Bai Qi Talent Tree Build & Guide Rise of Kingdoms

In Rise of Kingdoms, Bai Qi is an Legendary Cavalry commander. He has the Infantry, Versatility, and Smite talent tree.

Should you invest in Bai Qi?

Bai Qi is an extremely strong infantry commander in Rise of Kingdoms. He has strong AOE skill damage and a lot of additional stats. More he is fighting in, the stronger he is. So if you are an infantry player, no matter free to play or pay to win, you should get Bai Qi. He is currently one of the strongest infantry commanders, so you cannot go wrong with him. On top of that, you can pair him with warriors commanders.

• High AoE Smite – Hits up to 5 targets with 1,240 damage plus a debuff. Ideal for open field.
• Scaling Damage – Malice stacks bonus damage (300 DF), works well with rage cycling.
• Big Stat Boosts – +40% Attack, +10% Health, +20% March Speed for offense and mobility.
• Power Spikes – Gains 60–100% extra damage and 30–50% damage reduction at low troop HP.
• Top Synergy with Liu Che – Strong AoE combo with layered debuffs and rage stacking.
• Future-Proof – Malice scaling keeps him strong in late KVKs and shifting metas.

Bai Qi Talent Tree Build

Bai Qi Pairings

Liu Che

Bai Qi and Liu Che are one of the strongest infantry pairings in Rise of Kingdoms. Together they have high smite AOE damage, AOE slow, various debuffs, and rage generation. You will use this pairing a lot in big field fights where you can hit a lot of targets at the same time.

Philip

If you do not have Liu Che, then you can pair Bai Qi with Philip. This pairing is great because they will have a lot of buffs and synergy.

Bai Qi Skills

Let Heaven and Earth Grieve

Deals smite damage0 to up to 5 enemy troops in a fan (Damage Factor 2400, every additional target reduces the damage to each target by 15%). Each target has a 30% chance to take 15% extra damage. (j): Smite damage is affected by bonuses to normal damage instead of bonuses to skill damage.

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Smite Damage Factor: 1600/1800/2000/2200/2400
Damage Increase: 5%/7%/9%/12%/15%

Breaker of Battle Lines

This commander’s infantry units gain: – 20% March Speed. -10% Health. – 40% Attack.

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Infantry March Speed Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%
Infantry Health Bonus: 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
Infantry Attack Bonus: 20%/25%/30%/35%/40%

Ravager of Land and Spirit

If this commander’s troop is attacking a troop on the map:

• Their troop gains 10 stacks of the Malice effect whenever it uses an active skill.
• If its number of Malice stacks is higher than the target’s percentage O of units remaining, it spends 10 Malice stacks to deal smite damage to the target (Damage Factor 300). It also gains a 10% bonus to severe wounds inflicted and a 20% bonus to Rage recovery speed for 1 second. Cooldown: 1 second.

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Smite Damage Factor: 100/150/200/250/300
Severe Wounds Inflicted Bonus: 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
Rage Gain speed Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Martial Culture

This commander’s troop deals 10% more normal damage. When attacking a field troop,0their troop gains:

• 10 stacks of Malice upon entering combat.
• 10 stacks of Malice for every 10% units it loses.
• A 5% bonus to smite damage dealt (up to 30%) for every 10% units it is missing.

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Normal Damage Bonus: 5%/6%/7%/8%/10%
Smite Damage Bonus: 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%
Smite Damage Bonus (Max): 6%/12%/18%/24%/30%

Blood Upon Blood

If this commander’s troop is on the map:

• After severely wounding 400,000 enemy units, it gains a 5% bonus to normal damage dealt.
• When reduced to 50% units remaining, it deals 60% more damage and takes 30% less damage for the next 6 seconds.
• When reduced to 15% units remaining, it deals 100% more damage and takes 50% less damage for the next 6 seconds. This effect can trigger once per hour (resets if this commander enters your city).