Theodora is a legendary commander that was introduced to the game via Rise of Kingdoms Patch Notes v1.0.34. She is a garrison-based commander with high defense value and strong leadership capabilities.
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| Title: Heaven’s Bounty |
| Civilization: Byzantium |
| Base Power: 5,300 |
| Rarity: Legendary |
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Theodora Summary:
- Deals 1,700 damage up to 5 targets, which is reduced by 15% after each target hit.
- When serving as the garrison commander, increase defense by 10%.
- When serving as the garrison commander, reduce damage taken from rallied armies by 10%.
- Troops’ attack increased by 10%.
- When army is above 50%, all troops deals 10% increased damage.
- When serving as the garrison commander, Theodora has a 10% chance to increase troops’ damage by 40% for 3 seconds.
Why Theodora is the Best Commander?
- Best for defending your city.
- Effective at reducing incoming damage from rallied armies.
- Delivers high damage thanks to her skill set.
- Amazing at hitting multiple targets for high amount of damage.
- Good synergy with various garrison commanders.
Background Information
Theodora is wife of the emperor Justinian I and is one of the most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Her superior intelligence and political acumen made her a trusted advisor, which enabled her to use her power and influence of her office to promote religious and social policies that favored her interests.
She is also one of the first rules that recognized the rights of women and passed strict laws that made trafficking young girls illegal. Theodora also altered the divorce laws that gave women even more benefits. She spent most of the time during her rulership trying to mitigate the laws against miaphysites and succeed in doing so.
Introduction
Welcome to our in-depth Rise of Kingdoms guide for Commander Theodora. This informative guide was created to help provide an overview of Theodora skills, talent trees, gameplay, strategies, and guides in Rise of Kingdoms. The purpose of this overview guide is to help new and experienced players understand how to play Theodora right and maximize strategic advantages.
Whether you are a new or experienced player, Theodora is one of the best commanders for protecting your cities against enemy invaders. As the garrison meta shifts, Theodora rises as one of the most powerful defender due to her innate ability to minimize loss while causing your enemies to suffer major setbacks.
In order to summon Theodora, you need to get 10 Theodora sculptures which can be acquired by unlocking chests, doing expeditions, alliance gifts, participating in the events and from VIP shops. Once you have enough sculptures, go to the commander tab and tap to summon Theodora.
Best Theodora Skills
In this part, we will talk about the skill set that Theodora has to offer. This is a legendary commander who specializes in leadership, garrison and defense. Which means she excels in defending when you use one of our customized talent builds to play these focuses to maximize Theodora’s skills. Without further ado, let’s find out her skill set below:
| Byzantine Empress |
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| Rage Requirement: 1000
Deals damage (Damage Factor 600) to up to 5 enemies in a circular area. Damage dealt to each target will be reduced by 15% for each target after the first. Upgrades:
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An incredible powerful active skill that deals damage up to 5 targets in a 360-degree range. Each target strike will reduce damage by 15%. Though, when serving as the garrison commander, this active skill is great for handling against multiple invaders in world PvP battles.
| Keeper Of Secrets |
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| When commanding the garrison, all troops under Theodora’s command gain +2% defense, and damage taken from rallied armies is reduced by 2%.
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This passive skill is must-have due to increased defense bonus and damage reduction from rallied armies. Which nicely stacks together to a cumulatively 15% damage reduction from the enemies in world PvP battles.
| Co-Ruler |
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| All troops under Theodora’s command gain +2% attack. While Theodora’s army is at more than 50% strength, her troops deal an extra 2% damage.
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Another great passive skill that don’t do anything much but increase attack and damage bonus by 10% if troops health under Theodora’s command is more than 50% strength.
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| When commanding the garrison, each time Theodora’ s troops take damage, they have a 10% chance to gain a 10% damage bonus for 3 seconds.
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Royal Power is great passive skill to have, which gives a small chance to increase damage by 40% for a short time frame.
| Honor to the Last |
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| Enhanced: Byzantine Empress
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You will definitely want to have Theodora’s expertise skill because it will remove slow and control effects from her army. Furthermore, it increases the direct damage factor of her active skill to 1,700 per target with 15% damage reduction after the first target.
Best Theodora Talent Trees
In this section, we have included the top 3 best Theodora talent builds. As I mentioned previously that she excels in mixed armies Which means you will want to have her on the defense side mainly because of her ability to reduce incoming damage from rallied enemies.
Garrison Talent Build Tree
If you are looking for a solid garrison talent build so that you can put Theodora on the defensive side of war. This is the best talent build to roll with. As I mentioned previously, Theodora have no preferred troops, which means she can easily adapt with any type of troops to provide the best counter against your enemy forces.
The garrison talent build focuses on reducing incoming damage and skill from the enemy commanders. At the same time, Theodora will be able to generate rage faster thanks to new and improved rage generation capabilities.
Bulwark Talent Build Tree
Theodora is also an exceptional defensive commander to roll in PvP battles such as Sunset Canyon and Ark of Osiris. In fact, her active skill makes her ideal choice for going in as the frontline commander and do massive amount of damage.
The Bulwark talent build works great when she is the primary commander. All troops under her leadership will be able to benefit from increased damage, defense and march speed. Plus, Theodora gains 3% increased troop capacity, which makes her a solid PvP commander to roll in arenas.
Field Talent Build Tree
Lastly, if you want to be able to handle world PvP battles then you need a strong frontline commander with high defense value. And this is where Theodora also excels in. Thanks to her splash damage, strong defense and damage reduction passive skill. She will have no issue wrangling with multiple enemies at the same time.
Best of all, the Field talent build expands her rage generation capacity which greatly improves her ability to dish out splash damage rapidly in matter of seconds. Not to forget to mention that this talent build also bolsters Theodora troops’ defense value under her leadership.
Star Level & Talent Point Upgrade Priority
In the next part of our Best Theodora commander guide, I am going to talk about star level & talent point upgrade priority to maximize your commander’s combat potential. Here’s how to prioritize your Theodora effectively:
Garrison Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Theodora at 1 ⭐ until you max out her first skill.
- Level Theodora to 2 ⭐ and max out her second skill.
- Level Theodora to 4 ⭐ and max out all of her skills.
Bulwark Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Theodora at 1 ⭐ until you max out her first skill.
- Level Theodora to 3 ⭐ and max out her third skill.
- Level Theodora to 4 ⭐ and max out all of her skills.
Field Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Theodora at 1 ⭐ until you max out her first skill.
- Level Theodora to 3 ⭐ and max out her third skill.
- Level Theodora to 4 ⭐ and max out all of her skills.
Best Commander Pairs
The next part of our best Theodora commander guide will be talking about which pairs to go with this commander. You will find out that it is pretty easy to pair Theodora with any garrison commanders thanks to her unique skills. Below is list of best commanders to pair with.
Wu Zetian
Believe it or not, Wu Zetian is the best commander to pair with Theodora. One of her main advantage is the ability to counter rallied armies. This pair is extremely useful because Theodora is already a solid commander that can withstand rallied armies, she could use some helping hands.
Wu Zetian brings her specialty to the table that greatly empowers Theodora’s combat capabilities as the primary garrison commander. A perfect combo to roll with for world PvP battles.
Yi Sun-Sin
Another stellar commander to pair with is Yi Sun-Sin. He is the meta garrison commander that will benefit the most when pairing with Theodora. He will greatly empower all troops’ attack while garrisoned.
Not to forget to mention that he have the ability to form shield which will reduce incoming damage. Though, he does lack the ability to handle multiple targets which makes him a suitable garrison commander to pair with Theodora to cover weak spots.
Constantine I
One of the strongest commander that possesses an awesome synergy with Theodora is Constantine I. He is one of the best infantry commanders in Rise of Kingdoms with an incredible huge health pool and powerful healing ability.
Theodora pairs well with him because he lacks powerful offensive ability and defense against rallied armies, which makes Theodora a very valuable commander to partner with.
Yi Seong-Gye
Our personal favorite legendary commander to pair with Theodora is Yi Seong-Gye. By default, he is one of the most powerful and lethal defensive commander to battle against in Rise of Kingdoms. He is armed with powerful active skill that deals massive damage.
In addition to that, he comes with a passive skill which increases active skill damage by 50%. This benefits Theodora a lot because then she can do more with her active skill against multiple targets. While Yi Seong-Gye is an already powerful commander, you will have to stick to pure archer troops in order to maximize his combat effective while pairing with Theodora.
Sun Tzu
Lastly, Sun Tzu is one of the best free epic commanders which you can get right in the beginning of the game if you pick China as your main civilization. The reason why Sun Tzu will pair well with Theodora is because of his superior splash damage active skill.
In addition to that, he comes with a passive skill which increases overall damage of active skill by an extra 20%. This gives both Sun Tzu and Theodora edge in combat. Not to forget to mention that Sun Tzu is also quite tanky by nature, making him one of the best garrison commanders in the game.
