Evony defense guide
Defending your cities is obviously very important in Evony. For defense you can use both a lot of scouts so they are not able to find out how many troops you have or just a lot of defense troops so they can’t manage to beat you anyways. In addition to your troops you need a lot of fortifications, I recommend archers towers, they are effective against almost anything the enemy can send at you.
I also recommend having gate closed usually, unless you’re able to have a huge defense army in town, or you are only and manage to figure out how large of an army your enemy sends against you. It’s true that more powerfull players will destroy your fortifications frequently, but they are pretty cheap to rebuild after all. If you keep rebuilding fortifications and don’t have much resources worth to plunder other players will proabably just leave you alone.
When it comes to troops, how many you can manage to have at any given time depends a lot on how active you are with NPC farming. NPC farming is crucial in this game, if you don’t have time for it, you simply can’t support a large army. A decently active defense player should have something like this in his cities.
Archers: 100,000 per town
Ballistas: Enough to farm NPCs.
Cataphracts: 0
Catapults: 100 per town (for layering)
Cavalry: 3,000 per town
Pikes: 1,000 per town (for layering)
Transports: Enough to farm NPCs.
Rams: 100 per town (for layering)
Scouts: 5,000 per town
Swords: 1,000 per town (for layering)
Warriors: 1,000 per town (for layering)
Workers: 0
With forces like this most players won’t bother attacking you, unless you really pissed someone of for some reason. Layering is important in all parts of Evony battles, not just in offense. You can’t really scout anyone with this low number of scouts, but it’s usefull to have some in case some newbie tries to scout you or you need to scout fields or NPC villages. The number of ballistas depends on how active of an NPC farmer you are.
Other things to make you less interesting of a target is to hide your gold and resources, don’t have tons of it laying around in one village. Also focus on intelligence early on, informatics and scouts. Being attacked effects loyalty and public grievance, so it’s important to be fairly active and change this by comforting and praying. Feel free to leave questions or comments.
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how do i close the gates
janjan
23 Dec 09 at 1:01 pm
This stategy isn’t sound once you have more prestige. With you gates closed I can wipe this out in less than an hour. Also being able to take out your defenses and your army seperately makes it easy!
I suggest once you have 100k archers and full defenses. Open the gates and get a whole lot more scouts. Then they will really have to pay to scout you.
If they attack 18k Archer Towers and 100k Archers makes it super expensive to attack you and win.
It can and will still be done. I usually suggest you build pikeman to defend against cavs.
The only full proof way to beat someone like that is to catch them offline and be willing to sacrifice tons of troops to beat them.
If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me Bill501 in server 72.
Thanks,
Bill
Bill501
23 Dec 09 at 9:13 pm
If u have only ATs (18k ATS),i will defeat ATS and also even 400k archers with the wawes of cavaleries and Cataphracts.
Alireza
27 Dec 09 at 2:45 pm
How do I close the gates?
piper27
28 Dec 09 at 3:25 am
I would say you’ll need alot more scouts I got 100k scouts and that sometimes ot enough. and also i reccomend to have an Idle attack hro for defences if the other hero is farming NPCs.
ModLol
6 Jan 10 at 4:26 pm
If you are not a regular player the best thing is to have only one city. After following the guides and your out of beginners protection my advice is for everyone is to have at least one Warehouse. Try to spend everything outside it so when they plunder and they get squat.In this game you will get plundered. Get ready for it. Even if they kill your city, you can restart because you have food in your warehouse. The other thing is to have alot of scouts. Why? So you can see what they have. You can scout them and find out whats in there cities before even an attack begins. The scouts will not see unless you have a high level beacon and high level informatics tech. Some players are paranoid and it will drive them mad that you can scout them. It will help stop them attacking you. Even if they dont keep at it because the warehouse lets you get reborn again. So players with prestige of 800k or even 10 cities will be get tired of you and leave you be. Remmeber dont be scared off by prestige. You can always give them hell. If you cant do anything go after the valley they own. It may seem trivial but its not. Go after the lakes. They have to waste time on you and will probably ask for peace lol. Remmeber be brave. If you really want to hurt them put the scout reports up when they are offline. Find out who they are at war with. Dont hide. Be brave. If you get attacked regularly have more then one warehouse. If you are offline for long periods , even more warehouses. If you only have one city they can’t take it. Knowing that you can sleep easy and play whenever you like. Some newbies only have 4 barracks. Trust me and buld at least 6 and have 8 warehouses.Thats so they can kill your city and you still have your goodies to restart when you come back online. Dont be afraid to tear down stuff and reconfigure for the situation. The city should change depending on your situation. If you are secure you should build more barracks to pump out troops. Less warehouses if your online more. You have to judge it yourself. My own policy is not to attack newbies or small players even if they are enemy because its just a good recruiting drive for the enemy. If I do attack a small player its because they have a pile of resources in the millions. I saw one player with prestige 40k with 5 mil lumber. I couldnt resist plundering him. Can you blame me?
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robojocks
9 Jan 10 at 2:49 pm
Close gates in rally spot check box or uncheck I have this before beginers pertection is off
0 workers
2500 warriors
1500 scouts
500 pikemen
250 swordmen
2000 archers
200 transporters
500 traps
100 abatis
500 archer towers
I have this when I come out hint use speed ups wisley I never pay attention to prestege
500 archer towers
Jeremy
10 Jan 10 at 2:10 pm
This so called guide is Bollocks. Wall defences must be “layered” like everything else. 18k ATs will get blown away, where 14ATs and a mixture of traps and Abatis will not. Abatis are especially important as 100k cav will go through massed archers like hot lead up a duck. At least 20k pikes and 2.5 K Abatis are required to protect against cavalry attack. Archers will always be the mainstay of your defence, but they are vulnerable alone.
Dave
11 Jan 10 at 3:08 pm
Trust me when I say, I know what I am talking about. I have been attacked numerous times by heavy hitters. The defense that one of my cities had, which by the way kept it from being conquered, was one with level 10 walls and 14k ats with at least 3k abatis and the rest of wall defenses spread as evenly as possible between rolling logs, traps, and falling rocks.
Also you must rainbow you defensive troops just like you would any attacking waves. To do this build at a minimum 20k of calvs,swords,pikes,each, with 100k warrs and 150k archers. You can still get hurt bad but walls and troops will make them pay dearly and they may get tired and discouraged and give up. Also remember you cannot lose your city if it is the only one you have. If you want more than one get an alternate acct and tel close to first city and back each other up in a war.
Boudreaux
12 Jan 10 at 4:47 am
does anyone know how to defend against balista waves?
1crzyldy
22 Jan 10 at 1:56 pm
i say the alliance i am in they take cities and then give these cities that they took and give them to underlings in the alliance. and this cities aren’t just kid of good there amazing. the one they gave me has a lvl 10 acdemy and relief station and barracks and rally spot. And to think that i can say that it is nice. well i would like to see any of u try to conquer one of my citeis that has 10k archer tower rest layering and the 400k archers and 2 mil warriors for tons of fodder
K.C.
1 Feb 10 at 11:36 pm
And to all the idiots out there that attack cities with just archers. if u are attacking a experience player and they dont have fodder they will just make 5k wariors in 10 mins so dont just send archers sent fodder at all times.
K.C.
1 Feb 10 at 11:38 pm
the gates are normally closed when you state out. to effect the gates you need to do so from the ralli point. if you open the rally point in the middle of the right hand block you have a place to check off opening the gate.
Pat
2 Feb 10 at 4:44 am
It should be pointed out that this these defensive numbers would require daily plunder of 6-7 lvl 5 npc as upkeep for food.
MPainter
9 Feb 10 at 4:09 pm
well K.C. just because you got that dont mean that someone cant take it over… and if you believe everything you said then maybe you need to rethink on that… i will personally give you an invitation to come try to take me out if you so dare… warriors and archers are not everything…no matter if you have a lot or not they to can be taken out… 2M warriors isn’t going to survive without a lot of them dying… yes i said A LOT….
lynda
30 Jun 10 at 7:01 am
I saw 85,000 cataphracts with layers take out over a million archers… layers are always important
Anon
1 Jul 10 at 1:45 am
give me the coords of these cities ….
nice targets
600k archers
1.4m warriors
1,2m scouts
250k cav
and a bunch of the rest sounds a lot better if you do want to be in this game and stay in it
moehaha
10 Oct 10 at 9:25 pm
i have a heck lot of troops then what it said first of all 100k archers and almost 0 warriors is a bad defense i suggest having over 100k warriors and archers in a city.
also more pikes and swords and more billistas 5k should be plenty.
EVONY
9 Jan 11 at 1:03 am
You will need more fodder to support your archers.
I usallly have around this many troops in my war city.
5k workers, 100k+ warriors, 120k+ scouts, 10k pikemen and swordsman, 150k archers, 10k cav, 5k cataphrat, 5k ballista and transporters.
Dont bother with battering rams unless you have the support of catapults and going to attack someone very aggresively.
Ace
9 Jan 11 at 5:39 am
orginal post: rubbish defence could cap that easy
zak
16 Jan 11 at 11:34 pm
never never never follow this guide, this is trash. At least 150k archers, at least 150k scouts, layering troops 14.5k AT’s 500 trap, 500 abatis. I like to keep 100k ish warriors around too.
This is what u should feel safe with sleeping at night with gates open, obviously the more the merrier.
Reasoning?
150k archers will stop 100karcher attack easy
150k scouts will stop a 100k scout easy
AT’s will compliment archers in defense nicely minimizing damage to archers further – this may allow you to stop 2 or 3 100k archer sweeps (with auto heal on). Must have traps and abatis for laying, to start fight at 5k range and let the army break as it marches.
mike
10 Feb 11 at 9:16 pm
This is an absolutely useless guide. Although I have been playing for longer than some (Over a year) defense is a must, 1mil archs 1mil war 500k Pikes 500k Swords 750k Scouts 100k Cavs 50k Phracts 50k Ballista 750k Scouts 10k Rams 10k Pults (pults are optional and if you dont train them I suggest having atleast another 250k archs in thier place)
This really depends on your server and how long it has been up if you have joined a server that has just opened 100k archs is the first thing you want and 200k war to stop any attaking troops from reaching your archs. As for wall defense it varies from player to player but I like to keep 1500 abatis 1500 traps 16100 Archers Towers 200 Defensive Trebuchets and 300 Rolling logs. Each plays a small part in slowing down troops. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE GATES OPEN. If like me you have HCs (I have 2 12s and a 14) you want to double these numbers because other alliances will try very hard and port in right next to you to capture them hitting u over and over (Also if u have a HC and it is being hit be sure to keep making small amounts of traps ats and abatis to continue to slow attacking troops down 10 at a time)
Tech
3 May 11 at 3:52 am
i have this guy dave1392 on server na29 who is constently hiting one of my friends when he first took the hc i scouted him he had 1.2 million war an 1.4 mill archers we r preparing 800k catapolts to take out him we used the evony calc to simulate wat it would take to take the hc out with in hrs of hiting does any one eles have an idea how to take a server bully out
riper
24 May 11 at 7:57 pm
also if u have any answers email me at shean161@hotmail.com or add me on fb but email me first please
riper
24 May 11 at 7:57 pm
You peeps are all retarted. Truly think about what ur saying. 100k scouts? 500 ATs? You are all free food againt mech waves, SBs, arch bows, cav smacks. Get into a CD or mechD. I wish I could find you all and feed my -350mil army. What a joke site and suggestions
. Also that’s dumb for only having 500k swords protecting 1 mil archer. Try 2 swords for every archer. And ur wrong about 150k scouts stoping 100k scouts. I can wipe out up too 175k scouts with 100k scouts. That just depends on the hero you send with your scouts. Your war city is also trash. Garbage. I hope I can find you garbage players. Go play farmville!
lone
1 Nov 11 at 12:45 pm
i say about 4k traps, 2k abatis, 14k ATS, and 750 rolling log and 350 defensive trebs. 4k traps start the battle out further, abatis help out against cavs, 14k ATS are pretty much a need against everything for a good defense. and the 750 rolling log helps against infantry, alot more than you would think. the trebs help out against siege weapons, which is somthing you’ll need if your going against ballistas. hope this helps somebody.
PS: this is all considering you have level 10 walls in age 2
james
6 Jan 12 at 4:25 am