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Ivar the Boneless

SS
Legendary
Infantry
Defense
Conquest

infantry AoE smite

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Falcon's Judgement

    A smite sweep on up to three marches in a fan, then three seconds in which his march gains extra rage every second.

  2. Skill 2
    Ironheart Vow

    His infantry gain health, march speed and attack.

  3. Skill 3
    Flames of York

    Attacking a city or stronghold, his smites hit harder, his infantry do more to cavalry and smites may refund rage.

  4. Skill 4
    Odin's Stratagem

    Leading a rally, his army takes less combo damage and answers basic attacks with a small smite; combo hits add damage.

  5. Awakened
    Destined Defense

    His march takes less normal attack damage, and less again once it is below half its units.

Community builds

Builds for Ivar the Boneless

Pairings

  • Scipio Africanus Prime · as deputy

    Our SS AoE smite behind the premier infantry enabler: shields and mitigation protect the smite wind-up.

  • Bai Qi · as deputy

    Bai Qi's skill-damage amplification and bonus damage against weakened targets multiply Ivar's AoE smite output.

Counters & matchups

Infantry holds the edge over cavalry and gives it up to archers, whatever the scenario.

Good targets (Cavalry):
Alexander NevskyS+
Arthur PendragonS+
Xiang YuS+
AchillesS
Gang Gam-chanS
Avoid (Archer):
Hermann PrimeS+
Qin Shi HuangS+
Zhuge LiangS+
Alp ArslanS
Boudica PrimeS

Best matchups

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Gang Gam-chan · CavalryS

    Infantry over cavalry; Ivar's AoE smite hits the whole cavalry cluster at once.

Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Pelagius (Legendary) · CavalryS

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • David IV · Cavalry

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine · Cavalry

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Jadwiga · Cavalry

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Jan Zizka · Cavalry

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Pelagius · Cavalry

    A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

Countered by

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Zhuge Liang · ArcherS+

    Archers over infantry; skill damage from range against Ivar's melee smite.

Garrison · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Hayam Wuruk · ArcherS

    Archers over infantry; Ivar's smite rally loses the triangle into an archer garrison.

  • Yi Seong-Gye · ArcherS

    Archers over infantry; Yi Seong-Gye's AoE hits the whole rally as it lands.

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.

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