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Choosing Your First PvP March
How to choose the march your account can actually finish instead of building four expensive, unfinished experiments.
Learning Objectives
- Choose a troop type that matches available generals, gear, research, and dragons.
- Finish one primary march before spreading premium materials.
- Build a target and testing plan.
Why This Matters
Your first PvP march becomes the account’s first serious concentration of fragments, runestones, civilization gear, dragon development, research, Blazons, and troops. Splitting those resources across four troop types creates four marches that look busy and hit softly.
The correct first march is not automatically the troop type currently considered strongest. It is the march for which your account can assemble the most complete system.
How Evony Actually Works
A PvP march is a stack of connected systems: compatible generals, troop-specific research, gear and refines, dragon or beast, Blazons, march size, layers, and a target profile. A weakness in one system can limit the whole march.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
- Inventory your best main and assistant candidates for each troop type.
- List available civilization gear pieces and dragons.
- Compare research depth and troop inventory.
- Choose the type with the strongest complete package, not the single strongest general.
- Build the layer template and primary tier distribution.
- Choose targets the march is designed to counter.
- Review reports and finish the march before beginning the next premium project.
Optimization by Spending Style
Free-to-Play
Choose accessibility and awakening potential.
Low Coiner
Spend around a complete march plan, not isolated releases.
Heavy Coiner
Finish gear, refines, general development, and Blazons as one project.
Common Mistakes
- Choosing from a tier list without checking account inventory.
- Building every troop type at once.
- Ignoring target selection.
- Using bossing gear for PvP because the general is mounted.
Elphi's Recommendations
Complete beats fashionable.
The first march should teach you how your account fights.
Quick Reference Checklist
- Generals paired
- Gear mapped
- Dragon assigned
- Research checked
- Layers built
- Target profile defined