Current Ranking – is Pelagius S-Tier, A-Tier, or D-Tier?!
Tier BHere is a quick overview of the rankings of Pelagius 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
Active Skillactive
Skill 2passive
Skill 3passive
Skill 4passive
Expertise Skillexpertise
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5–––Active SkillLv 1 to Lv 5Start hereRequiredPush Active Skill to Lv 5 first. No other skill upgrades before that. - 251––Upgrade to 2 StarsRequiredThe point of this upgrade is unlocking Skill 2. It pulls its weight as it is for now.
New skillSkill 2- 3511–Upgrade to 3 StarsRequiredThe point of this upgrade is unlocking Skill 3. It doesn't get upgraded past Lv 1 in this build.
New skillSkill 3- 45111Upgrade to 4 StarsRequired
New skillSkill 4New, but leave it for now. Its upgrades come later in the order.
This is where you unlock the full kit and make it work.
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Best Troops
Pelagius is all about cavalry. Not only his 2nd skill only boosts cavalry, no, also every single build that makes sense for him include at least 20+ points into the cavalry tree.
Best Commander Pairing for Pelagius
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 Pelagius. There are different builds for wherever you are right now, from beginner to veteran:


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HelmetWindswept War Helm
ChestWindswept Breastplate
WeaponVanguard Halberd
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HelmetExpedition War HelmWindswept War Helm
WeaponHeart of the SaintVanguard Halberd
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HelmetPride of the KhanExpedition War Helm
WeaponSacred DominionHeart of the Saint
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Best Talent Tree Builds For Pelagius
Below you will find the talent tree builds for Pelagius 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.

As I said, this is the build that you should use when you have T5 troops unlocked. So, here’s the best way to re-build this build when you don’t have Pelagius fully maxed out yet:
Cavalry Tree will be the first station for this build and you really want to make your way to Rallying Cry as fast as possible without spending any talent points somewhere else than needed to get there.Once you’ve done that you can get the extra skills points into Undying Fury to get the extra rage as I mentioned in the beginning of this guide here.
Skill Tree is now where you can start spending your leftover points. Rejuvenate should be the first stop to get even more rage out of the primary skill when used. If you have maxed him out the last points can go into Heraldic Shield for some nice damage reduction and Tactical Mastery and Latent Power for some extra skill damage. I don’t see any other points in the talent tree available at this point that make more sense.

Now here’s the talent tree build that I recommend using up to the point where you unlock your Tier 5 troops. This is still a strong build so don’t get me wrong, but without T5 Cavalry you should rather go for the skill tree to get the biggest bang for your buck. The main objective here is skill damage increase, damage reduction and, of course, rage generation with Pelagius.
Skill Tree is the first stop here and you want to max it out as fast as possible by going to Rejuvenate first and then get Feral Nature unlocked as fast as possible. Don’t spend any extra points here because you rather want to spend them in the Cavalry Tree.
Cavalry Tree has also some nice things to get and the first one should be Charge to get Emblazoned Shield as fast as possible to get skill damage reduced. Reason for this is that many people target Cavalry so reducing the damage taken here will help a lot.
After that, Undying Fury is a good choice to get some more rage. With the last 3 points left you have now several options that I all like somehow. Latent Power in the Skill Tree is nice for some extra skill damage. Halberd in the Cavalry Tree is also nice to get more damage against Archer units that you will see quite a lot with this setup and running cavalry army. Naked Rage is also an option but it’s actually hard if you get swarmed so I’d recommend thinking about that very carefully.
You will run against several legendary commanders and they deal more skill damage while you won#t do that much so having 2% more damage for the cost of getting 2% more damage is probably not the best option.
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 Pelagius 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.
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