Military Leaders/Traits

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Military Leaders/Traits
A military leader having the inherent 'Aggressive' trait alongside the base bonuses

Military traits are additional attributes applied to military leaders. They present immediate modifications towards several units within the military, such as attack, defense, mobility, and more.

Description

Traits are extra advantages a military leader provides along with base bonuses ("base" bonuses are military modifiers that a military general naturally provides, and every general has at most one trait as soon as they are hired). If a trait boosts the same stat a base buff already boosts, these boosts can stack.

For example, a military leader may receive a +14% attack from base buffs, but the Aggressive trait may add another +10% attack, summing the total amount to +24% attack bonus for the division applied. However, traits do not necessarily need to stack with the base buffs, instead, they can enhance a stat that the base buffs do not affect.

Upgrading Traits

Additional traits can be voluntarily selected if the military leader gets promoted into the next rank, in which the newly earned trait can be stacked with other traits that the military leader claimed previously.

For instances, following the example mentioned two paragraphs above, the leader receives the Logistician trait, which provides a random value (note that each traits' quantities are randomly generated, even if its the same type) of -10% military upkeep. This trait will also stack with their Aggressive trait.

Or another example, also following the example mentioned three paragraphs above, if they rechose the Aggressive trait, which provides an another +20% attack bonus, the +20% will stack on top of the +24% attack bonus for both base + trait combined (according to the example), which sums the total amount to +44% attack.

List of Known Traits

The modifiers for each trait are randomized, so there is no specific number documented in the list below. However, none of the traits provide any form of direct drawbacks.

Trait Modifiers
Combat - Versatile Trait Modifiers Aggressive Attack: Increase Military Attack against Entrenched Units: Increase Military Attack against Fortified Units: Increase Defensive Defense: Increase
Support - Versatile Trait Modifiers Organizer Movement: Increase Logistician Military Upkeep: Decrease Frontline Leader Military Experience Bonus: Increase
Army Versatile Trait Modifiers Panzer Commander Tank Movement: Increase Tank Attack: Increase Tank Attack against Entrenched Units: Increase Tank Attack against Fortified Units: Increase Support Leader Anti Aircraft Attack: Increase Artillery Attack: Increase Unyielding Defense: Increase Entrenchment: Increase Entrenchment Speed: Increase Bunker Buster Military Attack against Entrenched Units: Increase Occupation Speed: Increase Military Attack against Fortified Units: Increase Climate Specialization Encompasses traits that boost attack and movement performance for ground units across all types of terrain and biomes. Trait Modifiers Terrain/Biomes Affected Desert Fox Arid Attack: Increase Arid Movement: Increase Arid Jungle Warrior Jungle Attack: Increase Jungle Movement: Increase Jungle Winter Soldier Winter Attack: Increase Winter Movement: Increase Mild Winter, Severe Winter, and Arctic Mountaineer Mountain Attack: Increase Mountain Movement: Increase Hilly, Semi-Mountainous, and Mountainous
Naval Trait Modifiers Escort Leader Frigate Attack: Increase Destroyer Attack: Increase Capital Officer Battleship Attack: Increase Naval Aviator Aircraft Carrier Attack: Increase Submarine Skipper Submarine Attack: Increase Galespeed Movement: Increase
Air Force Trait Modifiers Ace Pilot Fighter Attack: Increase Ground Pounder Attacker Attack: Increase Bombardier Bomber Attack: Increase

Strategy

See strategy for trait selection: Strategies/How To Get Powerful Military Leaders

Gallery

Trait Selection Panel
Clicking the orange upward arrow on the right will open the trait selection panel

A military leader having multiple traits through experienced training

Military Leader Selection Panel
Roster resets yearly

Trivia

• Some of the traits' names are partial references to real-life military colloquial callsigns. For instance, "Bombardier" is a term used for an airman operating a bomber in the United States Air Force, "Panzer Commander" could refer to a tank commander (not necessarily representing the German Panther tank), and "Ace Pilot" represents an aviator operating fighter aircraft, among more.
• Traits initially released on the 10/25/2023 Major Update (October 25, 2023). However, the concept of traits was introduced by Hyperant in the Official Discord dating back to August 19, 2023.
• All climate specialization traits, Desert Fox, Jungle Warrior, Winter Solider, and Mountaineer, were added in the 12/23/2023 Minor Update (December 23, 2023).
• The Bunker Buster trait was added in the 02/10/2025 Minor Update.
• Galespeed offers higher movement speed than that of Organizer.
• Desert Fox, a climate specialization trait in the game, was an operational codename used to refer to Erwin Rommel, a German general in World War II who achieved notable success as the commander of the Afrika Korps during the North African Campaign.

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