Are you planning to or already running Tokugawa Ieyasu 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 Tokugawa Ieyasu perfrom as strong as possible in all situations.
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Skill Order
Skill 1
Skill 2
Skill 3
Skill 4
Expertise
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Best Troops
As garrison troop types isn’t something he actually cares all too much about (depending where you use him). Ideally you want as much infantry with you as possible because of his 2nd skill, though
Best Commander Pairing for Tokugawa Ieyasu
Gorgo for mixed garrison you for sure want to pair him up with Gorgo and you will have quite a nice setup going on that will be hard to crack (See full build here).
Heraclius is an altenrtive for mixed garrison pairing if Gorgo is not possible for you (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 Tokugawa Ieyasu. There are different builds for wherever you are right now, from beginner to veteran:
Start
Advanced
Progressed
Final
Starter Build
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Best Talent Tree Builds For Tokugawa Ieyasu
Below you will find the talent tree builds for Tokugawa Ieyasu 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.

If you’re actively using him for garrison, this is the talent build you want to rock him with

This talent tree here is for using him primarily for the sake of boosting Smite damage, which is often not the optimal situation but I feel I still want to show it
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 Tokugawa Ieyasu 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.