Best Frederick I Talent Tree & Guide 2025 Rise of Kingdoms

Frederick I is one of the first legendary commanders in Rise of Kingdoms, featuring Leader, Conquering, and Skill talent trees. He was great when Rise of Kingdoms was released, but now Frederick is not as effective. Do not invest universal legendary sculptures in Frederick; it is not worth it since you can obtain him through gold chests.

Frederick I Talent Tree Build

Frederick I Hybrid Talent Tree Build

Frederick MIX Talent Tree Build
Main Talents	Talent Points
Fresh Recruits	3/3
Healing Herbs	3/3
Armed To The Teeth	3/3
Signal Flare	3/3
Marionette	3/3
Moment of Triumph	3/3
Buckler Shield	3/3
Tear of Blessing	3/3
Entrenched	3/3
Burning Blood	3/3
All For One	3/3
Tactical Mastery	3/3
Rejuvenate	3/3
Stats:
Attack:	8.5%
Defense:	7%
Health:	4.5%
March Speed	6%

Frederick Leadership Talent Tree Build

Frederick MIX Talent Tree Build
Main Talents	Talent Points
Fresh Recruits	3/3
Healing Herbs	3/3
Armed To The Teeth	3/3
Signal Flare	3/3
Marionette	3/3
Moment of Triumph	3/3
Buckler Shield	3/3
Tear of Blessing	3/3
Entrenched	3/3
Burning Blood	3/3
All For One	3/3
Tactical Mastery	3/3
Rejuvenate	3/3
Stats:
Attack:	8.5%
Defense:	7%
Health:	4.5%
March Speed	6%

Frederick I Guide

Frederick is a commander you will use extensively in the early game of Rise of Kingdoms, but he will lose value later on. He specializes in single-target damage, which can be incredibly strong in the early game. However, his usefulness diminishes as you acquire commanders who are ten times better and stronger.

There is a significant issue with Frederick, especially if you are not a big spender: is it worth investing your universal golden sculptures in him? If you are in a new kingdom, you can invest a few universal legendary sculptures in him, but if you are on an older server, it is better to save those sculptures and focus on the best Rise of Kingdoms commanders.

When investing in Frederick, only use sculptures to max out his first and second skills. The remaining skills are not worth upgrading with legendary sculptures. Eventually, you will obtain Frederick at max level through golden keys.

Frederick I Pairings

Read more about our best commander pairings

Boudica: Great for early-stage or Rise Of Kingdom. Boudica will provide nice amount of rage and debufing.

Yi Seong Gye: Well YSG is a great commander and you can pair him with Frederic but I would suggest that you use YSG with other commanders.

Sun Tzu: Great pair for early-stage of ROK, Sun Tzu talent tree and skills will provide a nice amount of infantry stats and also rage. Together they will do nice damage.

Pelagius: Pelagius is a great commander for early stage of Rise Of Kingdoms but later he is not that good. You can pair him with Frederick because Pelagius will bring some nuke nice.

Frederick I Skills

Barbarossa

Rage Requirement: 1000

Active Skill
For the next 3 seconds, all attacks have a 80% chance to deal additional damage to the target..

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Direct Damage Factor: 400 / 500 / 600 / 700 / 800

A great skill for single target nuke. If you max skill Frederic this skill will be Enhanced and will have a 100% chance to do additional damage.

Never Give Up

Passive Skill
Troops’ normal attack has a 10% chance to heal a portion of the slightly wounded units. This effect can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

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Healing Factor: 500 / 600 / 700 / 800 / 1000

Healing is ok but the problem is that you can benefit from this skill every 5 seconds and you have only a 10% chance to get it.

Invasion

Passive Skill
Increases all damage when attacking other Governors’ cities.

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Infantry Attack Bonus: 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%

10% more attack damage when attacking the city. This skill is only good for new kingdoms. Later you will have a better commander for attacking the city.

King of Deutschland

Passive Skill
Increases maximum troop capacity.

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Troop Capacity Bonus: 3% / 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%

More troops = more damage. This skill is also great for new servers but later you need more AOE damage and more nuking damage.

Furious Barbarossa

Enhanced: Barbarossa

For the next 3 seconds, all attacks have a 100% chance to deal additional damage (Damage Factor 800) to the target.

Lore

Frederick I, also known as Frederick Barbarossa, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death. Historians consider him among the Holy Roman Empire’s greatest medieval emperors. He combined qualities that made him appear almost superhuman to his contemporaries: his ambition, his skills at organization, his battlefield acumen and his political perspicuity. Among his contribution to Central European society and culture include the re-establishment of the Corpus Juris Civilis, or the Roman rule of law, which counterbalanced the papal power that dominated the German states since the conclusion of the Investiture Controversy. Frederick died in 1190 in Asia Minor while leading an army in the Third Crusade.