Scipio Africanus Prime

Skills

1. 
   Skill 1

   Unmatched Strength

   Cleaves up to three marches in a forward fan and saps their health for a few seconds.

2. 
   Skill 2

   All-Conquering

   Infantry gain a lot of attack and some march speed, with more speed outside alliance land.

3. 
   Skill 3

   Strategic Pressure

   Infantry gain health, and attacks on map troops sometimes add a burst of damage over a few seconds.

4. 
   Skill 4

   Testudo Formation

   When hit by a skill in the field he may raise a shield and brace, taking less damage for a moment.

5. 
   Awakened

   Fiery Rage

   More skill damage, and faster rage while his target is silenced.

Community builds

Overview

Shields, damage reduction, and counter effects that keep an infantry line alive; excellent durable primary or premium deputy. Enables damage rather than dealing it.

Talent focus

Infantry + Defence/Garrison for holding; Skill if leading offence

Pairings

• 
  Liu Che · as primary

  The premier infantry open-field pair.

• 
  Guan Yu · as primary

  Scipio Prime's shields and damage reduction buy Guan Yu the uptime his slow, heavy AoE needs, on matched infantry buffs.

• 
  Ivar the Boneless · as primary

  Our SS AoE smite behind the premier infantry enabler: shields and mitigation protect the smite wind-up.

• 
  William Wallace · as primary

  Wallace's smite burst gets the mitigation cover it lacks natively, on matching infantry stat lines.

• 
  Trajan · as primary

  Trajan's team-wide buffs are multiplied by Scipio Prime's counter-and-shield engine into a march that wins attrition.

Counters & matchups