Best Defense Generals in Evony (March 26, 2026)

Complete ranking of the best in-city defense generals in Evony: The King's Return (March 26, 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	Francis I of France	695%
5	Hersilia	665%
6	Hermes	635%
7	Champlain	625%
8	Henry IV	625%
9	Niccolo Piccinino	625%
10	Zhang Fei	609%
11	James Cook	590%
12	Richard the Lionheart	590%
13	Qin Qiong	589%
14	Ahmose I	585%
15	Tachibana Ginchiyo	585%
16	Francis Drake	580%
17	Visconti	570%
18	Stephen II	560%
19	Gao Changgong	545%
20	Leo III	520%
21	Lucilla	519%
22	Yodo-dono	518%
23	Haakon Haraldsson	515%
24	Franz Joseph I	505%
25	Cheng Yaojin	500%
26	Melisande	499%
27	Maria Carolina	495%
28	Queen Boudica	486%
29	Shapur I	485%
30	William Marshal	484%
31	Miltiades	455%
32	Sei Shonagon	455%
33	Sigurd	454%
34	Sweyn Forkbeard	450%
35	George Dewey	441%
36	Frigg	435%
37	Godfrey of Bouillon	430%
38	Maurice de Saxe	430%
39	Rostam	430%
40	Leonidas I	425%
41	Kusunoki Masashige	424%
42	Oda Oichi	424%
43	Lautaro	410%
44	Mu Guiying	400%
45	Mouri Motonari	395%
46	Jadwiga	391%
47	Ly Thuong Kiet	390%
48	Pyrrhus	390%
49	Subutai	370%
50	Louis IX	365%

Best Mounted Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Henry IV	550%
2	Hermes	455%
3	Haakon Haraldsson	440%
4	Rostam	400%
5	Queen Boudica	378%
6	Cheng Yaojin	365%
7	Washington (Prime)	365%
8	Mouri Motonari	350%
9	Andre Massena	330%
10	Laudon	285%
11	Ii Naomasa	260%
12	Jadwiga	236%
13	Zhou Yu	192%
14	Poligenus	191%
15	Qin Qiong	176%
16	Zhang Fei	176%
17	Beowulf	170%
18	Jayavarman II	170%
19	Hestia	160%
20	Takenaka Shigeharu	156%
21	Lautaro	155%
22	Isaac Brock	141%
23	Richard the Lionheart	140%
24	Francis I of France	125%
25	Martinus	125%
26	George Dewey	111%
27	Kusunoki Masashige	106%
28	Artemis	105%
29	Niccolo Piccinino	105%
30	Sweyn Forkbeard	105%
31	William Marshal	101%
32	George A Custer	100%
33	Gao Changgong	95%
34	Zhao Yun	95%
35	Leo III	90%
36	Leonidas I	90%
37	Maria Carolina	90%
38	Pyrrhus	85%
39	Marco Polo	80%
40	Tishtrya	80%
41	Yodo-dono	77%
42	Gaius Octavius	76%
43	Lucilla	76%
44	Bertrand du Guesclin	75%
45	Roland	75%
46	Stephen I of Hungary	75%
47	Oda Oichi	71%
48	Louis XIV	70%
49	Ly Thuong Kiet	66%
50	George Monck	65%

Best Ranged Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Visconti	515%
2	Ahmose I	495%
3	James Cook	460%
4	Tachibana Ginchiyo	430%
5	Franz Joseph I	425%
6	Sigurd	414%
7	Godfrey of Bouillon	395%
8	Louis IX	315%
9	Subutai	290%
10	Zhou Yu	282%
11	Ly Thuong Kiet	252%
12	Yodo-dono	252%
13	Brian Boru	200%
14	Henry V	196%
15	Kusunoki Masashige	196%
16	Idunn	190%
17	George Dewey	172%
18	William Marshal	166%
19	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	160%
20	Mihai	135%
21	Richard the Lionheart	130%
22	Vladimir the Great	125%
23	Champlain	120%
24	Leo III	120%
25	Takenaka Shigeharu	116%
26	Algernon Sidney	115%
27	Hersilia	115%
28	Melisande	111%
29	Rumyantsev	100%
30	Isaac Brock	91%
31	Oda Oichi	81%
32	Charles VI	70%
33	Marcus Agrippa	70%
34	Mu Guiying	70%
35	Sei Shonagon	70%
36	Stephen II	70%
37	Shapur I	65%
38	Charles XII	60%
39	Eleanor	60%
40	Hatshepsut	60%
41	Artemisia I	50%
42	Elektra	50%
43	Francis Drake	50%
44	Gonzalo	50%
45	Merlin	50%
46	Ragnar	50%
47	Leonidas I	45%
48	Raimondo	40%
49	Edward Teach	35%
50	Ashoka	30%

Best Ground Defense Main Generals

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

Best Siege Defense Main Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Hersilia	550%
2	Francis Drake	530%
3	Champlain	505%
4	Stephen II	490%
5	Maurice de Saxe	420%
6	Shapur I	420%
7	Sei Shonagon	385%
8	Melisande	376%
9	Mu Guiying	330%
10	Daniel Morgan	325%
11	Raimondo	325%
12	Edward Teach	310%
13	Zhou Yu	302%
14	Takenaka Shigeharu	291%
15	Leo III	220%
16	Richard the Lionheart	180%
17	William Marshal	156%
18	Tachibana Ginchiyo	155%
19	George Dewey	152%
20	Olaf Skotkonung	145%
21	James Cook	130%
22	Christina	125%
23	Yodo-dono	112%
24	Brian Boru	110%
25	Gunther	105%
26	Romulus	105%
27	Theobald I	95%
28	Isaac Brock	91%
29	Ahmose I	90%
30	Oda Oichi	81%
31	Franz Joseph I	80%
32	Philip II	80%
33	Subutai	80%
34	Petronas	75%
35	John Hunyadi	70%
36	Kiso Yoshinaka	65%
37	Theodosius I	65%
38	Kusunoki Masashige	61%
39	Kleos	60%
40	Jadwiga	55%
41	Visconti	55%
42	John Churchill	50%
43	Lautaro	50%
44	Louis IX	50%
45	Pachacuti	50%
46	Zucca	50%
47	Sigurd	40%
48	Henry V	36%
49	Godfrey of Bouillon	35%
50	Caterina Sforza	30%

Assistant Defense Generals

Best All Troops Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Zhou Yu	808%
2	Richard the Lionheart	590%
3	Takenaka Shigeharu	579%
4	Isaac Brock	574%
5	Hermes	535%
6	Francis I of France	530%
7	Hersilia	515%
8	Visconti	450%
9	Champlain	445%
10	Leo III	445%
11	Ahmose I	435%
12	Henry IV	435%
13	Francis Drake	430%
14	Stephen II	430%
15	Zhang Fei	429%
16	Queen Boudica	426%
17	Niccolo Piccinino	415%
18	Qin Qiong	409%
19	William Marshal	404%
20	Tachibana Ginchiyo	400%
21	Yodo-dono	398%
22	Gao Changgong	395%
23	Mouri Motonari	395%
24	George Dewey	386%
25	James Cook	380%
26	Melisande	379%
27	Sei Shonagon	375%
28	Kusunoki Masashige	369%
29	Maria Carolina	355%
30	Sweyn Forkbeard	350%
31	Leonidas I	340%
32	Lucilla	339%
33	Jadwiga	336%
34	Haakon Haraldsson	335%
35	Oda Oichi	334%
36	Godfrey of Bouillon	330%
37	Ly Thuong Kiet	330%
38	Frigg	320%
39	Lautaro	320%
40	Cheng Yaojin	315%
41	Maurice de Saxe	315%
42	Mu Guiying	315%
43	Brian Boru	310%
44	Sigurd	304%
45	Andre Massena	300%
46	Franz Joseph I	295%
47	Miltiades	295%
48	Shapur I	295%
49	Pyrrhus	290%
50	Subutai	290%

Best Mounted Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Henry IV	400%
2	Hermes	355%
3	Mouri Motonari	350%
4	Queen Boudica	333%
5	Haakon Haraldsson	300%
6	Andre Massena	285%
7	Washington (Prime)	285%
8	Cheng Yaojin	250%
9	Rostam	235%
10	Laudon	215%
11	Jadwiga	206%
12	Ii Naomasa	195%
13	Beowulf	170%
14	Jayavarman II	170%
15	Hestia	160%
16	Zhou Yu	152%
17	Richard the Lionheart	140%
18	Qin Qiong	136%
19	Zhang Fei	136%
20	Lautaro	130%
21	Francis I of France	125%
22	Takenaka Shigeharu	111%
23	Artemis	105%
24	Poligenus	101%
25	George A Custer	100%
26	Martinus	100%
27	George Dewey	96%
28	Gao Changgong	95%
29	Sweyn Forkbeard	95%
30	Zhao Yun	95%
31	Leonidas I	90%
32	Maria Carolina	90%
33	Kusunoki Masashige	86%
34	Isaac Brock	81%
35	William Marshal	81%
36	Leo III	80%
37	Marco Polo	80%
38	Tishtrya	80%
39	Gaius Octavius	76%
40	Bertrand du Guesclin	75%
41	Roland	75%
42	Stephen I of Hungary	75%
43	Louis XIV	70%
44	Pyrrhus	70%
45	Ly Thuong Kiet	66%
46	George Monck	65%
47	Hannibal	60%
48	Mordred	60%
49	Niccolo Piccinino	60%
50	Olav II	60%

Best Ranged Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Visconti	395%
2	Ahmose I	345%
3	James Cook	330%
4	Tachibana Ginchiyo	315%
5	Godfrey of Bouillon	305%
6	Franz Joseph I	295%
7	Sigurd	294%
8	Zhou Yu	242%
9	Louis IX	230%
10	Subutai	210%
11	Brian Boru	200%
12	Ly Thuong Kiet	192%
13	Yodo-dono	192%
14	Kusunoki Masashige	161%
15	George Dewey	152%
16	Henry V	146%
17	William Marshal	146%
18	Idunn	145%
19	Mihai	135%
20	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	135%
21	Richard the Lionheart	130%
22	Takenaka Shigeharu	116%
23	Algernon Sidney	115%
24	Hersilia	115%
25	Melisande	111%
26	Leo III	110%
27	Vladimir the Great	105%
28	Rumyantsev	100%
29	Isaac Brock	91%
30	Champlain	80%
31	Charles VI	70%
32	Marcus Agrippa	70%
33	Mu Guiying	70%
34	Sei Shonagon	70%
35	Stephen II	70%
36	Oda Oichi	66%
37	Charles XII	60%
38	Eleanor	60%
39	Hatshepsut	60%
40	Artemisia I	50%
41	Elektra	50%
42	Francis Drake	50%
43	Gonzalo	50%
44	Merlin	50%
45	Ragnar	50%
46	Edward Teach	35%
47	Ashoka	30%
48	John Hawkwood	30%
49	Sulla	30%
50	Themistocles	30%

Best Ground Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Francis I of France	385%
2	Niccolo Piccinino	355%
3	Isaac Brock	311%
4	Lucilla	301%
5	Gao Changgong	300%
6	Miltiades	295%
7	Zhang Fei	281%
8	Frigg	280%
9	Maria Carolina	265%
10	Qin Qiong	261%
11	Sweyn Forkbeard	255%
12	Turenne	235%
13	Leonidas I	230%
14	Pyrrhus	220%
15	Hermes	180%
16	Soult	180%
17	Zhou Yu	152%
18	Freyja	150%
19	Oda Oichi	146%
20	Lautaro	140%
21	Richard the Lionheart	140%
22	Lu Xun	135%
23	Alessandra	120%
24	Charles V	120%
25	Takenaka Shigeharu	111%
26	Jadwiga	100%
27	Maeda Toshiie	100%
28	Narcissus	95%
29	Queen Boudica	81%
30	Leo III	80%
31	Louis II	80%
32	Lorenzo de Medici	75%
33	Alexander Hamilton	70%
34	Ly Thuong Kiet	66%
35	Cheng Yaojin	65%
36	Kusunoki Masashige	61%
37	Elise	60%
38	Hestia	60%
39	Vercingetorix	60%
40	Yodo-dono	57%
41	Alexander Nevsky	52%
42	Amr ibn al-As	50%
43	Aurelian	50%
44	Darius I	50%
45	Jayavarman II	50%
46	Ludwig	50%
47	Scipio Africanus	50%
48	Totila	50%
49	Laudon	45%
50	Mouri Motonari	45%

Best Siege Defense Assistant Generals

Rank	General	Total Buff %
1	Hersilia	400%
2	Francis Drake	380%
3	Champlain	365%
4	Stephen II	360%
5	Maurice de Saxe	305%
6	Sei Shonagon	305%
7	Shapur I	270%
8	Zhou Yu	262%
9	Melisande	256%
10	Raimondo	255%
11	Edward Teach	250%
12	Mu Guiying	245%
13	Takenaka Shigeharu	241%
14	Richard the Lionheart	180%
15	Leo III	175%
16	Daniel Morgan	160%
17	Olaf Skotkonung	145%
18	William Marshal	136%
19	George Dewey	132%
20	Christina	125%
21	Brian Boru	110%
22	Gunther	105%
23	Romulus	105%
24	Theobald I	95%
25	Yodo-dono	92%
26	Isaac Brock	91%
27	Ahmose I	90%
28	Tachibana Ginchiyo	85%
29	Philip II	80%
30	Subutai	80%
31	Petronas	75%
32	John Hunyadi	70%
33	Oda Oichi	66%
34	Kiso Yoshinaka	65%
35	Theodosius I	65%
36	Kusunoki Masashige	61%
37	Kleos	60%
38	Visconti	55%
39	James Cook	50%
40	John Churchill	50%
41	Lautaro	50%
42	Louis IX	50%
43	Pachacuti	50%
44	Zucca	50%
45	Henry V	36%
46	Caterina Sforza	30%
47	Hammurabi	30%
48	Hugh O'Donnell	30%
49	Idunn	30%
50	Jadwiga	30%