Best Yi Seong-Gye Commander Guide: Skills, Talent Builds, Pairs & Roles
Yi Seong-Gye is a legendary commander that released in the original Rise of Kingdoms game. He is a very powerful garrison commander that is capable of dishing out massive damage to multiple targets. He specializes in archery and excels at using his combat abilities.
| Yi Seong-Gye |
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| Title: Bow or Revolution |
| Civilization: Korea |
| Base Power: 1,200 |
| Rarity: Legendary |
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Yi Seong-Gye Summary:
- Deals 1,700 damage to 5 targets in circular-shaped area.
- 10% chance to restore 100 rage.
- 10% chance to increase archer attack by 100% for the next 3 seconds.
- Increase attack of garrison troops and watchtower by 5%.
- Increases active skill damage by 50%.
Why Yi Seong-Gye is the Best Commander?
- Very powerful commander, both as defender and offender.
- Can deal insane amount of damage with his active skill thanks to 50% damage increase.
- Rapid rage generation.
- Buffs his archer troops attack by 100%.
- A winning commander.
Background Information
Taejo of Joseon, born Yi Seong-Gye, was the founder and the first king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and the main figure in overthrowing the Goryeo Dynasty.
Yi Seong-Gye joined the Goryeo army and gained power and respect during the late 1370s and early 1380s by pushing Mongol remnants off the peninsula and also by repelling well-organized Japanese pirates in a series of successful engagements.
He declared a new dynasty in 1392-1393 under the name of Joseon, thereby reviving and older state, also known as Joseon, that was, legendarily, established nearly three thousand years previously and renamed the county the “Kingdom of Great Joseon”.
Yi Seong-Gye abdicated in 1408 during the strife between his son and died on May 23, 1408 I Changdeok Palace.
Introduction
Welcome to our in-depth Rise of Kingdoms guide for Commander Yi Seong-Gye. This informative guide was created to help provide an overview of Yi Seong-Gye skills, talent tress, 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 Yi Seong-Gye right and maximize strategic advantages.
Yi Seong-Gye is a legendary commander and a very powerful nuker. Korea is his nationality and only can be obtained at Kingdom #1031 or earlier as he is no longer unlockable for newer kingdoms. To obtain Yi Seong-Gye, you will need to gather 10 Yi Seong-Gye sculptures from sliver chests, expedition store, and VIP chests.
Yi Seong-Gye is an archer-focused commander which means archer types excels under his leadership. In addition to his powerful active skills and impressive set of passive skills that makes up for large portion of the direct damage factor. That being said, let’s dive deep in our best Yi Seong-Gye commander guide for beginners.
Best Yi Seong-Gye Skills
As I mentioned previously in the introduction section that Yi Seong-Gye comes with a lot of powerful skills. We will talk about each skill that he is equipped with and how you can use them to maximize his combat capabilities. Stick around with us to learn more about Yi Seong-Gye skills:
| Rain of Arrows |
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Deals direct damage to the enemy in a fan-shaped area. Can damage at most 5 targets. Upgrade Preview: Direct Damage Factor: 600 / 800 / 1000 / 1200 / 1400 |
Rain of Arrows works similarly to Aethelflaed’s active skill, except this skill is incredibly powerful. Yi Seong-Gye is able to dish out upwards to 1,400 damage up to 5 targets. Which makes him one of the best barbarian killers and a dedicated nuker.
| Art of Archery |
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Troops’ normal attacks have a 10% chance to grant additional rage and increase the attack of archer units for the next 3 seconds. Upgrade Preview: Rage Restored: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 100 |
Art of Archery gives your troops a chance to restore rage and increases the damage bonus of archers by 100%. This passive skill benefits Yi Seong-Gye’s active skill by allowing him to dish out more damage. Plus the 100% damage bonus for 3 seconds is amazingly powerful that will dent a hole in the enemy’s ranks
| Joseon Dynasty |
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Increases the attack of the garrison and watchtower when this commander is serving as garrison commander. Upgrade Preview: Garrison/Watchtower Attack Bonus: 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5% |
This passive skill doesn’t play that much of importance, unless you are going to have Yi Seong-Gye serve as the primary garrison commander. Then, he will give 5% attack bonus to the watchtower and garrison army.
| Destiny |
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Increases active skill damage. Upgrade Preview: Skill Damage Bonus: 20% / 25% / 30% / 40% / 50% |
Simply enough, Destiny is an amazing passive skill to invest points in. The 50% bonus damage will increase the damage to each target for his active skill to 2,100. Which is a huge game changer.
| Arrow Storm |
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Deals direct damage (Damage Factor 1700) to the enemy in a circular area. Can damage at most 5 targets. |
Instead of firing arrows in a fan-shaped, Yi Seong-Gye can fire arrows in a full 360-degree radius. Plus, his active damage is increased to 1,700. If you max out Destiny, then that goes upwards to 2,550 per target. Arrow Storm is unlocked automatically once you invest all skill points.
Best Yi Seong-Gye Talent Trees
As exciting as we are to share our best Yi Seong-Gye talent builds for this commander. It is important to keep in your mind that he is dependent on his active skill. Which means you want to have talent builds that emphasizes on rage generation. We have incorporated the best talent builds that builds rage fast enough and increases his overall combat effectiveness when running pure archer type. See our recommended talent builds for Yi Seong-Gye below:
Garrison Talent Build
This talent build focuses on playing Yi Seong-Gye as your primary garrison commander. It capitalizes on rage generation build which allows him to use his active skill frequently. Basically, it transforms him into a powerful defender and nuker that’s a force to be reckon with. The added defense value that this talent build contributes when serving as the primary garrison is absolutely nice bonus. Solid for building a tanky archer army.
PvP Talent Build
If you prefer to play this legendary commander for PvP battles, you are definitely in the right spot. Thanks to his powerful active skill, you want to have him in your PvP roster. But you need a talent build that lets him generate rage fast. Which is why our PvP talent build is the best for Yi Seong-Gye. This build have a small chance to restore rage in addition to accelerated rage generation. Most importantly, a large portion of these points are invested in making the archers more deadly under his leadership.
Field Talent Build
Some players prefer to have a strong support that deals high damage. In this case, the Field talent build is a solid choice for Yi Seong-Gye. Basically, you can play this legendary commander as a support army and utilize the rage generation build to dish out heavy damage quickly. This talent build focuses on neutralizing enemies as quickly as possible without putting up that much of resistance.
Star Level & Talent Point Upgrade Priority
In the next part of our Best Yi Seong-Gye 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 Yi Seong-Gye effectively:
Garrison Talent Build:
- Keep Yi Seong-Gye at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 3 ⭐ and max out his 3rd skill then max out second skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
PvP Talent Build:
- Keep Yi Seong-Gye at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 2 ⭐ and max out his 2nd skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
Field Talent Build
- Keep Yi Seong-Gye at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 2 ⭐ and max out his 2nd skill.
- Level Yi Seong-Gye to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
Skill Lock
If you are wondering what is the best skill lock order for Yi Seong-Gye, then this guide will explain you which skill to upgrade first. Introduced in Rise of Kingdoms 1.0.45 Update, governors can skill lock their commanders to select the best skill upgrade path.
- Drag the bar to one and max out the first skill as it is the most powerful ability for this commander.
- Once the first skill has been maxed out, drag the bar to three and max out the third skill.
- Afterwards, drag the bar to four and max out all of his skills.
Best Secondary Commander Pairs
Because Yi Seong-Gye is an archer-based commander, you want to pair him with other commanders who have the same type as he does. Commanders that are neutral and can integrate seamless also are excellent choices. If you are thinking of the best commander to pair with Yi Seong-Gye, then look no further because this is where you find our recommended commander pairs!
Cyrus the Great
One of the newest archer commanders that you definitely should pair Yi Seong-Gye with is Cyrus the Great. He comes with a very powerful active skill that deals high damage and causes the target to take 20% increased damage.
Not just only that the target takes increased damage, the archer troops under both Cyrus the Great and Yi Seong-Gye will deal 20% increased attack and gain 20% increased defense. At the same time, both will generate 50 rage per second.
With Yi Seong-Gye 50% skill damage bonus and an already fast rage generation, Cyrus the Great will gain tremendous combat advantages allowing him to maintain high uptime with his active skill and dealing even more damage.
Nebuchadnezzar II
If you are looking for another archer commander to further strengthen what Yi Seong-Gye already does good at dealing multiple targets. Pair him with Nebuchadnezzar II. He is one of the newest archer commanders that is released along with Cyrus the Great.
Nebuchadnezzar II comes with an active skill that deals massive amount of damage up to 5 targets. Plus he is a rallying commander. If you want to start a war where you can deal high damage at the same time supporting your nearby friendly allies, Nebuchadnezzar and Yi Seong-Gye is one of the best PvP combo.
Yi Seong-Gye 50% skill damage bonus benefits Nebuchadnezzar II a lot because it will boost his active skill damage and the 800 direct damage factor while serving as the rallying commander. Which will be increased to 1,200 damage. Best commander pairing for attacking enemy cities and fighting against multiple enemies.
Edward of Woodstock
One of the best commander to pair with right now is Edward of Woodstock. He comes with an incredible powerful active skill damage that does a lot of damage on its own. With Yi Seong-Gye’s passive skill which increases the overall damage of active skill by an additional 50%, Edward of Woodstock will have no problem whittling powerful arrows to finish off your enemies.
Although, his active skill costs slightly more rage compared to other commanders.This is why Yi Seong-Gye troops have a chance to restore rage by 100, which allows Edward to make up for his slow rage generation rate. When you couple both commanders, you will absolutely demolish both in PvP battles and on the field.
Keira
Any players who plans to do Ian’s Ballads and Ceroli Crisis will want to pair Yi Seong-Gye with Keira. This epic commander always can use some helping hand to further increase the overall damage of active skill. While she already does 150% extra damage with her active skill on the target, Yi Seong-Gye will be able to benefit from that damage modifier in addition to the 50% skill damage boost.
Although the 150% damage modifier only works during the event. On regular maps, Keira gives an additional 80% skill damage boost against a single target. This allows the duo to deal massive damage towards your enemy targets with relative ease.
Aethelflaed
As I mentioned previously that Aethelflaed has similar active skill to Yi Seong-Gye’s active skill. She is actually a very good secondary commander to pair. Especially when leveling and killing barbarians quickly on the map. With combined AoE splash damage and increased damage to barbarians, this pair will quickly decimate any barbarian groups within matter of seconds.
If you don’t have Aethelflaed, Lohar and Boudica both are good alternative choices since they can integrate pretty easily without strict requirements.
Julius Caesar
Who doesn’t love expanded troop capacity and increased damage bonus towards enemy forces? If you are looking to further enhance Yi Seong-Gye’s powerful nuking capabilities, you want to pair him with Julius Caesar.
His active skill increases attack and defense by 20%. Furthermore, he increases overall damage by 30% which really plays an important role in boosting archer’s normal attack. The increased damage means this pair can blow past the defense easily.
If you somehow don’t have Julius Caesar, an alternative option will be Scipio Africanus.
Hermann
If you need an extra rage generation builder, you can pair with Hermann. He comes with passive skill which have a chance to gain 100 rage on normal attacks. Not to forget to mention that his active skill silences enemy targets, preventing them from using their active skill and deals high direct damage.
This combo pairs pretty well because both specializes in archer types — which means both will be able to benefit each other. The increased march speed that you get with this combo is nice and helps a lot with moving around during battles.
Best Yi Seong-Gye Equipment
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Golden Age |
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Revival Helm |
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Revival Plate |
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Revival Gauntlets |
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Revival Greaves |
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Dragon’s Breath Bow |
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Dragon’s Breath Helm |
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Dragon’s Breath Plate |
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Dragon’s Breath Vambraces |
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Dragon’s Breath Tassets |
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