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.
Legendary Commanders Tier List
Let cover some IMPORTANT THINGS first:
- 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.
- 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.
New commanders getting added gradually.
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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
Epic Commanders
Here are the epic commanders ranked in Rise of Kingdoms
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 🙂
More similar tier lists for other games you might play:
Well, fair
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.
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.
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR LIST
very true he is one of the top commanders
Nice article
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
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!
Bjorn build recommendation?
Near the bottom. It’s Lilith’s attempt to introduce a new civilization (Vikings) which also sucks.
Can you update with bjorn and ragnar?
Where would you say Bjorn Ironside ranks on this list?
Talent build and pairing links are broken.
Nope?
The list isn’t functional. I can’t sort it.