Evony F2P Wall General Setup and Progression Guide

To build an effective free-to-play wall defense in Evony, recruit an accessible historical gold general through the Tavern and ascend them using duplicate copies and Blood of Ares. Pair your primary defender with a compatible assistant wall general who provides non-conflicting skills, load six complementary Level 4 skill books across both officers, and wait until Tavern Level 30 before spending significant resources on recruitment refreshes.

Why Tavern Generals Outperform Unascended Premium Options

For a free-to-play keep, star ascension makes accessible Tavern generals vastly more effective on the wall than premium, paywalled generals. Defending against high-tier rallies requires large percentage stat increases and attribute bonuses that are locked behind the General Ascension system.

While premium generals offer strong base skills, free-to-play players cannot realistically acquire the duplicate copies required to unlock their red stars. In contrast, Tavern generals can be repeatedly purchased with gold and gems or pulled from Great General Chests. Converting duplicate copies into general fragments allows you to spend Blood of Ares to reach up to five red stars.

Ascending a wall general provides distinct defensive advantages:

• Flat Attribute Growth: Each star adds substantial flat points to Leadership, Attack, Defense, and Politics.
• In-City Combat Buffs: High-tier red star levels activate direct percentage boosts for defending troops.
• Specialty Progression: Reliable access to duplicate fragments allows you to unlock the Fourth Specialty, adding troop capacity and attacker debuffs that unascended premium generals lack.

Required Main City Skill Mechanics

When evaluating a prospective main wall general, check that their primary skill specifically benefits in-city defense. March buffs do not apply to defending garrisons unless the skill explicitly states it functions "when General is the Main City Wall Officer" or applies universally to in-city troops.

Focus on generals who boost the core combat roles of your defending garrison:

• Ranged Troop Attack and Range: Ranged units act as your primary damage dealers against incoming enemy marches. Extended range allows them to engage attacking units earlier in the combat sequence.
• Ground Troop Defense and HP: Defending ground units form the frontline meat shield that absorbs enemy ranged and mounted attacks.
• Unconditional Activation: Avoid generals whose skills depend on temporary offensive conditions that do not trigger during defensive city battles.

Rules for Pairing Assistant Wall Generals

Evony allows you to assign an Assistant Wall General to support your main defender, but duplicate mechanics will cancel out bonuses if the two generals overlap.

Checking for Skill Conflicts

An assistant's primary skill and equipped skill books become completely inactive if they share the name, trigger condition, or primary stat effect of the main general's inherent skill. When assigning an assistant in the garrison menu, inspect their skill icons. Greyed-out skill text indicates an active conflict, meaning that specific bonus is deactivated.

Assistant Selection Strategy

Assistant generals do not require star ascension to grant their base skill effects and equipped skill book values. This mechanic allows you to invest your ascension resources exclusively into your main Tavern defender while pairing them with a zero-star assistant who covers missing troop types:

1. Identify the gaps left by your main defender (such as siege machine attack or enemy march speed debuffs).
2. Choose an assistant whose primary skill directly boosts those secondary unit types.
3. Verify that none of the assistant's inherent skills turn grey when assigned to the wall alongside the main general.

Skill Book and Equipment Priorities

Equip three distinct Level 4 skill books on the main general and three different Level 4 skill books on the assistant to prevent duplication penalties.

[Main Wall General]
├── Primary Skill: In-City Ranged & Ground Bonuses
├── Skill Book 1: In-City Ranged Troop Attack
├── Skill Book 2: In-City Ranged Troop Range Bonus
└── Skill Book 3: In-City Ground Troop HP

[Assistant Wall General]
├── Primary Skill: Non-Conflicting Garrison Utility / Siege Buffs
├── Skill Book 1: In-City Siege Machine Attack
├── Skill Book 2: In-City Siege Machine Range Bonus
└── Skill Book 3: In-City Mounted Troop HP or Ground Troop Defense

Gear and Refines

Equip your main wall general with Achaemenides and Dragon gear sets to apply enemy debuffs while increasing defensive survivability. Choose your equipment refining targets based on your keep's troop structure:

• Low-Tier (T1) Meat Shield Focus: Refine equipment slots for flat attribute increases in ground troop defense and ground troop HP.
• Balanced Mid-to-High Tier Troop Layers: Refine equipment slots for percentage increases in ranged troop attack, ground defense, and ground HP.

F2P Progression Roadmap

To avoid wasting gold, gems, and ascension materials, follow this development sequence:

1. Hold Tavern Refreshes Until Level 30: Do not spend large quantities of gems and gold rolling for historical gold generals in an under-leveled Tavern. Tavern Level 30 substantially improves the appearance rates of gold defense generals.
2. Commit to a Single Main Defender: Once you recruit a viable Tavern defense general, stop splitting resources across secondary options. Save all Blood of Ares exclusively for ascending this anchor to five red stars.
3. Prioritize the First Three Specialties: Spend your Immortal and Legendary Rune Stones to max out the first three specialty trees on your main general before investing into the Fourth Specialty.
4. Slot an Unascended Assistant: Add an assistant general with compatible base skills and fill out the remaining six unique Level 4 skill books across both officers.