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Ashurbanipal

Legendary
Archer
Skill
Conquest

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    From the Nile to the Tigris

    A fan-shaped skill hit on up to five marches, weaker for each extra target, plus a second hit on his current target.

  2. Skill 2
    Hawk-Eyed

    His archers gain attack, and defence and march speed as well while outside alliance territory.

  3. Skill 3
    Conqueror of Elam

    His troop deals more skill damage; attacking a city or stronghold, each active cast weakens the target's normal attacks.

  4. Skill 4
    Chosen of Ashur

    His troop takes less normal damage; leading a rally, its skill hits can stack a small skill damage bonus.

  5. Awakened
    Omnipotent

    Each active cast of his troop grants one of five short buffs at random, to archer stats or to normal or skill damage.

Community builds

Builds for Ashurbanipal

Pairings

  • Nebuchadnezzar · as primary

    Ashurbanipal's archer skill kit adds a second damage lane behind Nebuchadnezzar's nuke on a matched troop base.

  • Henry · as primary

    Henry's archer support feeds Ashurbanipal's skill damage so an archer rally keeps constant pressure on the garrison.

Counters & matchups

Archer holds the edge over infantry and gives it up to cavalry, whatever the scenario.

Good targets (Infantry):
Ivar the BonelessSS
Sun Tzu PrimeSS
Scipio Africanus PrimeS+
Bai QiS
Guan YuS
Avoid (Cavalry):
Alexander NevskyS+
Arthur PendragonS+
Xiang YuS+
AchillesS
Gang Gam-chanS

Best matchups

Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Flavius Aetius · Infantry

    A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu · Infantry

    A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.

  • Eulji · Infantry

    A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.

  • Pericles · Infantry

    A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.

  • Sun Tzu · Infantry

    A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.

Countered by

Garrison · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Pelagius (Legendary) · CavalryS

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.

  • David IV · Cavalry

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine · Cavalry

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.

  • Jadwiga · Cavalry

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.

  • Jan Zizka · Cavalry

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. 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.

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