Baibars
Skills
Skill 1SandstormA skill hit on up to three marches in a fan that also slows them for two seconds.
Skill 2Arabian KnightsHis cavalry gain attack.
Skill 3No EscapeWhen his basic attacks land on a city, its garrison loses attack and defence until his march stops attacking.
Skill 4Great PantherAs his march leaves combat it heals some slightly wounded troops and marches faster for ten seconds.
Community builds
Builds for BaibarsPairings
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune · as primary
Baibars' AoE slow holds a crowd in place for Yoshitsune's single-target execution.
- Pelagius · as deputy
An all-Epic cavalry budget line: two cheap cavalry skill kits, with Pelagius' post-rework S rating carrying the pair further than the price suggests.
Counters & matchups
Cavalry holds the edge over archers and gives it up to infantry, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.
- Hermann · Archer
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Imhotep · Archer
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Kusunoki · Archer
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
Countered by
Garrison · Leading a rally into their garrison.
- Charles Martel · InfantryA
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Constantine · InfantryA
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Gorgo · InfantryA
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Richard · InfantryA
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Zenobia · InfantryA
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Flavius Aetius · Infantry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
4 more
- Tokugawa Ieyasu · Infantry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Eulji · Infantry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Pericles · Infantry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Sun Tzu · Infantry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. 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.
