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Best Commanders Tier List in Rise of Kingdoms (2025) with King Arthur Pendragon + Subutai

If you’re lost what commander you should level up and take to the route to max out in Rise of Kingdoms I hope this guide here will help you, including my recommendations in what order you should stuff their level trees and what commanders they work best with as secondary commander.

Important! This list should also help you to decide how to invest your Universal Sculptures so the general tiers are also more like an investment order as well. Also, don’t forget to check out my frequently updated list of active gift codes in Rise of Kingdoms to not miss out on free Keys, Booster, Speedups or Gems.

Legendary Commanders Tier List

Let cover some IMPORTANT THINGS first:

  1. Here’s the tier list for the legendary commanders. If you look for the epic commanders, you will find them in their own tier list below. If you’re interested in seeing the current best pairs, either look into the “Best Builds / Pairings” button for every commander or I also have a frequently updated list of the best marches in the current meta here.
  2. The tier list shows the STRENGTH of a commander in the game right now, not necessarily if you should invest in that commander as a new player. The higher a hero the more important the investment is, of course, but also lower commanders can be interesting for newer players

Also, if you like Rise of Kingdoms, check out the new Age of Empires Mobile, probably the most epic city-building war game for mobile so far and you will see a lot of familiar heroes there along probably the most complex pairing system in a mobile game like this.

Big rework of many rankings on the top since the new smite and combo damage and last but not least Arthur himself switched up a lot in the meta for 2025 + added the new Maya commanders as well

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Legendary Commanders

Here are the legandary commanders in Rise of Kingdoms, if you want to check out the epic commanders, please scroll lower they are ranked at the second half of the list individually since you can't really compare legendary commanders with epic commanders

subutai
Subutai
NEW
arthur pendragon
Arthur Pendragon
S+
liu che
Liu Che
S+
ragnar (prime)
Ragnar (Prime)
S+
huo qubing
Huo Qubing
S
yi-seong gye (ysg)
Yi-Seong Gye (YSG)
A+
minamoto
Minamoto
A+
alexander the great
Alexander the Great
A+
zhuge liang
Zhuge Liang
A+
philip ii
Philip II
A+
william wallace
William Wallace
A+
shajar al-durr
Shajar al-Durr
A+
scipio africanus (prime)
Scipio Africanus (Prime)
A
hermann (prime)
Hermann (Prime)
A
joan of arc (prime)
Joan of Arc (Prime)
A
alexander nevsky
Alexander Nevsky
A
belisarius (prime)
Belisarius (Prime)
B+
siyaj k'ak
Siyaj K'ak
B+
ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal
B+
gorgo
Gorgo
B+
sargon
Sargon
B+
guan yu
Guan Yu
B+
choe yeong
Choe Yeong
B+
nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar
B+
stephen iii
Stephen III
B+
john hunyadi
John Hunyadi
B+
scipio aemilianus
Scipio Aemilianus
B+
boudica (prime)
Boudica (Prime)
B+
justinian
Justinian
B+
xiang yu
Xiang Yu
B
henry
Henry
B
leonidas
Leonidas
B
eleanor of aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine
B
lapulapu
Lapulapu
B
artemisia
Artemisia
C+
honda tadakatsu
Honda Tadakatsu
C+
mehmed ii
Mehmed II
C+
pakal ii
Pakal II
C+
tariq ibn ziyad
Tariq Ibn Ziyad
C+
tomyris
Tomyris
C+
william i
William I
C+
harald sigurdsson
Harald Sigurdsson
C+
attila
Attila
C+
gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
C+
saladin
Saladin
C+
takeda shingen
Takeda Shingen
C+
bertrand
Bertrand
C+
cyrus the great
Cyrus the Great
C+
phyrrus
Phyrrus
C+
gonzalo de cordoba
Gonzalo de Cordoba
C+
gajah mada
Gajah Mada
C+
dido
Dido
C+
margaret
Margaret
C+
babur
Babur
C+
charles martel
Charles Martel
C+
julius caesar
Julius Caesar
C+
hannibal barca
Hannibal Barca
C+
edward of woodstock
Edward of Woodstock
C+
jan zizka
Jan Zizka
C+
heraclius
Heraclius
C+
el cid
El Cid
C+
mulan
Mulan
C+
suleiman i
Suleiman I
C+
frederick
Frederick
C+
jadwiga
Jadwiga
C+
lu bu
Lu Bu
C+
aethelflaed
Aethelflaed
C+
genghis khan
Genghis Khan
C+
cao cao
Cao Cao
C+
ragnar lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok
C+
amanitore
Amanitore
C
ramesses
Ramesses
C
richard
Richard
C
constantine
Constantine
C
chandragupta
Chandragupta
C
trajan
Trajan
C
cheok jun-gyeong (cj)
Cheok Jun-Gyeong (CJ)
C
thutmose
Thutmose
C
moctezuma
Moctezuma
C
theodora
Theodora
C
flavius
Flavius
C
charlemagne
Charlemagne
C
yi sun-sin (yss)
Yi Sun-Sin (YSS)
C
wu zetian
Wu Zetian
C
zenobia
Zenobia
C
wak chanil ajaw
Wak Chanil Ajaw
cleopatra
Cleopatra
ishida
Ishida
seondeok
Seondeok

Epic Commanders

Here are the epic commanders ranked in Rise of Kingdoms

imhotep
Imhotep
S
joan of arc
Joan of Arc
S
sun tzu
Sun Tzu
S
baibars
Baibars
A+
catherine de medici
Catherine de Medici
A
bjorn ironside
Bjorn Ironside
A
hermann
Hermann
A
belisarius
Belisarius
A
keira
Keira
A
narses
Narses
B+
kusunoki
Kusunoki
B+
pericles
Pericles
B+
pelagius
Pelagius
B
eulji mundeok
Eulji Mundeok
B
osman
Osman
B
scipio africanus
Scipio Africanus
C
boudica
Boudica
C
diaochan
Diaochan
C
lohar
Lohar
D
matilda
Matilda
tamar
Tamar

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Conclusion

I do update this list here frequently so make sure to come back here and see updated versions and also new commanders when they get introduced to Rise of Kingdoms. Also, feel free to leave a comment below if you disagree with some ranking here or if you have any questions related to the commanders 🙂

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  1. Great breakdown of the commanders! I’m excited to see Philip II making waves alongside Ragnar Prime. Their synergy could really change the game strategy. Looking forward to trying them out!

  2. Seems odd to have Queen Tamar d tier for epics with only one skill being dedicated to gathering. And greatly disagree with the f for sunset canyon she is definitely top 5 for epic commanders.

    1. What? She, despite having just that one skill, is only for gathering. Her other skills aren’t good for combat either, and her stats suck. A lot. She makes herself worthless as a primary just by being an integration commander, and her active skill isn’t good enough to justify her being a secondary commander in place of Joan, Mulan, YSG, El Cid, Aethelflaed, heck, Cleo gosh dang patra, even, though Cleopatra has the exact same issues. She’s not good for Canyon, she’s not good for open field, and the thought of using a gathering commander for defending or rallying makes me want to throw up. Also another buffing commander is Trajan, who’s THE primary support commander. Constantine works very well too. Tamar is hot garbage for everything but gathering, and as she only has one gathering skill, she’s not even good for that.

  3. how could you? Sun Tzu is easily a top-tier commander, better than most of those legendaries. I honestly find it offensive that you would even claim such a preposterous theme. The damage with the rage restored gives such a good bonus in the open field, and most legendaries can’t even come close to competing with what he gives to the game. TBH, it makes me angry that rookies to the game like you even think they know something about ROK when in reality all you can do is make a dysfunctional and outdated list. Please fix this

    1. Ok but what happens when you hit Season of Conquest and every epic commander but maybe Jon and Matilda immediately becomes worthless because of the Museum and the new commanders? Hm? Hm? What happens when your five target AoE that restores typically 150 rage instead of 250 gets outpaced by an expertised Mulan sitting behind Trajan? What happens when it’s outpaced by XY simply existing? And the damage factor is beaten out by most relevant AoE skills from legendary commanders. What happens when YSG shows up and deletes your infantry march? Think about things, please!

  4. Near the bottom. It’s Lilith’s attempt to introduce a new civilization (Vikings) which also sucks.

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