Toyotomi Hideyori Evony Guide 2026: Skills, Best Use & Build

Toyotomi Hideyori Evony Guide 2026

Toyotomi Hideyori is an older Ranged PvP General in Evony: The King's Return with useful secondary Siege support.

He is best suited to:

• Ranged PvP

• secondary Ranged marches

• Ranged/Siege hybrid marches

• attacking enemy Keeps

• Battlefield PvP

• players who already have him developed

His biggest strengths are:

• Ranged Troop Attack

• Ranged Troop Defense

• Ranged Troop HP

• Siege Machine Attack

• useful March Size

• broad Enemy Troop Attack reduction

• Enemy In-City Wounded into Death

• simple activation conditions

Toyotomi Hideyori should primarily be built around Ranged Troops.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori Good in Evony?

Yes, but he is now best viewed as an older practical Ranged option rather than a modern endgame investment.

His Special Skill provides:

• Ranged Troop Attack +20%

• Siege Machine Attack +20%

• Ranged Troop Defense +10%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

whenever he is leading the army.

That gives him a balanced Ranged foundation immediately.

He also supports Siege Machines, which gives him some flexibility for mixed Ranged and Siege marches.

Toyotomi Hideyori Best Role

Best Role: Ranged PvP

Secondary Role: Ranged and Siege Hybrid PvP

Also Good For:

• secondary Ranged marches

• Battlefield attacking

• players who already have him Ascended

Avoid Using For:

• Mounted PvP

• Ground PvP

• Monster Hunting

• Main City Defense

• Subordinate City Mayor

• Duty Officer

Ranged is clearly Hideyori's strongest troop type.

Toyotomi Hideyori Special Skill

Toyotomi Hideyori's Special Skill is:

Hiroimaru

When Toyotomi Hideyori is leading the army:

• Ranged Troop Attack +20%

• Siege Machine Attack +20%

• Ranged Troop Defense +10%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

There is no:

• attacking-only requirement

• Dragon requirement

• Spiritual Beast requirement

That makes the skill easy to activate.

Toyotomi Hideyori Ascension

Ascending Toyotomi Hideyori significantly improves his Ranged PvP performance.

1 Star

• Ranged Troop Attack +5%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

• Siege Machine HP +10%

This improves both damage and survivability.

2 Stars

When Toyotomi Hideyori is attacking:

• Enemy In-City Troop Wounded into Death Rate +8%

This makes successful attacks more punishing by converting part of the defender's wounded troops into dead troops.

3 Stars

• March Size Capacity +10%

This is one of Hideyori's most useful upgrades.

A larger Ranged march means:

• more total damage

• more total survivability

• greater PvP pressure

4 Stars

• Ranged Troop Attack +10%

• Ranged Troop Defense +15%

• Siege Machine Defense +15%

This improves both his main Ranged role and secondary Siege support.

5 Stars

• Ranged Troop Attack +20%

• Ranged Troop Defense +10%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

The fifth star gives another strong all-round Ranged improvement.

How Much Ranged Attack Does Hideyori Gain from Ascension?

Hideyori gains:

• Ranged Attack +5% at 1-Star

• Ranged Attack +10% at 4-Star

• Ranged Attack +20% at 5-Star

That gives:

35% additional Ranged Troop Attack

from Ascension.

Combined with Hiroimaru:

• Ranged Attack +20%

he reaches:

55% Ranged Attack

before Specialties.

Toyotomi Hideyori Specialties

Toyotomi Hideyori has four Specialties.

[H3] Ranged Troop Defense

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

• Ranged Troop Defense +10%

This improves Ranged survivability.

Snipe

• Enemy Troop Attack -10%

This is a useful broad debuff.

It reduces the Attack of:

• Ground Troops

• Mounted Troops

• Ranged Troops

• Siege Machines

Ranged Troop Ares

• Ranged Troop Attack +10%

• Ranged Troop Defense +10%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

This gives Hideyori a balanced Ranged increase.

Great Successor

• Ranged Troop Attack +20%

• Siege Machine Attack +20%

• Ranged Troop HP +10%

• Siege Machine HP +10%

Great Successor is Hideyori's standout Specialty.

It strengthens both:

• Ranged Troops

• Siege Machines

and reinforces his hybrid potential.

How Much Ranged Attack Can Toyotomi Hideyori Add?

Hideyori gains Ranged Attack from:

• Hiroimaru: +20%

• 1-Star Ascension: +5%

• 4-Star Ascension: +10%

• 5-Star Ascension: +20%

• Ranged Troop Ares: +10%

• Great Successor: +20%

That gives:

85% Ranged Troop Attack

from his own fully developed kit.

This is before:

• Skill Books

• equipment

• refines

• Dragons or Spiritual Beasts

• account-wide buffs

How Much Ranged Defense Can Hideyori Add?

Hideyori gains:

• Ranged Defense +10% from Hiroimaru

• Ranged Defense +15% at 4-Star

• Ranged Defense +10% at 5-Star

• Ranged Troop Defense Specialty +10%

• Ranged Troop Ares +10%

That gives:

55% Ranged Troop Defense

from his developed kit.

How Much Ranged HP Can Hideyori Add?

Hideyori gains:

• Ranged HP +10% from Hiroimaru

• Ranged HP +10% at 1-Star

• Ranged HP +10% at 5-Star

• Ranged Troop Defense Specialty +10%

• Ranged Troop Ares +10%

• Great Successor +10%

That gives:

60% Ranged Troop HP

from his developed kit.

How Much Siege Attack Can Hideyori Add?

Hideyori gains:

• Siege Machine Attack +20% from Hiroimaru

• Siege Machine Attack +20% from Great Successor

That gives:

40% Siege Machine Attack

from those effects.

This is useful secondary support, but it is not enough to make Siege his primary troop type.

How Much Native March Size Does Hideyori Get?

Hideyori gains:

• March Size +10% from 3-Star Ascension

If you add a Lv4 March Size Skill Book:

• March Size +12%

his personal contribution becomes:

22% March Size

before other account systems are included.

Hideyori's Enemy Attack Debuff

Snipe provides:

• Enemy Troop Attack -10%

This is useful because it applies broadly to all enemy troop types.

It helps reduce incoming damage while Hideyori's Ranged Troops deal damage from distance.

Best Skill Books for Toyotomi Hideyori

For pure Ranged PvP, use:

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Attack

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Range Bonus

• Lv4 March Size

This improves:

• Ranged damage

• engagement range

• total troop volume

Current build data confirms Hideyori can use the normal Ranged Troop Attack Skill Book.

Alternative Ranged Build

If survivability is more important, use:

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Attack

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Range Bonus

• Lv4 Ranged Troop HP

This sacrifices March Size for additional durability.

For most offensive builds, March Size remains the stronger all-round choice.

Best Ranged and Siege Hybrid Skill Books

If you deliberately want a mixed Ranged/Siege march, you can use:

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Attack

• Lv4 Siege Machine Attack

• Lv4 Ranged Troop Range Bonus

Another option is to replace one Attack book with:

• Lv4 March Size

for more total troop capacity.

However, serious endgame marches generally benefit from focusing primarily on one troop type.

Why Ranged Range Bonus Matters

Ranged Troops rely on attacking from distance.

Ranged Troop Range Bonus allows them to engage enemy troops earlier.

This is particularly valuable against Mounted-heavy enemies.

Range is therefore one of the most important Skill Books for a serious Ranged PvP build.

Toyotomi Hideyori for Ranged PvP

Ranged PvP is Hideyori's best role.

His developed kit provides:

• Ranged Attack

• Ranged Defense

• Ranged HP

• March Size

• Enemy Attack reduction

• Wounded-to-Death pressure

This gives him a balanced Ranged profile.

Ranged Troops are particularly effective against Mounted-heavy enemy formations.

Toyotomi Hideyori for Ranged and Siege Hybrid PvP

Hideyori also provides:

• Siege Attack

• Siege Defense through Ascension

• Siege HP

This makes a Ranged/Siege hybrid build possible.

However, his Siege package is much smaller than his Ranged package.

For most accounts:

• Ranged should remain the primary troop type

• Siege should be secondary support

Do not split your equipment and refines equally unless you have a specific mixed-march strategy.

Toyotomi Hideyori Against Mounted Troops

Mounted-heavy enemies are a natural target for a Ranged march.

Hideyori's:

• Ranged Attack

• Ranged survivability

• March Size

make him useful against cavalry-heavy formations.

Scout first and avoid sending him blindly into Ground-heavy defenses.

Toyotomi Hideyori Against Ground Troops

Ground Troops are a difficult matchup for Ranged Troops.

Hideyori does not provide major anti-Ground debuffs.

If the defending Keep is heavily Ground-focused, another troop type may be more appropriate.

Best Assistant Generals for Toyotomi Hideyori

Current TEBA data highlights:

• Ragnar

• Sigurd

• Algernon Sidney

as pairing directions.

However, General compatibility can change depending on:

• Special Skill overlap

• Skill Books

• Main vs Assistant position

Always confirm that both Special Skills remain active in-game before committing valuable resources.

Equipment and Refines

For a Ranged PvP build, prioritise percentage-based Ranged refines.

Bow

• Ranged Troop Attack % x4

Ring

• Ranged Troop Attack % x4

Armor

• Ranged Troop Defense % x4

Boots

• Ranged Troop Defense % x4

Helmet

• Ranged Troop HP % x4

Leg Armor

• Ranged Troop HP % x4

This gives Hideyori a balanced Ranged setup.

Toyotomi Hideyori for Main City Defense

Hideyori's base skill is not attacking-only.

That means some of his Ranged buffs can technically work on defense.

However, he lacks the powerful:

• In-City buffs

• Wall-specific mechanics

• broad defensive debuffs

• multi-troop defensive support

found on dedicated Main City Defense Generals.

Use a proper Wall General instead.

Toyotomi Hideyori for Monster Hunting

Hideyori should not normally be used for Monster Hunting.

His kit is designed around:

• Ranged Troops

• Siege Machines

• PvP

Mounted Troops remain the standard choice for most Boss Monster Hunting.

Use a dedicated Monster General instead.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori Still Relevant in 2026?

Yes, but mainly if you already own or have developed him.

His kit can still provide:

• Ranged Attack +85%

• Ranged Defense +55%

• Ranged HP +60%

• March Size +10%

• Enemy Attack -10%

• useful Siege support

before Skill Books and equipment.

Those numbers are perfectly usable.

However, newer Ranged Generals now offer much larger combinations of:

• Ranged Attack

• Ranged Defense

• Ranged HP

• March Size

• Covenants

• Skins

• enemy debuffs

• rally bonuses

That has reduced Hideyori's relative ceiling.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori F2P Friendly?

Not reliably.

Current acquisition sources disagree.

Some databases display:

• Tavern

• 60,000,000 Gold

while other current databases specifically say:

• not available from the Tavern

• Premium Packages

Evony also brought Toyotomi Hideyori back through the Revelry Carnival in 2026.

Because his acquisition route changes between events and databases disagree about normal Tavern availability, do not assume he can simply be recruited for 60,000,000 Gold.

Check the live recruitment and event pools first.

How to Obtain Toyotomi Hideyori

Toyotomi Hideyori has been available through:

• Premium Packages

• limited Historic General recruitment

• special events

• Revelry Carnival

During a 2026 Revelry Carnival rotation, he was available for:

• 420 Emerald Brooches

Some databases also show 60,000,000 Gold Tavern metadata, but other current sources explicitly say he is not available from the Tavern.

Treat his acquisition as event/premium-based unless your live Tavern proves otherwise.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori Worth Ascending?

Potentially, if you already use him as an important Ranged General.

His Ascension adds:

• Ranged Attack +35%

• Ranged HP

• Ranged Defense

• Siege HP

• Siege Defense

• March Size +10%

• Enemy In-City Wounded into Death +8%

These are useful improvements.

However, Blood of Ares is extremely valuable.

If you have access to stronger modern Ranged Generals, compare their long-term ceiling before heavily Ascending Hideyori.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori Worth Specialties?

Potentially.

His Specialties add:

• Ranged Attack

• Ranged Defense

• Ranged HP

• Siege Attack

• Siege HP

• Enemy Troop Attack reduction

Great Successor is especially useful because it adds:

• Ranged Attack +20%

• Siege Attack +20%

• Ranged HP +10%

• Siege HP +10%

However, Runestones are expensive.

For a fresh 2026 account, newer core Generals may deserve priority.

Is Toyotomi Hideyori Worth Investing In?

Toyotomi Hideyori is worth investing in if:

• you already own him

• you already have Ascension progress

• you need a secondary Ranged march

• you want some Ranged/Siege flexibility

• you can realistically obtain duplicate fragments

He is less attractive if:

• you are starting from zero

• you already own stronger modern Ranged Generals

• duplicate fragments are difficult to obtain

• Blood of Ares is limited

• Runestones are limited

TEBA 2026 Reality Check

Toyotomi Hideyori is still usable.

But his age shows.

A fully developed Hideyori can provide approximately:

• Ranged Attack +85%

• Ranged Defense +55%

• Ranged HP +60%

• Siege Attack +40%

• March Size +10%

• Enemy Troop Attack -10%

before Skill Books, equipment and account-wide buffs.

That is a balanced package.

But modern Ranged Generals can now provide dramatically larger total buffs and stronger scaling systems.

Hideyori's modern value is therefore:

• existing investment

• secondary marches

• Ranged/Siege flexibility

• occasional event accessibility

rather than being an obvious fresh endgame project.

TEBA Verdict

Toyotomi Hideyori is an older Ranged PvP General with useful secondary Siege support.

His base Special Skill provides:

• Ranged Attack +20%

• Siege Attack +20%

• Ranged Defense +10%

• Ranged HP +10%

whenever he leads.

His Ascension then adds:

• Ranged Attack +35%

• Ranged and Siege survivability

• March Size +10%

• Enemy In-City Wounded into Death +8%

while his Specialties add:

• more Ranged Attack

• more Ranged Defense

• more Ranged HP

• Siege Attack

• Siege HP

• Enemy Troop Attack -10%

His biggest strengths are:

• balanced Ranged stats

• useful Siege support

• straightforward activation

• March Size

• broad Enemy Attack reduction

• Ranged/Siege flexibility

His biggest weaknesses are:

• relatively low modern total buffs

• limited native March Size

• inconsistent acquisition

• much stronger newer Ranged Generals now existing

For players who already own and have developed Toyotomi Hideyori, he remains a perfectly usable Ranged PvP General in 2026.

For players starting from zero, newer Ranged Generals should be compared before committing large amounts of Blood of Ares, Runestones or premium resources.