Picking the best Evony Sub City Generals to put in your sub-cities is hugely important. It can make sure they develop extra quickly and assist you massively in battle.
As such, there are two main roles for the best Evony Sub City Generals to fulfill – Sub City Development and Sub City Attack.
Development generals help your sub-cities produce and grow quicker. In contrast, attack generals assist you in PvP battle when you add your sub-cities to the attack or defense.
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Best Evony Sub City Generals
The two lists below show the best generals for sub-city development and sub-city attack. Included are details on the skills that the general brings to the role. For further details on Evony Generals, read our Evony General Guide.
Best Sub City Attack Generals
These generals are best for when you take your Evony Sub Cities into PvP battles. They create powerful debuffs against the enemy troops. These debuffs can be improved further with the right equipment added to the general.
Buffs to your own Evony Troops are not that important here. They only impact the Troops for the Evony General’s Sub City which are weak and few in number.
Please note, the below is ranked from best to worst based on typical defenses and attacks. However, this will of course vary Keep to Keep. It also assumes you have not maximized any specialties, as this is unlikely unless you are a very big spender.
Follow the links below to learn more about each general and see some suggested builds.
| General | Special Skill |
|---|---|
| Pachacuti | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 15% and reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ defense by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Zizka | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 40%, enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ defense and HP by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Narses | Reduces enemy ground troops’ attack by 50% and enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ defense by 40% when General is leading the army. |
| Baldwin IV | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 30% and enemy siege machines’ attack by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Mark Antony | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 35% and enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ HP by 10% when General is leading the army. |
| Harald | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 10% and reduces enemy troops’ HP by 10% when General is leading the army. |
| Nordic Barbarian King | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 30% and enemy troops’ defense by 10% when General is leading the army. |
| Cnut the Great | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 25% and enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ HP by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Hojo Ujiyasu | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 35% and enemy mounted troops’ HP by 35% when General is leading the army. |
| Arminius | Reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ HP by 10% and enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Jester | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Flavius Aetius | Reduces the enemy siege machines’ attack by 20% and ground troops’ HP by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Margaret I | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 10% and reduces enemy mounted troops’ attack by another 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Amr ibn al-As | Reduces enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 15% and enemy ground troops’ attack by 25% when General is leading the army. |
| Yeon Gaesomun | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 10% and reduces enemy ground troops’ attack by another 30% when General is leading the army. |
| Darius I | Reduces enemy ground troops’ attack by 35%, and enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ HP by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Empress Dowager Cixi | Reduces enemy troops’ defense by 15% and enemy ground troops’ defense by another 15% when General is leading the army. |
| David Farragut | Reduces enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 10% and enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ defense by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Nero | Reduces enemy troops’ HP by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Mansa Musa | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 10% when General is leading the army. Increases Subordinate City troops’ death to survival rate by 10% when General is the Mayor. |
| Vladimir the Great | Reduces enemy troops’ attack by 10% and increases your ranged troops’ attack by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Jan Karol Chodkiewicz | Reduces enemy mounted troops’ attack by 25% and enemy siege machines’ defense and HP by 30% when General is leading the army. |
| Gilgamesh | Reduces enemy ground troops’ attack by 25% and enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ defense by 40% when General is leading the army. |
| Andrew Jackson | Reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 20% and mounted troops’ HP by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Maximilian I | Increases your mounted troops’ attack and defense by 30% and reduces enemy ranged troops’ attack by 20% when General is leading the army to attack. |
| Alexander Nevsky | Increases your ground troops and mounted troops’ defense by 10% and also reduces enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 10% when General is leading the army. |
| Honda Tadakatsu | Reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ HP by 15% and increases your mounted troops’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| William Wallace | Reduces enemy ground troops’ defense by 20% and increases your siege machines’ attack by 20% when General is leading the army. |
| Constantine the Great | Reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ attack by 20% when General is leading the army. Increases Subordinate City troops’ death to survival rate by 10% when General is the Mayor. |
| Suleiman the Magnificent | Increases ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 15% and reduces enemy troops’ defense by 10% when General is leading the army. |
| Mehmed II | Increases your ranged troops’ attack by 15% and reduces enemy’s mounted troops and ground troops’ defense by 15% when General is leading the army to attack. |
| Robert Guiscard | Increases mounted troops’ attack by 25% and reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ defense by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Elizabeth I | Increases ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 15% and reduces enemy ranged troops attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Himiko | Reduces enemy mounted troops’ attack by 25% and increases your ranged troops’ attack and defense by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Wei Qing | Reduces enemy ground troops and mounted troops’ attack by 15% and increases your mounted troops and ranged troops’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| James Bowie | Reduces enemy mounted troops’ HP by 20% when General is leading the army. Increases ground and mounted troops’ attack by 15% when General is the Main City Defense General. |
| Gustavus Adolphus | Reduces enemy ranged troops and siege machines’ defense by 15% and increases your ranged troops and siege machines’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Edward the Black Prince | Increases your ranged troops’ attack by 25% and reduces enemy mounted troops’ attack by 15% when General is leading the army. |
| Vlad al III | Turns 20% of the defending enemy’s wounded troops into dead troops, but also 20% of your own wounded troops into dead troops when General is leading the army to attack. |
| Saladin | Turns 10% of the defending enemy’s wounded troops into dead troops during the battle when General is leading the army. |
| Undead General | Turns 8% of the defending enemy’s wounded troops into dead troops, but also 9% of your own wounded troops into dead troops when General is leading the army to attack. |
If you intend to use these generals purely within the sub-city, you should not develop them too much. The main thing is the negative debuff from their special skill.
Save your resources to develop your PvP attack generals. This is more important for them.
Best Sub City Development Generals
These generals have skills that help your Evony Sub Cities grow much quicker. They should be assigned the Mayor of your Sub Cities when you are not in battle. These development generals can be improved further with the right Skill Books added.
Please note, the below is ranked best to worst and prioritizes construction speed. Higher-level subordinate cities will produce more materials. Construction Speed Skill Books should additionally be applied to these generals where possible.
Follow the links below to learn more about each general and see some suggested builds.
| General | Special Skill |
|---|---|
| Charles the Great | Boosts the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Charles Martel | Increases the Construction Speed by 50% and troops’ training speed by 30% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Catherine II | Increases Troop Training Speed by 35% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Lincoln | Boosts the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu | Boosts the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| King Sejong | Boosts the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Empress Wu | Increases the Construction Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Pompey | Boosts the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Jefferson | Increases the Construction Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | Increases the Troop Training Speed by 35% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Lu Ban | Increases the Gold Production Speed by 75% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
| Harun al-Rashid | Increases the Construction Speed by 60% in Subordinate City when General is the Mayor. |
It is rarely necessary to develop these Evony Generals apart from giving them some sub-city development-focused Skill Books. Your resources are better focused on developing your PvP Evony Generals.
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Buffs to your own Evony Troops are not that important here. They only impact the Troops for the Evony General’s Sub City which are weak and few in number. – How about other skills such as Barbars 25% increased chance of double drop. Will 4 Barbars in the Sub city give me a 100% chance of double drop?
Hi Yoda, thanks for the interesting question. I do not believe these skills work for sub city mayors. I tested something similar for generals with the skill that decreases monster attack, there was no impact.
However, this is something that would be interesting to investigate further. I will do some testing! Of course, it would potentially only work when soloing monsters which some servers don’t like..
I know you didn’t include specialties in this ranking, but this ranking of battle sub generals is quite flawed. You completely did not take into account what debuffs are easily available to stack through gear. Most players are going primarily to use Achaemenidae gear to stack debuffs. Siege attack is one of the easiest debuffs to stack, while ground attack is one of the most difficult, as it’s not available through Achaemenidae gear. Range attack and mounted hp are high priority debuffs, and both only available in Achaemenidae gear in the rings, which you will need both while gearing your sub generals. Some of my issues with your ranking include the very low ranking of Andrew Jackson, who is one of the best options for a sub general by offering both range attack & mounted hp debuffs. While the exact order is debatable, the following are top tier options for battle sub generals: Cnut the Great, Darius I, Andrew Jackson, Amr ibn al-As, and Yeon Gaesomun. The next tier would be Baldwin, Harald, Nordic Barbarian King, Arminius, Jester, Cixi, Margaret I, David Farragut and Nero. Then, the rest would be the lowest tier for battle subs generals.
Hello, thanks for your comment. While we don’t completely agree, hearing other people’s thoughts is always useful! Of course, the best sub-gen for each person will depend on the keep they are attacking or their main troop type in defense which will impact what others attack them with. This ranking has put a heavier weight on the marches you are more likely to use/face especially at the lower levels of the game that most play at. In this context, we have not ranked Ground Attack or Mounted HP highly due to the typically low values you will see here. We have been working on seperate best sub gen lists depending on main troop types for attack and defense which we can hopefully puplish soon and will definately take into consideration your comments around gear debuffs!