Are you planning to or already running Scipio Africanus (Prime) 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 Scipio Africanus (Prime) perfrom as strong as possible in all situations.
Current Ranking – is Scipio Africanus (Prime) S-Tier, A-Tier, or D-Tier?!
Important! Don’t miss out on free Gems, Keys, Boosters and Speedups and frequently check my list of active gift codes for Rise of Kingdoms here.
Skill Order
Skill 1
Skill 2
Skill 3
Skill 4
ExpertiseLevel 5
AllClash
Pro
Log in here with your AllClash PRO account and unlock all content and remove all ads on the website.
Best Troops
Scipio Prime is an Infantry commander but none of his skill per-se is limiting you to only run a full-infantry march – however, pairing him with other infantry commander plus the talent builds you see below kind-of do. So, I’d just run a full infantry march with him and have a ton of fun without overthinking.
Best Commander Pairing for Scipio Africanus (Prime)
Guan Yu has, for me, the best synergy as you gain shield through Scipio that makes Guan Yu deal more damage and overall they benefit so much from each other (See full build here).
Alexander the Great makes along Scipio a march that will add a ton of tankiness and durability and there’s a lot shielding going on along the high-scaling direct damage skills that will give your enemies a tough time (See full build here).
Trajan can also work along Scipio and you might even run a mixed troop march when doing so. It’s a way better version of the well-known Trajan & Aethelflaed march (See full build here).
Cheok Jun-Gyeong (CJ) works mazingly well due to one great synergy both of these commanders share… So, Scipio will shield and decrease skill damage dealt by the enemy while CJ will shield and deal AoE damage. This is a ton of shielding your enemy has to deal with, by taking extra damage and dealing less skill damage (See full build here).
Honda Tadakatsu . Along with other commanders as you can pair Scipio with pretty much any other commander! Mehmed, Harald and even Aethelflaed make sense. If Scipio is your first legendary commander you can also pair him up with an epic commander even a Sun Tzu or Joan of Arc (the epic version) are pairs that will work relatively well (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 Scipio Africanus (Prime). There are different builds for wherever you are right now, from beginner to veteran:
Start
Advanced
Progressed
Final
Starter Build
AllClash
Pro
Advanced Build
AllClash
Pro
Progressed Build
AllClash
Pro
Maximum Possible Build
AllClash
Pro
Best Talent Tree Builds For Scipio Africanus (Prime)
Below you will find the talent tree builds for Scipio Africanus (Prime) 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.
This is porbably the talent tree that works best for the majjority of players as very balanced with some exxtra rage and treats from the Support Treee and thenn all-inn with the Infantry Tree as this is where Scipio’s power is. Please also mind that Rejuvenate in the Support Tree does a lot more extra rage compared to the Skill Tree, so two points will be enough here or you very likely go over the rage cap and that point is wasted. If you pair Scipio up with a commander that does healing, however, you might consider getting Coutnerattack and Healing Elixir in the Skill Tree and cut it a little short in the Infantry Tree.
Here’s more a support build that I think will also run pretty great with Scipio Prime, but I would not get Snare of Thorns. Not because it’s useless or it might not work, I don’t take it as I think the other ones are just more valuable but if you decidet o put your points there it probably won’t be too dramatic.
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 Scipio Africanus (Prime) 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.
