Jan Zizka
Skills
Skill 1One-Eyed KnightA heavy direct skill hit on one march, with an extra hit while his own troop is below half its units.
Skill 2Sword Held HighHis cavalry gain attack; as garrison commander they also gain defence and deal more skill damage.
Skill 3UnbowedHis troop takes less normal attack damage; as a garrison, skill hits on it may strip the attacker's buffs.
Skill 4Battle of GrunwaldHis cavalry gain health, and basic attacks sometimes lift normal attack damage for three seconds.
Community builds
Builds for Jan ZizkaPairings
- Jadwiga · as deputy
The cavalry garrison niche: Zizka's garrison skill kit with Jadwiga's cavalry garrison kit on the same troop base.
Counters & matchups
Cavalry holds the edge over archers and gives it up to infantry, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Garrison · Holding a garrison against their rally.
- Ashurbanipal · Archer
A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Henry · Archer
A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Shapur · Archer
A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Siyaj K'ak' · Archer
A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
- Tomyris · Archer
A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. By troop type.
Countered by
Rally · Garrisoning against a rally they lead.
- Ivar the Boneless · InfantrySS
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Guan Yu · InfantryS
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Harald Sigurdsson · Infantry
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Pakal · Infantry
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Scipio Aemilianus · Infantry
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
- Tariq ibn Ziyad · Infantry
A infantry rally lead (Conquest talents) into a cavalry garrison: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. 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.