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William Wallace

Legendary
Infantry
Smite
Versatility

Skills

  1. Skill 1
    Bas Agus Buaidh

    A heavy smite on one target, then a lighter smite on up to three enemy marches attacking his troop.

  2. Skill 2
    Scots Wha Hae

    His infantry gain health, attack and march speed whenever his troop is out on the map.

  3. Skill 3
    Lion of the North

    His troop takes less normal damage, and its big smite hits often land harder, at most once every ten seconds.

  4. Skill 4
    Battle of Stirling Bridge

    Against marches in the open field, his smites and normal attacks both hit harder.

  5. Awakened
    Pro Libertate

    Casting an active, or being slowed, clears slows from his troop and nearby allies and gives them a two-second shield.

Community builds

Builds for William Wallace

Pairings

  • Scipio Africanus Prime · as deputy

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

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

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Belisarius Prime · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Genghis Khan · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Huo Qubing · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Ivan IV · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Takeda Shingen · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • William · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

2 more
  • Lancelot · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Dragon Lancer · Cavalry

    Infantry over cavalry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

Countered by

Open field · Marches meeting on the map.

  • Hermann Prime · ArcherS+

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Qin Shi Huang · ArcherS+

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Zhuge Liang · ArcherS+

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Alp Arslan · ArcherS

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Boudica Prime · ArcherS

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Ramesses · ArcherS

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

5 more
  • Cyrus the Great · Archer

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Edward · Archer

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • El Cid · Archer

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Shajar al-Durr · Archer

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). By troop type.

  • Thutmose · Archer

    Archers over infantry, and both are built for the field (Versatility talents). 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

infantry
versatility
smite
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