Are you planning to or already running Hayam Wuruk in Rise of Kingdoms in one of your marches and want to see how you should invest the talent points, what equipment works best and what other commanders you should pair with? Well, then you’re in the right place, below you will find answer to each one of those questions and this will help you make your Hayam Wuruk perfrom as strong as possible in all situations.
Current Ranking – is Hayam Wuruk S-Tier, A-Tier, or D-Tier?!
Tier NEWHere is a quick overview of the rankings of Hayam Wuruk for the different game modes. Please refer to the full tier list linked below to see the ranking of all commanders in Rise of Kingdoms and full evaluation and priority.
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Skill Order
Skill 1
Skill 2
Skill 3
Skill 4
Expertise
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Best Troops
As a garrison commander has to deal the cars he has behind him
Best Commander Pairing for Hayam Wuruk
Choe Yeong absolutely durable since you will maximize healing and true damage which counters infantry and swarming heavily (See full build here).
Find out more about the most useful commander pairings here.
Best Equipment Forge Order
In terms of equipment, here’s what I recommend to use as the route for Hayam Wuruk. There are different builds for wherever you are right now, from beginner to veteran:
Start
Advanced
Progressed
FinalStarter Build
Advanced Build
Progressed Build
Maximum Possible Build
Best Talent Tree Builds For Hayam Wuruk
Below you will find the talent tree builds for Hayam Wuruk that make sense when running as the primary commander in any march in Rise of Kingdoms. Please also refer to the description below each talent tree as I explain a general route on how you should spend your talents there + some additional background for each talent build that I very likely will appreciate.
Still testing the options here, please stay tuned
Best Formation + Armaments
Formation and Armaments are supposed to work perfectly with your commanders kit or you will find yourself very quickly in a disadvantage on the battlefield – and with so many variations it can be tough to stay on top. Here is what the works best in today’s meta:

Conclusion
I hope this guide for building Hayam Wuruk helped you investing without wasting much time and resources. If you liked it or you further questions (or maybe also annnotations that you believe should be added here in this guide), please don’t hesitate to post them below in the commen section. Thanks for reading and have a great day and see you out in the kingdoms.
