City Keeper
Skills
Skill 1Hard ShieldRaises his own troop's defence for five seconds.
Skill 2VitalityInfantry in his march gain health.
Skill 3Sharp BladeInfantry in his march gain attack.
Skill 4ResilientInfantry in his march gain defence.
Community builds
Builds for City KeeperCounters & matchups
Infantry holds the edge over cavalry and gives it up to archers, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Open field · Marches meeting on the map.
- Dragon Lancer · Cavalry
Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Countered by
Open field · Marches meeting on the map.
- Hermann Prime · ArcherS+
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Qin Shi Huang · ArcherS+
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Zhuge Liang · ArcherS+
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Alp Arslan · ArcherS
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Boudica Prime · ArcherS
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Ramesses · ArcherS
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
6 more
- Cyrus the Great · Archer
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Edward · Archer
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- El Cid · Archer
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Shajar al-Durr · Archer
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Thutmose · Archer
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
- Tomoe Gozen · Archer
Archers over infantry, 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.
