Infantry General Tier List Draft

Ok. Here we go again. 

For quality: Move Rundstedt to A cuz his exactly the same as Macarthur when at max. Take down Model&Heinrici and put up Kuribayashi instead. Also move Zhukov to C.

For cost: Mannerheim to S cuz why not, Rundstedt to A to fill in space, and Konev to B (an amazing arty AND infantry for like 1500 medals). Move Macarthur and Nasser to C (Macarthur is wayyy to expensive and Nasser has 3 STARS for 700 medals). Lol I wonder where Zhukov is for costing thousands of medals aka tier Z. 

He cost 1600, has raider level 3 starting out which makes him superior than Yamashita in the beginning), and with medals, he's OP in jungles which are common. Yamashita costs 2200 and still need tons of medals to be great but Mannerheim only needs few for infantry leader and maybe jungle. Btw Rundstedt has Elastic too. 

When I use him in mods, he's OP especially when he's in an australian commando and is on a jungle. Sadly the truth is, you only need Konev. 

Sun Li-jen of the Glorious RoC, if you were arguing this in the context of artillery/tanks, then sure go ahead. But wc4 is a special game, with special commando units possessing terrain bonuses. Additionally, forests take less damage from artillery AND tanks, so Mannerheim would be capable of tearing down cities quickly, and also inflicting heavy damage against other enemies with his jungle fighting. Of course, his elastic defence and the lack of 1 extra skill makes him appear choked and stifled as compared to Rundstedt (def not Yamashita, hes the best), but unlike Rundsetdt he can have a terrain skill plus explosives for cities, or if wanted infantry leader for all-purposes. Rundstedt starts off worse with 2 useless skills (city and elastic), and raider must go on him, so the last spot has a more significant sacrifice to be made [infantry lead/explosives/rumor]. Adding on, Rundstedt will never deal more damage than Mannerheim, since he only has 1 damage boosting skill if he were to go with rumor raider.

However, due to the price diff I would without a doubt go with Rundstedt; even with the additional 1 skill to be added on it is covered within the price gap. However, considering that a second infantry gen after Konev/yamashita usually comes at the endgame/when ur roster is complete, you would already have accumulated sufficient medals, so this price difference will not affect one in choosing Mannerheim's superior damage over Rundstedt's, who is more suited for defending (dont blame me thats what ET wants him to precisely do with city plus elastic) or attacking enemy units (artillery/tanks not good choices. Madman if you use yamashita to engage lets say Benteke on a tank

Your definition of far better does not take into account the forum's needs; esp for beginners considering cost-efficiency over max potential. Sometimes while determining rank you switch the definitions, so on another day I might be convincing you otherwise

In my opinion, infantry are for capturing freshly wrecked cities(Tanks destroy, then moves to the next target according to my blitz) and to defend empty cities so enemy will not paratrooper on it.

Oops, sorry. I do not have much experience about infantry generals. Infantry in overall is weak. Any general used in Infantry must be ridiculously mobile to avoid unnecessary inconvenience IMO. I think, it is better to refer the experienced better players in the forum.

Infantry gen is pretty much useless. Konev is enough.

Strongly disagree with the point system. Your values for skills are biased and terrible choices. Cover gets a full point? Mobility stars 0.25?
Rundstedtis mediocre by your standarss and a silver tier Mannerheim and MacArthur are better? Smh.
Infantry is for mobility for capturing and occupying cities.
Ever hear the term "boots on the ground"? You can't occupy territories without them. This is a real thing.
Best Infantry units are mech. Inf.and possibly certain commando types, depending won scenarios, Which give them boosts against defenses and cities/fortresses.
Put an infantry general on one with explosives skill, and guerilla and see what happens to a fortress.
I love rumor for arty first then tanks and wish I had an extra slot for it on inf. Gens but they have disadvantages vs armor. So I don't use them vs Titans, for 3xample.
Their jobs are to get to targets, capture and hold... Possibly until an air gen arrives. So skills and abilities like damage vs strongholds, explosives, mobility and guerilla to stop counter attacks are essential.
Yamashita and Runstedt are great if used properly. Even elastic defense can be taken advantage of building def. Unit's around captured city and street fighter make him a dug in diehard in cities vs anything. Mine has no explosives and why I'm considering getting Yamashita also, but he still rocks and without being maxed yet.
Even Graziani is underestimated here. He has plenty stars in tank, arty, and infantry and his skills are flexible enough that he can be a Great hybrid. Explosives and rumor on him will enable him to be a decent general on 3 unit types at least. For those scenarios where you don't have many choices.