Best Evony Defense Generals

Selecting a defense general for your keep will very much depend on your dominant troop type. For example, if you mostly have ranged troops then you want a general that has the best-ranged stats in defense. See below all the best Evony Defense Generals for each troop type.

Please note, different troop types have different strengths and weaknesses against other troop types. Having the best-ranged defense general will not help you much if you are attacked by a ground march with a strong PvP Ground General.

Read our Evony Troop Guide for more details on this.

Best Evony Defense Generals

Please find below the best defense generals depending on your keep’s dominant troop type. Each category contains the 10 best generals with the best at the top. For more details on how to develop your generals and how to get the most out of them, check out our Evony General Guide.

Best Evony Ground Defense General

These Evony Generals are best used by players with large amounts of Ground Troops. In particular, they benefit from a large Ground Troop HP buff giving them huge durability.

Click on the links below for more details on each of the Generals, and also to see suggested builds.

• Isaac Brock
• Pyrrhus
• Turenne
• Sweyn Forkbeard
• Soult
• Lautaro
• Trajan
• Leonidas I
• Freyja
• Epaminondas
• Ludwig
• Lu Xun
• Elise
• Alessandra
• Robert the Bruce
• Takenaka Shigeharu
• Oda Oichi
• Maeda Toshiie
• Peter the Great
• James Bowie
• Alexander Nevsky
• Harald III
• Oda Nobunaga
• Alexander the Great

Best Evony Ranged Defense General

These Evony Generals are best used by players with large amounts of Ranged Troops. In particular, they benefit from a large Ranged Troop Attack buff allowing them to take out large numbers of enemies at a safe distance.

Click on the links below for more details on each of the Generals, and also to see suggested builds.

• Zachary Taylor
• Edward III
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Ly Thuong Kiet
• Kusunoki Masashige
• Godfrey of Bouillon
• Subutai
• Mason Weaver
• George Dewey
• Louis IX
• Yodo-dono
• Idunn
• Wallenstein
• Mihai
• Harald III
• William Marshal
• Elizabeth I
• Henry V
• Alfred the Great
• Gwanggaeto the Great

Best Evony Siege Defense General

These Evony Generals are best used by players with large amounts of Siege Troops. In particular, they benefit from a large Siege Troop Attack buff allowing them to take out large numbers of enemies at a safe distance.

Click on the links below for more details on each of the Generals, and also to see suggested builds.

• Edward Teach
• Leo III
• Takenaka Shigeharu
• Mu Guiying
• Tran Hung Dao
• Raimondo
• Ulysses S Grant
• Septimius Severus
• George Dewey
• Khalid
• William Wallace
• Surena
• Mason Weaver
• William Marshal
• Petronas
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Philip II
• Matthias I
• Ramesses II

Best Evony Mounted Defense General

These Evony Generals are best used by players with large amounts of Mounted Troops. In particular, they benefit from a large Mounted Troop Attack buff allowing them to charge in at speed with a devastating first blow.

Click on the links below for more details on each of the Generals, and also to see suggested builds.

• Queen Boudica
• Martinus
• Andre Massena
• Sun Ce
• Laudon
• Jadwiga
• Prince Eugene
• Zhao Yun
• Li Jing
• Ii Naomasa
• Lysander
• Lautaro
• Takeda Shingen
• Robert Guiscard
• Poligenus
• Robert the Bruce
• Yi Sun-sin
• Ulysses S Grant
• Gaius Octavius

Improving your Evony Defense Generals

Just having one of these Generals is not enough, though it is a great start. To really get the most out of them, you need to develop them, add Skill Books, and cultivate them further.

Check out our Evony General Guide for all you need to know about improving your Generals further.

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