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El Cid

Legendary
Archer
Skill
Versatility

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Famous Warrior

    A direct skill hit on one march that also stops it attacking and casting for one second.

  2. Skill 2
    Poem of El Cid

    His basic attacks sometimes add an extra direct skill hit on the target, at most once every five seconds.

  3. Skill 3
    Guardian of Valencia

    His archers gain defence and march speed.

  4. Skill 4
    Unyielding

    While his troop is below half its units it deals more damage and marches faster.

  5. Awakened
    Out of Control

    His archers gain attack and defence, and deal a little more damage to infantry.

Community builds

Builds for El Cid

Pairings

  • Yi Seong-Gye · as primary

    El Cid's archer skill damage slots into the gaps of YSG's AoE cycle on a matched troop base.

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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