Philip II Talent Tree Build and Guide Rise of Kingdoms

In Rise of Kingdoms, Philip II is an Legendary Leadership commander. He has the Leadership, Versatility, and Support talent tree.

Should you invest in Philip II?

Philip II is a strong commander in Rise of Kingdoms who has a lot of flexibility, especially in open fields. What I mean by that is that he will buff his own and nearby units so they can deal more damage and receive less damage. His main skill is dealing a lot of damage to multiple targets in a short period of time and slowing them down. On top of that, you can pair him with a variety of different commanders, no matter the type of units. Overall, an extremely strong commander that is used for the open field. It is worth investing in him, no matter if you are pay-to-win or a free-to-play player.

Philip II Talent Tree Build

The Talent Tree will be available when Philip is officially released.

Philip II Pairings

Philip II must be paired with commanders that will benefit from his buffs and that are dealing a lot of damage. What is great about Philip II is that you can put him as an infantry and cavalry commander without problems, even though he is a leadership commander.

Scipio Africanus Prime: Pairing Scipio Africanus Prime with Philip II is a great option. Together, they are reducing enemy defense and dealing a lot of damage. The downside is that Scipio Africanus Prime is used in a lot of pairings, so maybe another commander would be a better choice.

Trajan: Pairing Trajan with Philip II is not the best option if you want to have a unit that will buff all your other units. This is recommended to use where you do not have better pairings or in big fights where your troops and your allies can benefit from all the buffs.

William: William will provide AOE damage and buffs that work great with Philip II’s ability to boost that damage and survivability.

Alexander Nevsky: Nevsky and Philip II are great for outputting an insane amount of damage in a short time.

There are a lot of different pairings that you can create with Philip II. What we recommend is that you pair him with a commander that has high active skill damage and rage cycles or with a support commander that will be used for buffing your and your allies’ troops. Overall, we recommend that you test Philip II with heroes that you have to see what works best for you and your army setup.

Philip II Skills

Macedonian Phalanx

For the next 2 seconds, up to 5 nearby allied or friendly troops (including this commander’s troop):

• Take 10% less damage.
• Deal 20% more damage.

The effects of this skill are multiplied by 2 for this commander’s troop.

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Damage Reduction: 5%/6%/7%/8%/10%
Damage Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Sarissa

While this commander’s troop is on the map:

• Their cavalry units gain 35% Attack.
• Their infantry units gain 35% Defense.
• Their archer units gain 35% Health.
• Their troop gains 20% March Speed.

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Cavalry Attack Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/35%
Infantry Defense Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/35%
Archer Health Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/35%
March speed Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

League of Corinth

If this commander’s troop contains at least 2 different unit types , it gains 15% March Speed and takes 15% less damage. If their troop contains only 1 unit type, it deals 30% more damage.

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March speed Bonus: 5%/7%/9%/11%/15%
Damage Reduction: 5%/7%/9%/11%/15%
Damage Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/30%

Conqueror of Chaeronea

Whenever this commander’s troop launches a basic attack, it has a 10% chance to deal direct damage to up to 3 nearby enemy troops (Damage Factor 800; every additional target reduces the damage to each target by 15%) and reduce their Rage by 100. Cooldown: 3 seconds.

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Direct Damage Factor: 400/500/600/700/800
Rage Reduction: 50/60/70/80/100

Vergina Sun

Whenever this commander uses their active skill, they have a 40% chance to use their active skill a second time. Whenever the other commander in their troop uses their active skill, they have a 20% chance to use their active skill a second time. This skill can trigger once every 7 seconds.