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Shapur

Legendary
Archer
Skill
Conquest

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Might of the Shahanshah

    Damages one target every second for four seconds, and a target low on rage briefly cannot be shielded.

  2. Skill 2
    Humiliation of Rome

    Archers gain march speed and health, taking damage may briefly lift their attack, and in a rally he leads they march faster still.

  3. Skill 3
    Blessed By the Atash

    His skill damage may leave the target dealing less normal damage and unable to take temporary health buffs for three seconds.

  4. Skill 4
    Stout Walls of Bishapur

    Leading a rally, buffs the rally gains may bring it rage and a short skill damage bonus.

  5. Awakened
    All Must Submit

    Rally damage, or his additional damage outside a rally, may add short bursts of damage over time near the target.

Community builds

Builds for Shapur

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+
Bai QiS
Guan YuS
Avoid (Cavalry):
Alexander NevskyS+
Arthur PendragonS+
Xiang YuS+
AchillesS
Gang Gam-chanS

Best matchups

Rally · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Flavius Aetius · Infantry

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

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu · Infantry

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

  • Eulji · Infantry

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

  • Pericles · Infantry

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

  • Sun Tzu · Infantry

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

Countered by

Garrison · Leading a rally into their garrison.

  • Pelagius (Legendary) · CavalryS

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

  • David IV · Cavalry

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

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine · Cavalry

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

  • Jadwiga · Cavalry

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

  • Jan Zizka · Cavalry

    A cavalry garrison (Garrison talents) against a archer rally: cavalry hold the edge over archers. 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.

Talent trees

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