Pericles
Skills
Skill 1Glory of GreeceShields his troop for three seconds and speeds up his infantry for the same time.
Skill 2Battlefield OratorHis infantry units gain attack and defence.
Skill 3First CitizenWhile he helps garrison his own city, the garrison deals more damage.
Skill 4Call for PeaceBasic attacks that hit his troop may weaken the attacker's normal attacks for three seconds.
Community builds
Builds for PericlesCounters & matchups
Infantry holds the edge over cavalry and gives it up to archers, whatever the scenario.
Best matchups
Garrison · Holding a garrison against their rally.
- Baibars · Cavalry
A infantry garrison (Garrison talents) against a cavalry rally: infantry hold the edge over cavalry. By troop type.
Countered by
Rally · Garrisoning against a rally they lead.
- Nebuchadnezzar · ArcherS
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
- Gilgamesh · ArcherA
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
- Ashurbanipal · Archer
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
- Henry · Archer
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
- Shapur · Archer
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
- Siyaj K'ak' · Archer
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. By troop type.
1 more
- Tomyris · Archer
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. 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.