According to the description in Evony, Flavius Aetius is a Roman general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He has led his troops to victory in many battles in history. In the game, he is suitable to be the mayor of a subordinate city (hereinafter referred to as a sub-city) and cause debuffs to enemy troops. His debuff attributes are mainly concentrated on enemy ground troops. This guide will introduce all the attributes of this general and how to obtain the general. Moreover, through a detailed comparison, we will show you the strengths and advantages of Flavius Aetius.
Flavius Aetius’s Special Skill & Ascending Buffs
Roman Glory – Reduces enemy siege machines’ attack by 20% and ground troops’ HP by 20% when Flavius Aetius is leading the army.
5 levels ascending buffs:
- Enemy ranged troop + siege machine attack -5% and ground troop defense -10%
- Enemy ground troop HP -10%; when he is a sub-city mayor, training speed in this sub-city +15%
- Enemy ground troop defense -20%; when he is a sub-city mayor, the death-into-survival rate in this sub-city +15%
- Enemy ranged troop + siege machine attack -10% and ground troop HP -10%
- Enemy ranged troop + siege machine attack -15%, ground troop defense and HP -15%
Flavius Aetius’s Max-level Specialties
- Siege Machine Defense: siege machine HP and defense +10%
- Snipe: enemy troop attack -10%
- Iron Warrior: enemy wounded to death when attacking +10%
- Battle of Chalons: enemy ground troop attack and HP -26%
How strong is Flavius Aetius?
At present, Narses and Darius I are more outstanding in terms of reducing enemy ground troops. However, Flavius Aetius can be used as a substitute in the early stage, and as a 2nd-tier or backup general in the later stage.
In terms of overall strength, Flavius Aetius can compete with Yeon Gaesomun and Constantine the Great.
We compare these 3 generals in the table below. For the sake of convenience, we abbreviate ground troop, mounted troop, ranged troop, siege machine, and all troops as G, M, R, S, and T; enemy as E; attack and defense as A and D.
Generals | Flavius Aetius | Yeon Gaesomun | Constantine the Great |
|---|---|---|---|
Basic Special Skill | ESA -20 EGHP -20 | ETA -10 EGA -30 | EGA -20 EMA -20 Death into survival rate in his sub city +10 |
Lv1 Ascend Buff | ERA -5 ESA -5 EGD -10 | EGD -15 EMD -15 EGHP -10 EMHP -10 | EGA -10 EMA -10 EGD -10 EMD -10 |
Lv2 Ascend Buff | EGHP -10 Training speed in his sub city +15 | EGD -20 EMD -20 Training speed in his sub city +20 | EGD -15 EMD -15 Training speed in his sub city +20 |
Lv3 Ascend Buff | EGD -20 Death into survival rate in his sub city +15 | EGHP -20 EMHP -20 Death into survival rate in his sub city +10 | EGHP -15 EMHP -15 Death into survival rate in his sub city +10 |
Lv4 Ascend Buff | ERA -10 ESA -10 EGHP -10 | EGA -10 EMA -10 EGHP -20 EMHP -20 | EGA -15 EMA -15 EGHP -15 EMHP -15 |
Lv5 Ascend Buff | ERA -15 ESA -15 EGD -15 EGHP -15 | EGA -15 EGD -25 EMA -15 EMD -25 | EGA -15 EGD -15 EGHP -15 EMA -15 EMD -15 EMHP -15 |
Specialty 1 | SHP +10 SD +10 | GHP +10 GD +10 | MA +10 MD +10 |
Specialty 2 | ETA -10 | ETHP -10 | GA +10 MA +10 |
Specialty 3 | Enemy wounded into death +10 (attacking) | TA +6 | TA +6 |
Specialty 4 | EGA -26 EGHP -26 | EGA -10 EMA -10 ERA -20 ESA -20 | EGA -20 EMA -20 GA +10 MA +10 |
Based on the data above, among the 3 generals, Flavius Aetius is the strongest at reducing the HP of enemy ground troops, while Yeon Gaesomun and Constantine the Great have better debuff effects on attack. In terms of weakening enemy ground defense, Flavius Aetius and Constantine the Great are similar, and neither is as good as Yeon Gaesomun.
Besides, Flavius Aetius has a nice debuff on enemy ranged troops and siege machines, while Yeon Gaesomun and Constantine the Great have a good debuff on enemy mounted troops.
In addition to the debuffs on enemies, they also have certain buffs on their own troops. Yeon Gaesomun and Constantine the Great focus on ground and mounted, while Flavius Aetius focuses on ranged and siege.
How to Get Flavius Aetius？
1. General Portrait Exhibition
General Flavius Aetius is in the pool of Trojan Horse Historic General and General Hall Ⅱ Historic General of this event. In other words, using these 2 general tokens, you will have a chance of receiving this general.
Trojan Horse Historic General:
- The 1st general token on the redemption page of the event.
- Need 600 general invitations to redeem it.
- Redeem chance is 99.
General Hall Ⅱ Historic General:
- The 6th general token on the redeem page.
- Need 500 general invitations to redeem it.
- Redeem chance is also 99.
So, how can we get general invitations?
Purchase packages to get enough general invitations.
- General’s Invitation Package
There are 12 general hall chests per package. Open the chest to get 1 or more general invitations. Also, there is a certain probability that you can directly obtain a “General Hall I Historic General” token, although this probability is very small.
- Imperial General Hall Package
Each purchase of this package will directly grant you 600 general invitations.
2. King’s Scheme
Epic Historic General (Rare):
Get the “Epic Historic General (Rare)” token and you may obtain General Flavius Aetius from it.
During the event, you can use 60 general mementos to redeem the general token.
It is the 2nd item on the redemption page of the event.
Purchase corresponding packages to get the general memento.
- Each “Super Value Gem Package” has 3 general mementos.
- Each “Super Value Speedup Package” has 3 general mementos.
Historic General (Flavius Aetius):
In addition, the redemption page of this event contains some exclusive general tokens, and the generals released in each round are different.
You may meet the round of releasing “Historic General (Flavius Aetius)”. This exclusive general token also requires 60 general mementos to redeem.
3. Giant’s Wisdom Temple
After clearing levels 3 and 4 of Giant’s Wisdom Temple, there is a certain chance to get the “Mayor Optional Chest”.
This chest contains general tokens of Darius I, Baldwin IV, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Flavius Aetius. You can choose any one of them after opening it.
You can get Giant’s Pickaxe from monsters and packages during the event. Then, use the Giant’s Pickax to clear the floor tiles to find all Wisdom Crystals to pass the level.
