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Ultimate ROK commander pairings list

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 700 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.

Calvary Pairs Infantry Pairs Archery Field Barbarian Fort Defending Rally Epic commanders

Best Commander Calvary Pairs

There are a lot of cavalry commanders in Rise Of Kingdoms but you can't pair them randomly. You must pair cavalry commanders that have synergy with skills and talent tree.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Pelagius	Baibars	Minamoto Cao Cao
Baibars	Aethelflaed	Sun Tzu Minamoto
Belisarius	Cao Cao	Baibars Pelagius
Minamoto	Cao Cao	Pelagius Baibars
Atilla	Takeda	Saladin
Khan	Saladin	Pelagius Cao Cao
Aethelflaed	Sun Tzu	Joan of Arc Baibars
Saladin	Khan	Cao Cao Saladin
Cao Cao	Minamoto	Belisarius Saladin

Best Commander Infantry Pairs

Infantry commanders are easier to pair and it's hard to choose wrong because they have related skills but still, they are commanders pairs that have better synergy with skills and talent tree than other commander pairs.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Sun Tzu	Richard	Yi Seong-Gye Aethelflaed
Richard	Charles Martel	Alexander Constantine
Charles Martel	Richard	Constantine Sun Tzu
Alexander	Charles Martel	Yi Seong-Gye Richard
Constantine	Charles Martel	Alexander Richard
Guan Yu	Yi Seong-Gye	Alexander Sun Tzu
Leonidas	Charles Martel	Alexander Richard

Archery Pairs

When it comes to archer pairs you must be careful and pair commanders with the best synergy with skills and talent tree. With Pairing the wrong archer commander you will lose so much damage and survivability.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Yi Seong-Gye	Ramesses I	Hermann Richard
Hermann	Yi Seong-Gye	Kusunoki M. El Cid
Kusunoki M.	Yi Seong-Gye	Hermann
El Cid	Artemisia I	Hermann Yi Seong-Gye
Artemisia I	El Cid	Yi Seong-Gye Hermann
Ramesses I	Yi Seong-Gye	Hermann Edward
Edward	Tomyris	Yi Seong-Gye Ramesses I
Tomyris	Edward

Best Commader Barbarian Fort

These are commanders that have the best synergy with skills, talent tree and bonus damage against barbarians forts. You can not go wrong with these commander pairs but you must have the right talent tree build.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Belisarius	Cao Cao	Aethelflaed Minamoto
Boudica	Cao Cao	Minamoto Aethelflaed
Minamoto	Cao Cao	Aethelflaed Belisarius
Aethelflaed	Minamoto	Cao Cao Boudica

Best Commader Defending 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.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Richard	Charles Martel	Constantine Yi Seong-Gye
Charles Martel	Richard	Constantine Yi Seong-Gye
Constantine	Wu Zetian	Charles Martel Richard
Wu Zetian	Constantine	Charles Martel Yi Seong-Gye
Artemisia I	El Cid	Yi Seong-Gye Hermann

Best Commader Rally Pairs

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	Best paired with	Also good with
Richard	Charles Martel	Alexander Yi Seong-Gye
Saladin	Atilla	Khan Yi Seong-Gye
Atilla	Takeda	Saladin
Yi Seong-Gye	Ramesses I	Edward Mehmed
Edward	Tomyris	Ramesses I Yi Seong-Gye
Guan Yu	Alexander	Yi Seong-Gye Leonidas
Ramesses I	Yi Seong-Gye	Hermann Edward
Alexander	Charles Martel	Yi Seong-Gye Richard

Best Epic Commander Pairs

These are the best epic commander pairs that you can make. They will work great on new kingdoms. So do not be scared to test them out.

Commander	Best paired with	Also good with
Pelagius	Baibars	Sun Tzu Osman
Belisarius	Baibars
Sun Tzu	Eulji	Osman Scipio
Eulji	Osman	Sun Tzu Scipio
Kusunoki M.	Sun Tzu	Hermann Boudica
Hermann	Sun Tzu	Kusunoki M. Boudica