Best Defense Generals in Evony (October 7, 2026)

Complete ranking of the best in-city defense generals in Evony: The King's Return (October 7, 2026). Ranked by total percentage buffs across all troop types for main and assistant defense roles.

Defense generals protect your city from incoming attacks. They are ranked separately from PvP generals because they apply buffs while stationed in the city rather than leading marches. The current overall top defense general is Zhou Yu with 968% total all-troop buffs.

See also: Mounted PvP | Ranged PvP | Ground PvP | Siege PvP

Main Defense Generals

Best All Troops Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Zhou Yu	968%
2	Isaac Brock	734%
3	Takenaka Shigeharu	719%
4	Hersilia	705%
5	Francis I of France	695%
6	Hermes	650%
7	Coyolxauhqui	635%
8	Akechi Mitsuhide	625%
9	Champlain	625%
10	Henry IV	625%
11	Niccolo Piccinino	625%
12	Zhang Fei	609%
13	Irene d'Arneau	605%
14	James Cook	590%
15	Richard the Lionheart	590%
16	Qin Qiong	589%
17	Ahmose I	585%
18	Tachibana Ginchiyo	585%
19	Francis Drake	580%
20	Mouri Motonari	575%
21	Visconti	570%
22	William Marshal	564%
23	Babur	560%
24	Probus	560%
25	Stephen II	560%
26	Gao Changgong	545%
27	Leo III	520%
28	Lucilla	519%
29	Melisande	519%
30	Yodo-dono	518%
31	Haakon Haraldsson	515%
32	Franz Joseph I	505%
33	Cheng Yaojin	500%
34	Queen Tamar	499%
35	Maria Carolina	495%
36	Queen Boudica	486%
37	Shapur I	485%
38	Miltiades	455%
39	Sei Shonagon	455%
40	Sigurd	454%
41	Sweyn Forkbeard	450%
42	George Dewey	441%
43	Frigg	435%
44	Godfrey of Bouillon	430%
45	Maurice de Saxe	430%
46	Rostam	430%
47	Leonidas I	425%
48	Kusunoki Masashige	424%
49	Oda Oichi	424%
50	Lautaro	410%

Best Mounted Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Henry IV	550%
2	Babur	530%
3	Mouri Motonari	495%
4	Hermes	470%
5	Haakon Haraldsson	440%
6	Rostam	400%
7	Queen Boudica	378%
8	Cheng Yaojin	365%
9	Washington (Prime)	365%
10	Queen Tamar	341%
11	Andre Massena	330%
12	Laudon	285%
13	Ii Naomasa	260%
14	Jadwiga	236%
15	Zhou Yu	192%
16	Poligenus	191%
17	Qin Qiong	176%
18	Zhang Fei	176%
19	Beowulf	170%
20	Jayavarman II	170%
21	Hestia	160%
22	Takenaka Shigeharu	156%
23	Lautaro	155%
24	Isaac Brock	141%
25	Richard the Lionheart	140%
26	William Marshal	131%
27	Francis I of France	125%
28	Martinus	125%
29	George Dewey	111%
30	Kusunoki Masashige	106%
31	Artemis	105%
32	Niccolo Piccinino	105%
33	Sweyn Forkbeard	105%
34	George A Custer	100%
35	Gao Changgong	95%
36	Zhao Yun	95%
37	Leo III	90%
38	Leonidas I	90%
39	Maria Carolina	90%
40	Pyrrhus	85%
41	Marco Polo	80%
42	Tishtrya	80%
43	Yodo-dono	77%
44	Gaius Octavius	76%
45	Lucilla	76%
46	Bertrand du Guesclin	75%
47	Roland	75%
48	Stephen I of Hungary	75%
49	Oda Oichi	71%
50	Louis XIV	70%

Best Ranged Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Coyolxauhqui	560%
2	Visconti	515%
3	Ahmose I	495%
4	James Cook	460%
5	Tachibana Ginchiyo	430%
6	Franz Joseph I	425%
7	Sigurd	414%
8	Godfrey of Bouillon	395%
9	Matsunaga Hisahide	325%
10	Louis IX	315%
11	Subutai	290%
12	Zhou Yu	282%
13	Ly Thuong Kiet	252%
14	Yodo-dono	252%
15	Edward III	241%
16	Brian Boru	200%
17	Henry V	196%
18	Kusunoki Masashige	196%
19	Idunn	190%
20	Mason Weaver	190%
21	William Marshal	176%
22	George Dewey	172%
23	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	160%
24	Mihai	135%
25	Hersilia	131%
26	Richard the Lionheart	130%
27	Vladimir the Great	125%
28	Melisande	121%
29	Champlain	120%
30	Leo III	120%
31	Takenaka Shigeharu	116%
32	Algernon Sidney	115%
33	Rumyantsev	100%
34	Marcian	95%
35	Isaac Brock	91%
36	Oda Oichi	81%
37	Charles VI	70%
38	Marcus Agrippa	70%
39	Mu Guiying	70%
40	Sei Shonagon	70%
41	Stephen II	70%
42	Shapur I	65%
43	Charles XII	60%
44	Eleanor	60%
45	Hatshepsut	60%
46	Huitzilopochtli	60%
47	Irene d'Arneau	60%
48	Artemisia I	50%
49	Elektra	50%
50	Francis Drake	50%

Best Ground Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Akechi Mitsuhide	565%
2	Francis I of France	550%
3	Niccolo Piccinino	520%
4	Gao Changgong	450%
5	Lucilla	431%
6	Zhang Fei	421%
7	Miltiades	420%
8	Isaac Brock	411%
9	Maria Carolina	405%
10	Qin Qiong	401%
11	Frigg	395%
12	Sweyn Forkbeard	345%
13	Pyrrhus	305%
14	Turenne	305%
15	Leonidas I	290%
16	Soult	245%
17	Freyja	230%
18	Lautaro	205%
19	Zhou Yu	192%
20	Oda Oichi	191%
21	Hermes	180%
22	Takenaka Shigeharu	156%
23	Richard the Lionheart	140%
24	Cheng Yaojin	135%
25	Lu Xun	135%
26	Alessandra	120%
27	Charles V	120%
28	Jadwiga	100%
29	Maeda Toshiie	100%
30	Queen Boudica	96%
31	Queen Tamar	96%
32	Narcissus	95%
33	William Marshal	91%
34	Leo III	90%
35	Lafayette	85%
36	Louis II	80%
37	Mouri Motonari	80%
38	Yodo-dono	77%
39	Haakon Haraldsson	75%
40	Henry IV	75%
41	Lorenzo de Medici	75%
42	Alexander Hamilton	70%
43	Ly Thuong Kiet	66%
44	Kusunoki Masashige	61%
45	Elise	60%
46	Hestia	60%
47	Vercingetorix	60%
48	Alexander Nevsky	52%
49	Amr ibn al-As	50%
50	Aurelian	50%

Best Siege Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Hersilia	574%
2	Irene d'Arneau	545%
3	Francis Drake	530%
4	Probus	510%
5	Champlain	505%
6	Stephen II	490%
7	Maurice de Saxe	420%
8	Shapur I	420%
9	Melisande	386%
10	Sei Shonagon	385%
11	Raimondo	335%
12	Mu Guiying	330%
13	Daniel Morgan	325%
14	Edward Teach	310%
15	Zhou Yu	302%
16	Takenaka Shigeharu	291%
17	Leo III	220%
18	Richard the Lionheart	180%
19	William Marshal	166%
20	Tachibana Ginchiyo	155%
21	George Dewey	152%
22	Olaf Skotkonung	145%
23	Mason Weaver	140%
24	James Cook	130%
25	Christina	125%
26	Romulus	123%
27	Presley O'Bannon	120%
28	Yodo-dono	112%
29	Brian Boru	110%
30	Demetrius I	110%
31	Gunther	105%
32	Theobald I	95%
33	Isaac Brock	91%
34	Ahmose I	90%
35	Oda Oichi	81%
36	Franz Joseph I	80%
37	Philip II	80%
38	Subutai	80%
39	Coyolxauhqui	75%
40	Petronas	75%
41	John Hunyadi	70%
42	Kleos	70%
43	Matsunaga Hisahide	70%
44	Kiso Yoshinaka	65%
45	Theodosius I	65%
46	Edward III	61%
47	Kusunoki Masashige	61%
48	Jadwiga	55%
49	Visconti	55%
50	John Churchill	50%

Assistant Defense Generals

Best All Troops Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Zhou Yu	588%
2	Francis I of France	490%
3	Isaac Brock	489%
4	Hersilia	470%
5	Zhang Fei	454%
6	Coyolxauhqui	450%
7	Henry IV	435%
8	Tachibana Ginchiyo	435%
9	Qin Qiong	424%
10	James Cook	400%
11	Babur	395%
12	Akechi Mitsuhide	390%
13	Irene d'Arneau	390%
14	Mouri Motonari	390%
15	Niccolo Piccinino	390%
16	Stephen II	390%
17	Franz Joseph I	385%
18	Probus	385%
19	Ahmose I	380%
20	Champlain	375%
21	Francis Drake	375%
22	Gao Changgong	375%
23	Maria Carolina	375%
24	Visconti	375%
25	Lucilla	369%
26	Sigurd	360%
27	Haakon Haraldsson	355%
28	Hermes	355%
29	Melisande	354%
30	Shapur I	345%
31	Takenaka Shigeharu	344%
32	Cheng Yaojin	330%
33	Miltiades	330%
34	Queen Tamar	329%
35	Maurice de Saxe	315%
36	William Marshal	314%
37	Frigg	295%
38	Godfrey of Bouillon	290%
39	Rostam	290%
40	Sweyn Forkbeard	290%
41	Sei Shonagon	280%
42	Washington (Prime)	255%
43	Yodo-dono	253%
44	Mu Guiying	250%
45	Turenne	250%
46	Poligenus	249%
47	Daniel Morgan	245%
48	Leo III	245%
49	Pyrrhus	245%
50	Lautaro	240%

Best Mounted Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Babur	395%
2	Henry IV	385%
3	Mouri Motonari	335%
4	Haakon Haraldsson	315%
5	Rostam	290%
6	Hermes	275%
7	Cheng Yaojin	260%
8	Washington (Prime)	255%
9	Laudon	195%
10	Poligenus	191%
11	Queen Tamar	191%
12	Andre Massena	185%
13	Ii Naomasa	175%
14	Queen Boudica	173%
15	Hestia	160%
16	Qin Qiong	126%
17	Zhang Fei	126%
18	Zhou Yu	117%
19	Jadwiga	116%
20	Isaac Brock	111%
21	George A Custer	100%
22	Jayavarman II	100%
23	William Marshal	96%
24	Lautaro	95%
25	Zhao Yun	95%
26	Francis I of France	90%
27	Takenaka Shigeharu	81%
28	Beowulf	80%
29	Marco Polo	80%
30	Tishtrya	80%
31	Gaius Octavius	76%
32	Bertrand du Guesclin	75%
33	Martinus	75%
34	Roland	75%
35	Stephen I of Hungary	75%
36	Louis XIV	70%
37	Sweyn Forkbeard	70%
38	George Monck	65%
39	Shaybani	65%
40	Aethelflaed	60%
41	Artemis	60%
42	Hannibal	60%
43	Maria Carolina	60%
44	Mordred	60%
45	Olav II	60%
46	Lucilla	56%
47	Maximilian I	56%
48	Gao Changgong	55%
49	Niccolo Piccinino	55%
50	Baldwin IV	50%

Best Ranged Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Coyolxauhqui	395%
2	Visconti	365%
3	Ahmose I	335%
4	Sigurd	320%
5	Franz Joseph I	305%
6	James Cook	305%
7	Tachibana Ginchiyo	295%
8	Godfrey of Bouillon	255%
9	Louis IX	205%
10	Matsunaga Hisahide	205%
11	Subutai	190%
12	Zhou Yu	167%
13	Ly Thuong Kiet	152%
14	Edward III	150%
15	Brian Boru	145%
16	Mihai	135%
17	Yodo-dono	127%
18	Kusunoki Masashige	116%
19	Mason Weaver	110%
20	Henry V	106%
21	Idunn	95%
22	Marcian	95%
23	Hersilia	91%
24	Algernon Sidney	90%
25	William Marshal	86%
26	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	85%
27	George Dewey	82%
28	Melisande	81%
29	Charles VI	70%
30	Leo III	70%
31	Marcus Agrippa	70%
32	Stephen II	70%
33	Vladimir the Great	70%
34	Charles XII	60%
35	Eleanor	60%
36	Hatshepsut	60%
37	Huitzilopochtli	60%
38	Rumyantsev	60%
39	Artemisia I	50%
40	Elektra	50%
41	Gonzalo	50%
42	James Conrad	50%
43	Merlin	50%
44	Mu Guiying	50%
45	Ragnar	50%
46	Shapur I	50%
47	Sei Shonagon	45%
48	Isaac Brock	41%
49	Champlain	40%
50	Takenaka Shigeharu	36%

Best Ground Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Akechi Mitsuhide	390%
2	Francis I of France	380%
3	Niccolo Piccinino	335%
4	Gao Changgong	320%
5	Zhang Fei	316%
6	Maria Carolina	315%
7	Lucilla	301%
8	Isaac Brock	296%
9	Miltiades	295%
10	Qin Qiong	286%
11	Frigg	275%
12	Sweyn Forkbeard	220%
13	Turenne	205%
14	Pyrrhus	200%
15	Soult	170%
16	Leonidas I	150%
17	Lautaro	145%
18	Lu Xun	135%
19	Freyja	130%
20	Alessandra	120%
21	Zhou Yu	117%
22	Charles V	105%
23	Oda Oichi	101%
24	Maeda Toshiie	100%
25	Narcissus	95%
26	Lafayette	85%
27	Takenaka Shigeharu	81%
28	Hermes	80%
29	Louis II	80%
30	Queen Tamar	76%
31	Lorenzo de Medici	75%
32	Alexander Hamilton	70%
33	Cheng Yaojin	70%
34	Elise	60%
35	Hestia	60%
36	Vercingetorix	60%
37	William Marshal	56%
38	Mouri Motonari	55%
39	Alexander Nevsky	52%
40	Amr ibn al-As	50%
41	Aurelian	50%
42	Darius I	50%
43	Henry IV	50%
44	Ludwig	50%
45	Scipio Africanus	50%
46	Totila	50%
47	Poligenus	46%
48	Yodo-dono	42%
49	Suchet	41%
50	Haakon Haraldsson	40%

Best Siege Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Irene d'Arneau	380%
2	Hersilia	379%
3	Probus	375%
4	Francis Drake	365%
5	Champlain	335%
6	Stephen II	320%
7	Maurice de Saxe	305%
8	Shapur I	295%
9	Melisande	261%
10	Daniel Morgan	235%
11	Sei Shonagon	235%
12	Mu Guiying	200%
13	Raimondo	195%
14	Zhou Yu	187%
15	Edward Teach	180%
16	Leo III	155%
17	Takenaka Shigeharu	146%
18	Tachibana Ginchiyo	140%
19	James Cook	95%
20	Theobald I	95%
21	Christina	85%
22	Olaf Skotkonung	85%
23	Brian Boru	80%
24	Franz Joseph I	80%
25	Philip II	80%
26	William Marshal	76%
27	Petronas	75%
28	Presley O'Bannon	75%
29	Romulus	73%
30	John Hunyadi	70%
31	Kleos	70%
32	Kiso Yoshinaka	65%
33	Theodosius I	65%
34	George Dewey	62%
35	Gunther	60%
36	Mason Weaver	60%
37	Coyolxauhqui	55%
38	Demetrius I	50%
39	John Churchill	50%
40	Pachacuti	50%
41	Richard the Lionheart	50%
42	Zucca	50%
43	Ahmose I	45%
44	Yodo-dono	42%
45	Isaac Brock	41%
46	Sigurd	40%
47	Henry V	36%
48	Edward III	35%
49	Godfrey of Bouillon	35%
50	Oda Oichi	31%