Qin Shi Huang

S+

Legendary

Archer

Skill

Versatility

archer / mixed nuker primary

Skills

Skill 1
One Conquers Six
Enters a ten-second state in which his rage-paid hits also spill onto up to five nearby marches, weaker the more it hits.
Skill 2
Iron Pierces Bronze
Pays rage on each normal attack to make it skill damage; archers gain defence and speed, and health when the march is all archers.
Skill 3
Thunder Shakes Earth
Each rage-paid hit pays a little more for an extra strike and burns enemy rage; entering a field fight grants Eternal Emperor.
Skill 4
Valor Bests Despair
Leading against field marches he opens with rage, shrugs off some normal damage and pays rage to blunt big skill, combo and smite hits.

Community builds

Builds for Qin Shi Huang

Overview

Massive AoE nuke; a benchmark open-field and rally primary. Wants skill-damage amplifiers, not normal-attack deputies.

Talent focus

Skill + Archery

Pairings

Yi Seong-Gye · as deputy
Archer march; benchmark five-march setup.
Zhuge Liang · as deputy
Archer march; seven-march extension.
Bai Qi · as primary
Bai Qi works behind mixed nukers such as Qin Shi Huang.
Zhuge Liang · as deputy
Seven-march / rally nuke stacking.
Shajar al-Durr · as deputy
Qin Shi Huang wants skill-damage deputies rather than normal-attack ones, and Shajar's archer skill kit fills that lane without stealing the active slot.

Counters & matchups

Archer holds the edge over infantry and gives it up to cavalry, whatever the scenario.

Good targets (Infantry):

Ivar the BonelessSS

Sun Tzu PrimeSS

Scipio Africanus PrimeS+

Avoid (Cavalry):

Best matchups

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

Guan Yu · InfantryS
Archers over infantry, nuke against nuke from the favoured side of the triangle.
Liu Che · InfantryS
Archers over infantry; the benchmark archer nuke against an infantry debuffer.
Scipio Africanus Prime · InfantryS+
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Bai Qi · InfantryS
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Alexander the Great · InfantryA
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Cheok Jun-gyeong · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

6 more

Leonidas · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Pyrrhus · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Ragnar Lodbrok Prime · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
Sargon the Great · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
William Wallace · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.
City Keeper · Infantry
Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.

Zenobia · InfantryA
Archers over infantry; Qin Shi Huang with Zhuge Liang stacks nukes into an infantry wall.

Countered by

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

Alexander Nevsky · CavalryS+
Cavalry over archers, and Nevsky's damage reduction soaks much of Qin Shi Huang's nuke.
Arthur Pendragon · CavalryS+
Cavalry over archers; Arthur's burst reaches the archer march before its nuke rotation pays off.
Hermann Prime · ArcherS+
Hermann's silence, timed to Qin Shi Huang's rage, can cancel the AoE nuke that march is built around.

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.

Talent trees

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