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Justinian

Legendary
Cavalry
Support
Conquest

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Light of Rome

    A heavy direct skill hit; leading a rally, for five seconds the target also loses defence and counts as surrounded.

  2. Skill 2
    Renovatio Imperii

    His cavalry gain defence, and outside alliance territory they also deal more damage and march faster.

  3. Skill 3
    Corpus Juris Civilis

    His cavalry gain health, and attacking a city or stronghold his troop takes less normal attack damage.

  4. Skill 4
    Restless Emperor

    On the map his cavalry gain attack, and basic attacks on a surrounded target may add a hit that grows per surrounder.

Community builds

Builds for Justinian

Pairings

  • Alexander Nevsky · as primary

    Justinian's cavalry support scales Nevsky's charge burst in the larger rally rage pool.

Counters & matchups

Cavalry holds the edge over archers and gives it up to infantry, whatever the scenario.

Good targets (Archer):
Hermann PrimeS+
Qin Shi HuangS+
Zhuge LiangS+
Alp ArslanS
Boudica PrimeS
Avoid (Infantry):
Ivar the BonelessSS
Sun Tzu PrimeSS
Scipio Africanus PrimeS+
Bai QiS
Guan YuS

Best matchups

Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Amanitore · Archer

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

  • Artemisia · Archer

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

  • Choe Yeong · Archer

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

  • Dido · Archer

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

  • Hermann · Archer

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

  • Imhotep · Archer

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

1 more
  • Kusunoki · Archer

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

Countered by

Garrison · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Charles Martel · InfantryA

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Constantine · InfantryA

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Gorgo · InfantryA

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Richard · InfantryA

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Zenobia · InfantryA

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

  • Flavius Aetius · Infantry

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.

1 more
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu · Infantry

    A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: 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.

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