Henry
Skills
Skill 1Divine RightA heavy direct hit on one march, after which his own march takes less skill damage for five seconds.
Skill 2Welsh LongbowsArchers gain attack and defence, and march faster outside alliance territory.
Skill 3Road to EmpireAttacking a city or stronghold his march counters harder, and basic attacks may leave the target taking more skill damage.
Skill 4Battle of AgincourtHis archers deal more damage, and basic hits on his march may be answered with a direct strike on the attacker.
AwakenedHundred Years' WarWith rage above 70% the march deals more normal damage; below it, the march takes less normal damage.
Community builds
Builds for HenryPairings
- Nebuchadnezzar · as primary
Henry's archer support kit backs Nebuchadnezzar's rally-grade nuke on a matched archer base.
- Zhuge Liang · as deputy
Henry's archer support anchors the rally while Zhuge Liang's nuke rides the deep rally rage pool.
- Ashurbanipal · as deputy
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.
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.