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Generals whose abilities are enhanced by Cassandra Crystals

Generals whose abilities are enhanced by Cassandra Crystals

Since a few of us now have a few crystals from Cassandra and we may get some more soon it may be worth just making a list of known generals whose abilities are enhanced.

All generals get +1 att and def for each level gained, but when I looked on the wiki, I was listing most as NRE (No Reported Effect). The formatting messed up so it seemed simpler just to have a list.

At the moment, the "piercing" ones like Kanbe and Aesir appear to be completely just stats.Same for the ones with bonuses in guild battles like Sanna, Alexandria and Deshara. Same sadly for Zin who I had great hopes for (and Misa for those who have her).Total army enhancers like Mephistopheles, Chase, Crom also seem unaffected.I also had great hopes for Adriana and Hyperion but no...

Critical Bonus generals like Charlotte, Lotus, Slayer, Kaiser, (presumably Lothar the Ranger and Vorenus) and of course Dolomar (currently best of this lot) get an additional +0.1% chance at crit per crystal up to level 7.Therefore Dolomar can go from 5.0% extra chance to a current max of 5.3% extra chance

Income generals such as Mercedes and Scarlett get an extra 1% at level 5 and no further bonuses (beyond enhanced stats) at level 6 and 7.Scarlett therefore can go from 6% to 7% additional cash per hour

Sano is similar, completing subquests an extra 1% quicker at level 5 with no reported change above that (so 6% rather than 5%). Also Titania goes from 5% to 6% for quest drops at level 5 (unsure beyond that).

Generals reducing soldier cost in the town appear to get an additional 1% at level 5 and then nothing at 6 and 7. Darius is the notable example here.

Stamina multiplier generals Orcy, Barbarus and Maalvus get a small bonus each levelOrcy is a critical bonus (+1%, +1.07% and +1.15)Barbie is a damage bonus (+1%, +1.1% and +1.2%) additional damage to monstersMaalvus is a critical bonus (+0.07%, +0.15% and +0.22%)

Stone Guardian at level 5 rises from +10% siege weapon damage to +10.2% (summoner needs to have him selected when the weapon is launched). Unsure about levels 6 and 7 but probably similar uplifts each level)
For generals who give additional attack against monsters, this seems to carry on rising per level.Elin, Zaverok, Therian, Feral are examples of these.

For generals giving stat bonuses specifically when a player is attacked this also seems to rise per level as far as I have seen figures. Celesta, Sylvanas, Keira and Reinhardt are examples of these. Keira gives a bonus of 8 attack (when attacked) at level 4 rising to +17 at level 7

Malekus and Ambrosia go from 0.45 Attack or Defence per hero owned to 0.453 at level 5 (unsure beyond). Kaylen and Suri appear unaffected. As for other DP generals, Aurelius is unaffected too.

The Health generals, Vincent and Excelsior both gain nothing at level 5, +1 extra at level 6 and nothing at level 7 so Excelsior would rise from +22 health to +23 (or 27 with ring). Probably not worth it since you can just put a skill point on Health a lot cheaper

Godric will go from +20 max energy at level 4 to +21 max energy at level 6. Not sure about level 7 but I suspect not.Kilgore is the current best stamina general but I have not seen figues for levels above 4 (although Minerva appears not to be improved).

Since there are so few generals for whom the abilities are enhanced and in many cases the enhancements are small, then people may want to consider simply enhancing the stats of the best generals in their war council - I'm not sure I would like to give recommendations at this stage.

Also of note that generals above level 4 are supposed to enhance the chances of getting a crystal at future attempts. Many people will have used the special quests to get Strider, Penelope, Sophia and Dragan to level 6 already. It is also reported that 1 land gives 15% chance at crystal and 2 lands give 30% chance at crystal - plus 1% per general over level 4 so hopefully those 4 generals bring it to potential 34%. Following this to it's logical conclusion it would be better, if you got 3 crystals to allocate one each to 3 generals than 3 to the same general and get up to 37% chance rather than up to 35% chance. We're only talking about small percent chances whatever people do with their crystals anyway.

Update as of 14 June 2012 - max level has been raised to 15 with the prospect of it raising further and according tohttp://174.37.115.166/cforum/showthread.php?t=63275 the following generals now can have their abilities enhanced (although Malekus and Ambrosia already could)

Malekus
Ambrosia
Daphne
Oberon
Persephone
Aethyx
Aurora**
Elaida
Amon
Jaelle
Xelia
Joan
Tyrant
Esmeralda
Rafaria
Ephraline
Shivak
Meekah
Artanis
Savannah
Mephistopheles
Zeventis
Bjorin
Chase
Athenia
Gallador
Delfina
Cloudslayer
Tristram
Calista
Dexter the Drunk
Kull
Azriel
Isolde
Draconius
Jada