Most versatile Germanic faction army?

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Hello all.
I have not played a great deal of Attila.
I am about to start my first campaign and have chosen the Germanic tribes.
I have also just purchased the Longbeards cultural pack.
Do any of the Germanic tribes stand out from the others in terms of unit variety and strength?

[RitualistEssence]

The Suebi who were a Free LC addition have really good unit variety & so is the Vandals who get almost indentical unit tree.
Faction bonuses: Vandal's get +150% income from raiding & sacking (towns) & can recruit better naval units.
Suebi get : horde building contruction cost -35%. -35% unit upkeep for 10 turns for any army after sacking or looting a town.

Here's their best units: Noble Suebi Swordsmen - Elite tier unit with hard hitting armor piercing damage for a sword unit as well as the unit being heavily armored, high hit points & it also a prec throwing weapon too. Both Vandals & Suebi get this unit. Honestly its one of my favorite units in the game.

Royal Suebi Cavalary - a elite tier shock cavalry unit that has a good balance of attack, charge bonus, armor & hit points. One of the best germanic cavalry units in the game. Avail to both Suebi & Vandals.

Now for exclusive units they don't both share:
Suebi Champions are a elite tier melee unit thats focused on high armor & hit points, doesn't have good armor piercing damage so i'd still prefer to use the Noble Suebi Swordsmen instead. Avail to only the Suebi

Suebi Warriors - mid tier axe unit that has good balance of armor/hit points & high armor piercing melee damage, honestly like this axe unit better than the Frankish ones as it doesn't die as fast. Suebi only.

Suebi Oaf takers - essentially an alternate elite tier spear unit that trades the melee attack of Spear Masters for high hit points, great defensive spear unit.

Now for Vandal exclusives: Chosen Vandal Raiders - elite tier light cavalry unit that has nice melee skills, gets guerilla deployment & is very good unit taking down towers inside of a town, great at taking down archers quickly.

Light moorish cavalry - light shock cavalry unit thats pretty good balance of charge bonus + speed.

Vandal beserkers - a berserker unit - i never use these.

These 2 factions get a great combination of elite tier infantry & elite tier cavalry.

For the longbeard pack my favorite is the Alamans:
Bejewelled Nobles are their elite tier melee unit that is really good surviving damage & hold its ground long, They get 3 unique spear units including a low tier one thats cheap & spammable, its unique elite tier spear unit still isn't as good as germanic spear masters which you still get access to. They get access to 'captured cheiroballista' essentially making them the german faction with best artillery. They are more effective vs infantry than scorpions in Rome2 as each shot kills like 5 guys. They get a unique elite tier heavy javelin cavalry unit called "Chnodomar's Raiders" thats more suitable for melee than other javelin cavalry.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Originally posted by Jcpsr:

The Suebi who were a Free LC addition have really good unit variety & so is the Vandals who get almost indentical unit tree.
Faction bonuses: Vandal's get +150% income from raiding & sacking (towns) & can recruit better naval units.
Suebi get : horde building contruction cost -35%. -35% unit upkeep for 10 turns for any army after sacking or looting a town.

Here's their best units: Noble Suebi Swordsmen - Elite tier unit with hard hitting armor piercing damage for a sword unit as well as the unit being heavily armored, high hit points & it also a prec throwing weapon too. Both Vandals & Suebi get this unit. Honestly its one of my favorite units in the game.

Royal Suebi Cavalary - a elite tier shock cavalry unit that has a good balance of attack, charge bonus, armor & hit points. One of the best germanic cavalry units in the game. Avail to both Suebi & Vandals.

Now for exclusive units they don't both share:
Suebi Champions are a elite tier melee unit thats focused on high armor & hit points, doesn't have good armor piercing damage so i'd still prefer to use the Noble Suebi Swordsmen instead. Avail to only the Suebi

Suebi Warriors - mid tier axe unit that has good balance of armor/hit points & high armor piercing melee damage, honestly like this axe unit better than the Frankish ones as it doesn't die as fast. Suebi only.

Suebi Oaf takers - essentially an alternate elite tier spear unit that trades the melee attack of Spear Masters for high hit points, great defensive spear unit.

Now for Vandal exclusives: Chosen Vandal Raiders - elite tier light cavalry unit that has nice melee skills, gets guerilla deployment & is very good unit taking down towers inside of a town, great at taking down archers quickly.

Light moorish cavalry - light shock cavalry unit thats pretty good balance of charge bonus + speed.

Vandal beserkers - a berserker unit - i never use these.

These 2 factions get a great combination of elite tier infantry & elite tier cavalry.

For the longbeard pack my favorite is the Alamans:
Bejewelled Nobles are their elite tier melee unit that is really good surviving damage & hold its ground long, They get 3 unique spear units including a low tier one thats cheap & spammable, its unique elite tier spear unit still isn't as good as germanic spear masters which you still get access to. They get access to 'captured cheiroballista' essentially making them the german faction with best artillery. They are more effective vs infantry than scorpions in Rome2 as each shot kills like 5 guys. They get a unique elite tier heavy javelin cavalry unit called "Chnodomar's Raiders" thats more suitable for melee than other javelin cavalry.

Many many thanks for such a detailed reply, much appreciated.