Are you planning to or already running William Marshal 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 William Marshal perfrom as strong as possible in all situations.
Current Ranking – is William Marshal S-Tier, A-Tier, or D-Tier?!
Tier SHere is a quick overview of the rankings of William Marshal 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
He is all about cavalry, not just for the passives but also for the few heroes to pair him up with
Best Commander Pairing for William Marshal
Subutai if you plan on rallying with him, Subutai is the MVP pairing you can go with honestly (See full build here).
Gang Gamchan is potentially the strongest single-target option for open fielding with him (See full build here).
David IV is also an option for open field with him (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 William Marshal. 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 William Marshal
Below you will find the talent tree builds for William Marshal 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.

Please mind that he is not a primary commander really that much and for open field if you would be mad enough to use him as the primary commander, this would be the talent tree. Same category as if my grandmother would have wheels she would be a bike. Please asked repeatedly for tree builds so this is what can be used buta gain, THERE IS NO VIABLE COMBINATION FOR HIM WHERE YOU WOULD USE HIM AS PRIMARY COMMANDER.
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 William Marshal 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.
