3rd Supporting General: Richard vs Peter vs Barbarossa

I was wondering, which of these would be provide the most support for Caesar and Petain. Please note that Nobunaga, Nelson, Washington, and Montezuma will be on the other front, unless they are in campaign, in which case, even still, the infantry will be in front of the archers). But if this is conquest, Caesar and Petain will have napoleon to back them up as well. I will most likely get Peter anyway because he is so cheap, and will use Barbarossa presuming till lvl 6, and will invest into his skills. For me wasting medals on a temporaryisn’t really too much of an issue, as I just need to get to 155 cities, after which I will make a decent amount of medals each week, allowing me to recover from whatever mistakes I made.

Peter has infantry leader, rumor, shelter, and braveness, which would make a devastating combination when used right, as I can safely attack a general such as Nobunaga or Washington, and Rumor him without the fear of retaliation, or a debuff skill, which would be the worst outcome). However, I heard that Peter has 1000 hp less than Barbarossa, and he loses his reduction from archers skill making him quite vulnerable to generals such as Washington. Can’t be relied upon for healing. Will most like die quickly when put into the hands of the ai. Also take into account that he will have Caesar’s cure master to heal him in desparate situations

Barbarossa has leadership, infantry leader, marshal, and fury, in addition to having 1000 more hp than Peter at end. However unlike Peter, he lacks both braveness and rumor. In my opinion, I’d rather have both braveness and rumor as opposed to an additional 1000 health, unless that is of course without the marshal skill taken into account. Also, unlike Richard, Barbarossa doesn’t have rumor, and his output is far less than Richard’s as he doesn’t have mass fire, and he even lacks logistics and 50% damage reduction from archers on Richard. However, I did hear that Barbarossa has a 50% reduction trait from somewhere on this forum, and also I will most likely use Barbarossa all the way up to industrial anyway. But like I said, medals ain’t really an issue I am concerned about.

Finally we have richard, who has rumor logistics mass fire and -50% damage from archers. However, he is no infantry leader, and is inferior to Peter and Barbarossa with regards to that trait. However, his output will be the highest on the team, only weaker than Caesar when attacking infantry. He is a nice tank overall and can be relied upon for dealing nice damage at any time. However, his disadvantaged to Peter, lacking infantry leader and braveness, is really what stops me from grabbing him without any hesitation. However, when compared to Barbarossa at level 6, the only real advantage Barbarossa has to Richard is the fact that Barbarossa has marshal. Leadership is a skill which many of my generals will have already, and I prefer Rumor to leadership, as this can save my other generals from getting debuffed from other generals such as Nobunaga or Blucher. So I personally see Richard as the preferable option over Barbarossa, which is funny, because I see Barbarossa as being the prefered option over Peter, and Peter who is the preferred option over Richard. So Peter is better than Richard, but Richard is better than Barbarossa who is better than Peter. I know its a very confusing circle.

Also, we can have other generals support caesar and petain, with no doubt. Generals such as Joan of Arc or even Alexander can be useful. Also generals of other unit types such as Bismarck and Blucher could also support caesar very well, and they will all be healed by caesar’s cure master.

Let me know what you guys think. Sorry for this essay, I am just wondering how to setup my future team. Thanks for reading.