Various Ways to Skill Ghost Generals
One of the questions I'm continually being asked about is how to skill ghost generals. Much depends on where you're at in your Settlers career, but for many veteran players, they look for speed over losses. bearing that in mind let's look at how and why I have 4 different ways to skill them.
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(alternative set up for TR using jog. It should give the same result if no canteen or GFH is being used.)
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Set up 1: Battle frenzy is the most used set up for a ghost being used as a premium attacker. I use this particular set up in many guides including Bonaberti Business.
Set up 2: Sometimes ghosts are just better with cavalry units. Although rarer than with battle frenzy (about 15% of guides where she's the best option) they still crop up often enough that if you have extras you might consider skilling a couple this way.
The last two set ups are only for use with elite soldiers and not useful for any other unit as the skill cleave is unit specific.
Set up 3: Tomb raiders(TR) is easily the most popular co-op and ghost is often used by players who have plenty of additional resources. We are talking a significant loss of damascene swords per TR, so the last two set up are for players with resources to burn. Juggernaut is better than jog as in TR the ghost doesn't need to move around within the adventure so the additional general damage eliminates the chance of a second round on camp 2.
Set up 4: The Whirlwind(WW) is the second most popular co-op and also often used with ghosts for speed. this set up allows the ghost to travel within the adventure taking advantage of jog for additional speed. The additional losses in TR using the WW set up is very slight 0-2 per run and you gotta get unlucky to get 2.
I hope this post clears things up.
As an aside, if you're using ghosts for TR (or WW) and have an Outdoor Canteen and/or a Grand Field Hospital, seriously consider using the buffs as it will reduce your losses and speed up the overall run. See the spoiler below for additional information
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