Assistant Generals Guide

* The term “basic skills” on this website is synonymous with “special skills” in the game.

5/17/2024 – Hestia is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
5/3/2024 – Frigg is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
4/19/2024 – Gunther & Melisande are added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
4/5/2024 – Isaac Brock is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
3/31/2024 – Idunn is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
3/22/2024 – Godfrey of Bouillon is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
3/8/2024 – Beowulf is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
2/23/2024 – Jayavarman II is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
2/8/2024 – Mu Guiying is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
1/26/2024 – Suchet is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
1/12/2024 – Sweyn Forkbeard is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/29/2023 – Marcus Agrippa is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/15/2023 – John Hunyadi is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/1/2023 – Napoleon(Prime) is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
11/17/2023 – Louis IX is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
10/27/2023 – Raimondo is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
10/13/2023 – Lu Xun is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
9/29/2023 – Mihai is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
9/15/2023 – Laudon is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
9/1/2023 – Pyrrhus is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
8/7/2023 – Kleos is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
8/4/2023 – Pallas is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
7/21/2023 – Subutai is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
6/29/2023 – Takenaka Shigeharu is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
6/20/2023 – Poligenus is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
5/26/2023 – Edward Teach is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
4/28/2023 – Eleanor & Douglas is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
3/31/2023 – Aurelian is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
3/6/2023 – John Churchill is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
2/3/2023 – Charles XII is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
1/20/2023 – Sun Ce is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
1/13/2023 – Turenne is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
1/9/2023 – Lautaro is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/30/2023 – Mason Weaver is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/30/2023 – Zucca is added to “General’s Combination Compatibility List”.
12/19/2022 – An additions were made to the compatibility of Edward III with other generals’ combinations.
12/4/2022 – An additions were made to the compatibility of Ludwig with other generals’ combinations.
11/25/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Alessandra)
11/20/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Mordred)
11/15/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (James Conrad)
10/20/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Septimius Severus)
10/10/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Ii Naomasa)
9/26/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Wallenstein)
8/27/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Maeda Toshiie)
8/21/2022 – updated “General’s Combination Compatibility List”. (Yodo-dono, Toyotomi Hideyori)
8/12/2022 – updated “Basic Skill Competitive Table for Assistant”.
8/10/2022 – updated “Basic Skill Competitive Table for Assistant”.
7/23/2022 – updated “Basic Skill Competitive Table for Assistant”.
7/21/2022 – updated about glitch.
7/19/2022 – updated “Basic Skill Competitive Table for Assistant”.
7/10/2022 – Significantly updated “Basic Skill Competitive Table for Assistant”.
7/8/2022 – Added note about glitch.
7/4/2022 – Added basic specs, added verification of buffs requiring dragons.

Basic Specifications

Requirements for use

  • An assistant can be attached to an attacker and defender.
  • When attaching an assistant to an attacker, the main general must have a level of at least 20 and a star level of at least 3.
  • When attaching an assistant to a defender, there is no requirement for the level or star level of the main general.

Only Basic Skills, Skill Book, Specialty, Covenant, Skin are valid

  • 5 of the assistant’s performances that are valid are as follows.
    • Basic skill (star level 0-5)
    • Skill book
    • Specialty
    • Covenant
    • Skin
  • The following are invalid.
    • Additional Skills of Red Star 1-5 due to star level ascension
    • Equipment
    • Stats (Leadership / Attack / Defense / Politics)
    • Spiritual Beast
    • Dragon

In other words, there is no need to raise the star level of the assistant.
If you do not add a specialty, you do not need to raise the general’s level. If you want to add a specialty, you need to make it to level 25.

  • An assistant general’s basic skill and skill books are disabled if they conflict with the main general’s basic skill and skill books.
Examples of conflicting with basic skills of the main general
  • Any of the assistant general’s basic skills or specialties whose activation condition is to attach a dragon to the assistant general are
    • activated by attaching a dragon to the assistant general (tested).
    • not activated by attaching a dragon to the main general (tested).
Skills for which attaching a dragon is a trigger condition

Glitches currently being found

Very unfortunately, several glitches have been identified and are summarized here to reduce the damage.

  • Generals with Double drop rate increases
    • Bibars, Theodora, and Cleopatra
    • Double drop rate does not increase when set as an assistant.
    • I have tested and confirmed the following.
      • Using Bibars (skill only, no equipment), 20 normal monsters were killed and the number of double drops was investigated.
      • Expected double drop rate is 40% = 25% skill + 15% VIP
      • ver. 4.26.2
        • When solo: double drop count 8
          • -> 40%
        • When assistant: double drop count 2
          • -> 10%
    • No announcement from Evony team, but it was fixed. I confirmed that it does not occur in ver. 4.29.0.
      • Vip+Bibars (DD expectation 40%) -> 30 normal monsters killed, DD 12 times.

  • Shajar al-Durr
    • The “Food Protected from Troop Upkeep” does not increase when set as an assistant. The trouble is that it is not increasing internally, although it is increasing when looking at the Warehouse detail screen. When the game is restarted, the food will decrease. (If you have more food than the original limit.)
    • No announcement from Evony team, but it was fixed. I confirmed that it does not occur in ver. 4.26.2.
  • Generals who increase March Speed
    • Seleucus I, Huo Qubing, Spartacus, etc.
    • When set as an assistant general, the march time is reduced on the soldier selection screen, but it is not actually reduced. If you look at the march bar in the upper left corner after departure, you will see that it has not decreased.
    • No announcement from Evony team, but it was fixed. I confirmed that it does not occur in ver. 4.26.2.

There may be more, so if you have any information, I would appreciate it if you could share it with me in the comments section.

Cases in which Skill & Skill Book are disabled

  1. When Skill & Skill Conflict
  2. When Skill & Skill Book Conflict
  3. When Skill Book & Skill Book Conflict

When Skill & Skill Conflict

If the main general’s skills and assistant’s skills are similar.

Basically, it seems that those with similar properties and buff values compete with each other.

However, the detailed criteria are not quite clear, so you will have to actually try it to see if it conflicts. (See the table later in this article for the results of combining the various generals.)

Example: Basic skills of assistant are disabled (both, ranged and siege attack)

Left: Main General Simeon the Great
Right: Assistant General Alfred the Great

When Skill & Skill Book Conflict

If the skill of either the main general or the assistant general is similar to that of his/her partner’s skill book.

If the problematic skill book is attached to the main general

For example, if the main general has a skill book of an attack, and the assistant’s basic skill is an attack, skill may be invalidated.

In this case, changing the main general’s skill book for an attack to another one will make the assistant’s basic skill effective.

And this is quite important.

Sometimes the skill book in issue can be made effective if it is attached to an assistant instead of to the main general. (Only some generals)

Basically, if an assistant skill is grayed out because of the main general’s skill book, that skill book often cannot be attached to an assistant. However, in rare cases, it can be attached to an assistant.

For example, if you want to attach the assistant Trajan to the main general Elise, you need to attach the ground HP to Trajan instead of to Elise. This way, both Trajan’s basic skill and the ground HP skill book can be enabled. Attaching ground HP to Elise would disable Trajan’s basic skill.

If the problematic skill book is attached to the assistant general

Example: Skill books of assistant are disabled (both, mounted attack)

Left: Main General Martinus
Right: Assistant General Roland (+ Mounted Attack Skill Book)

In this case, it is the assistant’s skill book that is grayed out, not the main general’s skill.

Therefore, if the assistant’s skill is grayed out when paired with the main general with the skill book, try switching the main general and the assistant. If it is due to the skill book and the skills are not in conflict, then both skills will be valid.

When Skill Book & Skill Book Conflict

When the same skill book is attached to both the main general and the assistant general.

Even if they have different levels of skill books, they are still competing with each other.

Recommended Assistant Generals Ranking

Note: Since compatibility between generals is also a consideration, please also refer to the “General’s Combination Compatibility List” below.

Recommended Combination

Best Generals (& Combinations)

Recommended generals are summarized by role, such as battle-oriented and development-oriented.

General’s Combination Compatibility List

The following is based on my own research.

Unauthorized reproduction or plagiarism is strictly prohibited.

Please be sure to include a link to this page when you introduce it to anyone in the community, on YouTube, etc.

https://evonyguidewiki.com/en/assistant_general-en/

Ranged Generals

  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing
    • When using Louis IX, Subutai, Minamoto, Henry V, Jumong, Antara
      • Can’t attach Attack. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Idunn, Elektra, Winfield, Vladimir, Li Shimin
      • Attack must be attached to Idunn, Elektra, Winfield, Vladimir, Li Shimin
    • When using Edward III, Louis IX
      • Defense must be attached to Edward III, Louis IX
    • When using Eleanor, Li Shimin, Matthias
      • March Size must be attached to Eleanor, Li Shimin, Matthias

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Preliminary report on Godfrey of Bouillon

Pairs possible: Idunn, Marcus Agrippa, Louis IX, Mihai, Douglas, Eleanor, Charles XII, Wallenstein, James Conrad, Elektra, Kaguya, Simeon, Subutai, Edward III, Minamoto, Tomylis, Alfred, Mason Weaver, Gnarr, Winfield Scott, Vladimir the Great, Thutmose III, Mehmed II, Jumong, Gwanggaeto the Great, Himiko, Suleiman the Magnificent, Yodo-dono, Zachary Taylor

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Idunn

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Mihai, Douglas, Eleanor, Charles XII, Simeon, Wallenstein, Kaguya, James Conrad, Mason Weaver, Tomylis, Alfred, Edward III, Dmitry, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Septimius Severus

Pairs impossible: Louis IX, Subutai, Elektra, Minamoto no Yoshitune, Jumong

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
However, Attack must be attached to Idunn.

Preliminary report on Marcus Agrippa

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Louis IX, Subutai, Eleanor, Elektra, Edward III, Minamoto no Yoshitune, Mason Weaver

Pairs impossible: Mihai, Douglas, Simeon, Charles XII, James Conrad, Wallenstein, Kaguya, Tomylis, Alfred

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Louis IX

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Douglas, Eleanor, Charles XII, Simeon, Wallenstein, Kaguya, James Conrad, Mason Weaver, Tomylis, Alfred, Gnarr, Matthias I,

Pairs impossible: Subutai, Elektra, Edward III, Minamoto no Yoshitune, Jumong

Skill book: Ranged Attack CAN’T be added.
Defense, HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Mihai

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Louis IX, Subutai, Eleanor, Elektra, Edward III, Minamoto no Yoshitune, Mason Weaver

Pairs impossible: Marcus Agrippa, Douglas, Charles XII, Simeon, James Conrad, Wallenstein, Kaguya, Tomylis, Alfred, Gnarr

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Subutai

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Mihai, Douglas, Charles XII, Simeon, Edward III, James Conrad, Eleanor

Pairs impossible: Louis IX, Elektra, Minamoto no Yoshitune

Skill book: Ranged Attack CAN’T be added.

Preliminary report on Eleanor

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Louis IX, Mihai, Douglas, Charles XII, Wallenstein, Simeon, Elektra, Edward III, James Conrad, Alfred, Minamoto, Tomylis

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, HP, March Size can be added.

Preliminary report on Douglas

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Louis IX, Eleanor, Mason Weaver, Elektra, Edward III, Minamoto

Pairs impossible: Marcus Agrippa, Mihai, Charles XII, Wallenstein, Simeon, James Conrad, Kaguya, Alfred, Tomylis

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, HP, March Size can be added.

Preliminary report on Charles XII

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Louis IX, Eleanor, Elektra, Minamoto, Mason Weaver, Edward III

Pairs impossible: Marcus Agrippa, Mihai, Douglas, Simeon, Kaguya, Tomylis, James Conrad

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, HP, March Size can be added.
March Size can be attached to anything other than Charles.

Preliminary report on Mason Weaver

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Louis IX, Mihai, Douglas, Charles XII, Simeon, Elektra, Minamoto, Alfred, Tomylis, Kaguya, James Conrad, Li Shimin

Pairs impossible: Edward III

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Edward III

Pairs possible: Godfrey of Bouillon, Marcus Agrippa, Mihai, Douglas, Eleanor, Charles XII, Simeon, Elektra, Minamoto, Kaguya, James Conrad, Wallenstein, Tomylis, Alfred

Pairs impossible: Louis IX, Mason Weaver

Skill book: Ranged Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Mounted Generals

  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing
    • When using Andre Massena, Laudon, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene, Li Jing, Robert Guiscard, Xiang Yu
      • Can’t attach Attack. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using King Arthur
      • Can’t attach March Size. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Ii Naomasa
      • HP must be attached to Ii Naomasa
    • When using Andre Massena, Custer, Barbarossa
      • March Size must be attached to Andre Massena, Custer, Barbarossa

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Preliminary report on Hestia

Pairs possible: Jayavarman II, Napoleon (Prime), Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Roland, Hannibal, Lysander, Andre Massena, Laudon, Ii Naomasa, Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Martinus, Prince Eugene, Gaius Octavius, Bertrand du Guesclin, Basil II

Pairs impossible: Beowulf, Maximilian I, King Arthur

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Beowulf

Listed in the “Boss Hunter” section.

Preliminary report on Jayavarman II

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Andre Massena, Laudon, Poligenus, Zhao Yun, Martinus, Sun Ce, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene, Maximilian I, Basil II, King Arthur

Pairs impossible: Napoleon (Prime), Mordred, Custer, Roland, Hannibal, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Bertrand du Guesclin

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on King Arthur

Pairs possible: Jayavarman II, Napoleon (Prime), Laudon, Poligenus, Mordred, Zhao Yun, Roland, Hannibal, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Prince Eugene, Basil II, Sun Ce

Pairs impossible: Hestia, Andre Massena, Custer, Maximilian I

Skill book: Can’t attach March Size.
Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Napoleon (Prime)

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Andre Massena, Laudon, Zhao Yun, Martinus, Sun Ce, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene, Maximilian I, Basil II, King Arthur

Pairs impossible: Jayavarman II, Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Roland, Hannibal, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Bertrand du Guesclin

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of attack to the pair of generals of Napoleon (Prime).

Preliminary report on Andre Massena

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Jayavarman II, Napoleon (Prime), Poligenus, Mordred, Roland, Hannibal, Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Bertrand du Guesclin, Gaius Octavius, Maximilian I, Lysander, Basil II

Pairs impossible: Custer, Laudon, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene

Skill book: Can’t attach Mounted Attack Skill Book.
March Size, Mounted Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Laudon

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Jayavarman II, Napoleon (Prime), Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Roland, Hannibal, Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Maximilian I, Basil II, Gnarr, King Arthur

Pairs impossible: Andre Massena, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene

Skill book: Can’t attach Mounted Attack Skill Book.
Mounted Defense, HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Poligenus

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Jayavarman II, Andre Massena, Laudon, Mordred, Custer, Martinus, Sun Ce, Ii Naomasa, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Prince Eugene, Maximilian I, Bertrand du Guesclin, King Arthur

Pairs impossible: Napoleon (Prime), Zhao Yun, Roland, Hannibal, Basil II, Yue Fei

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of attack to the pair of generals of Poligenus.

Preliminary report on Sun Ce

Pairs possible: Hestia, Beowulf, Jayavarman II, Napoleon (Prime), Andre Massena, Laudon, Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Zhao Yun, Roland, Hannibal, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Prince Eugene, Maximilian I, Bertrand du Guesclin, King Arthur

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of attack to the pair of generals of Sun Ce.

Ground Generals

  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing
    • When using Frigg, Turenne, Soult, Epaminondas, Oda Nobunaga
      • Can’t attach Attack. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Peter the Great
      • Can’t attach HP. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Miyamoto Musashi
      • Can’t attach Defense. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Trajan, Robert the Bruce
      • HP must be attached to Trajan, Robert the Bruce
    • When using Alessandra
      • March Size must be attached to Alessandra

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Preliminary report on Frigg

Pairs possible: Suchet, Freyja, Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Lu Xun, Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Maeda Toshiie, Trajan, Alessandra, Guan Yu, Carus, Robert the Bruce, Peter the Great, Basil II

Pairs impossible: Turenne, Soult, Epaminondas, Oda Nobunaga

Skill book: Can’t attach Ground Attack.
(Can’t even pair with a general with added ground attack)

Preliminary report on Suchet

Pairs possible: Freyja, Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Lu Xun, Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Maeda Toshiie, Trajan, Turenne, Soult, Epaminondas

Pairs impossible: Alessandra

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of Attack, Defense, HP to the pair of generals of Suchet.

Preliminary report on Freyja

Pairs possible: Suchet, Sweyn Forkbeard, Lu Xun, Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Turenne, Soult, Epaminondas, Alessandra, Maeda Toshiie, Guan Yu, Alexander the Great, Oda Nobunaga, Peter the Great, Robert the Bruce, Sun Ce, Dmitry, Leonidas I

Pairs impossible: Pyrrhus, Trajan

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of Attack, Defense, HP to the pair of generals of Freyja.

Preliminary report on Sweyn Forkbeard

Pairs possible: Suchet, Freyja, Lu Xun, Pyrrhus, Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Alessandra, Maeda Toshiie, Soult, Trajan, Epaminondas, Basil II, Leonidas I

Pairs impossible: Turenne

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of Attack, Defense, HP to the pair of generals of Sweyn Forkbeard.

Preliminary report on Lu Xun

Pairs possible: Suchet, Freyja, Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Alessandra, Turenne, Soult, Basil II, Sun Ce,Trajan, Epaminondas

Pairs impossible: Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Maeda Toshiie, Guan Yu, Carus

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Pyrrhus

Pairs possible: Suchet, Sweyn Forkbeard, Lu Xun, Ludwig, Aurelian, Elise, Scipio, Alessandra, Maeda Toshiie, Turenne, Soult, Basil II, Sun Ce, Leonidas I, Oda Oichi, Leo III, George Dewey

Pairs impossible: Freyja, Trajan, Epaminondas

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of Attack, Defense, HP to the pair of generals of Pyrrhus.

Preliminary report on Aurelian

Pairs possible: Suchet, Freyja, Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Alessandra, Turenne, Soult, Epaminondas, Trajan

Pairs impossible: Lu Xun, Ludwig, Elise, Scipio, Maeda Toshiie

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
There is no problem to attach the skill book of Attack & HP to the pair of generals of Aurelian.

Preliminary report on Turenne

Pairs possible: Suchet, Freyja, Lu Xun, Pyrrhus, Ludwig, Elise, Scipio, Alessandra, Maeda Toshiie, Trajan, Lautaro, Basil II, Sun Ce, Leonidas

Pairs impossible: Sweyn Forkbeard, Soult, Epaminondas

Skill book: Can’t attach Ground Attack.
(Can’t even pair with a general with added ground attack)

Siege Generals

  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing
    • When using Mu Guiying, Raimondo, Septimius Severus, Surena
      • Can’t attach Attack. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Septimius Severus
      • Siege HP must be attached to Septimius Severus
    • When using Melisande, Kleos, Matthias I
      • March Size must be attached to Melisande, Kleos, Matthias I

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Preliminary report on Gunther

Pairs possible: Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Kleos, Edward Teach, John Churchill, Petronas, Septimius Severus, Surena, Philip, Ramesses, Mason Weaver, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant, Matthias I

Pairs not possible: Pallas, Zucca

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
(No problem attaching them to the pair General)

Preliminary report on Melisande

Pairs possible: Gunther, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Edward Teach, John Churchill, Zucca, Petronas, Septimius Severus, Surena, Philip, Ramesses, Mason Weaver, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant, Leo III, William Marshal, George Dewey, Isaac Brock, Tran Hung Dao

Pairs not possible: Kleos, Matthias I

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, HP, March Size can be added.

Preliminary report on Mu Guiying

reminder 2/17/2024
Evony has made the worst silent change and changed the generals that can be paired.
Also, the siege attack skillbook can no longer be attached to the new general Mu Guiying: 🤦‍♂️ (it could be attached until now)
No explanation or apology for this.

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, John Hunyadi, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Philip, Napoleon, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Ramesses, Ulysses S Grant, Matthias I, Mason Weaver, Leo III, Takenaka Shigeharu, George Dewey

Pairs not possible: Raimondo, Septimius Severus, Surena, Khalid, Emperor Qin Shihuang

Skill book: Can’t attach Siege Attack.

Preliminary report on John Hunyadi

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, Mu Guiying, Raimondo, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Philip, Septimius Severus, Surena, Ramesses, Ulysses S Grant, Napoleon, Mason Weaver

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
(No problem attaching them to the pair General)

Preliminary report on Raimondo

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, John Hunyadi, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Philip, Mason Weaver, Ramesses, Ulysses S Grant, Napoleon

Pairs not possible: Mu Guiying, Septimius Severus, Surena

Skill book: Can’t attach Siege Attack.

Preliminary report on Pallas

Pairs possible: Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Kleos, Edward Teach, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Septimius Severus, Surena, Philip, Mason Weaver, Ramesses, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant, Khalid

Pairs not possible: Gunther

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Kleos

Pairs possible: Gunther, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Edward Teach, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant, Septimius Severus, Surena, Philip, Ramesses

Pairs not possible: Melisande

Information Wanted: Mason Weaver
If you know, please let me know in the comments section with a screenshot.

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, HP, and March Size can be added.

Preliminary report on Edward Teach

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Kleos, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant, Septimius Severus, Surena, Philip

Pairs not possible: Ramesses, Mason Weaver

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on John Churchill

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Edward Teach, Septimius Severus, Surena, Ramesses, Mason Weaver, Ulysses S Grant, Matthias I

Pairs not possible: Zucca, Petronas, Philip, Napoleon

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Preliminary report on Mason Weaver

Pairs possible: Gunther, Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, John Churchill, Petronas, Napoleon, Ulysses S Grant

Pairs not possible: Edward Teach

Skill book: Siege Attack can be added.

Preliminary report on Zucca

Pairs possible: Melisande, Mu Guiying, John Hunyadi, Raimondo, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Septimius Severus, Surena, Ramesses, Ulysses S Grant, Khalid

Pairs not possible: Gunther, John Churchill, Petronas, Philip, Napoleon

Skill book: Siege Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.

Defense Generals (Wall)

Preliminary report on Isaac Brock

Pairs possible:
Takenaka Shigeharu
Lautaro
Leo III
Oda Oichi
Yi Sun-sin
William Marshal
George Dewey
Leonidas I
Tran Hung Dao
Robert the Bruce
Yodo-dono
Zachary Taylor
Kusunoki Masashige
Ly Thuong Kiet
Raged King
Queen Boudica
Jadwiga
James Bowie
Queen Victoria
Richard the Lionheart
Shajar al-Durr
(Ground PvP Gen) Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Turenne

Skill book: Ground Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
Mounted Attack, Defense, HP can be added.
(Ground Attack cannot be added when paired with Turenne.)

Preliminary report on Takenaka Shigeharu

Pairs possible: Isaac Brock, William Marshal, George Dewey, Yodo-dono, Lautaro, Oda Oichi, Leonidas, Queen Boudica, Mason Weaver, Edward Teach, Septimius Severus

Pairs not possible: Leo III

Skill book: Siege Attack, Ground Defense, and Mounted Defense can be added.
(Siege Attack cannot be added when paired with Septimius Severus.)

Preliminary report on Mason Weaver

Pairs possible: Takenaka Shigeharu, Leo III, George Dewey, Lautaro, Kusunoki Masashige

Preliminary report on Lautaro

Pairs possible:
Isaac Brock
Takenaka Shigeharu
Leo III
Oda Oichi
William Marshal
George Dewey
Leonidas I
Tran Hung Dao
Robert the Bruce
Yodo-dono
Zachary Taylor
Kusunoki Masashige
Ly Thuong Kiet
Raged King
Queen Boudica
Jadwiga
Queen Victoria
Richard the Lionheart
Shajar al-Durr
(Ground PvP Gen) Sweyn Forkbeard, Pyrrhus, Turenne, Trajan
(Ranged & Siege PvP Gen) Mason Weaver

Pairs not possible:
Yi Sun-sin
James Bowie

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Ground Attack, Defense, and HP can be added. (Ground Attack cannot be added when paired with Turenne.)
(when using Trajan, Ground HP must be attached to Trajan.)

Boss Hunter

  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing 1
    • When using Caesar, Aethelflaed
      • Can’t attach Mounted Attack Against Monster. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Baibars, Cleopatra
      • Can’t attach Luck. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Spartacus
      • Can’t attach March Speed to Monster. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Seleucus I
      • Can’t attach March Speed. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Theodora
      • Luck must be attached to Theodora
  • Skill Book Constraint at Pairing 2 (Mounted PvP Gens)
    • When using Andre Massena, Laudon, Martinus, Ii Naomasa, Prince Eugene, Li Jing, Robert Guiscard, Xiang Yu
      • Can’t attach Mounted Attack. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using King Arthur
      • Can’t attach March Size. You can’t pair up with them if you attach it.
    • When using Ii Naomasa
      • Mounted HP must be attached to Ii Naomasa
    • When using Andre Massena, Custer, Barbarossa
      • March Size must be attached to Andre Massena, Custer, Barbarossa

Preliminary report on Beowulf

Pairs possible: Maria Theresa, Theodora, Caesar, Aethelflaed, Baibars, Nathanael Greene, Sanada Yukimura, Spartacus, Jayavarman II, Andre Massena, Napoleon (Prime), Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Roland, Hannibal, Lysander, Gaius Octavius, Laudon, Poligenus, Zhao Yun, Ii Naomasa, Martinus, Li Jing, Sun Ce, Prince Eugene, Basil II

Pairs impossible: Hestia, Maximilian I

Skill book: Mounted Attack, Defense, and HP can be added.
Luck, Mounted Attack Against Monster can be added.

Preliminary report on Maria Theresa

Pairs possible: Beowulf, Theodora, Caesar, Aethelflaed, Baibars, Sanada Yukimura, Spartacus, Napoleon (Prime), Poligenus, Mordred, Custer, Roland, Gaius Octavius, Laudon

Pairs impossible: Nathanael Greene

Skill book: Luck, Mounted Attack Against Monster, Mounted Attack can be added.

RSS gathering / plunder

Test result: whether the assistant’s skill that requires a dragon is triggered or not

For example, among Minamoto no Yoshitsune’s basic skills, the ranged troops attack buff +15% is only effective when the dragon is attached.

So, if we have Minamoto no Yoshitsune as an assistant, will this “buff that requires a dragon” work?

The description of the assistant in the game states that “Assistant Generals still need to equip dragon to activate corresponding buffs”.

However, even if I attach a dragon to an assistant, the assistant’s dragon icon is grayed out. This makes it hard to tell if it is really triggered or not.

Therefore, I did the following test.

Test date: 7/4/2022 / ver 4.26.2

Change in ranged troops attack buffs with and without dragons

I attacked NPC subordinate citiy and checked the buff value in the battle report.

Basic setting

General’s Ranged Troops Attack Buff
Main GenAssistant (Minamoto)
Basic SkillNoneBasic buff +25%
Requires dragon +15%
Total +40%
Skill bookNoneNone
SpecialtyNoneBasic buff +12%
Dragon’s Ranged Soldier Attack Buff
  • Stats buff: +23%.
  • Refine buff: +20%.
  • Total: +43%.

* The stats buff is 20% of the dragon’s attack stats. Alternatively, it can be calculated by removing the dragon and taking the difference between the attack values on the general’s cultivation screen.

Buff value on battle report

Comparison with and without assistant general’s dragon

Main General’s Dragon: None

  • Assistant General’s Dragon
    • With: +611%
    • Without: +596%

The difference is 15%. This is consistent with Minamoto no Yoshitsune’s figures for the buffs required by the dragon.

Comparison with and without main general’s dragon

Assistant General’s Dragon: None

  • Main General’s Dragon
    • With: +639%
    • Without: +596%

Difference 43%. Matches the buff value by dragon. Minamoto Yoshitsune’s buffs requiring a dragon did not add up.

Therefore, any of the assistant’s basic skills or specialties that are activated by attaching a dragon to the assistant are activated by attaching a dragon to an assistant general. They are not activated by attaching a dragon to the main general.

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Anonymous

On pairing with Hestia
Custer, Zhao Yun, and Roland are acceptable.

のんだくれ

It is a combination of Frigg, Robert, and Peter the Great.

のめ。

Oda Nobunaga and Carus were also there.
Oda Nobunaga is impossible.

のめ。

I have 6 that are wanted and will share them with you. Only Epameinondas was not possible.

DarkHearTeDD

Is Melisande compatible with Edward Teach?
Main: Edward
assistant: melisande

Thanks as always for your support.
These are Raimondo, Petronas, Surena, and Ramesses: ☺️

Thank you for everything.
This is Bouillon and Eleanor.
Eleanor is grayed out, but I think if I remove themarch size from Bouillon, it will be effective.

Anonymous

I got a new bouillon and checked again and it was fine: ☺️

応援者より

Hi, thank you for all your help.
He seems that he can work with Mason.
I will be changing my ranged assistant to Bouillon.

Anonymous

Do skins apply for Assistant generals? Dont see that mentioned anywhere.

のんだくれ

Yoshitsune and Simeon, I had checked them last night but did not send them, so I am sending them to you.
I also confirmed the combination with Louis IX and Tomylis. Louis IX and Tomylis were not combinable if Bouillon is given the attack skill.

のんだくれ

I sent my comment before attaching the photo.
My apologies.

のんだくれ

This is a combination of Bouillon and other ranged general.
In the past, a basic buff type general could not be paired with a general of the same type or a general with an attack skill, but Bouillon can be paired with a general of the same type. At least, there is no general that cannot be paired with bouillon in my possession.
Also, Bouillon can be given attack skills.
I just hope there is no silent change.

Hola los felicito en su nueva mejora del juego pero hay un punto y es molesto la barrita nueva que pusieron en negro deberían de regresarla a la anterior ocupa mucha en la visión del mapa, oh hacerla más transparente que se vea el campo y mejorar la opción de la pestaña de la flechita que si uno le pica no se vea la barra , por qu es ke pica uno y cuando regresa una marcha de haber derrotado al Moustro oh una tropa enemiga se vuelve a ver la barrita negra nueva. Yo la haría más transparente y lo negro alrededor de la marcha quitarlo tapa la visión. El juego esta de 100 me gusta mucho en verdad

PunisherGR

I do not see Pyrrhus in the ground PvP section at all. Some players debate he is one of best ground assistants. What’s your opinion good Sir?

Hi admin

Thanks for details.
The images attached does not include new generals. Do you have updated images(excel table). Like Suchet.

のんだくれ

Beowulf and Theodora, Jayavarman and others, and combinations confirmed by screenshots.

Anonymous

Hi!

Beowulf is compatible with Theodora, Jayavarman II and André Masséna.

John Churchill and Alfred the Great cannot work together
John Churchill and Tomyris cannot work together
These surprised me. You may want to test Churchill with other ranged for combo marches

Anonymous

Jayavarman II + Lysander Unable
Jayavarman II + King Arthur okay
King Arthur + Jayavarman II okay
It is like this.

のんだくれ

This is a combination of Jayavarman II and King Arthur/Lysander.

Anonymous

I always find your information helpful😊.
Here is the information.

King Arthur and Andre Massena -> not pairable

Andre Massena and Basil -> pairable

I am attaching a screenshot.

のんだくれ

Re-examined on Feb 23rd.
The number of pairable generals increased, but…

Pairing Test again for Mu Guiying

Pair possible : John Hunyadi, Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas, Napoleon, Pallas, Kleos, Edward Teach, Ramesses, Ulysses S Grant

Pair Impossible : Raimondo, Septimius Severus, Surena

* Mason Weaver & Philip are not tested

Mu and John can be paired, albeit without attack book.

Thanks for your fantastic work!

ロック

Has the combination of Mu Guiying and Raimondo/John Hunyadi/Petronas changed?

Thanks for the info!
There was a silent spec change today, you can no longer attach attacks to Mu Guiying, and the generals you can pair up with have changed: 🤦‍♂️

anonymous

The combination of Mu Guiying, Zucca and Petronas, uploaded a few days ago, has been changed to silent. It is now pairable and the siege attack skills are grayed out.

Agamemnon

Maria Theresa ( new boss hunter ) does not work with Nathaniel. I assume she should work with all the pvp generals. Works with Theodora too. Not sure about Caesar or Aeth. Would be nice if you add her to the list.

Agamemnon

Sorry. I can’t do screenshots. Appreciate your work, this is BEST web site about evony so far.

Can you add Maria Theresa to the mounted list and provide her pairings and skill book possibilities? I did not see her on your list. Thank you!

Annoymous

RedEvony youtube just did a video about MU. Here are a few screen shots from his video. Mu and John Churchill are not compatible. Mu and Ramesses II are compatible

Mu Guiying
– Pair Impossible with: Zucca, John Churchill, Petronas
– Pair Possible with: Surena

Ulysses S Grant and Ramesses II are also pair possible.
Screenshots including with Serena and John Churchill are added

anonymous

These are a combination of Mu Guiying and Zucca, as well as Mu Guiying and Petronas.

Do the 5th specialties count on Assistant Generals? Do they still count if the main general also has a 5th specialty?

I am trying to see if the covenant stats for the generals work for them when they are assistant generals. I am not seeing any information on this? Do these stats only apply when they are the main or also when they are the assistant? Thank you!

KissTheStarz s1520

I’m a F2P player using Minamoto, Trajan and Martinus. Who are the best assistant generals I can use? Looking between Sewyn and Aurelian for ground, not sure which is best. Many thanks!

Hi,
great job, thank you!
I don’t like T1 mounted defence, on my opinion it breaks the ballance in the game. But seems like this is the only way to defend against monster players with huge march size and enormous buffs.
I’m sure many people (mostly non-coiners) will appreciate if you can make a table with generals and assistants useful for T1 mounted defence (Boudica is the most popular choice), including mounted generals which skills are “basic” and also can be used (like Ii Naomasa for example) and some “alternative” debuff generals (like Honda and R.Guiscard). Of course everyone can test his generals, but it’s not easy to cover all variations and check skill books compatibility.
Thank you!

T1 defense works on flat refines. General doesn’t matter. Can use anything. I have Shajar on my alt and it has one of the best T1 defenses. Having Shajar on the wall and being K33 makes it look like an easy target and attracts a lot of splats. Enjoy dropping the bubble during SVS. 🙂

Anonymous

great work for all that you’ve done. this site truly is something. thank you very much for your effort and time 😊 I have Theodora as my main monster hunting gen, but I’d like an assistant to maximize atk.. who do you think is more suitable between Custer, Roland, Hannibal? I also have Laudon but he can’t pair with Theo.. maybe for my mounted atk skillbook. Thank you again for your help

Anonymous

as assistant fully developed Hannibal has more atk than Custer?

btw I also want to confirm that you can pair Mason Weaver with Kleos (both sides)

You should choose Custer.

If you only look at attack buff, Hannibal is higher. However, it is only 1% different from Custer.
And you also need to consider march size. This is 10% better for Custer.
Therefore, the damage contribution to the monster is higher for Custer than Hannibal.

See the following article. I have already compiled detailed figures.
Best of Assistant Generals: Mounted PvP
(Section B = fully developed)

Thank you for the information on Mason and Kleos!

Anonymous

Hola, tengo una gran duda, tengo de general principal a boudica, y quiero poner de general asistente a Napoleon Prime, sus habilidades basicas no se anulan entre si, los libros de habilidades se pueden compatibilizar con un poco de paciencia. lo que quiero saber es… si equipo a Boudica con una bestia espiritual y equipo a Napoleon Prime con otra bestia espiritual (la habilidad basica de napoleon se incrementa al añadir bestia espiritual o dragon) incrementara todo el daño o no habra cambios? o como puedo probar mi teoria?

Anonymous

i have minamoto as main general and gnarr as assistant.please advice on books for gnarr

Anonymous

seige attack can’t be attached to main general Edward Teach if using Raimondo as assistant. I suspect this will be true with Raimondo as assistant to other main generals also.

Ἄρης

Several people in regard of “general freya” just got deleted. I am quite irritated, as those questions did come with lot of appreciation for this possiblity to ask and dedication to respond accurate.

BigPoppa_68

I see the picture of the compatability guides, but I cannot see the details and part of it is cut off. Is there a link to the material where we can see all of the data

Masséna doesn’t work with Eugene and Custer. works with Hannibal, Roland, Bertrand, Poligenous

King-alien

el nuevo general Andre massena, saben si es compatible para usar de asistente con Roland?

Mihai’s activation with Sibutai no longer seems to have changed with the new update

Yue Fei, Maeda Toshiie, and El Cid can all pair with Turenne. Epaminondas cannot pair with Turenne

Zucca and Kleos, pairing is possible. The combination will have the largest march size.

Hi, thanks for all this job.
I don’t see Douglas in the Range assistant compatibility table

Anonymous

I could not pair Odyssey Douglas (main) with Louis, Subutai, Mihai, Alfred, Charles, Wallenstein, Tomyris and Thutmose as assistants. Only with Elektra and Edward III as assistant so far. Could some one pair Douglas with those mentioned on the table?

Anonymous

Vale per qualsiasi anche su rally o assoli non puoi mettere due generali uguali

Honda Tadakatsu, Li Jing, Robert Guiscard, Washington, Wei Qing and Xiang Yu can all assist Poligenous.

Anonymous

Isn’t it unwise to combine generals with the same speciality such as Roland and Zhao (Formation, Anhilation, Ares). The assistants specialities will not work.
It woud be great if you could include that in your table.
Thanks

Anonymous

Shoudn’t you check specalities? The sssistants specialities only apply if they are not the same as the main generals. Could you include that in your list?

Hi There, Do you have any stats on best pairings for Laudon yet please? TIA.

Who is most compatible with Aurelian. Right now I have him with Epaminondas but wondering if there’s a better pairing.

Hi Thank you for your very very nice job. Pair possible : Petronas + Kleos with all skills books about siege. just capacity cant be added to Petronas when he is the main.
Thank you again 👌

bugs?
Please can you clarify this for me? Thank you
I did an experiment for resource gathering.

queen jideok ( with books collection speed +45% ore, wood, stones) + Gaius Marius (books collection speed +45% food, wood , stones)

out of all resources Jideok + Gaio is your best bet

Question: Putting Gaius +Jideok on wood and stones should have +60% . instead it takes longer. Why?

Just a note that, sadly, Aurelian does not work as an assistant with Maeda Toshiie.

Hello! This is a great help!

Is it possible for Princess Kaguya and Eleanor to work together?

감사합니다

어시스턴트는 장비를 착용해도 장비로 인한 효과가 없는것인가요?

예를 들어 천갑옷을 입은 어시스턴트와

드래곤 갑옷을 입은 어시스턴트와 다른게 전혀 없는것인가요?

스테이터스 도 효과가 없는것인가요?

예를 들어 리더십,공격,방어,정치 총 합이 4000인 어시스턴트와

총 합이 400인 어시스턴트와 똑같은 것인가요?

> Does the assistant not have any effect from the equipment even if it is equipped?
> For example, an assistant in cloth armor and
> Is it no different than an assistant wearing dragon armor?
> Does the status also have no effect?
> For example, an assistant with a total of 4000 leadership, offense, defense, and politics
> Is it the same thing as an assistant with a total of 400?

———————-
Yes.

Thank you for this guide it was very helpful! However, I have a question. So assistant generals can equip a dragon to activate their skill that requires a dragon as shown in your test.

I have Caesar as assistant general and I tested him out with and without a dragon and my teammate also tried, however there wasn’t a difference in the number of wounded when we’ve attacked a monster. Do you think this is a glitch?

Or could it be because my main general has Mounted troop attack as their speciality/skill book and it clashes with Ceasars’ dragon bound buff of mounted troops attack?? None of the skill books are greyed out however. So I’m not sure. I will test further ..

Thank you for your response, I’ve had a read through and that makes sense. However, when using the same two generals but using Caesar as the main gen I saw a reduction in wounds when using a dragon with him compared to when I didn’t use one. So that’s what made me think there might be a glitch. But overall I had more wounded then before, so I can see your point about the threshold now.

I would like to add, Edward teach works with both zucca and John Churchill. I of course put the zucca or Churchill as the mains. Teach just needs a garbage throw away beast to keep his full skill. And luckily evony gave us some disposable beasts with the ordinary ones.