Hermann
Skills
Skill 1AmbushA skill hit on one target that drains some of its rage and silences it for two seconds.
Skill 2Military GeniusHis archers gain attack and march speed.
Skill 3Legend of TeutoburgAs a garrison commander of his own city the garrison and the watchtowers gain attack.
Skill 4National HeroMore normal attack damage, and each basic attack has a small chance to add a burst of rage.
Community builds
Builds for HermannPairings
- Kusunoki · as primary
Budget archer garrison: both nuke on short cycles and Hermann's silence interrupts the attacker's actives.
Counters & matchups
Archer holds the edge over infantry and gives it up to cavalry, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Garrison · Holding a garrison against their rally.
- Bjorn Ironside · Infantry
A archer garrison (Garrison talents) against a infantry rally: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
Countered by
Rally · Garrisoning against a rally they lead.
- Xiang Yu · CavalryS+
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Saladin · CavalryA
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Attila · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Chandragupta · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Justinian · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Subutai · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
2 more
- William Marshal · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Baibars · Cavalry
A cavalry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a archer garrison: 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.