Evony’s new general, Mouri Motonari, has been released with the 2025 Fireworks Festival events. The general is good at leading mounted troops. This guide first explains the buffs for each stage of this general’s growth, then explains how to obtain this general. Next, we analyze his strengths and suitability by comparing him to the last cavalry general released by Evony. Finally, we offer some recommendations based on trying various general combinations about Mouri Motonari.
General Story – Mouri Motonari
Mouri Motonari, the Sengoku era’s shrewdest daimyō, began as a minor lord in Aki Province. He first served the powerful Ōuchi clan, then replaced them during their civil strife; his other great rival, the Amago clan, later fell to his schemes and assaults.
His finest hour was the Battle of Itsukushima. Unable to face the Ōuchi head-on, Motonari fortified Miyano-o at a sea chokepoint and spread false reports, drawing the enemy’s 20,000 troops to the island.
On a storm-lashed night, he led his army around enemy pickets, landed on the island’s east bank, crossed the ridge, and struck the Ōuchi camp while his navy burned their anchored ships. Hemmed in by land and sea, the Ōuchi host was destroyed, sealing Mōri dominance in western Japan.
Through brilliance and battle, Motonari captured ten provinces of San’in and San’yō. His life, likened to a flawless game of Go, earned him the title “Sage of Strategy”, and his clan endured the Sengoku chaos to flourish into the Meiji era.
Special Skill – God of Strategy
Increases mounted troops’ attack and defense by 55% and ground troops’ and mounted troops’ HP by 35% when Mouri Motonari is leading the army.
Ascend Mouri Motonari to unlock the attributes below.
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Mounted troop attack and HP +10%
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Attacking troop death into wounded rate +8%
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Mounted troop attack and defense +20%
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Mounted troop HP +15%; march size capacity +8%
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Mounted troop defense and HP +30%; ground and mounted troop attack +25%
The Specialties of Mouri Motonari (Max Effect)
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Mounted Troop Assault: mounted troop attack and HP +10%
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Formation: ground and mounted troop attack +10%
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Mounted Troop Ares: mounted troop attack, HP, and defense +10%
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Battle of Miyajima: mounted troop attack and defense +45%; march size capacity +10%
Mouri Motonari’s Covenant Information
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Covenanted Generals
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Maeda Toshiie
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Ii Naomasa
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Covenant Attributes
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War Covenant: mounted troop attack +5%
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Cooperation Covenant: mounted troop training capacity +5%
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Peace Covenant: mounted troop HP +10%
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Faith Covenant: attacking mounted troop attack +10%; mounted troop defense +5%
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Honor Covenant: in-rally mounted troop attack +10%
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Civilization Covenant: ground and mounted troop defense +10%; march size capacity +10%
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Among them, only the “mounted troop training capacity +5%” and “mounted troop defense +5%” will take effect unconditionally. Others will only be effective for this general.
How to Obtain Mouri Motonari
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Epic Historic General Premium Token
Use the token, and you have a chance to receive General Mouri Motonari.
While there is a certain chance of obtaining this general using Epic General and Epic Historic General tokens, the probability is not as high as Epic Historic General Premium.
You can get the token in the following ways.
Special events
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Lost Treasure:Use the “Golden Compass” to search for treasures.When you get the Lv1 and Lv2 treasures, you will unlock the Lv3 treasure, an Epic Historic General Premium. In the stage of Lv3, each search will cost 6 golden compasses.
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Alliance Competition:Legendary League – monarch scores reach 3,900 to win the token.Epic League – monarch scores reach 3,650 to win the token.
Purchase packages
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Old Treasure Reborn – Apprasial Epic Package
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Champion’s Affection – epic pack
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Legend Maker Package – 2 premium tokens
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Covenant Stone sale pack – 1 premium token
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Optional Package – the “Imperial’ one
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Decoration Collection Package
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Voyage to Civilizations – Super Voyage Sale package
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Dwarf’s Treasure – Super Treasure Sale package
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Lost Treasure – Treasure Searching Sale package
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Poseidon’s Day – Ocean Offering package (the highest tier)
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Grace of Star Trail – Star Trail Gift sale package (the highest tier)
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Giant’s Wisdom Temple – Giant’s Pickaxe – Luxury Ultimate Treasure package
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Historic General Summoning event
You can use Epic Historic General (Glory) to summon generals at this event. During Evony’s Fireworks Festival, if you don’t get Mouri Motonari after summoning 5 times, you will definitely get him within the next summoning.
Besides, you may get many other rare generals at this event, such as Elektra, William Marshal, Aethelflaed, Leo III, Baldwin IV, Theodora, Zhao Yun, Elise, Petronas, Gonzalo, Alexander Hamilton, Olav II, Godfrey of Bouillon, Beowulf, Jayavarman II, Mu Guiying, and so on.
During the festival, you can obtain the Epic Historic General (Glory) from the festival event package ( the highest tier) and the Super Dragon Awakening package.
Comparison: Mouri Motonari vs. Olav II
To more concisely compare the buffs of these two generals at different growth stages, we only sorted out the buffs that can be effective on cavalry.
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Growth Stage
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Mouri Motonari
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Olav II
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Original Special Skill
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Mounted attack +55
Mounted defense +55
Mounted HP +35
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Mounted attack +55 (attacking)
Mounted defense +40 (attacking)
Mounted HP +40 (attacking)
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Ascend 1 Star
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Mounted attack +10
Mounted HP +10
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Mounted attack +15 (attacking)
Mounted HP +10 (attacking)
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Ascend 2 Star
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Attacking troop death into wounded +8
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Ascend 3 Star
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Mounted attack +20
Mounted defense +20
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Mounted attack +25 (attacking)
Mounted defense +10 (attacking)
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Ascend 4 Star
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Mounted HP +15
March size +8
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Mounted defense +25 (attacking)
Mounted HP +25 (attacking)
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Ascend 5 Star
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Mounted defense +30
Mounted HP +30
Mounted attack +25
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Mounted attack +40 (attacking)
Mounted HP +40 (attacking)
March size +10
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Specialty 1
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Mounted attack +10
Mounted HP +10
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Mounted attack +10
Mounted defense +10
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Specialty 2
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Mounted attack +10
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March size +6
Mounted attack +10 (attacking)
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Specialty 3
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Mounted attack +10
Mounted HP +10
Mounted defense +10
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Mounted attack +10
Mounted HP +10
Mounted defense +10
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Specialty 4
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Mounted attack +45
Mounted defense +45
March size +10
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Mounted attack +50 (attacking)
Mounted defense +35 (attacking)
Mounted HP +35 (attacking)
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Covenant 1
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Mounted attack +5
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Mounted HP +10 (attacking)
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Covenant 2
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Mounted troop training capacity +10
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Mounted troop training speed +10%
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Covenant 3
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Mounted HP +10
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Mounted attack +10 (in-rally)
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Covenant 4
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Mounted attack +10 (attacking)
Mounted defense +5
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Mounted defense +10 (attacking)
Mounted attack +5 (attacking)
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Covenant 5
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Mounted attack +10 (in-rally)
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Mounted attack +10
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Covenant 6
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Mounted defense +10
March size +10
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March size +8
Mounted HP +15 (in-rally)
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Total Buffs (as Main General)
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Mounted attack +200
Mounted defense +175
Mounted HP +120
March size +28
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Mounted attack +230
Mounted defense +140
Mounted HP +170
March size +24
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Total Buffs (as Assistant General)
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Mounted attack +145
Mounted defense +125
Mounted HP +65
March size +20
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Mounted attack +150
Mounted defense +105
Mounted HP +95
March size +14
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Comparisons show that Mouri Motonari’s improvements to march size capacity and cavalry defense are superior to Olav II’s. However, his cavalry attack and HP buffs are inferior to Olav II’s. Moreover, most of Olav II’s buffs only work when attacking, while Mouri Motonari’s buffs are less restrictive and have a wider range of applications. Therefore, Mouri Motonari can serve as an assistant general, providing reinforcements, or attacking monsters, while Olav II is more suited to leading offensive cavalry units.
Related General Combinations
Mouri Motonari can be combined with almost any cavalry general, such as:
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Olav II
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Artemis
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Hermes
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Cheng Yaojin
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Marco Polo
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George Monck
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Hestia
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Washington (Prime)
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Napoleon (Prime)
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Of the above combinations, only the one with Cheng Yaojin cannot use the skill book “Mounted Troop Attack”. All other combinations can use skills books focused on mounted troop attack, defense, and HP, as well as the skill book “March Size”.
Furthermore, there are two generals you should be aware of: Hermes and Washington (Prime). When these two generals are paired with Mouri Motonari, Mouri Motonari cannot use the skill book “March Size”, but the two generals can use it on their own.
After comprehensively comparing the maximum level effects of the above combinations, our top three recommended combinations are:
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Artemis + Mouri Motonari
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Olav II + Mouri Motonari
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George Monck + Mouri Motonari
