Matthias Talent Tree Build & Guide Rise of Kingdoms

Matthias is a garrison commander in Rise of Kingdoms with Leadership, garrison and attack talent tree. Matthias is designed for garrisoning cities where he will provide huge AOE damage, multiple skills triggered when defending city, shield, etc. He is a monster for garrisoning city but for other things he is not that great.

Should you invest in Matthias?

Simple and short answer is no. Reason is that Matthias provides value only when you are defending city, nothing more. He is not great for defending objectives, rallying or open field so there is no value especially if you are free-to-play player. Only invest if you are mega whale and you want to take rallies on your city for fun.

• Huge AoE active skill: 2,000 damage factor, up to 5 targets.
• City garrison monster → multiple skills trigger only while defending cities.
• Gains 40% base stats (15% attack, 15% defense, 10% health).
• Anti-skill damage tech: reduces incoming skill damage by 25% when rage hits 70%.
• Built-in shielding → 800 factor shields trigger while garrisoning.
• Passive AoE procs: chance to re-cast active skill when taking normal attacks.
• Universal counter-swarm kit — perfect against rallies + multiple attackers.
• Locked to city garrison → very little value in the open field.
• Leadership tree has wasted talents for city defense.
• Not versatile → unlike commanders who work in both field and garrison, Matthias is 100% city-focused.

Matthias Talent Tree Build

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Matthias Pairings

Lapulapu: Best commander that you can pair with Matthias is Lapulapu. Reason is that they have great AOE synergy, extra damage against rallies and benefits for constant skill activation. You can not go wrong with this pairing for city defense. Use Lapulapu as primary so you can get all benefits.

If you do not have Lapulapu then you can go with Wu Zetian, Heraclius, YSS or Amanitore. It all depends on what you have available.

Matthias Skills

Let Others Make War

Deals direct damage to up to 5 nearby enemy troops (Damage Factor 2400; every additional target reduces the damage to each target by 15%).

If this commander is one of your city’s garrison commanders, your garrison takes 10% less damage for the next 3 seconds.

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Direct Damage Factor: 1400 / 1600 / 1800 / 2100 / 2400
Damage Reduction: 5% / 6% / 7% / 8% / 10%

Black Army

This commander’s troop gains 15% Attack, 15% Defense, and 10% Health. If their troop contains at least 3 different unit types, it deals 10% more counterattack damage.

All units are one of four types: infantry, archers, cavalry, or siege units. Unit tiers do not affect their classification.

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Attack Bonus: 5% / 7% / 9% / 12% / 15%
Defense Bonus: 5% / 7% / 9% / 12% / 15%
Health Bonus: 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%
Counterattack Damage Bonus: 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%

Bibliotheca Corviniana

If this commander is a garrison commander:

• Whenever the garrison reaches 70% Rage, it takes 25% less skill damage for the next 4 seconds.
• If they are garrisoning your city, the garrison also gains a damage-absorbing Mighty Shield for 4 seconds (Damage Factor 800). Cooldown: 5 seconds.

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Skill Damage Reduction: 10% / 13% / 16% / 20% / 25%
Mighty Shield Damage Factor (Garrisoned in City): 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 / 800

Shield of Hungary

If this commander is one of your city’s garrison commanders:

• Your garrison deals 5% more damage.
• Whenever your garrison is hit with a basic attack, it has a 15% chance to cast the Let Others Make War skill. Cooldown: 15 seconds.

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Damage Bonus: 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5%
Probability: 5% / 7% / 9% / 12% / 15%

Matthias the Just

If this commander is one of your city’s garrison commanders:

• Your garrison deals 10% more damage.
• Whenever your garrison is hit with a basic attack, it has a 20% chance to cast the Let Others Make War skill. Cooldown: 10 seconds.