Yi Sun-Sin is a legendary commander that was introduced to the game via Rise of Kingdoms Patch Notes v1.0.34 “Golden Kingdom”. He is a garrison-based commander with high defense value and strong leadership capabilities. He will be available to all Kingdoms that are 310 days or older and can be obtain via Wheel of Fortune.
| Yi Sun-Sin |
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| Title: Duke of Loyalty and Warfare |
| Civilization: Korea |
| Base Power: 5,300 |
| Rarity: Legendary |
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Yi Sun-Sin Summary:
- Deals 2,000 damage up to 3 targets in a fan-shaped in field battles. Each subsequent target receives 15% less damage.
- Deals 1,400 damage up to 3 targets in a fan-shaped while serving as a garrison commander. Each subsequent target receives 15% less damage.
- Reduces up to 3 targets’ march speed by 30% after being hit by active skill.
- Has 10% chance to trigger Troops’ defense increased by 20% for 3 seconds.
- Has 10% chance to trigger damage increased by 15% for 3 seconds when serving as the garrison commander or fighting within friendly alliance territory.
- Troops’ defense increased by 30%
- Damage increased by 20% when army strength is below 50%.
- Troops attack increased by 20% when serving as a garrison commander.
- Has 10% chance to trigger shield that absorbs incoming attacks.
- Counterattack damage increased by 30%.
- Increases troops attack and defense by an additional 20% when commanding 2 or more troops types.
Why Yi Sun-Sin is the Best Commander?
- Superior garrison commander for defending your city.
- Comes with ton of buffs that increases defense, making Yi Sun-Sin one of the most tankiest commander in the game.
- Works well with various commanders that can command mixed armies.
- Awesome for field battles thanks to his flexible skill set.
- Has good area of control due to march speed reduction, which lets him and nearby friendly armies keep enemies pinned down.
- Dishes out heavy amount of damage.
Background Information
Yi Sun-Sin is a Korean admiral and military general whose is famous for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin War in the Joseon Dynasty. He is a celebrated national hero in Korea.
Over the course of his military career, Admiral Yi Sun-Sin fought at least 23 naval engagements all against the Japanese. Most of these naval battles, he was outnumbered and lacked the necessary equipment to defeat the enemies.
His most famous victory happened at the Battle of Myeongnyang, even though he was outnumbered 133 warships to 13 ships. He managed to destroy at least 31 Japanese ships without losing a ship at all. Yi Sun-Sin died of a gunshot wound on December 16th, 1598 during the naval Battle of Noryang.
Introduction
Welcome to our in-depth Rise of Kingdoms guide for Commander Yi Sun-Sin. This informative guide was created to help provide an overview of Yi Sun-Sin 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 Yi Sun-Sin right and maximize strategic advantages.
Whether you are a new or experienced player, Yi Sun-Sin is one of the best commanders for protecting your cities against enemy invaders. As the garrison meta shifts, Yi Sun-Sin rises as one of the most powerful defender due to his innate ability to minimize loss while causing your enemies to suffer major setbacks.
In order to summon Yi Sun-Sin, you need to get 10 Yi Sun-Sin 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 Chandragupta Maurya.
Best Yi Sun-Sin Skills
In this part, we will talk about the skill set that Yi Sun-Sin has to offer. This is a legendary commander who specializes in leadership, garrison and defense.. Which means he excels in defending when you use one of our customized talent builds to play these focuses to maximize Yi Sun-Sin’s skills. Without further ado, let’s find out his skill set below:
| Duke of Loyalty and Warfare |
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| Requirement: 1000 Rage
Field Battles: Deals direct damage to the target (Damage Factor 1000). Garrison: Deals damage to up to 3 targets in a fan-shaped area (Damage Factor 600), but each target receives 15% less damage per additional target struck. In field battles and garrison battles, damage dealt also reduces target movement speed by 10% for 3 seconds. Upgrades
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This active skill is perfect for doing damage against multiple invaders. At maximum skill, it does up to 1,400 damage while serving as the garrison commander. However, in field battles it will deal 2,000 damage with 15% damage reduction for each subsequent targets.
| Battle of Myeongnyang |
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| Normal attacks have a 10% chance of increasing your defense by 5%, and all damage by 5% for 3 seconds when this commander is fighting within your Alliance territory or serving as garrison commander at a stronghold.
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Battle of Myeongnyang is an awesome passive skill that have a small chance to increase troops’ damage and defense under Yi Sun-Sin’s leadership. At maximum skill level, troops will deal 15% extra damage and get 20% defense boost for 3 seconds within alliance territory or while garrisoned.
| Geobukseon |
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| Increases troop defense by 10%. Increases troop damage by 5% when troop units under your command drops below 50%.
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This is a simple passive skill that gives additional defense and damage bonus if your army’s health drops below 50%. Nothing too special about it.
| Winged Formation |
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| Increases attack of garrison troops by 5% when this commander is serving as garrison commander.
Gains a 10% chance of receiving a shield (Damage Factor 300) plus 10% more counterattack damage for next 3 seconds when attacked. Upgrades:
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Winged Formation is absolutely a must-have skill for Yi Sun-Sin as the garrison commander. While garrisoned, your troops gets 20% increase attack bonus, can gain shield and counter 30% more damage. A deadly passive skill to have.
| Broken Moon |
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| Increases troop attack by 20% and defense by 20% when commanding two or more unit types. |
To maximize Yi Sun-Sin’s combat potential, Broken Moon will increase both attack and defense by 20% when combining with 2 or more troops.
Best Yi Sun-Sin Talent Trees
In this section, we have included the top 3 best Yi Sun-Sin talent builds. As I mentioned previously that he excels in mixed armies Which means you will want to have him on the defense side mainly because of his ability to reduce incoming damage from invaders via shield and bolster the defense of troops under his command.
Garrison Talent Build Tree
The Yi Sun-Sin garrison talent build is the ultimate form of city defense. If you are in need of a solid commander with powerful defense capabilities, this is the best talent build to choose. By encompassing number of damage reduction from enemies, skill damage reduction and boosting troops’ combat capabilities while garrisoned.
This garrison talent build focuses on minimizing amount of damage that your troops takes during the battle. In addition to that, portion of the talent points are invested into the defense area, specifically to increase and build the rage generation quickly. Great talent build for players who need solid defensive commanders.
Bulwark Talent Build Tree
If you are in need of a commander that can withstand heavy attacks and performs well in PvP battles. This talent build is the perfect choice for arena battles like Sunset Canyon and Ark of Osiris. As you can see, this talent build gives Yi Sun-Sin 3% bonus to both attack and defense which adds nicely to his expertise skill.
Bulwark talent build is great only when you need Yi Sun-Sin to serve both role as offensive and defensive commander. By giving the troops under his leadership increased attack and march speed to reach targets as fast as he can. The new improved rage generation is also a great asset to dishing out damage to multiple targets.
Field Talent Build Tree
Another stellar talent build to use for Yi Sun-Sin. This talent build focuses on using Yi Sin-Sun as a field commander. By sending him to fight in the field, you will want him to be able to hold the frontline. Especially in world PvP, a strong, defensive commander is required to handle major blows.
This field talent build works great for Yi Sun-Sin because it greatly reduces damage taken from enemies, including active skill. While boosting the troops under his leadership and increases overall combat capabilities.
Star Level & Talent Point Upgrade Priority
In the next part of our Best Yi Sun-Sin 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 Sun-Sin effectively:
Garrison Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Yi Sun-Sin at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 2 ⭐ and max out his second skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
Bulwark Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Yi Sun-Sin at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 3 ⭐ and max out his third skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
Field Talent Build Tree:
- Keep Yi Sun-Sin at 1 ⭐ until you max out his first skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 3 ⭐ and max out his third skill.
- Level Yi Sun-Sin to 4 ⭐ and max out all of his skills.
Best Commander Pairs
The next part of our best Yi Sun-Sin commander guide will be talking about which pairs to go with this commander. You will find out that it is pretty easy to pair Yi Sun-Sin with any garrison commanders thanks to his 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 Yi Sun-Sin. One of her main advantage is the ability to counter rallied armies. This pair is extremely useful because Yi Sun-Sin is already a solid commander but lacks any additional bonus in countering rallied armies.
Wu Zetian brings her specialty to the table that greatly empowers Yi Sun-Sin’s combat capabilities as the primary garrison commander. A perfect combo to roll with for world PvP battles.
Theodora
Theodora is one of the best commanders that have an amazing synergy with Yi Sun-Sin. Just like Wu Zetian, Theodora have an innate ability to deal damage against multiple targets and reduces incoming damage from rallied armies.
If you are looking for a powerful garrison commander that can wrangle multiple enemies and deal heavy damage. Theodora will definitely cover some of Yi Sun-Sin’s drawbacks while boosting troops’ overall combat capabilities.
