress, Industrial) or 4 (Treaty, Imperial) of the civ's own regular units out by that age is tried against every regular unit of every civilization out by then. Against each enemy the best unit of the mix counts, by its edge for the same resources (Lanchester's square law: strength = (resources ÷ cost)² × damage per second × hit points; edge = √ of the strength ratio, held between ×¼ and ×4). The mix with the highest geometric mean of those edges wins; "beats" = the share of enemy units where that edge is above ×1.

Age-ups: on the way, the choice that hands over the most (shipped units at their train cost, livestock and crates at what they hold, resources). Cards: economy first (villagers, crates, livestock, gathering and trickle bonuses), then the shipments of fighting units worth the most net of their price, then cards that raise hit points, damage, resists, range or speed of the army's units or cut their cost or train time. The Treaty plan keeps only cards that last (upgrades, gathering and trickle bonuses, building improvements), no one-off shipments. The deck adds more of the same by value, spread over the ages by the plan (an early plan keeps more early cards), at most 10 per age, 25 cards.

Not modelled: upgrades, civilization bonuses, range and speed (kiting), area damage beyond one target, abilities, maps, timing and the economy behind it. These plans are what the game's numbers favour, not build orders from top players.

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