Alexander Nevsky
cavalry burst
Skills
Skill 1Hero of PeipusA heavy direct skill hit on one march that lowers its defence briefly, more so the more marches surround it.
Skill 2ExpeditionaryCavalry gain attack and march speed, and extra health away from alliance territory.
Skill 3Guard of the RepublicCavalry gain defence; against a surrounded target the march hits harder and takes less damage.
Skill 4Knight of IronAn all-cavalry march deals more skill damage, and more again for a few seconds after each active cast.
AwakenedWinter's StormMore normal damage, and when struck by normal attacks the cavalry sometimes gain a burst of health.
Community builds
Builds for Alexander NevskyOverview
Very high active skill damage with strong damage reduction; superb charge burst.
Pairings
- Huo Qubing · as deputy
Two charge-burst kits alternate actives so the march lands a nuke almost every rage rotation.
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune · as deputy
Budget deputy option: Yoshitsune's cheap single-target nuke slots under Nevsky's cavalry buffs without changing the playstyle.
- Justinian · as deputy
Justinian's cavalry support scales Nevsky's charge burst in the larger rally rage pool.
- Attila · as deputy
Attila's attack-focused cavalry kit converts Nevsky's charge burst into a structure-cracking hit from the deeper rally rage pool.
Counters & matchups
Cavalry holds the edge over archers and gives it up to infantry, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Open field · Marches meeting on the map.
- Qin Shi Huang · ArcherS+
Cavalry over archers, and Nevsky's damage reduction soaks much of Qin Shi Huang's nuke.
- Zhuge Liang · ArcherS+
Cavalry over archers; Nevsky's burst trades well against a skill-damage archer march.
- Hermann Prime · ArcherS+
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Alp Arslan · ArcherS
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Boudica Prime · ArcherS
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Ramesses · ArcherS
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
6 more
- Cyrus the Great · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Edward · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- El Cid · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Shajar al-Durr · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Thutmose · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Tomoe Gozen · Archer
Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Countered by
Open field · Marches meeting on the map.
- Sun Tzu Prime · InfantrySS
Infantry over cavalry, and true damage cuts through Nevsky's damage reduction.
- Guan Yu · InfantryS
Infantry over cavalry; Guan Yu's heavy active hits the cavalry harder than Nevsky's burst hits back.
- Liu Che · InfantryS
Infantry over cavalry, and Liu Che's slow takes away the speed a cavalry march fights with.
- Scipio Africanus Prime · InfantryS+
Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Favoured, not guaranteed: equipment, talents, skill levels and troop counts decide real fights. Rows marked “by troop type” come from the troop triangle and each commander’s talent trees; the rest are written by hand. Checked against the meta on 2026-09-23.