Evony PvP Guide: How to Use Scout Reports and Troop Layering

To win Player vs. Player (PvP) engagements in Evony, your immediate action before launching an attack is to scout the target city to evaluate troop tier distributions and sub-city debuffs, then structure your march using multi-tier troop layers. Never base an attack solely on an enemy keep's total power number, as power hides defense wall setups and unit counters.

Analyzing Scout Data Before Launching Marches

Before committing troops or setting an alliance rally, review the enemy's scout report for specific tactical vulnerabilities.

• Check Troop Tier Distribution: Identify extreme unit concentrations. For example, a defender relying heavily on mounted units is vulnerable to a ground-heavy counter march.
• Evaluate Sub-City Debuffs: Note which sub-city generals the defender has assigned. Sub-city generals apply direct attack, defense, or health debuffs to incoming marches, altering your actual combat effectiveness.
• Identify Defense Walls: Look for specialized wall generals and heavily stacked Tier 1 (T1) troop walls. A T1 wall requires a specialized counter setup rather than a standard high-power march.
• Determine Action Type: Use troop ratios to decide whether to launch a full-scale alliance rally or send a smaller march to peel away secondary defensive layers.

Structuring Marches with Troop Layering

Troop layering distributes your march capacity across multiple troop types and tiers. If a march contains only top-tier damage units (such as T14 or T15 troops), those high-value units absorb all incoming damage during the opening battle rounds. Adding small numbers of lower-tier units creates buffer layers that take initial fire, keeping your primary damage units and main general alive longer.

Execution Steps for Troop Layering:

1. Select Your Primary General: Choose an offensive general specialized in the primary troop type of your strike (ranged, ground, or mounted).
2. Assign a Supporting Deputy: Pair your main general with an assistant general whose passive skills compensate for stat weaknesses revealed during scouting.
3. Set Lower-Tier Buffers: Allocate a portion of your march capacity to small quantities of every available lower tier (T1 through T13).
4. Fill Top-Tier Capacity: Assign the remainder of your march capacity to your highest unlocked damage tiers.
5. Adjust for Enemy Composition: If countering a mounted-heavy target, prioritize ground unit buffers to protect your ranged damage units.

Post-Battle Report Analysis and Strike Timing

Raw power losses in battle reports do not explain why an attack succeeded or failed. Detailed analysis of battle reports helps refine future marches.

1. Parse Combat Data: Review report details or process the raw combat report through analytical tools like Tactica AI to identify specific layer failures, missing ground buffers, or stat deficits.
2. Adjust Gear and Refines: If reports show your attacks are failing against flat defense stats, prioritize refining stones and gear upgrades that directly boost your primary troop type's attack stats.
3. Time Your Strikes: Launch rallies when the target is inactive or when alliance reinforcements cannot reach them in time.
4. Synchronize Alliance Hits: Coordinate with alliance rally leaders to hit targets in rapid succession. Rapid hits prevent defenders from healing troops or reinforcing between attacks.
5. Re-Scout After Every Hit: Active defenders often swap wall generals or shift troop setups after taking a hit. Always rescout before launching a follow-up march to confirm defender stats have not changed.