Zenobia is a brand new legendary commander that becomes available to all kingdoms who are 310 days or older in Rise of Kingdoms. She is an incredibly strong infantry legendary commander that excels at defending your city against enemy attackers. Zenobia talents in infantry, garrison and support, which makes her a well-rounded garrison commander in Rise of Kingdoms.
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| Title: Queen of Palmyra |
| Civilization: Other |
| Base Power: ??? |
| Rarity: Legendary |
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Zenobia Summary:
- Heals up to 2 nearby friendly allies.
- Increases troops health by 50% after healing.
- Increases normal attack damage and reduces damage taken by 15% while serving as the garrison commander.
- Infantry attack and health increases by 20%.
- Damage increased by 10% towards rallied armies.
- Has 10% chance to deal 600 damage per second for three seconds while serving as the garrison commander.
Why Zenobia is the Best Commander?
- A very solid infantry commander for defending your city against enemy attackers.
- Awesome healing capabilities.
- Counters rallied armies exceptionally well.
- Good damage output that greatly improves through pairing with other commanders.
- Excellent support commander for both defending your city and in field battles.
Background Information
Zenobia is a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. She married the ruler and her husband became king, which transformed Palmyra into a super power in the Near East by defeating the Sassanians. During her rulership, she launched an invasion that brought majority of the Roman East under her empire and annexed Egypt.
The Palmyrene Empire extended from Ancyra to central Anatolia to Southern Egypt. Though she remained a subordinate to Rome. In 272 Zenobia declared her son emperor and assumed the title of empress, which led to secession from the Rome. Consequently, the Romans launched an invasion and won the war. Zenobia was exiled and captured by Aurelian which she spent the rest of her life.
Introduction
Welcome to our in-depth Rise of Kingdoms guide for Commander Zenobia. This informative guide was created to help provide an overview of Zenobia 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 Zenobia right and maximize strategic advantages.
Zenobia is a legendary commander that is being introduced in ROK Patch Notes 1.0.39 and has similar skill set to Constantine I, one of the legendary commanders for Byzantium. Although Zenobia is a much stronger commander with more health pool and healing capabilities.
To obtain Zenobia as a legendary commander in your roster, you will need to collect 10 Zenobia Sculptures. Once you have the required materials navigate to the Commander Selection tab on the lower right corner. Tap on the button to summon Zenobia.
Best Zenobia Skills
In this part of our best Zenobia commander guide for beginners, we will go over her skills. If you are looking for a solid starting commander to play pure infantry build and prefers to stay on the defensive side, Zenobia is a great pick. She comes with several powerful defensive capabilities that will quickly decimate your enemies and keep your city unscathed.
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Rage Requirement: 1000 Heals the nearby allied troop with the lowest percentage of units remaining (Can heal troops led by this commander) and then heals their own troops on the next turn. Troops healed by this skill gain increased health for 2 seconds. Upgrade Preview:
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One of the best active skill that heals nearby friendly ally and her army for a massive amount of health. After healing, nearby friendly troops and under Zenobia’s leadership gains 40% health bonus.
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While this commander is leading the garrison of your own city or a stronghold, troops led by this commander take reduced damage from normal attacks, and deal increased normal attack damage. Upgrade Preview:
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Simply increases normal attack damage and reduces normal attack damage taken by 15% while serving as the garrison commander.
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Infantry units led by this commander gain increased health and increased attack. All troops led by this commander deal more damage to rallied troops. Upgrade Preview:
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Grants 20% flat bonus to both infantry health and attack. Troops under Zenobia’s leadership also gains 10% damage towards rallied armies.
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While this commander is leading the garrison of your own city or a stronghold, the attacks of troops led by this commander have a 10% chance to deal extra damage per second to the target troop for 3 seconds. This skill’s damage per second effect can trigger once every 5 seconds. Upgrade Preview:
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This passive skill is awesome because it gives Zenobia a chance to deal additional damage per second for three seconds, which brings total damage to 1,800. Though, this passive skill can be triggered only once every 5 seconds.
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Increases amount of health by 50% and now heals up to two nearby friendly troops with the lowest amount of health while serving as the garrison commander.
Best Zenobia Talent Trees
In this section, we will talk about the best talent builds for Zenobia. There are two viable talent builds to choose from. Although, it depends on your preferred gameplay and current strategy, one of these talent builds might be particularly appealing to you. However, you can always switch to a different talent build at any given time. Below is a list of top 2 best talent builds for Zenobia:
Garrison Talent Tree Build
The Garrison talent tree build is the best pick for Zenobia, it focuses on empowering her defense capabilities and further increases health abilities. Which benefits her a lot because this build also increases the speed of rage generation. This means Zenobia can heal nearby friendly allies and herself more often, which will tire out attackers in the long run. A very good defensive talent tree build to use for protecting your cities and strongholds.
PvP / Field Talent Tree Build
If you want to play Zenobia offensively, then this is the best talent tree build to use. While you will not be defending your city with this build, Zenobia will gain combat effectiveness that increases infantry troops’ attack and defense value. In addition to that, her healing capabilities is enhanced which plays an important role in supporting nearby friendly armies during massive KvK battles.
Star Level & Talent Point Upgrade Priority
In the next part of our Best Zenobia 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 Zenobia effectively:
Garrison Talent Tree Build:
- Keep Zenobia at 1 ⭐ until you max out her first skill.
- Level Zenobia to 2 ⭐ and max out her second skill.
- Level Zenobia to 3 ⭐ and max out her third skill.
- Level Zenobia to 4 ⭐ and max out all of her skills.
PvP / Field Talent Tree Build:
- Keep Zenobia at 1 ⭐ until you max out her first skill.
- Level Zenobia to 3 ⭐ and max out her third skill.
- Level Zenobia to 4 ⭐ and max out all of her skills.
Best Commander Pairs
There are plenty of good commanders to pair with Zenobia. However, if you are looking for the best of all, this is where you can find all the best secondary commanders to pair. Since Zenobia focuses on infantry build and specializes in healing nearby friendly allies and protecting your city against attackers. You will want to have a commander that delivers serious amount of damage and built-in shield capabilities. Luckily, there are plenty of commanders that you can pair Zenobia with.
Constantine I
Currently, Constantine I is the best defensive commander to pair with Zenobia. He comes with a huge health pool that greatly improves thanks to Zenobia’s 50% health bonus after healing.
Constantine I stands a lot to gain from Zenobia’s expansive health pool, built-in healing capabilities and skills that reduces overall damage taken. If you are looking for a commander that can withstand some of the most powerful attacks.
This is the legendary commander you definitely will want to pair with Zenobia.
Sun Tzu
One of the best epic commanders to pair Zenobia with is Sun Tzu. He comes with a passive skill which increases the effectiveness of active skill by 20%. This benefits Zenobia because that will allow her to heal even more. In addition to that, Sun Tzu brings damage capabilities which is much needed. He can deliver rain of fire, dealing massive damage up to 5 targets.
While Zenobia can hold the front line by healing her own army and provide support to nearby friendly allies in middle of battle. This duo commander pair is awesome to have if you are looking to further improve healing factor and deal splash damage at the same time.
Alexander the Great
One of my personal favorite legendary commander is Alexander the Great. He comes with a massive shield capability that can absorb incoming attacks. His main advantage when it comes to protecting your city against enemy attackers is defense and damage bonus. When the shield is up, gain 30% defense bonus. If the shield is down, gain 40% attack bonus which really helps a lot with lack of damage booster.
Not only Alexander the Great is capable of increasing attack, defense and providing shield — he also supports nearby friendly armies with mini shields. Zenobia already heals friendly allies so why not throw in extra defense to your allied members with shield to increase their survivability on the map? Both are great to pair if you want to get both healing and shield capabilities.
Richard I
Another solid legendary commander to pair with is Richard I. If you want to get additional healing then this is the commander to roll with. Unlike other commanders, Richard I does a great job at reducing up to 5 targets’ attack by 30% and decrease their march speed by 15%. Plus his passive skill increases amount of healing received by 30% and bolsters infantry combat effectiveness by 15%.
Richard I works well with Zenobia’s awesome healing capabilities because of massive damage reduction that he has to offer, Zenobia will be able to withstand heavy blows by healing through them. If you becomes target in PvP battle and it turns into war of attrition, Zenobia and Richard I are amazingly good commander pair to roll with as they can recover through heavy attacks with ease.
Charles Martel
Lastly, Charles Martel is another commander that you also can pair Zenobia with. He increases infantry attack, defense and march speed by 20%. Furthermore, your city’s watchtower gains 10% attack and defense bonus which plays a big role in countering the attackers. One of the prime reason why you will want to pair Charles Martel with Zenobia is because of his shield capabilities.
When the shield is up then both commanders will deal 30% increased damage. Charles Martel brings a total 35% infantry attack and defense bonus which is a big asset in strengthening Zenobia’s combat effectiveness. The watchtower also improves during the battle. While Charles Martel isn’t exactly that strong compared to Richard I, he is still a good choice for the governors who are still working towards Richard I or haven’t max him out yet.
Best Zenobia Equipment Set
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Gatekeeper’s Shield |
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Windswept War Helm |
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Windswept Breastplate |
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Calvin’s Hand |
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Sentry’s Breeches |
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The Scarlet Hounds |
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Sakura Fubuki |
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Witch’s Lineage |
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Quinn’s Soul |
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Seth’s Brutality |
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Sentry’s Breeches |
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The Scarlet Hounds |
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Shield of Eternal Empire |
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Gold Helm of the Eternal Empire |
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Plate of the Eternal Empire |
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Vambrace of the Eternal Empire |
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Greaves of the Eternal Empire |
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Sturdy Boots of the Eternal Empire |
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Best Zenobia Strategies and Tips
We have assembled a comprehensive list of best Zenobia strategies and tips to maximize this commander’s combat effectiveness in Rise of Kingdoms. Be sure to take advantage of our strategies and tips:
- Zenobia can provide healing support to nearby friendly allies.
- Zenobia gains attack and damage reduction up to 15% while serving as garrison commander.
- Zenobia’s role is support so it is ideal to pair her with another support or high-damage dealer commander.
- Pair Zenobia with a commander that boosts active skill factor or increases amount of healing received for best performance.
she works best with Constantine
For sure!