MOST USED ARMIES (DBM 3.1)
Games Played & Armies Used
Most Used Armies (DBM 3.1 only) - at 18 June 2008 (post Berserker 2008)
The table below summarises the usage and results of each army in rated
tournaments where such details have been supplied. It is in order of amount of usage
(where tied it is in book then list number order).
Only armies that have been used are included. There are 198 such armies.
The total number of games used (all competitions) is shown
and the average 10 point score in those games.
The number of games and average scores are shown on the right
split into usage by Higher Rated players (ie current rating above 2,100),
Average players (rated 1,900 to 2,100) and Lower Rated players (currently rated below 1,900).
The middle columns show the percentage of games "won", "drawn" and "lost" for
each army. Where the scoring system used, eg GSC15, allows this to be determined precisely that information has been used.
Under other scoring systems it is based upon the equivalent of a 10 point score from each game where a score of 6.5 to 10
is considered a win, 3.5 to 6.5 a draw and 0 to 3.5 a loss. In these cases the available data does not
permit any more accurate determination of wins, draws and losses than this.
THIS TABLE IS BASED ON RESULTS FROM DBM 3.1 GAMES ONLY.
Usage Book No of Average % of games: Higher Rated: Average: Lower Rated:
rank & List Name games score Won Drawn Lost Games Avge Games Avge Games Avge
1 4 13 Medieval German. 107 5.83 50 21 30 25 7.1 56 6.4 26 3.4
2 2 78 Late Imperial Roman. 77 4.01 30 23 47 3 9.0 47 4.9 27 2.0
2 2 83 Patrician Roman. 77 4.34 35 13 52 17 6.9 15 5.1 45 3.1
4 2 19 Seleucid. 66 4.56 38 20 42 0 0.0 26 5.6 40 3.9
5 3 40 Norse Viking and Leidang. 57 5.12 40 23 37 5 7.2 32 5.0 20 4.8
6 2 32 Later Carthaginian. 54 4.37 30 28 43 7 5.7 13 5.1 34 3.8
7 4 68 Medieval Spanish or Portuguese. 49 5.12 41 22 37 4 7.0 29 6.3 16 2.5
8 1 22 New Kingdom Egyptian. 46 4.98 39 20 41 1 7.0 21 6.8 24 3.3
8 2 12 Alexandrian Macedonian. 46 5.87 43 30 26 12 7.3 33 5.5 1 0.0
10 2 56 Early Imperial Roman. 44 3.05 25 14 61 0 0.0 12 6.0 32 1.9
10 4 55 Ottoman. 44 4.89 36 23 41 4 8.8 22 5.9 18 2.8
12 2 5 Later Hoplite Greek. 39 5.03 21 56 23 0 0.0 28 5.2 11 4.5
12 2 11 Gallic. 39 5.21 44 15 41 4 7.0 29 5.0 6 5.0
14 2 49 Marian Roman. 38 4.21 32 18 50 13 7.4 10 3.1 15 2.2
15 4 79 Later Swiss. 37 5.00 41 14 46 20 6.2 5 4.6 12 3.1
16 3 25 Arab Conquest. 32 3.53 34 3 62 2 10.0 6 3.8 24 2.9
16 4 1 Komnenan Byzantine. 32 3.66 25 28 47 3 9.0 11 4.8 18 2.1
16 4 22 Serbian Empire. 32 4.75 38 19 44 0 0.0 21 5.2 11 3.8
19 2 36 Graeco-Bactrian and Graeco-Indian. 31 4.48 42 3 55 7 9.4 6 5.0 18 2.4
20 4 64 Medieval French. 30 5.43 47 17 37 12 7.0 10 5.1 8 3.5
21 3 19 Welsh. 28 6.11 57 14 29 6 7.7 2 4.0 20 5.8
21 3 35 Feudal Spanish. 28 4.32 43 4 54 1 1.0 9 4.9 18 4.2
21 4 37 Indonesian or Malay. 28 5.18 43 18 39 0 0.0 20 6.0 8 3.0
24 1 51 Neo-Assyrian Later Sargonid. 27 5.00 41 7 52 0 0.0 19 5.6 8 3.6
24 4 74 Free Company or Armagnac. 27 5.00 41 19 41 14 7.4 1 8.0 12 2.0
26 1 44 Neo-Babylonian. 26 3.81 35 8 58 4 8.8 2 1.0 20 3.1
26 2 4 Warring States and Ch'in Chinese. 26 4.04 35 4 62 0 0.0 17 3.8 9 4.4
26 2 23 Later Pre Islamic Arab. 26 6.42 62 8 31 12 7.3 9 6.3 5 4.4
26 2 30 Galatian. 26 4.81 38 15 46 6 5.2 14 5.1 6 3.8
30 1 43 Kimmerian, Skythian or Early Hu. 25 4.80 32 32 36 15 5.5 4 5.2 6 2.7
30 2 3 Classical Indian. 25 6.36 56 16 28 17 7.5 6 5.2 2 0.5
30 2 15 Alexandrian Imperial. 25 6.96 64 20 16 18 8.1 7 4.1 0 0.0
30 3 45 Pre-Feudal Scots. 25 4.12 28 16 56 5 4.6 8 4.8 12 3.5
34 1 60 Early Achaemenid Persian. 24 4.54 29 33 38 2 7.0 13 4.8 9 3.7
34 2 37 Parthian. 24 5.50 38 33 29 4 5.5 8 6.1 12 5.1
34 2 38 Hsiung-Nu or Juan-juan. 24 5.29 38 33 29 4 7.2 7 5.9 12 4.3
34 2 46 Kushan. 24 6.29 58 12 29 4 9.0 16 5.9 4 5.2
34 2 68 Pictish. 24 6.50 58 12 29 20 7.3 0 0.0 4 2.5
34 3 4 Early Byzantine. 24 4.50 42 4 54 0 0.0 4 6.5 20 4.1
34 3 5 Middle Frankish. 24 5.54 50 17 33 0 0.0 12 5.6 12 5.5
34 3 64 Nikephorian Byzantine. 24 3.88 25 21 54 0 0.0 12 4.9 12 2.8
42 2 64 Middle Imperial Roman. 23 3.83 26 22 52 2 5.0 7 4.7 14 3.2
42 3 37 Abbasid Arab. 23 7.35 70 9 22 23 7.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
42 3 77 Scots Isles and Highlands. 23 5.48 48 13 39 2 6.0 17 5.5 4 5.0
42 4 43 Later Hungarian. 23 5.43 39 26 35 4 7.8 11 6.0 8 3.5
46 3 71 Anglo-Danish. 22 4.86 32 36 32 0 0.0 8 4.6 14 5.0
46 4 61 Italian Condotta. 22 4.68 36 18 45 4 6.0 7 6.1 11 3.3
48 1 24 Hittite Empire. 21 5.24 43 19 38 0 0.0 21 5.2 0 0.0
48 2 16 Asiatic Early Successor. 21 5.14 48 24 29 5 5.0 12 5.2 4 5.0
48 2 65 Early Visigothic. 21 6.29 52 19 29 0 0.0 21 6.3 0 0.0
48 4 30 Teutonic Orders. 21 5.29 48 10 43 11 6.3 4 5.2 6 3.5
52 1 20 Syro-Canaanite and Ugaritic. 20 7.05 60 20 20 20 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
52 3 28 Carolingian Frankish. 20 4.20 35 10 55 2 9.5 11 5.2 7 1.1
52 4 5 Sicilian. 20 6.95 65 10 25 10 8.4 10 5.5 0 0.0
55 2 28 Early Armenian and Gordyene. 19 6.63 58 21 21 6 7.0 13 6.5 0 0.0
55 4 84 Burgundian Ordonnance. 19 3.42 26 16 58 2 10.0 2 10.0 15 1.7
57 2 63 3 Kingdoms & Western T'sin Chinese. 18 6.61 44 39 17 6 8.2 12 5.8 0 0.0
57 2 69 Sassanid Persian. 18 3.06 22 17 61 3 5.0 4 3.5 11 2.4
57 3 16 Khazar. 18 6.39 56 17 28 4 7.5 8 7.0 6 4.8
57 4 39 Navarrese. 18 4.39 33 17 50 14 4.4 4 4.2 0 0.0
61 2 48 Mithridatic. 17 4.82 41 18 41 7 6.9 10 3.4 0 0.0
61 3 10 Hindu Indian. 17 4.29 41 0 59 10 5.3 0 0.0 7 2.9
63 1 38 Libyan Egyptian. 16 4.12 38 6 56 0 0.0 4 6.0 12 3.5
63 1 50 Lydian. 16 5.31 38 25 38 0 0.0 8 6.2 8 4.4
63 2 27 Pyrrhic. 16 5.75 38 38 25 8 6.5 4 6.0 4 4.0
63 4 3 Anglo-Norman. 16 5.38 44 19 38 12 5.8 0 0.0 4 4.2
63 4 38 Granadine. 16 2.94 25 6 69 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 2.9
68 1 18 Minoan and Early Mycenaean. 15 5.53 47 20 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 5.5
68 3 73 Seljuq Turk. 15 6.53 53 20 27 4 8.2 4 4.5 7 6.7
70 1 11 Akkadian & Third Dynasty of Ur. 14 6.64 64 7 29 14 6.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
70 2 81 Sub-Roman British. 14 4.21 36 7 57 0 0.0 14 4.2 0 0.0
70 4 58 Medieval Irish. 14 7.14 57 29 14 14 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
73 2 20 Ptolemaic. 13 6.23 46 23 31 0 0.0 13 6.2 0 0.0
73 3 43 Khurasanian. 13 6.92 54 38 8 10 7.2 3 6.0 0 0.0
73 3 69 Tuareg. 13 5.69 54 8 38 8 7.2 1 1.0 4 3.8
73 4 76 Early Burgundian. 13 3.54 31 8 62 0 0.0 9 4.2 4 2.0
77 1 25 Middle and Early Neo Assyrian. 12 6.25 58 17 25 12 6.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
77 1 49 Early Vietnamese. 12 4.17 42 0 58 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 4.2
77 3 29 Thematic Byzantine. 12 6.25 50 25 25 0 0.0 12 6.2 0 0.0
77 3 31 Umayyad Arab. 12 3.50 33 0 67 0 0.0 4 5.2 8 2.6
77 3 78 Early Russian. 12 6.83 67 17 17 12 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
82 3 51 West Frankish or Norman. 11 3.45 27 9 64 0 0.0 6 4.0 5 2.8
82 4 40 Siamese. 11 6.18 55 18 27 0 0.0 11 6.2 0 0.0
84 1 32 West Chou, Spring & Autumn Chinese. 10 6.00 60 10 30 6 7.0 4 4.5 0 0.0
84 2 45 Sicilian & Italian Slave Revolts. 10 4.20 30 20 50 0 0.0 6 5.0 4 3.0
84 3 20 Sui Chinese & Early T'ang Chinese. 10 4.60 40 10 50 0 0.0 10 4.6 0 0.0
84 3 38 Arab Indian. 10 4.00 40 0 60 0 0.0 10 4.0 0 0.0
84 3 53 Dynastic Bedouin. 10 2.30 10 20 70 0 0.0 6 2.5 4 2.0
84 3 55 Khitan-Liao. 10 5.70 50 10 40 0 0.0 10 5.7 0 0.0
84 3 57 Buyid or other Dailami Dynasties. 10 4.10 20 40 40 0 0.0 10 4.1 0 0.0
84 3 67 Early Hungarian. 10 6.80 70 10 20 10 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
84 4 7 Early Crusader. 10 4.70 40 0 60 0 0.0 10 4.7 0 0.0
84 4 28 Prussian. 10 2.70 10 20 70 0 0.0 4 2.5 6 2.8
84 4 29 Tupi. 10 7.80 60 40 0 10 7.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
84 4 54 Medieval Scandinavian. 10 3.40 30 10 60 0 0.0 6 4.7 4 1.5
84 4 73 Ming Chinese. 10 2.60 20 10 70 0 0.0 4 6.0 6 0.3
84 4 83 Wars of the Roses English. 10 6.00 50 30 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 6.0
98 1 26 Later Mycenean and Trojan War. 9 3.22 33 0 67 0 0.0 3 3.3 6 3.2
98 2 8 Campanian, Apulian, Lucanian, etc. 9 3.00 0 56 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 3.0
98 2 10 Camillan Roman. 9 4.44 11 78 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 4.4
98 2 14 Ariarathid Kappadokian. 9 5.89 33 56 11 0 0.0 9 5.9 0 0.0
98 2 75 Paekche and Kaya Korean. 9 3.00 0 56 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 3.0
98 4 36 Later Muslim Indian. 9 3.78 22 22 56 4 5.8 5 2.2 0 0.0
104 1 34 Later Hebrew. 8 3.38 12 38 50 4 5.5 0 0.0 4 1.2
104 1 47 Illyrian. 8 5.38 38 25 38 0 0.0 8 5.4 0 0.0
104 2 53 Ancient British. 8 4.25 25 25 50 4 6.5 4 2.0 0 0.0
104 2 55 Nobades and Blemmye or Beja. 8 7.38 50 38 12 4 9.0 4 5.8 0 0.0
104 2 59 Jewish Revolt. 8 2.38 12 12 75 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 2.4
104 2 61 Hsien-Pi, Wu-huan, Pre-Khitan, Hsi. 8 8.38 88 0 12 8 8.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
104 2 73 Old Saxon, Frisian, Bavarian, etc. 8 7.62 75 0 25 8 7.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
104 2 74 Palmyran. 8 3.38 25 12 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 3.4
104 3 8 Central Asian City-States. 8 7.88 75 12 12 0 0.0 8 7.9 0 0.0
104 4 21 Anglo-Irish. 8 5.75 38 38 25 2 8.0 6 5.0 0 0.0
104 4 23 Feudal English. 8 3.88 38 12 50 2 4.0 0 0.0 6 3.8
104 4 32 Romanian Frank. 8 5.12 50 0 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 5.1
104 4 71 Chimu. 8 3.38 25 12 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 3.4
104 4 75 Timurid. 8 3.88 38 0 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 3.9
118 1 15 Later Amorite: Old Period. 7 4.00 14 43 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 4.0
118 1 61 Early Carthaginian. 7 3.29 29 14 57 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 3.3
118 2 9 Syracusan. 7 0.29 0 0 100 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.3
118 2 22 Arabo-Aramaean. 7 4.43 43 0 57 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 4.4
118 3 27 Rshtuni Armenian. 7 5.29 14 71 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 5.3
118 4 17 Later Crusader. 7 2.14 14 14 71 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 2.1
118 4 41 Early Swiss. 7 4.14 29 14 57 0 0.0 3 6.0 4 2.8
125 1 8 Makkan, Dilmun, Saba, Ma'in, etc. 6 5.17 50 0 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 5.2
125 1 19 Mitanni. 6 1.67 0 33 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 1.7
125 1 23 Vedic Indian. 6 6.83 67 0 33 6 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
125 1 27 Early Hebrew. 6 5.50 67 0 33 0 0.0 6 5.5 0 0.0
125 1 41 Phrygian. 6 4.50 17 50 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 4.5
125 2 17 Lysimachid. 6 6.33 67 0 33 6 6.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
125 2 40 Numidian or Early Moorish. 6 6.83 50 33 17 4 7.8 2 5.0 0 0.0
125 2 43 Maccabean Jewish. 6 5.17 33 33 33 0 0.0 6 5.2 0 0.0
125 3 3 Italian Ostrogothic. 6 6.83 67 17 17 0 0.0 6 6.8 0 0.0
125 3 9 Burmese. 6 5.00 33 17 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 5.0
125 3 44 Tribal Mongolian. 6 2.83 33 0 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 2.8
125 4 12 Polynesian or Melanesian. 6 3.00 17 17 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 3.0
125 4 16 Scots Common Army. 6 4.83 33 33 33 0 0.0 6 4.8 0 0.0
125 4 35 Mongol Conquest. 6 6.67 67 0 33 6 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
125 4 57 Low Countries. 6 4.17 33 17 50 2 7.5 0 0.0 4 2.5
125 4 66 Later Polish. 6 7.00 67 17 17 2 8.0 4 6.5 0 0.0
125 4 70 Chanca. 6 8.17 67 33 0 6 8.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
125 4 81 Inca. 6 3.33 0 83 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 3.3
125 4 82 French Ordonnance. 6 5.67 50 17 33 0 0.0 6 5.7 0 0.0
144 2 47 Early German. 5 7.00 60 20 20 5 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
144 2 80 Hunnic. 5 2.80 20 0 80 0 0.0 3 0.3 2 6.5
144 3 54 Early Samurai. 5 1.00 0 20 80 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 1.0
144 4 6 Syrian. 5 5.00 40 20 40 0 0.0 5 5.0 0 0.0
144 4 24 Khwarizmian. 5 4.40 20 40 40 0 0.0 2 5.5 3 3.7
144 4 59 Post-Mongol Samurai. 5 2.80 40 0 60 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.8
144 4 65 Wallachian or Moldavian. 5 6.80 60 20 20 5 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 1 6 Early Bedouin. 4 5.75 50 25 25 4 5.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 1 12 Sumerian Successor States. 4 4.00 25 25 50 0 0.0 4 4.0 0 0.0
151 1 39 Urartian. 4 8.75 75 25 0 4 8.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 1 40 Medes, Zikirtu, Andia or Parsua. 4 7.50 50 50 0 0 0.0 4 7.5 0 0.0
151 1 52 Early Hoplite Greek. 4 3.50 0 75 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 3.5
151 1 57 Etruscan League. 4 6.50 50 25 25 1 10.0 3 5.3 0 0.0
151 2 2 Mountain Indian. 4 7.50 75 0 25 4 7.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 2 31 Hellenistic Greek. 4 5.00 25 75 0 0 0.0 4 5.0 0 0.0
151 2 33 Polybian Roman. 4 5.75 50 25 25 4 5.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 2 39 Ancient Spanish. 4 5.75 50 25 25 0 0.0 4 5.8 0 0.0
151 2 42 Tamil Indian and Sinhalese. 4 4.25 50 0 50 0 0.0 4 4.2 0 0.0
151 2 51 Late Judean. 4 1.25 0 25 75 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.2
151 2 58 Alan. 4 3.75 25 0 75 0 0.0 4 3.8 0 0.0
151 2 60 Caledonian. 4 6.75 75 0 25 1 9.0 2 9.0 1 0.0
151 2 72 Early Franks, Alamanni, Quadi, etc. 4 5.50 50 25 25 0 0.0 4 5.5 0 0.0
151 2 79 Chinese North & South Dynasties. 4 7.25 75 0 25 0 0.0 4 7.2 0 0.0
151 2 84 African Vandal. 4 2.50 25 0 75 0 0.0 4 2.5 0 0.0
151 3 1 Early Slav. 4 5.25 50 0 50 0 0.0 4 5.2 0 0.0
151 3 11 Central Asian Turkish. 4 4.50 50 0 50 0 0.0 4 4.5 0 0.0
151 3 14 Early Bulgar. 4 5.00 50 0 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 5.0
151 3 21 Italian Lombard. 4 6.00 50 0 50 0 0.0 4 6.0 0 0.0
151 3 30 Magyar. 4 9.75 100 0 0 4 9.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 3 47 Pecheneg. 4 7.75 75 25 0 0 0.0 4 7.8 0 0.0
151 3 50 Bagratid Armenian. 4 7.50 50 50 0 0 0.0 4 7.5 0 0.0
151 3 68 West Sudanese. 4 3.75 25 25 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 3.8
151 3 72 Communal Italian. 4 4.75 50 0 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 4.8
151 4 8 Ghurid. 4 7.75 50 50 0 0 0.0 4 7.8 0 0.0
151 4 18 Lithuanian or Samogitian. 4 5.00 50 0 50 4 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
151 4 63 Aztec. 4 6.25 75 0 25 2 7.5 1 10.0 1 0.0
151 4 72 Amazonian. 4 5.75 50 25 25 4 5.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
181 1 1 Early Sumerian. 3 10.00 100 0 0 3 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
181 1 33 Villanovan Italian. 3 9.33 100 0 0 0 0.0 3 9.3 0 0.0
181 2 44 Commagene. 3 0.33 0 0 100 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.3
181 2 50 Hasmonean Jewish. 3 7.67 67 33 0 0 0.0 3 7.7 0 0.0
181 2 54 Scots-Irish. 3 2.67 33 0 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 2.7
181 3 6 Emishi. 3 3.33 0 67 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.3
181 3 12 Christian Nubian. 3 8.00 67 33 0 3 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
181 3 59 Medieval Vietnamese. 3 0.33 0 0 100 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.3
181 3 74 Fanatic Berber. 3 6.67 67 0 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 6.7
181 3 79 Cuman (Kipchak). 3 5.33 33 33 33 0 0.0 3 5.3 0 0.0
181 4 56 Order of St John. 3 6.33 67 0 33 0 0.0 3 6.3 0 0.0
192 1 2 Early Egyptian. 2 10.00 100 0 0 0 0.0 2 10.0 0 0.0
192 1 53 Saitic Egyptian. 2 7.50 50 50 0 2 7.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
192 2 21 Ch'iang and Ti. 2 5.00 50 0 50 0 0.0 2 5.0 0 0.0
192 3 23 Khmer and Cham. 2 5.50 50 0 50 0 0.0 2 5.5 0 0.0
192 4 31 Nikaian Byzantine. 2 10.00 100 0 0 2 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
192 4 46 Ilkhanid. 2 2.50 0 0 100 0 0.0 2 2.5 0 0.0
192 4 49 Anatolian Turkoman. 2 10.00 100 0 0 2 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0