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Cyrus the Great

Legendary
Archer
Skill
Versatility

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    The Immortals

    A direct skill hit on one march that leaves it taking more damage from damage over time for three seconds.

  2. Skill 2
    Battle of Thymbra

    Archers gain attack and march speed.

  3. Skill 3
    Persian Bow

    An all-archer march's basic attacks may set three seconds of damage over time on the target and cut its skill damage meanwhile.

  4. Skill 4
    The Cyrus Cylinder

    On the map, basic attacks his march takes may answer with two seconds of damage over time on up to three nearby enemies.

  5. Awakened
    King of the World

    After any active cast, his archers gain attack and defence and his troop gains rage every second, for three seconds.

Community builds

Builds for Cyrus the Great

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

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Cheok Jun-gyeong · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Leonidas · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Pyrrhus · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Ragnar Lodbrok Prime · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Sargon the Great · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • William Wallace · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

1 more
  • City Keeper · Infantry

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

Countered by

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Alexander Nevsky · CavalryS+

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Arthur Pendragon · CavalryS+

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Achilles · CavalryS

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Gang Gam-chan · CavalryS

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Joan of Arc Prime · CavalryS

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Bertrand · CavalryA

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

6 more
  • Belisarius Prime · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Genghis Khan · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Huo Qubing · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Ivan IV · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Takeda Shingen · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • William · Cavalry

    Cavalry over archers, 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.

Talent trees

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