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Richard

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Legendary
Infantry
Defense
Garrison

defence & garrison / SC tank

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Soul of the Crusaders

    Heals some of his lightly wounded troops and, for two seconds, cuts the damage and speed of enemies in front.

  2. Skill 2
    Chivalry

    His march counterattacks harder and takes less damage.

  3. Skill 3
    The Lionheart

    His infantry gain attack and defence.

  4. Skill 4
    Battle-Hardened

    Healing on his march works better, and watchtowers hurt it less.

  5. Awakened
    Tyrannical Lion

    Takes a little less damage, his infantry hit cavalry slightly harder, and attacks can sharply slow the target.

Community builds

Builds for Richard

Overview

Shields, damage reduction, and healing; arguably the best Sunset Canyon tank.

Talent focus

Infantry + Defence/Garrison

Pairings

  • Charles Martel · as primary

    Durable garrison/defence pair.

  • Sun Tzu · as deputy

    Richard soaks and heals while Sun Tzu's rage-fed AoE cycles behind the tank stats.

  • Yi Seong-Gye · as deputy

    Early-game exception to same-troop pairing: Richard's support-tank kit protects YSG's AoE over the mixed troops beginners actually field.

Counters & matchups

Infantry holds the edge over cavalry and gives it up to archers, whatever the scenario.

Good targets (Cavalry):
Alexander NevskyS+
Arthur PendragonS+
Xiang YuS+
AchillesS
Gang Gam-chanS
Avoid (Archer):
Hermann PrimeS+
Qin Shi HuangS+
Zhuge LiangS+
Alp ArslanS
Boudica PrimeS

Best matchups

Garrison · Holding a garrison against their rally.

  • Saladin · CavalryA

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

  • Attila · Cavalry

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

  • Chandragupta · Cavalry

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

  • Justinian · Cavalry

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

  • Subutai · Cavalry

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

  • William Marshal · Cavalry

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

1 more
  • 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.

  • Ramesses · ArcherS

    Ramesses's healing reduction is the named answer to Richard-style defenders.

  • Gilgamesh · ArcherA

    Archers over infantry, and anti-heal against Richard's healing.

  • Nebuchadnezzar · ArcherS

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

Sunset Canyon · Arena fights.

  • Ramesses · ArcherS

    Healing reduction cuts the healing that makes Richard so hard to remove.

  • Saladin · CavalryA

    Saladin's durable single-target damage is a known answer to Richard, the canyon's best tank.

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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