There are various Generals you can recruit in Evony, however, some Generals are considered better than others in specific activities.
Evony: The King’s Return is an exciting video game that invites players to build an empire from the ground up.
As the lady or lord of a keep you have to train troops, harvest resources, construct buildings, unlock spiritual beasts and annihilate monsters on the world map.
General Ranking List
To help you with these tasks, you can recruit an array of Generals, some of which are based on real-life historical heroes.
Every General in Evony specializes in a specific activity, however, some Generals are considered better than others when it comes to certain features in Evony.
We therefore cannot rank them in a general manner. Instead, we have to look at the best Generals for every feature and activity in the game.
Before sending your troops out to gather resources on the world map, you can select a General to accompany them.
We recommend that you select a General that grants a resource bonus from gathering or gathering speed buff. Additionally, this General needs a high politics stat, as it increases gathering speed.
The best gathering Generals and their special skills are:
| General | Special Skill |
| Shimazu Yoshihiro | This General brings back 30 percent additional resources from farms on the world map. Resource-gathering speed is also increased by 10 percent when the General is leading the army. |
| Gaius Marius | He increases ore gathering speed by 30 percent and increases lumber and stone gathering speed by 15 percent. |
| Princess Lucy | Increases resource-gathering speed by 15 percent when she is leading the army. |
| Attilia | This special skill increases troop load by 75 percent when the General is leading the army. |
Tier list
There are different troop types in Evony and every troop type has to be assigned to a General. The table below lists the best Generals for every troop type:
| Troop Type | S-Tier | A-Tier | B-Tier |
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Which Generals should you use for fighting monsters?
In order to progress quickly in Evony, you need to have an excellent Monster Hunting General. These Generals are focused on using mounted troops because of their high attack statistics and the way that boss battle mechanics function.
Before sending your troops out to fight a monster, you need to equip your Monster Hunting General with level 4 Mounted Troop Attack against Monster, Mounted Troop Attack and March Size Skill Books.
However, you can also follow a Monster Looter build, which requires level Mounted Troop Attack, Luck and March Size Skill Books. The best Monster Hunting Generals are:
- Poligenus
- Zhao Yun
- George A Custer
- Martinus
- Mordred
- Sun Ce
- Gaius Octavius
- Maria Theresa
- Hannibal
- Roland
Best Sub-City Generals
It is imperative that you choose the best Sub-City Generals to assign to your Sub-Cities l for your progress in Evony, and there are 2 types – Development and Attack Generals.
The Sub-City Generals are listed below:
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Duty Generals
These Generals’ special skills activate when they are assigned to specific buildings as the Duty Generals. Having the best Evony Duty Generals can make a huge difference to your game.
The following table lists the best Duty Generals for each building:
| Building | General |
| Wall | Richard the Lionheart |
| Archer Camp | John I of Portugal |
| Hospital | Skanderbeg |
| Rally Spot | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| Workshop | Gwon Ryul |
| Academy | Eulji Mundeok |
| Archer Tower | Ban Chao |