4 and 3 stars Artillery Generals Ranking

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I didn't really consider AGs, but Badoglio would definitely perform well there considering almost every grid has towns to output cash.

The pries is quite a unique way to think about it, but we must consider that the pries unlocks in 1941's deserts. By this time, heavy artilleries with katyushas are becoming one of our staples of every battle.

Missions without heavy artillery become more of a rarity going forward, and it's only natural that we would place our generals on these better troops, rather than keeping them on the field artillery with a pries.

So, while considering that the pries would indeed go well with these "last shot" skills, it is still somewhat minor as our generals - mostly allied, get deployed to our katyushas with the standard "first shot" attacks

I should have written "challenge missions" (the box unlocking battles) instead of "challenges" because I didn't use the Pries much in campaign, either. Or in other words, Pries only becomes relevant if there are fewer than 2 heavy artillery available.

The both of you make good points, which I did feel conflicted about when making the rankings.

So, I did even more deep thonking.
Badoglio would do an average of 6 damage more than Chuikov.

Let Chuikov's damage be x, Badoglio be x+6

Chuikov's artillery leader means 2x damage, Badoglio means 1.5x due to crit rate.

Chuikov: 2x, Badoglio: 1.5x+9
Let X be 60~
Chuikov: 120, Badoglio: 99, Diff: 21.
Difference can be caught up in 4 turns due to Badoglio's shots.

Let's downplay that a bit, by stating that Artillery leader gives the flexibility of moving and attacking another unit.

In turn, Badoglio would make up for that slight downgrade with his slightly useful Econ skill, when you manage to park him on a town for 1,2 turns before moving him to the next objective.

So now we have two seemingly equally matched generals.

The tiebreaker would be Badoglio's extra movement.

I'll be shifting Badoglio above Chuikov in a bit, since it does make sense after doing deep hmms

Zhukov- he became OP. Here's one con : he is IAP.
Leeb- Da best Axis artillery general ESPECIALLY on Elefant.
Govorov- He better than pathetic Chuikov but, I'd get him once i think on 1944 or 1945.
Badoglio- ECONOMICS = MEH!!!! I'd rather get Simonds than this pathetic dude
Chuikov- He ain't meh. Average. only meh is Street Fighting (except when on hold the ground missions).
Simonds- He is officially the snake. He has Artillery leader AND Accuracy. Nice dude but not recommended since ya have Chuikov and Leeb (or maybe Zhukov/Govorov)
Voronov- like Simonds. Simonds 2.0
Konev- WHY BE NERFED MY CHILD! WHY EASYTECH!
Alexander- KONEV 2.0! at least he not trash unlike world conqueror 4. Machinist good since my artillery take hits sometimes.
de Gaulle- More meh than wc4. MEH! Rumor is not needed because when enemies take hits morale decreases.
Blamey- Ah, thats why he dies in Balkans Operation so easily.

he SUCKS because of economics

Here's another argument against Badoglio from a F2P perspective. When playing mostly campaign without excessive AG grinding then a player can get roughly 10,000 medals from perfect clears and achievements (plus a few lucky daily medals).

Now if you put together a shopping list, Badoglio would not make it because Leeb and Govorov are much better than him and Chuikov is a good enough 3rd artillery general (even though he's slightly worse in terms of combat power).
Unless of course one likes a challenge, then switch Badoglio for Leeb:)