The Vikings

The Vikings

The Vikings are the worst civ in the game, most people only play them
when they get them by random by accident. If you do get them, prepare
to take a beating. The Vikings have no one unit that will give them an
edge over another army. Decent cavalry, decent archers, and good
infantry, but what will infantry do since there are so many counters to
it?

Some are duped into believing that an army of Viking Beserks will
thrash another army, then heal itself, and then be as good as new. The
problem with Beserks is that almost every other unique unit counters
them, and for those who don't have a countering unique unit, they're
probably using something that would counter them anyway. All the
archers destroy berserks, mamelukes, cataphracts, samurai, Teutonic
Knights, and Jags all dominate Beserks. That leaves Woad Raiders and
Huskarls. Now, the Celts player isn't going to use Woad Raiders anyway
because they stink, and the Goths player, well he is the only one you
will have an advantage over.

The extra hit points for infantry is the only thing going for the
Vikings, but that won't help. All you can do is make siege, some
berserks, and try to get an economy that gets lots of food, and hope
you don't get beaten too badly.