Rise of Kingdoms Commander Pairings

Best Rise of Kingdoms Commander Pairings

This is the best Rise Of Kingdoms Commanders Pairs list that is now in the game. It’s made by a strong server that is old for more than 2000+ days. All commanders have different roles in Rise Of Kingdoms and different talents.

So it’s important to know what commander you will use as primary and secondary and what commander pairs have best synergies together.

In this list, you will find best commander pairings in Rise Of Kingdoms for Field battles, for destroying barbarian forts, for defending, for a rally, etc. With this list, you can use our Tier List and Best commander Talent Tree Builds.

For a long time now, people have been discussing the best and exceptional primary/ secondary pairings of commanders. If you’re one of them and still searching for the absolute best and legendary commander pairing, you will love this guide. 

CommandersPair 1Pair 2Pair 3Troop Type
Xiang-yu icon
Xiang Yu
HondaTadakatsu icon
Honda Tadakatsu
Joan-of-Arc-primary icon
Joan Of Arc Prime
Cavalry
Nebuchadnezzar icon
Nebuchadnezzar
Henry icon
Henry
Ashurbanipal icon
Ashurbanipa
Ramesses icon
Ramesses
Archer
Guan-Yu icon
Guan Yu
Scipio-Africanus-primary icon
Scipio Africanus Prime
Sargon Icon
Sargon the Great
HondaTadakatsu icon
Honda Tadakatsu
Infantry
William icon
William
Huo icon
Huo Qubing
Cavalry

Trajan icon
Trajan

Aethelflaed icon
Aethelflaed
Scipio-Africanus-primary icon
Scipio Africanus Prime
Universal
Aethelflaed icon
Aethelflaed

Trajan icon
Trajan

Universal
Alexander-Nevsky icon
Alexander Nevsky
Joan-of-Arc-primary icon
Joan Of Arc Prime
Huo icon
Huo Qubing
Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune icon
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Cavalry
Joan-of-Arc-primary icon
Joan Of Arc Prime
Alexander-Nevsky icon
Alexander Nevsky
Xiang-yu icon
Xiang Yu
HondaTadakatsu icon
Honda Tadakatsu
Cavalry
Boudica prime icon
Boudica Prime
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Hermann-prime Icon
Hermann Prime
Ashurbanipal icon
Ashurbanipa
Archer
Tariq icon
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Liu-che icon
Liu Che
Sargon Icon
Sargon the Great
Infantry
Sargon Icon
Sargon the Great
Liu-che icon
Liu Che
Tariq icon
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Guan-Yu icon
Guan Yu
Infantry
Scipio-Africanus-primary icon
Scipio Africanus Prime
Liu-che icon
Liu Che
Guan-Yu icon
Guan Yu

Trajan icon
Trajan

Infantry
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Boudica prime icon
Boudica Prime
Hermann-prime Icon
Hermann Prime
Archer
Huo icon
Huo Qubing
William icon
William
Alexander-Nevsky icon
Alexander Nevsky
Cavalry
Liu-che icon
Liu Che
Scipio-Africanus-primary icon
Scipio Africanus Prime
Tariq icon
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Sargon Icon
Sargon the Great
Infantry
Hermann-prime Icon
Hermann Prime
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Archer
Gorgo icon
Gorgo
Liu-che icon
Liu Che
Infantry

Best Garrison Commader Pairs

This is a list of commanders pairs for defending flags, forts and Ark of Osiris Objectives. They are great pairs against top tier rallying commanders. If you do not have these commanders I would advise you to let someone who has these commanders to defend.

CommandersPair 1Pair 2Pair 3Troop Type
Gorgo icon
Gorgo
Constantine icon
Constantine
Zenobia icon
Zenobia
Heraclius icon
Heraclius
Infantry
Zenobia icon
Zenobia
Gorgo icon
Gorgo
Heraclius icon
Heraclius
Flavius-Aetius icon
Flavius Aetius
Infantry
Dido icon
Dido
Heraclius icon
Heraclius
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Archer
Heraclius icon
Heraclius
Gorgo icon
Gorgo
Zenobia icon
Zenobia
Flavius-Aetius icon
Flavius Aetius
Infantry
Flavius-Aetius icon
Flavius Aetius
Heraclius icon
Heraclius
Zenobia icon
Zenobia
Infantry
Jan-Zizka icon
Jan Zizka
Jadwiga icon
Jadwiga
Cavalry

Best Rally Commader Pairs

CommandersPair 1Pair 2Pair 3Troop Type
Alexander-Nevsky icon
Alexander Nevsky
Justinian icon
Justinian
Attila icon
Attila
Cavalry
Tariq icon
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Sargon Icon
Sargon the Great
Kinich-Janaab-Pakal icon
Pakal
Nebuchadnezzar icon
Nebuchadnezzar
Infantry
Henry icon
Henry
Ashurbanipal icon
Ashurbanipa
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Nebuchadnezzar icon
Nebuchadnezzar
Archer
Zhuge-liang Icon
Zhuge Liang
Gilgamesh icon
Gilgamesh
Henry icon
Henry
Archer
Ashurbanipal icon
Ashurbanipa
Henry icon
Henry
Archer

These are commanders that are insanely good for rallying flags, forts and Ark of Osiris Objectives. They have great synergy with skills and talent tree build. If you do not have it I would advise you to let someone else do the rally.

Commander Pairings For New players

CommandersPair 1Pair 2Pair 3Troop Type
Charles-Martel icon
Charles Martel
Pyrrhus Icon
Pyrrhus
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
Sun-tzu icon
Sun Tzu
Infantry
Pyrrhus Icon
Pyrrhus
Charles-Martel icon
Charles Martel
Sun-tzu icon
Sun Tzu
Infantry
Sun-tzu icon
Sun Tzu
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
Charles-Martel icon
Charles Martel
Aethelflaed icon
Aethelflaed
Infantry
Richard icon
Richard
Sun-tzu icon
Sun Tzu
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
Aethelflaed icon
Aethelflaed
Infantry
Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune icon
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Cao-Cao icon
Cao Cao
Baibars icon
Baibars
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
Calvary
Thutmose icon
Thutmose
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
Imhotep
Imhotep
Archer
Yi-Seong-gye icon
Yi Seong Gye
El-Cid icon
El Cid
Thutmose icon
Thutmose
Archer
Aethelflaed icon
Aethelflaed
Sun-tzu icon
Sun Tzu
Bjorn-ironside icon
Bjorn Ironside
Infantry
Baibars icon
Baibars
Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune icon
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Pelagius icon
Pelagius
Belisarius icon
Belisarius
Calvary
Kusunoki-Masashige icon
Kusunoki
Hermann icon
Hermann
Archer

Most guides will tell you the best and top tier pairings for Rise of Kingdoms but there is not a lot of information about pairings for new players who just started. 

We all know how hard it is to level up your commanders and upgrade their skills as a new player and free to play. New players will be limited with commander choice so you will have to create strange commander pairings. Use all the commanders that you have. 

That is why we made this small guide with some strange pairings that work.

RICHARD AND JOAN OF ARC

In Rise of kingdoms, Richard is one of the best commanders, especially for free to play players. For a player who is a low-spender, Richard is definitely the perfect choice.

Now, let us talk about commander Richard as 5-5-5-1 or as 5-5-1-1. Richard, when paired up with Joan of Arc, provides excellent results. This pair is very common in an open field as it is quite tanky, which is great when you’re fighting in an open field. 

Joan comes under the list of best commanders in ROK mainly because of her productive events, gatherings, versatility, and PVP. Joan is great, especially when it comes to playing with whales, so now you are giving them just four-second buffs along with several rages, and you’re also escalating the attack damage which is being put out by Richard.

Though be aware that Richard does not put out much damage, meaning he only has is normal attack damage, and Joan of arc enhancing that damage up to 25% is amazing.

RICHARD AND SUN TZU: 

Richard and Sun Tzu

The next pairing that is most commonly used is Sun Tzu and Richard. Sun Tzu is another one of the most famous nuking commanders in Rise of kingdoms. He can damage a maximum of 5 targets through his active skill. 

With the help of his classic active skill, he can restore rage. Richard and Sun Tzu make a great pair also because Richard doesn’t get skill damage which makes their pair balanced. 

Sun Tzubuffs skill damage, and he also boosts infantry. Infantry health is considered a premium stat. Sun Tzu brings down the damage. 

MARTEL AND JOAN OF ARC:

Martel and Joan

Coming towards Martel, he is known as an excellent legendary infantry commander. Martel is a commander that, over time, you will be getting for free he is also very defensive. You can easily bring Martel and Joan of arc to 5-5-1-1 by using the skill lock, which is again great. 

You can pair both of them up, although, to Richard, this build will be similarly tanky. As compared to Richard, Martel is a bit less tanky and can deal with damage a little more as he doesn’t own healing but has a shield that reduces damage. 

For a few seconds Martel also boosts his own damage. He had the counterattack damage, which makes him a bit less tanky. Whereas Joan of Arc is considered the jack of all trades as there’s almost nothing that she can’t do. In conclusion. Joan of Arc and Martel makes a solid pair.

CHARLES MARTEL AND SUN TZU: 

CHARLES MARTEL AND SUN TZU: 

And next, we have Sun Tzu paired up with Charles Martel. Sun Tzu and MartelMartel are usually paired up for the same reasons Richard and Sun Tzu are paired up.

Through this pairing, you are adding the damage factor in Martel, which he doesn’t have. You’re also adding health along with all the quality stuff that he lacks. 

The Sun Tzu and Martel pairing is highly suggested since Sun Tzu is great at dealing damage, and when he is paired up with Martel, his primary skills pop up and enhance the damage by a boost of 30%.

CHARLES MARTEL AND SCIPIO AFRICANUS: 

CHARLES MARTEL AND SCIPIO AFRICANUS: 

If you want a canyon tank, you can pair Scipio up with Charles Martel. This will definitely prove to be a good strategy as Scipio is really good in the canyon.

Besides, you will be getting additional 10 troops along with expanding counterattack damage. 

Not just that, you will also get the remaining 40 troops which will give you the healing factor, but this is very rare to happen, so Scipioafricanus with Martel 5-5-1-1 will indeed be an amazing choice. 

ALEXANDER AND SUN TZU

ALEXANDER AND SUN TZU

Next, let us talk about Alexander. About Alexander, you can do him 5-5-5-1 or 5-5-1-1 or whatever is the case. Expertising Alexander is highly recommended even if you are free to play. You must always have expertise in Alexander and YSG as it is a great strategy. 

So whatever the commander Alexander the great is at, he should be your primary commander, and you can pair him with Sun Tzu. Alexander and Sun Tzu make a great pair as alexander has tons of stats as well as the shield, and they both nicely deal with skill damage. 

Alexander has infantry and tactory, whereas Sun Tzuown AOE rager, which makes this pair one of the most loved ones out there. Also, so far its is the best pairing we have discussed. 

CONSTANTINE AND JOAN: 

Joan of Arc with Constantine 5-5-1-1 makes an epic combination. A Constantine 5-5-1-1 is a supportive march, but it is quite low damage output.

Therefore, a Joan- Constantine pair becomes extremely valuable, especially in an open field. In addition, Constantine has support elements in the primary skills which often take players far ahead in the game. 

CAO CAO AND BELISARIUS:

CAO CAO AND BELISARIUS_

The next pair that we are going to talk about is CaoCao and Belisarius. With CaoCao, you can not do 5-5-2-2, and you don’t really have any control over the skills, so with him in his third skill, you would want to get a maximum of three skill points. You can use CaoCao as primary in the open field or Canyon. 

Caocao and Belisarius make a good pair. With Belisarius as a partner, you can easily kill farmers but remember you have to be really fast while eliminating farmers and make sure not to get caught. Moreover, Belisarius is the one who helps a lot when it comes to killing farmers because of his fourth skill. 

CAO CAO AND PELAGIUS: 

CAO CAO AND PELAGIUS_ 

With CaoCao primary, you can pair Pelagius secondary. Though many a time, it is noticed that Pelagius primary is much better because of his skill tree since you go full cavalry tree most of the time and from the skill tree you obtain the generation rage. 

Nevertheless, with Pelagius primary, there’s one problem that if any opposer in an open field sees a purple commander, it gets melted first, so by CaoCao, you can at least mingle it with other legendary commanders.

So this pair is a great one, especially when you are a low spender and want to do Cavalry as they do a single target damage factor.

SALADIN AND SUN TZU:

Moving towards Saladin. He is an expensive commander as compared to CaoCao. For Saladin, 5-5-1-1 is highly suggested. You will find CaoCao very powerful in Canyon as well as in an open field, especially if you are a Cavalry player. 

You can pair Saladin up with Sun Tzu. When we talk about this pair, there is one main point that often comes up that Sun Tzu is an infantry commander. However, you shouldn’t worry about that because he only provides 10 stats to the infantry.

After pairing them up, you have Saladin, who has a single target damage factor and also gives you thousands of stats. On the other hand, Sun Tzu adds AOE, rage generation, and buffs up the skill damage.

SALADIN AND BAIBARS: 

Baibars and Saladin also make a nice pair. This pair is very helpful for a Canyon as Saladin is obviously an exceptional commander, whereas Baibars owns that much need d AOE. This pair, when they come together, deals with a lot of damage.

Also, if you have Saladin and you are thinking about the performance of sunset Canyon, then Baibars is the perfect choice to combine him with because of the stats and AOE. 

MINAMOTO AND PELAGIUS: 

MINAMOTO AND PELAGIUS_ 

Here we are assuming you do have a Minamoto 5-5-1-1 if you are a low spender. Minamoto paired up with Pelagius makes quite a solid combo since both of them own an incredible single target damage factor. They also provide you with tons of stats for your Cavalry. Pelagius has a healing factor along with rage regeneration, and Minamoto owns that much-needed march speed which helps you in doing good in the game. 

Also, this pair doesn’t cost that much and is best for low spenders. 

HERMAN AND ELCID

HERMAN AND ELCID

You can pair Elcid secondary with Herman primary. The main advantage of this combination is that you get your hands on a single target damage factor. 

It is also quite a unique silence change because Hermen, for a few seconds, will silence them, which means during that time, opponents will not be able to utilize their active skill. After that, your Elcid’s active skills are going to help you, which are not just going to silence opponents’ active skills, but for one second, it will also disable them.

The opposers would not even have rage in those seconds, and they wouldn’t be able to deal even a normal damage attack. So for some three seconds, they won’t be able to make use of their skills which accounts for 30% of the time.

Herman’s single target damage factor for 1-1-5-0 is great. With this, you get great marching speed and some stats.

As well as on Elcid, you get the marching speed plus some rage generation which you get from Herman. All of these factors make ElCid and Herman a great combo and a legendary pairing.

AETHELFLAED:

For free to play playersAethelflaed commander is a great one. She undoubtedly comes under the list of some of the greatest legendary commanders in ROK. She is the only legendary commander who provides the players with an expedited bonus. Her first skill is absolutely amazing, excellent debuff. There are also many other praiseworthy things about her, such as dealing with extra damage with the help of a mixed unit.

AETHELFLAED AND SUN TZU 

AETHELFLAED AND SUN TZU 

With Aethelflaed, you can pair a commander like Sun Tzu as this is going to do a great amount of AOE damage and some rage regeneration. So basically, there’s a lot to like about this combo. 

However, there is also a negative side to this pairing which is that it will be attacked very soon in the game. But in an open field march, it is highly recommended to do 5% archers, 5% cavalry, and 90% Infantry so that from Aethelflaedyou can cause the bonus damage.

If you want to maximize or boost the infantry tree, you should do Aethelflaed secondary and Sun Tzu primary. 

AETHELFLAED AND YSG:

AETHELFLAED AND YSG_ 

Now, let us move towards a double legendary pairing. Taking Yi Seongsecondary and Aethelflaed primary will give you an excellent AOE combination. 

You can use this combination in the Sunset Canyon since, from Siyeong, you acquire a huge buff and also some rage regeneration, and this is exactly why players love this pair. Additionally, you can use 5% cavalry, 5% infantry, and 90% archers, who will give you an attack buff on the fourth skill of Aethelflaed.

With this combination, you will surely be targeted as opponents consider this combination a huge threat on an open field. You will pop off huge damage, and yet players will try to kill you. Nevertheless, it is a helpful march, especially for the players whose kingdom has benefited in an open field.

MULAN AND JOAN OF ARC: 

Mulan, a great legendary commander, her skills and talents make her superior to a lot of other commanders. We can use Mulan for both PVP and PVE. In addition, she has excellent AOE skills. 

Mulan and Joan of arc make an amazing combo. This pair is highly suggested because, with Joan of arc, this march unites a legendary 5-5-1-1. So if you don’t want to deal with damage and want maximum support, you can use this amazing pair. 

AETHELFLAED AND JOAN OF ARC: 

The pairing of Joan of Arc and  Aethelflaed is another great combination. In an open field, they become a very supportive march but be aware as it will be targeted badly. 

CONCLUSION: 

Rise of kingdoms has proved to be one of the most favorite games of a lot of people out there. Since the time it has come out, people have been engaged in looking for the best legendary pairings of commanders. 

This is why in the article above, we have in detail mentioned all the best commanders and best legendary pairings in Rise of kingdoms. Also check out Rise of Kingdoms Redeem Codes.

CommandersPair 1Pair 2Pair 3Troop Type
Xiang YuHonda TadakatsuJoan Of Arc PrimeOpen Field
NebuchadnezzarHenryAshurbanipalRamessesOpen Field
Guan YuScipio Africanus PrimeSargon the GreatHonda TadakatsuOpen Field
WilliamHuo QubingOpen Field
TrajanAethelflaedScipio Africanus PrimeOpen Field
AethelflaedTrajanOpen Field
Alexander NevskyJoan Of Arc PrimeHuo QubingMinamoto no YoshitsuneOpen Field
Joan Of Arc PrimeAlexander NevskyXiang YuHonda TadakatsuOpen Field
Boudica PrimeZhuge LiangHermann PrimeAshurbanipalOpen Field
Tariq ibn ZiyadLiu CheSargon the GreatOpen Field
Sargon the GreatLiu CheTariq ibn ZiyadGuan YuOpen Field
Scipio Africanus PrimeLiu CheGuan YuTrajanOpen Field
Zhuge LiangBoudica PrimeHermann PrimeOpen Field
Huo QubingWilliamAlexander NevskyOpen Field
Liu CheScipio Africanus PrimeTariq ibn ZiyadSargon the GreatOpen Field
Hermann PrimeZhuge LiangOpen Field
GorgoLiu CheOpen Field
GorgoConstantineZenobiaHeracliusGarrison
ZenobiaGorgoHeracliusFlavius AetiusGarrison
DidoHeracliusZhuge LiangGarrison
HeracliusGorgoZenobiaFlavius AetiusGarrison
Flavius AetiusHeracliusZenobiaGarrison
Jan ZizkaJadwigaGarrison
Alexander NevskyJustinianAttilaRally
Tariq ibn ZiyadSargon the GreatPakalNebuchadnezzarRally
HenryAshurbanipalZhuge LiangNebuchadnezzarRally
Zhuge LiangGilgameshHenryRally
AshurbanipalHenryRally
Charles MartelPyrrhusYi Seong GyeSun TzuInfantry
PyrrhusCharles MartelSun TzuInfantry
Sun TzuYi Seong GyeCharles MartelAethelflaedInfantry
RichardSun TzuYi Seong GyeAethelflaedInfantry
Minamoto no YoshitsuneCao CaoBaibarsYi Seong GyeCalvary
ThutmoseYi Seong GyeImhotepArcher
Yi Seong GyeEl CidThutmoseArcher
AethelflaedSun TzuBjorn IronsideInfantry
BaibarsMinamoto no YoshitsunePelagiusBelisariusCalvary
KusunokiHermannArcher
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