Times fly, things change, societies will never be the same. Moreover, rulers rise and inevitably fall. In spite of that, they take whatever they have available at the time to make themselves the best commanders of their correspondent timelines. But what will happen if we flatten the terrain and let every historic commander face against each other in equal conditions? Who will be the best of the best? Well, we will probably never know, but we can imagine such a scenario: here is a ranked tier list of the best commanders in Rise of Kingdoms.
Best Commanders in Rise of Kingdoms
Just to be clear, we are only considering the Legendary commanders in this list. Don’t get me wrong, probably a couple of Epic Commanders could help you in the early stages of the game. Over time, however, you will realize that Legendary Commanders outsmart them in every way. And when I say every way, I mean skills like talent builds, speed, troop capacity, attack types, and also the following factors:
- Defending Cities: ability to defend your city from incoming commanders.
- Defending Objectives: ability to defend flags, forts, along with Ark of Osiris objectives.
- Open Field: open field performance, based on survivability, damage output and protagonism in battles.
- Rallying Cities: ability to attack enemy cities, damage output considered.
- Rallying Objectives: ability to attack and rally flags, forts, along with Ark of Osiris objectives.
S-Tier Rise of Kingdoms Commanders
| Tier | Commanders |
|---|---|
| S | Artemisia I Attila Chandragupta Guan Yu Nebuchadnezzar II Ramesses II Yi Sun-sin Zenobia |
A-Tier Rise of Kingdoms Commanders
| Tier | Commanders |
|---|---|
| A | Alexander the Great Charles Martel Constantine I Cyrus the Great Edward of Woodstock Genghis Khan Harald Leonidas I Richard I Saladin Takeda Shingen Theodora Tomyris William I Wu Zetian Yi Seong-Gye |
B-Tier Rise of Kingdoms Commanders
| Tier | Commanders |
|---|---|
| B | Aethelflaed Cao Cao Frederick I Mehmed II Minamoto no Yoshitsune Moctezuma Mulan Trajan |
C-Tier Rise of Kingdoms Commanders
| Tier | Commanders |
|---|---|
| C | Charlemagne El Cid Hannibal Barca Julius Caesar Lu Bu |
D-Tier Rise of Kingdoms Commanders
| Tier | Commanders |
|---|---|
| D | Cleopatra VII Ishida Mitsunari Seondeok |
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Be sure to pick up the best Commanders out of the list above. Since they are all Legendary commanders, you could probably fair good with the ones that are located mid-table, since most of them will be useful in a specific instance of the game. But anyway, good luck and hope you don’t get overwhelmed by the enemy!
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