Are you planning to or already running Yahya ibn Khalid 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 Yahya ibn Khalid perfrom as strong as possible in all situations.
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Skill Order
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Skill 3
Skill 4
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Best Troops
Gathering commander through and through so siege
Best Commander Pairing for Yahya ibn Khalid
Yahya ibn Khalid Pair him with whatever commander you want to take. You might get small benefits here and there in case of getting attacked but normally you’ll not going to sominate this situation unless you’re trolling. There’s no commander that has a skill that will give you a big boost so use what you want with Wak Chanil Ajaw (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 Yahya ibn Khalid. 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 Yahya ibn Khalid
Below you will find the talent tree builds for Yahya ibn Khalid 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.

Gathering Gold with this talent tree is the only setup that makes actually sense with him

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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 Yahya ibn Khalid 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.
