One of the best things about the Rise of Kingdoms is open-field fighting. It’s very important during KvK. Without the proper field-fight supports your kingdom won’t be able to conquer passes, flags, fortresses, ruins, or altars. Aside from that, it’s so much fun as long as you have tons of resources and speed-ups.
Here is a full guide for an open-field fight with some deadly commander pairing which will help you dominate the battlefield.
Update: Recently some new commanders were released in-game including new legendary infantry commander Ragnar Prime. So it’s about time we update this guide and make some changes based on the new commander release.
- List of things you will need to have in March for open-field fights
- Who is the strongest commander in the ROK?
- Who is the best secondary commander in the ROK?
- When You are using only 1 open-field marches
- When You are using 2 open-field marches
- When You are using 3 open-field marches
- When You are using 4 open-field marches
- When You are using 5 open-field marches
- When You are using 6 open-field marches
- When You are using 7 open-field marches
- Conclusion
List of things you will need to have in March for open-field fights
- March speed – to catch and run away from enemies
- Tankiness and sustainability – no matter how careful, you are gonna end up getting swarmed sometimes.
- AOE – Area of attack skill damage can hit multiple targets during murder balls, it can provide you with many free kills!
- Buffs and Debuffs – whenever fighting in a group, you need to have some sort of buff on your march and debuff on enemy marches.
Best Commanders Tier List – Updated with new Commanders
Who is the strongest commander in the ROK?
You are probably wondering which is the most powerful commander in rok right now. Well strictly speaking about open-field commanders, there is no single commander who can be hailed as the strongest commander in the game. Instead, it will depend on the troop type. Below you will find the strongest commander based on the troop type.
- Zhuge Liang (Archers)
- Alexander Nevsky (cavalry)
- Scipio Prime (Infantry)
- Trajan (Leadership)
Who is the best secondary commander in the ROK?
Just like a primary commander, the best secondary commander also depends on which troop type you plan to use. below you will be the best secondary commander in the game right now based on troop type.
- Zhuge Liang (Archers)
- Joan of Arc (cavalry)
- Liu Che (Infantry)
- Honda Tadakatsu (Leadership)
When You are using only 1 open-field marches
If you are a F2P player and don’t have many legendary sculptures, you most likely can only bring one march to the fight. While the best troop type for F2P is cavalry, The best cavalry pair Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime is getting old and may lose lots of value in the near future. So, You should go with the best archer Pair instead.
Archer Pairing
Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
This is the best archer pairing for open field at the moment. Zhuge Liang is very powerful with his 5-target AOE, high-skill damage factor, and Marquis Effect. Hermann Prime also has very high AOE skill damage and at the same time, he boosts AOE damage with his skill. On top of that, He also has poison debuff which makes the enemy take more skill damage.
All in all, This is the best archer pair right now. The new archer commanders are on their way and they might make some changes to this pair but for now, this is the most powerful archer commander pairing for open field fighting.
When You are using 2 open-field marches
if you have finally managed to save enough sculptures and have the possibility to max out four different legendary commanders then you can bring two marches to the field fight. One will be an archer pair for damage and the other will be an infantry pair for sustainability.
Archer Pairing
Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
In two march scenarios, The archer pair remains the same as the one march scenario. You just need to add an infantry pair to them. So infantry can tank while archers can nuke enemy marches.
Infantry Pairing
Scipio Prime and Liu Che
This is one of the best infantry pairings in the game at the moment. The synergy between the Scipio Prime and Liu Che is exceptional and works really well for open-field battles. Both commanders on their own are really strong with nicely balanced offense and defensive capabilities and when you put them together they become unstoppable forces on the field.
Note: You can also use Liu Che as the primary and Ragnar Prime as the secondary, it’s also a great open-filed march. However, if you already have Scipio Prime, there is no reason to upgrade Ragnor unless you are an infantry main player.
When You are using 3 open-field marches
If you have been playing Rise of Kingdoms for a while now or have been spending a little bit then you might be able to bring out three different marches. In this setup, you can use one pair of infantry, cavalry, and archer each to use each troop type in a more efficient way. Below you will find the Best commander pairing for each troop Type.
Archer Pairing
Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
This remains the same as the two March pairings
Infantry Pairing
Scipio Prime and Liu Che
Even the Infantry pair remains unchanged.
Cavalry Pairing
Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
The third cavalry pair you need to add is Alexander Nevsky as Primary and Joan of Arc Prime as Secondary commander. Yes, this is an old pairing but it still works without much of an issue and it’s the best cavalry pair available right now.
The Cavs are always great on the open field and with their synergy they are still very dominating for the field fight. While they might not be your top priority for the next commander upgrade, if you still have them then they can definitely do some serious work for you.
When You are using 4 open-field marches
Now this is where things get a little more interesting. If you plan to take four marches to the field then you need to bring two marches of the same troop types and that really depends on your main troop type. So, we have added the best 4-March setup for each troop-type player.
For Infantry main Players
- Infantry Pair 1 – William Wallace and Liu Che
- Infantry Pair 2 – Ragnar and Scipio Prime
- Archer Pair – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Cavalry Pair – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
Before Liu Che’s release, Guan Yu and Scipio Prime were rocking the open-field fights. If you are an infantry main then you definitely have Guan Yu max out. Earlier you could pair him with Scipio Prime to make a second infantry march.
However, Now we have a better infantry commander named Ragnar Prime. He is far better than Guan Yu in the Open Field. So for the second march, you can pair him with Scipio Prime meanwhile first infantry march remains unchanged, William Wallace with Liu Che.
For Cavalry main Players
- Infantry Pair – Scipio Prime and Liu Che
- Archer Pair – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
The true and tested Cavalry pair, Nevsky and Joan can stay together, there is no good reason to split them. For an additional cavalry march, you can use Huo Qubing with the newly released Belisarius Prime.
if you don’t want to spend your legendary commander sculptures on the Belisarius prime and want to save it for the future then you can also use William as a secondary commander to Huo Qubing. this pair will give you almost the same results as the other pair.
For Archer’s main Players
- Infantry Pair – Scipio Prime and Liu Che
- Archer Pair 1 – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Archer Pair 2 – Shajar al-Durr and Ashurbanipal
- Cavalry Pair – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
For the second archer pair, Boudica Prime and Ashurbanipal were the best options. Now that Shajar al-Durr has landed in the game, Boudica can finally take some rest. Not that she has become a bad commander option all of a sudden, it’s that Shajar al-Durr and Ashurbanipal seem to be doing more skill damage in Open Field Fights.
When You are using 5 open-field marches
Now this is where things become really complicated, There are several combinations and you need to pick the 5 best possible marches out of them. So, Instead of giving you the best setup for each troop type, we are giving you the single best setup based on our fighting experience.
For the 5-march setup, we think it’s best to use 2 infantry marches along with 2 cavalry marches and a single archer march. Now, You don’t need to use the exact same setup, You can make some changes to them based on the commanders which are available to you.
- Infantry Pair 1 – William Wallace and Liu Che
- Infantry Pair 2 – Ragnar Prime and Scipio Prime
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
- Archer Pair – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
If you want to use two archer marches then take a look at the 4 march setup for the archer troop type and if you want to use three marches of a particular troop type then check out the 7 march setup below.
When You are using 6 open-field marches
First of all, Welcome whales of Rise of Kingdoms. Unless you are high spending big whale you are not going to be using the 6 open-field marches in KvK. It’s quite expensive, However, if you can afford them Here are the 6 Best possible marches for the open field right now.
Once again you can make changes to this based on your main troop type. for this, we have picked 2 best marches from each troop type.
- Infantry Pair 1 – William Wallace and Liu Che
- Infantry Pair 2 – Ragnar Prime and Scipio Prime
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
- Archer Pair 1 – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Archer Pair 2 – Shajar al-Durr and Ashurbanipal
When You are using 7 open-field marches
If you are reading this, then you must be a legend of this game and must have spent a fortune in the Rise of Kingdoms. At this point, you can use pretty much anything you like and get good results with it. However, These combinations might give you slightly better results for your efforts.
For the 7 marches setup, we have picked 3 main troop marches and 4 marches from the other two troop types.
For Infantry main Players
- Infantry Pair 1 – Liu Che and Alexander the Great
- Infantry Pair 2 – Ragnar Prime and Scipio Prime
- Infantry Pair 3 – Scipio Aemilianus and William Wallace
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
- Archer Pair 1 – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Archer Pair 2 – Shajar al-Durr and Ashurbanipal
Using three infantry marches isn’t the most efficient way to grab kill points but if you love infantry and want to do that, then you can split up William Wallace and Liu Che. Use Alexander the Great as secondary to Liu Che and Bring Scipio Aemilianus as primary to William Wallace to complete three infantry marches.
For Cavalry main Players
- Infantry Pair 1 – William Wallace and Liu Che
- Infantry Pair 2 – Guan Yu and Scipio Prime
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
- Cavalry Pair 3 – Xiang Yu and William
- Archer Pair 1 – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Archer Pair 2 – Boudica Prime and Ashurbanipal
This is the most optimized 7 March setup. The third cavalry march is good old Xiang Yu and William. This march was one of the most fearsome back in the day before the release of the Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc. It has a really small skill cycle, high skill damage, great debuff and it’s super fast on the field.
For Archer main Players
- Infantry Pair 1 – William Wallace and Liu Che
- Infantry Pair 2 – Guan Yu and Scipio Prime
- Cavalry Pair 1 – Alexander Nevsky and Joan of Arc Prime
- Cavalry Pair 2 – Huo Qubing and Belisarius Prime
- Archer Pair 1 – Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime
- Archer Pair 2 – Shajar al-Durr and Ashurbanipal
- Archer Pair 3 – Boudica Prime and Nebuchadnezzar
You need to keep Zhuge Liang and Hermann Prime as they are simply too good together. The same goes for Shajar and Ashurbanipal. And for the last March, you can use good old Boudica Prime as primary and Nebuchadnezzar as Secondary. With this setup, you will have lots of AOE damage which can melt enemy marches.
Conclusion
So, these are the best open-field marches in Rise of Kingdoms right now. Over time this pairing will change and we will update these marches accordingly. Keep in mind that this is just our opinion based on our own fighting experience in the game over the years.
If you are still not sure about any pairing, let us know in the comment and we will help you make the best open-field March pairings based on your commanders.
