Rise of kingdoms commander tier list – Updated with new Commanders

Rise of Kingdoms(ROK) has plenty of legendary and epic commanders. It can be quite confusing to pick one good commander in whom you can invest your sculpture. Here is the tier list of Rok commanders which will help you pick out your next best commander.

This tier list includes both epic and legendary commanders for different scenarios like an open field, rallying, garrison, and PVE. We will try to keep it updated with every release of new commanders. This guide only focuses on a single commander and his/her usability in a different situation. If you are looking for the best commanders to pair together then check out this rok best commander pairings for 2021.

Rise of kingdoms commander ranking tiers explained

• S+ – The one above the all
• S – extremely strong commanders capable of making your enemies cry, worth every sculpture
• A – Previously S tier and runners up, Very powerful but just not quite perfect.
• B – Good commanders. they might not give you the best result but are still useable for most parts
• C – You have very limited choice and don’t have access to previous tier commanders.
• D – Doesn’t work at all
• F – Farmville

Updated On: 08, July 2022

Note: This list is up to date till the latest release of new Archer commanders Boudica Prime, Henry V and Thutmose III. Recently Lilith also released an update with the museum building which provides certain buffs to some old commanders like YSG, Charlese martel, and others. This list also takes the museum buff into consideration.

Open Field Tier List

Let’s start with the most popular Open Field commanders. These commanders excel at running around and killing enemies in large numbers. You can use them in murderball during ruins/alter fights, Ark Of Osiris(AOO), and crucial spot defending during KvKs.

What to look for in Open Field commanders?

• High Skill Damage
• March Speed
• AOE Damage
• Ability to stay longer on the field(Counter, Dmg, buffs and tankiness)

Commander Name	Rating for Openfield
Aethelflaed	S
Alexander Nevsky	S
Alexander the Great	S
Amanitore	S
Artemisia	S
Attila	S
Baibars	C
Belisarius	C
Bertrand du Guesclin	S
Bjorn Ironside	B
Boudica	D
Boudica Prime	S
Cao Cao(CC)	B
Chandragupta Maurya	A
Charlemagne	B
Charles Martel	S
Cheok Jun-gyeong(CJ)	S
Cleopatra	F
Constantine I	B
Cyrus the Great	S
Diaochan	C
Edward of Woodstock	A
El Cid	A
Eulji Mundeok	C
Flavius Aetius	B
Frederick I	A
Genghis Khan	A
Gilgamesh	S
Guan Yu	S
Hannibal Barca	A
Harald Sigurdsson	S
Henry V	S
Hermann	C
Honda Tadakatsu	S
Imhotep	B
Ishida Mitsunari	F
Jadwiga	A
Joan of Arc	A
Julius Caesar	A
Keira	B
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal	S
Kusunoki Masashige	C
Leonidas I	S
Lohar	D
Lu Bu	A
Matilda of Flanders	F
Mehmed II	S
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	A
Moctezuma I	B
Mulan	S
Nebuchadnezzar II	S
Osman I	B
Pelagius	B
Queen Tamar of Georgia	D
Ragnar Lodbrok	A
Ramesses II	S
Richard I	A
Saladin	S
Scipio Africanus	B
Scipio Africanus prime	S+
Seondeok	F
Suleiman I	A
Sun Tuz	A
Takeda Shingen	S
Theodora	B
Thutmose III	A
Tomyris	S
Trajan	S
William I	S
Wu Zetian	C
Xiang Yu(XY)	S
Yi Seong-Gye(YSG)	S
Yi Sun-sin(YSS)	B
Zenobia	B

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Rally Tier List

Rallying flag, fortress, pass, and cities are a very crucial part of the game. It is best that only whales with the best commanders and top equipment launch the rally. if launch a rally with the wrong commanders then you and your allies will suffer a terrible loss of troops. That’s why this list doesn’t include epic commanders.

Commander Name	Structure Rally	City Rally	Fort Rally
Aethelflaed	C	C	S
Alexander Nevsky	S	S	S
Alexander the Great	A	A	B
Amanitore	A	A	A
Artemisia	A	B	B
Attila	A	S	B
Bertrand du Guesclin	S	S	A
Boudica Prime	S	S	S
Cao Cao(CC)	C	C	S
Chandragupta Maurya	S	S	A
Charlemagne	A	S	B
Charles Martel	B	B	C
Cheok Jun-gyeong(CJ)	A	A	A
Cleopatra	F	F	F
Constantine I	B	B	C
Cyrus the Great	A	S	A
Edward of Woodstock	A	A	S
El Cid	B	B	B
Flavius Aetius	C	C	C
Frederick I	B	A	A
Genghis Khan	A	B	S
Gilgamesh	S	S	S
Guan Yu	S	S	A
Hannibal Barca	B	B	A
Harald Sigurdsson	S	S	A
Henry V	S+	S	S
Honda Tadakatsu	A	S	S
Ishida Mitsunari	F	F	F
Jadwiga	B	B	B
Julius Caesar	B	A	B
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal	S	S	A
Leonidas I	A	A	B
Lu Bu	B	A	B
Mehmed II	A	S	A
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	A	B	S+
Moctezuma I	C	B	A
Mulan	D	D	C
Nebuchadnezzar II	S	S	A
Ragnar Lodbrok	B	B	C
Ramesses II	S	S	A
Richard I	B	B	S
Saladin	A	S	A
Scipio Africanus prime	S	S	S
Seondeok	F	F	F
Suleiman I	A	S	A
Takeda Shingen	A	S	B
Theodora	C	C	C
Thutmose III	C	C	B
Tomyris	A	S	A
Trajan	A	C	B
William I	S	S	A
Wu Zetian	C	B	D
Xiang Yu(XY)	S	S+	S
Yi Seong-Gye(YSG)	A	A	S
Yi Sun-sin(YSS)	C	D	C
Zenobia	C	C	C

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Garrison Tier List

There are two types of garrisons in rok, structure and city defense. This list includes both of them and just like the rally garrison tier list also won’t have epic commanders.

Commander Name	Garrison	City Defence
Aethelflaed	C	C
Alexander Nevsky	B	C
Alexander the Great	C	B
Amanitore	S	S
Artemisia	S	S
Attila	A	B
Bertrand du Guesclin	C	C
Boudica Prime	B	B
Cao Cao(CC)	C	D
Chandragupta Maurya	C	C
Charlemagne	C	C
Charles Martel	A	A
Cheok Jun-gyeong(CJ)	C	C
Cleopatra	F	F
Constantine I	A	B
Cyrus the Great	B	C
Edward of Woodstock	C	B
El Cid	B	B
Flavius Aetius	S+	S
Frederick I	C	C
Genghis Khan	C	C
Gilgamesh	C	B
Guan Yu	B	B
Hannibal Barca	C	C
Harald Sigurdsson	B	C
Henry V	C	C
Honda Tadakatsu	C	C
Ishida Mitsunari	F	F
Jadwiga	S	S
Julius Caesar	C	B
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal	B	C
Leonidas I	C	B
Lu Bu	C	C
Mehmed II	C	C
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	B	C
Moctezuma I	C	C
Mulan	D	C
Nebuchadnezzar II	B	B
Ragnar Lodbrok	B	C
Ramesses II	B	C
Richard I	A	B
Saladin	A	B
Scipio Africanus prime	S	A
Seondeok	F	F
Suleiman I	C	C
Takeda Shingen	A	B
Theodora	A	S+
Thutmose III	C	C
Tomyris	B	B
Trajan	C	C
William I	C	C
Wu Zetian	A	S
Xiang Yu(XY)	C	C
Yi Seong-Gye(YSG)	A	S
Yi Sun-sin(YSS)	S	S
Zenobia	S	S

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Best commanders for sunset and lost canyons

Now, this might not be a popular part of the game because rewards in sunset canyon and lost canyon aren’t that good unless you are in top ranking. Anyway, this is the commander tier list for canyons.

Commander Name	Rating for Canyons
Aethelflaed	S
Alexander Nevsky	S
Alexander the Great	S
Amanitore	S
Artemisia	S
Attila	A
Baibars	B
Belisarius	D
Bertrand du Guesclin	A
Bjorn Ironside	C
Boudica	D
Boudica Prime	S
Cao Cao(CC)	B
Chandragupta Maurya	A
Charlemagne	B
Charles Martel	S
Cheok Jun-gyeong(CJ)	A
Cleopatra	F
Constantine I	S
Cyrus the Great	S
Diaochan	D
Edward of Woodstock	B
El Cid	B
Eulji Mundeok	C
Flavius Aetius	B
Frederick I	A
Genghis Khan	A
Gilgamesh	S
Guan Yu	S
Hannibal Barca	B
Harald Sigurdsson	S
Henry V	A
Hermann	C
Honda Tadakatsu	S
Imhotep	C
Ishida Mitsunari	F
Jadwiga	B
Joan of Arc	A
Julius Caesar	B
Keira	B
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal	S
Kusunoki Masashige	B
Leonidas I	S
Lohar	D
Lu Bu	B
Matilda of Flanders	F
Mehmed II	S
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	B
Moctezuma I	B
Mulan	S
Nebuchadnezzar II	S
Osman I	B
Pelagius	C
Queen Tamar of Georgia	D
Ragnar Lodbrok	A
Ramesses II	S
Richard I	S
Saladin	A
Scipio Africanus	C
Scipio Africanus prime	S
Seondeok	F
Suleiman I	A
Sun Tuz	A
Takeda Shingen	A
Theodora	S
Thutmose III	A
Tomyris	A
Trajan	S
William I	S
Wu Zetian	C
Xiang Yu(XY)	S
Yi Seong-Gye(YSG)	S+
Yi Sun-sin(YSS)	B
Zenobia	C

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Overall best commanders in rise of kingdoms for F2P

Zenobia is a great garrison captain, however, she wouldn’t that useful in other situations like an Open field, Canyons, Ceroli bosses, fort rally, etc. So if you are a F2P or low spender then you probably won’t get much value out of her.

As a F2P player, you want to get the most out of your single legendary commander because you might not be able to max out multiple legendary commanders. There are some commanders who can give you good results in multiple situations. Below there is a list of commanders that you should consider to max out before any other commanders.

Yi Seong-Gye(YSG)

YSG should be the first legendary commander to max out for any rok player. He is good from day one to all the way to SoC(season of conquest). There are multiple pairing options for him and he can be used in almost every single situation.

Charles Martel

Martel is a really strong infantry commander. He is a great garrison and open-field fighter during KvK2/3. In the SoC, Charles loses some value because of the availability of better commanders but he still gives good results. Yes, it will be a long time before you can max him using gold keys, but if you are patients enough to wait then you can probably get him for free.

Aethelflaed

You can get her for free from the sunset canyons shop. Aethelflaed pairs really nicely with YSG during the early game and with mighty commanders like Trajan during SoC. She is a strong debuffer and you will be helping out your allies a lot by using her.

Saladin

Cavalry is probably the best troop type for F2P and low spenders. Saladin is an exceptional commander. He is just as good in SoC as he is in KvK 2/3. Earlier he can be paired with YSG and Aethelflaed and later with Xiang Yu and William. Saladin can do a lot of skill damage while providing some help for ally with his debuff.

Xiang Yu

For the season of conquest, this is the number one commander. Xiang Yu is really good for the “Hit and Run” playstyle something that F2P uses a lot to save RSS and speed-ups. Aside from that, he is great in canyons, Ceroli boss fights, and champions of Olympia. XY can be paired with almost every Cavalry commander and provides excellent value for your golden sculpture investment.

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