Troops in Rise of Kingdoms are operated by commanders and there are 4 different types of troops: Archers, Cavalry, Infantry, and Siege. Every type of troop has different attack damage, health, defense, and march speed. In Rise of Kingdoms, you can use troops for several tasks.
Troops are hard to train in Rise of Kingdoms, especially later when you get to Tier 4 and Tier 5 units. They require so much time and resources to build. The problem is that your troops can die if you are not careful, and you cannot get them back.
Tier 5 units are the strongest troops in the game, and your goal is to get there as fast as you can. The problem with Tier 5 units is that they require a crazy amount of resources and time to build.
If you are a new player, I would recommend you avoid fighting and losing troops. You will have a small number of troops, and you will need all troops at the start so you can gather easier and destroy barbarians.
We have a great guide on how to get Tier 5 units fast, so check it out.
Train troops every day.
Never let your buildings for training troops idle. Every minute counts. Before you put your troops on training, I would recommend you see if there is any training rune on the map and ask for the kingdom title. At first, it will look like you are reducing a small amount of time to train troops, but over time, you will see a big difference.
Train the tier of troops that you have, but if you have Tier 5 units unlocked, then I would suggest you train Tier 4. WHY? Simply because during the mightiest governor, you will upgrade Tier 4 to Tier 5 units. With that method, you will be able to earn many more points during the mightiest governor event.
If you just unlocked a new troop tier, then you can upgrade them but do not train lower tiers if you do not have tier 5.
Training speedups
The best time to use training speedups to upgrade or train your troops is when there is a good event where you will be able to get nice rewards, like the mightiest governor. But do not use speedups if you do not have a 15% training rune, kingdoms buff for training, and training title.
They will reduce the cost of training troops drastically. If you do not need a lot of troops, you could wait and get your VIP level to 10 and then train troops. Vip 10 will give you a bonus of 15 training speeds.
Choose what troops you want to train.
This is for free-to-play players and small spenders. In Rise of Kingdoms, we have four different types of troops. But all troops are different, and they have the best commanders for them.
It is so hard to max out legendary commanders in Rise of Kingdoms, and that is why you want to choose what troops you want to train most. First, you want to see what commanders you have and want to use.
If you like cavalry commanders, then you have to use speedups to create more cavalry commanders. If you like infantry commanders, then use speedups to create more infantry.
Infantry: Infantry units are great for defending and tanking damage. They are great troops to counter cavalry units. The problem with infantry units is that they are slow, with a small number of epic infantry commanders. This problem with commanders is big, especially if you are in new kingdoms. That is why I would recommend you focus on cavalry units if you are a new player.
Cavalry: great units and a great counter to the archer. If you are a new player, it would be great if you chose cavalry as your main troops. You will have a lot of epic cavalry commanders to choose from from the start. Cavalry units are great for attacking and destroying barbarian forts, and most of the cavalry commanders have an insane amount of nuking damage.
Archers: if you are free to play and have a small budget, do not choose archers as primary troops. You will get focused on a lot of field battles, they can die very fast, and overall they are a weak type of troop. They can be great for rallying objectives, but only later in the game. Also, there is a low number of great epic archer commanders. So do not use speedups on them.
Siege: do not use speedups to train them. They are the worst type of troops. They are used for gathering and attacking cities. So avoid them.
I would recommend you check the best commander pairs and commander tier list.