Zenobia
infantry garrison wall
Skills
Skill 1Queen of PalmyraHeals the weakest friendly march nearby, then her own, and toughens the healed troops for two seconds.
Skill 2Unmatched BeautyAs garrison commander her march both takes less and deals more normal attack damage.
Skill 3Conqueror's AmbitionInfantry gain health and attack, and the march hits rallied armies harder.
Skill 4Pluralistic ReignAs garrison commander a normal attack sometimes leaves the target taking damage each second for three seconds.
Community builds
Builds for ZenobiaOverview
Walls infantry garrisons (with Gorgo).
Pairings
- Heraclius · as deputy
Zenobia's garrison support raises the wall while Heraclius' defensive leadership kit holds up whichever troops fill it.
- Flavius Aetius · as deputy
Flavius' attack debuffs blunt the incoming rally while Zenobia's garrison buffs raise the wall behind them.
Counters & matchups
Infantry holds the edge over cavalry and gives it up to archers, whatever the scenario.
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.
- Qin Shi Huang · ArcherS+
Archers over infantry; Qin Shi Huang with Zhuge Liang stacks nukes into an infantry wall.
- Nebuchadnezzar · ArcherS
An archer rally into an infantry garrison: the troop triangle favours the rally.
- Gilgamesh · ArcherA
A archer rally lead (Conquest talents) into a infantry garrison: archers hold the edge over infantry. 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.