Evony Guide: Best Debuff Subordinate City Generals

Debuff Generals in Evony TKR

In Evony TKR, buffs and debuffs greatly affect the vast majority of PvP outcomes, especially in the endgame.

Good players are constantly trying to increase troop type relevant buffs (attack for archers, HP and defense for ground). At the same time, good players are also constantly building debuffs against other players, with the use of subordinate city generals.

These types of generals in Evony are known as "Debuff Generals", which has a variety of skills and specialties for decreasing enemy attack, defense and HP.

You can have up to 9 subordinate cities, which means you can have up to 9 debuff generals in your subordinate cities, whose debuffs stack against enemies in Evony.

Equipping your sub city generals with Achaemenidae debuff gear helps build debuffs. In addition, it is also important to choose your subordinate city generals carefully, maximizing the best skills for diminishing your opponents.

This complete guide to subordinate city generals has 5 sections, for overall best debuff generals, and debuff generals that specialize in a specific troop type.

All of the debuffs are calculated and ranked in order of highest amount of debuffs first.

• Best Overall Debuff Generals
• Best Siege Debuff Generals
• Best Ranged Debuff Generals
• Best Ground Debuff Generals
• Best Mounted Debuff Generals

Best Overall Debuff Subordinate City Generals in Evony

The best overall debuff generals for your subordinate cities in Evony TKR are Darius I, Empress Dowager Cixi, Cnut the Great, Nero, and Nordic Barbarian King.

When we consider the best "overall" debuff generals in Evony, those whose skills debuff every type, are often the best considerations. This is because you eventually want to be able to debuff any type of march that enemy players sends to your keep.

However, different troop types are weaker to certain types of debuffs. For example, debuffing the attack of ranged troops is superior to debuffing the HP of archers.

When considering the best attributes to debuff (attack, defense or HP), we can consider two troop types:

• Troops that rely on range (Archers + siege)
• Troops that rely on speed or melee (Ground + Mounted)

Two good rules of thumb for debuffing these two types in Evony TKR:

1. Debuffing attack for ranged (archers, siege) is better than defense or HP
2. Debuffing HP, defense and attack for melee (ground, mounted) are all important, starting with HP first

For the overall comparison, the total debuffs are calculated as sum of each type of debuff over each type of troop. For example, the Snipe skill (Enemy Troop Attack : -10%), would debuff -40%, -10% for each ranged, siege, mounted and cavalry.

For a comparison of the top 8 overall Evony debuff generals in a table by attack, defense, HP and total debuffs:

1. Darius I

2. Empress Dowager Cixi

3. Cnut the Great

4. Nero

5. Nordic Barbarian King

Honorable Mentions for Overall Subordinate City Debuff Generals

Caesar Jester Yeon Gaesomun

Best Siege Debuff Subordinate City Generals in Evony

The best siege debuff generals for your subordinate cities in Evony TKR are Baldwin IV, David Farragut, Jester, Yeon Gaesomun, and Flavius Aetius.

The siege type in Evony has very long range, but mediocre attack, defense and HP base attributes.

It's main power comes from being able to pummel enemies at a distance, especially with high siege attack buffs.

The best (and only useful) debuff against siege is attack.

For a comparison of the top 8 siege Evony debuff generals in a table by attack, defense, HP and total debuffs:

1. Baldwin IV

2. David Farragut

3. Jester

4. Yeon Gaesomun

5. Flavius Aetius

Honorable Mentions for Siege Subordinate City Debuff Generals

Arminius Alexander Nevsky Vladimir the Great

Best Ranged Debuff Subordinate City Generals in Evony

The best ranged debuff generals for your subordinate cities in Evony TKR are Cnut the Great, Baldwin IV, Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth I, and Himiko.

The ranged type in Evony has good range, and decent attack, defense and HP base attributes.

When paired with a powerful ranged buff general, it's fantastic at crushing cavalry from far away.

The best debuff against archers is attack. The (far) second best debuff against archers is HP.

For a comparison of the top 8 ranged Evony debuff generals in a table by attack, defense, HP and total debuffs:

1. Cnut the Great

2. Baldwin IV

3. Andrew Jackson

4. Elizabeth I

5. Himiko

Honorable Mentions for Ranged Subordinate City Debuff Generals

David Farragut Jester Yeon Gaesomun

Best Ground Debuff Subordinate City Generals in Evony

The best ground debuff generals for your subordinate cities in Evony TKR are Darius I, Flavius Aetius, Amr ibn al-As, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Yeon Gaesomun.

The ground type in Evony has great defense and HP base attributes.

It's the tankiest of all types and is a great counter to archers.

The best debuffs against ground are HP, defense and attack, in that order. The best counter to ground is mounted, and mounted and ground would have to face off via melee. This means that debuffing all three attributes is important.

For a comparison of the top 8 ground Evony debuff generals in a table by attack, defense, HP and total debuffs:

1. Darius I

2. Flavius Aetius

3. Amr ibn al-As

4. Empress Dowager Cixi

5. Yeon Gaesomun

Honorable Mentions for Ground Subordinate City Debuff Generals

Arminius Nero Jester

Best Mounted Debuff Subordinate City Generals in Evony

The best mounted debuff generals for your subordinate cities in Evony TKR are Margaret I, Darius I, Himiko, Arminius, and Ban Chao.

The cavalry type in Evony has great attack and good defense and HP base attributes.

Mounted has high speed, and it has an advantage over ground troops.

The best debuffs against mounted are HP and defense. This is because you should be trying to annihilate cavalry before it reaches you via archers or ranged.

It's also good to debuff against mounted attack if can't avoid mounted reaching your troops or keep.

For a comparison of the top 8 mounted Evony debuff generals in a table by attack, defense, HP and total debuffs:

1. Margaret I

2. Darius I

3. Himiko

4. Arminius

5. Ban Chao

Honorable Mentions for Mounted Subordinate City Debuff Generals

Nordic Barbarian King Jester Empress Dowager Cixi