Pelagius
Skills
Skill 1ChargeA skill hit on one march that refunds some rage, then extra damage on the same march each second for two seconds.
Skill 2Founder of AsturiasHis cavalry gain attack and defence.
Skill 3Retaking Lost TerritoryWhile he garrisons his own city, the garrison and the watchtowers gain attack.
Skill 4The MutineerBasic attacks sometimes open two seconds in which his march heals some slightly wounded troops each second.
Community builds
Builds for PelagiusPairings
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune · as primary
Pelagius' cavalry skill kit backs Yoshitsune's nuke, and his post-rework S rating may lift this beyond a budget pick.
- Baibars · as primary
An all-Epic cavalry budget line: two cheap cavalry skill kits, with Pelagius' post-rework S rating carrying the pair further than the price suggests.
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.
- Nebuchadnezzar · ArcherS
A cavalry garrison against an archer rally: the troop triangle favours the garrison.
- Gilgamesh · ArcherA
Cavalry over archers; Gilgamesh's anti-heal matters less against a garrison not built on healing.
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.
- 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.
1 more
- Bjorn Ironside · 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.