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Reinforcement Basics: Sending Troops That Help
How to reinforce for survival, counter the expected rally sequence, and avoid filling a keep with the wrong troops.
Learning Objectives
- Understand reinforcement capacity and target composition.
- Send troops that solve the next threat.
- Coordinate pre-reinforcement and replacement marches.
Why This Matters
Reinforcement is not “send your biggest march.” Every march placed in a keep consumes capacity and changes the defensive shape. A bad reinforcement can block the troops that would have actually saved the keep.
The common enemy sequence of siege, ranged, mounted, then ground means the reinforcement plan should anticipate what is likely to arrive next.
How Evony Actually Works
The defending keep’s base layers, wall general, buffs, debuffs, and reinforcement capacity determine what help is useful. Reinforcing troops fight within that defensive system, not as independent marches.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
- Record the keep’s important defensive layers and gaps.
- Calculate available reinforcement capacity.
- Identify the expected enemy rally sequence.
- Assign pre-reinforcement mixes that improve survival without consuming all capacity.
- Reserve replacement marches for likely losses.
- Remove or rotate reinforcements when the threat changes.
- Read reports to see which layers are absorbing damage and which are ineffective.
Optimization by Spending Style
Free-to-Play
Send a correctly composed march rather than the largest possible march.
Low Coiner
Develop one dependable reinforcement specialty.
Heavy Coiner
Coordinate multiple reinforcing marches and reserve capacity for adaptation.
Common Mistakes
- Sending all top-tier troops.
- Filling capacity before the enemy rally type is known.
- Ignoring the base keep composition.
- Leaving dead-weight reinforcements after the threat changes.
Elphi's Recommendations
Capacity is a scarce resource.
Reinforcement should answer a specific threat.
Quick Reference Checklist
- Keep composition recorded
- Capacity calculated
- Enemy sequence anticipated
- Pre-reinforcement assigned
- Reserve marches ready
- Reports reviewed