Constantine I
Rarity:
Legendary
Byzantium | Peerless Lord
Infantry | 
Garrison | 
Support
Summary
- Legendary Infantry Commander, Constantine is a great defender of Garrison and Open Field his skills make him an excellent PVP commander, ready for any battle.
- He is a Tank commander, resistant and defensive, his role as a defender is almost impenetrable in any structure he defends, thanks to the damage improvements, this commander can be lethal to his enemies as long as he maintains his position.
- Constantine as an infantry commander has powerful skills that improve his units in every aspect, attack and health are the main statistics that our soldiers will favour.
- His role as a commander in both the Primary and Secondary game is excellent, he performs as a unique commander in his style thanks to the effectiveness he has in any situation or task that we assign him.
Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages
- Infantry Commander with great defense and resistance, ideal for long battles.
- His active skill makes him a difficult commander to defeat thanks to his high damage reduction that he causes to his enemies.
- His impeccable defense and attack are very effective in whatever form he uses (Garrison (Secondary) or Open Field).
- It has the best large-scale healing effect in the game. Capable of healing hundreds of troops.
Disadvantages
- It’s slow, it’s a general infantry weakness and Constantine is no exception to it.
- He does not have any skills or talents for PVE, he is destined to be a PVP commander.
- He does not have an active skill damage that can cause direct kills to our enemies.
Constantine I’s Skills
| Skill | Description |
Edict of Milan Active |
For the next 5 seconds, decreases the target’s attack and increases troop damage reduction of his commander’s army and nearby friendly armies.
Upgrades: |
Allegiance Passive |
Increases health of infantry units.
Upgrades: |
Impasse Passive |
Increases the attack of the garrison and attack of the watchtower when this commander is serving as garrison commander.
Upgrades: |
Cross of the Divine Passive |
When the army led by this commander has been reduced to 50% strength, troops will receive a powerful healing effect. This effect can trigger a maximum of once per hour after the army has left the city.
Upgrades: |
Sole Augustus Expertise |
Increases troop attack by 15% and defense by 5%. |
Recommended Talent Tree Builds for Constantine I
Open Field Build
If we decide to use Constantine for open-field combat, we need to have the best talents, these talents will be mainly aimed at increasing damage and resistances of our units. Constantine is an excellent commander, leading infantry and empowering them with skills like “Allegiance” that increase the health of his units by up to 40% maximum, something rare.
“Edict of Milan” its active skill is a perfect counterattack, it reduces our enemy’s attack by 40% and in turn reduces any damage from it to our troops and nearby allies by 10%. It is an excellent skill in both forms of PVP, when fighting in the open field, this skill will be essential to decrease as many casualties.
Constantine has a passive healing factor skill, the most powerful in the game “Cross of the Divine” when our troops have reduced their strength to 50% Constantine will cast a strong healing spell capable of restoring a large portion of our troops.
The infantry will be empowered by its ultimate skill “Sole Augustus” that will increase the attack and defense of our infantry by 15% and 5% respectively. Constantine is a great commander and if we want to use him in the open field he is highly recommended thanks to his versatile talents that we will explain below:
Garrison Talents
- This time we will not use any of the talents of “Garrison”.
Support Talents
Loose Formation: Reduces skill damage taken by 9%. Any commander who uses his skill against Constantine, he will reduce part of the damage.
Elixir: Enhances healing effects received by troops by 9%. Increases Constantine’s healing for his skill “Cross of the Divine”.
Hasty Departure: When troops led by this commander depart from a structure. Increases march speed by 60% for the next 10 seconds. When using this talent we will have a bonus of march speed when entering and leaving structures or resource points.
Burning Blood: Normal attacks grant an additional 9 rage. Each attack of Constantine will increase the regeneration of Rage by 9, which will facilitate the launch of his skill during battles.
Rejuvenate: Instantly restores 150 rage whenever a skill is used. A strong rage restoration that will allow us to launch our active skill much faster.
Infantry Talents
Iron Spear: Infantry units led by this commander deal an additional 9% damage to cavalry units. As an infantry leader, it is ideal for Constantine to deal more damage to the cavalry, this is an essential talent.
Undying Fury: Normal attacks grant an additional 9 rage. “Undying Fury” + “Burning Blood” = +18 rage per attack.
Double-Headed Axe: Increases normal attack damage by 1.5%. An extra damage gain for our troops.
Call of the Pack: When the army led by this commander has been reduced to 50% strength, increases defense of all troops by 6%. This talent is perfect for long battles, increases our resistance in open field once we have reduced half of our troops.
Hold the Line: When the army led by this commander contains only infantry units, gives troops a 10% chance to reduce damage taken by 20% for the next 2 seconds after being attacked. Excellent!
Snare of Thorns: Gives normal attacks a 10% chance to reduce target march speed by 20% for the next 2 seconds. Even if it is by probability, it can be very useful if we pursue an enemy while attacking it.
Elite Soldiers: When the army led by this commander contains only infantry units, attack, defense and health are increased by 2.5%. Perfect! We should only use infantry units.
When fighting in open field Constantine is a good choice as an infantry commander, his skills and talents at all times will be of importance to his units. This build is focused on the greatest damage we can inflict on the enemy. Although Constantine is a strong commander with great durability, remember that he also carries very high damage statistics, capable of destroying any enemy that stands in his way.
Garrison Build
Defending structures, cities or garrison is not the task of any commander, it takes a strong capacity of skills and talents, Constantine is one of the commanders dedicated to this task in Rise of Kingdoms.
Impasse will be Constantine’s main skill if we garrison structures. The damage bonus of this skill to our defense is incredible, with a great combined effectiveness of skills, talents and commanders we will be able to cause many losses to our enemies in any structure that we defend.
In this build, we will not distribute all the talents to the Garrison tree for a simple reason, Constantine’s roll in a structure is better than Secondary Commander, being Primary he would need strong talents like “Defense” which improve the resistance of his units, without However, in the case of Constantine, the talents of “Support” are incredible working from a safe defense and it is worth prioritizing other important aspects within these talents, in this way it works as a primary as well and yields a lot, then we will explain its essence:
Garrison Talents
Impenetrable Fortifications: When this commander is serving as garrison commander, damage taken by the garrison from the attacking army is reduced by 6%.
Empty Fortress Stratagem: While this commander is serving as garrison commander, increases dealt to attacking armies by 6%. Constantine will cause more damage to our enemies from his garrison.
Impregnable: When this commander is serving as garrison commander, skill damage taken by the garrison is reduced by 15%. Excellent talent against high damage commanders in skills such as Genghis Khan, Saladin, Guan Yu, etc.
Nowhere to Turn: When this commander is serving as garrison commander, grants an additional 6 rage every time the city is attacked. Our active skill will have less cooldown thanks to this talent.
Support Talents
- Loose Formation: Reduces skill damage taken by 9%. “Loose Formation” + “Impregnable” = Reduces Skill damage by 26%. Very Good!
- Elixir: Enhances healing effects received by troops by 9%. Being a commander of the garrison this talent will increase the healing of your skill “Cross of the Divine” by 9%, the garrison have hundreds of millions of troops, which this 9% of healing can exceed even entire armies of a single commander. It is a considerable increase if we defend cities or structures.
- Hasty Departure: When troops led by this commander depart from a structure. Increases march speed by 60% for the next 10 seconds. If we defend any structure this talent will not be used, however, it is mandatory to develop it to continue towards “Rejuvenate”.
- Burning Blood: Normal attacks grant an additional 9 rage. Each attack of Constantine will increase the regeneration of Rage by 9, which will facilitate the launch of his ability during battles.
Emergency Protection: When troops led by this commander take skill damage, there is a 50% chance that they will gain an additional 15% skill damage reduction for the next 3 seconds. Every 2 attacks we can count on this probability, which is excellent, if we add: “Emergency Protection” + Loose Formation “+” Impregnable “= Reduces skill damage by 41%. Awesome!- Rejuvenate: Instantly restores 150 rage whenever a skill is used. A strong rage restoration that will allow us to launch our active skill much faster.
Infantry Talents
- Iron Spear: Infantry units led by this commander deal an additional 9% damage to cavalry units. When defending structures of any type, the largest number of enemy rallies can be from cavalry units thanks to their high skill damage and resistance on commanders like Attila / Takeda, this talent will be vital for these attacks.
- Undying Fury: Normal attacks grant an additional 9 rage. “Undying Fury” + Burning Blood” = +18 rage per attack.
- Double-Headed Axe: Increases normal attack damage by 1.5%. An extra damage gain for our troops in the Garrison.
- Call of the Pack: When the army led by this commander has been reduced to 50% strength, increases defense of all troops by 6%. This talent is perfect for long battles, it increases the resistance of our troops once we have reduced half of them in the garrison.
Strong Body: Increases health of infantry units by 6%. The infantry the garrison will become much more resistant.
These talents give us a garrison defender Constantine, very resistant to skill damage mainly and with high statistics in his troops, becoming a powerful commander, strong and tenacious, a mix between defense, health, healing factor, attack and damage reduction per skill it’s all we need at Constantine and we have that to defend at whatever price is necessary.
It is highly advisable to use Constantine to defend our city or any structure of our alliance, so this last build will be the most important for its way of playing.
Best Commanders Pairings for Constantine I
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The combination of Constantine with Wu Zetian is one of the most powerful in the game when defending Garrison, both are commanders who have tough and defensive skills, created to resist commanders of large numbers in damage. |
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Richard is another of the best options for Constantine, he has skills that make him a very defensive commander, his skill damage is low, however, his statistics are very defensive. |
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Martel is another excellent defensive commander both in open field and in garrison, his skills and talents establish him as one of the most tank commanders in the game, together with Constantine they will be a very powerful couple. |
Recommended Equipment for Constantine I
| Equipment | Delay time | Stats |
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22 Days | Cavalry Defense +3%
Infantry Defense +5% Archer Defense +5% |
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3.5 Days | Infantry Health +2%
Archer Defense +2% Damage to Barbarians +3% |
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14 Days | Infantry Attack +3%
Archer Health +3% Commander EXP Gain +3% |
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18 Days | Cavalry Health +2%
Infantry Health +1% March Speed +3% |
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14 Days | Infantry Defense + 3%
Archer Defense +3% Commander EXP Gain +3% |
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15 Days | Cavalry Health +2%
Infantry Defense +1% March Speed +3% |
| Total | 86.5 Days | Attack + 3% + 2% Bonus
Defense + 9% Health + 4% March Speed + 6% |
