next general?

Sell Antony, get Belisarius, get a preferred infantry general of your choice (I'm done fighting the Crassus Battle), and (if you want) sell One-Skill Drusus For a no- Archer (only one Archer is really needed, and your Commander is that. As for your commander, don't build as an Archer. That is the worst one. But if you want it, give him ArchCom, Terrain, Advantage, and another skill of your choice (Torch?). 

I really don't value Antony, as this game is really a slog in campaigns, just trying to outsmash the other. Extra Damage is a lot more useful than speed. That being said, he has Charge and CavCom, so that is unique to him. However, Belisarius has that and so much more. The generally preferred infantry are Verc or Crassus, of the two I prefer Crassus due to Counter and Siege, but I dislike both of them. My personal favorite is Sertorius, but he is despised in this forum. It is just that in the end, your gen will be the best general in the game, but we have Mith VI, Octavian, and others who can do the job just as well. I dislike Archers because, apart from Javelineers, they are stuck with light or no Armour. In addition, they are rare, expensive, and have terrible survivability, even if they can avoid counter. You will have multiple archer generals eventually, but it is not really high priority.

I recommend an Inf-Cav Hybrid with 8 stars in each actually. Counter, Siege, Terrain, and Torch/March/Hide. I was able to get reasonable successes with this. And it is good for harder missions where you can place it on either. Lastly, the skillset works for either very well, so If you want to make them more dedicated, you can just reset capability points and have an Inf-Navy or a Cav-Navy.

Then go for an infantry with InfCom, Shield Wall, Terrain, and other.

1. Slow survivor inf (Vercingetorix) and/or fort cracker (Crassus).
2. Mithridates (practically the best archer can replace Commander until he is ready) or Huo/Arminius (best offensive cav gens, normally to replace Pacorus)
3. I like Octavian and he's one of the best out of the remaining archers so you may consider him / Cleo as an archer-navy hybrid for the toughest battles, Arminius / Huo (whoever is left) as well as Crassus / Vercingetorix (whoever is left) OR Agrippa as an inf-navy hybrid for the toughest naval battles.


Try not to sell any gens, if possible. For Decisive Battle, slain gens cannot be used in later stages and reserve gens can be used to fight. Also, since filling out Daily Mission slots allow you to send gens on missions, you can easily earn farm Medals in the long run.
If you do sell gens, their replacements must be far better and the best.


Only you can decide if you want to change your Commander, further develop him as an archer or a generalist.
Honestly, I'm unsure of the cost of developing skills with the new Shop and Achievements, but I still believe that any purging any prior and creating new investments in Commander must be quite costly. As such, if you want to "reset" his skills and "rebuild" him, it will come at an additional steep cost compared to simply developing him further.
Plus, earlier members have developed Commander in numerous unique ways that suited their play style while considering how beneficial will their Commander's abilities be. You DO NOT have to reset your Commander unless you really want to.

An inf / cav Commander may be slightly more valuable early on when you lack Medals and options, but if you're an endgame "collector", inf / cav / arch does not matter because you will have at least two to three of each at hand to choose from.
An inf-cav hybrid in this long-term context is simply not worth it, especially when you will lack key skills to that specialists have. I'd rather invest in Navy *s just for that raw firepower at sea in the occasional amphibious battle.


Gerd von Rundstedt, if you do not value Speed, then surely recommending a generalist Commander with March is ironic? Commander naturally has a +3 for his Movement so adding March makes him even more speedy. Plus, this +3 may not be much, but I feel that it is good enough as a "moderate" speed for any gen in this gen.

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Also, on buying Belisarius, please don't rush to buy him! Few members still play and look at the boards for GC:R and fewer have the chance to use him.
He's a new and unknown gen, unless his gen page has been shown and studied, so any posts that support / criticises him cannot be readily debated for a more "fair" analysis.

Inactive user, I'd prefer to avoid changing my Commander unless his setup is too weird, but if you are happy with your choice, that is good.

Good choice of skills for your new Commander. It's a pity that he doesn't have a 5th skill slot, otherwise the ultimate Shield Wall-Ambush survivalist twin skills for inf can be used.