Matilda of Flanders Guide & Talent Tree Builds

Matilda of Flanders is the brand-new epic commander in Rise of Kingdoms. She has just been added into the game from the Anniversary update on August 31. Players can find her sculptures in the Tavern and the Expedition.

Matilda of Flanders

Rarity: Epic
Britain | Duchess Regent of Normandy
Integration | Gathering | Defense

Summary

Epic Gathering Commander, Matilda is excellent.
It is not a commander focused on PVP or PVE, it is only for gathering on the map.
It has a unique offensive skill that deals direct damage and decreases the attack on the target “Daughter of Flanders”.
Her role as a primary and secondary commander is good when choosing her as a gathering, she has skills and talents that enhance this work and make her a versatile commander for the collection of any type of resources on the map.

Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages

Its great load capacity and gathering speed make it one of the main F2P farmers in the game.
With her skills and talents (Gathering) to the maximum we will not have many worries about resources.
It has a great skill to increase the troop capacity of your army.
It has great defense and resistance for its siege units, both in talents and skills, excellent at reducing any damage it takes while it is at a resource point.

Disadvantages

She is not an effective commander in PVP or PVE.
Despite her defense and resistance, she is not an ideal commander to fight, therefore any army or battle commander will cause a great impact on Matilda.

Matilda of Flanders Skills

Skill

Description

Daughter of Flanders

Active

Deal direct damage to a single target, and reduce their attack for 2 seconds.

Upgrades:

Direct Damage Factor: 300 / 375 / 450 / 600 / 750
Enemy Attack Reduction: 5% / 7% / 9% / 12% / 15%

Clever Heart

Passive

Troops led by this commander gain increased stone gathering speed, and increased food and wood gathering speed.

Bonus Gathering Speed (Stone): 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
Bonus Gathering Speed (Food): 3% / 6% / 10% / 15% / 20%
Bonus Gathering Speed (Wood): 3% / 6% / 10% / 15% / 20%

The Mora

Passive

Siege units led by this commander gain increased HP and increased defense.

Siege Unit Health Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/30%
Siege Unit Defense Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/30%

Wise Ruler

Passive

Troops led by this commander gain increased troop capacity but lose 20% attack.

Troop Capacity Bonus: 3% / 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%

Flanders’ Gift

Passive

This commander receives an additional 10% resources upon completion of gathering.

Recommended Talent Trees for Matilda of Flanders

Gathering Build

Matilda is an epic commander destined solely to collect resources on the map, her skills are essential for this task and make her an excellent farmer.

“Clever Heart” its 2nd skill and passive increases the speed of gathering resources such as Stone, Food and Wood in high percentages specializing in Stone.

“The Mora” is her 3rd skill that increases fundamental statistics such as Health and Defense to all her siege units, ideal for gathering resources on the map and having extra resistances in case of suffering any type of attacks.

Wise Ruler” increases Matilda’s maximum troop capacity by 15%, excellent.

Her ultimate skill is her main skill “Flanders’s Gift” every time Matilda completes a resource point she gains an extra 10% of the resource collected.

Gathering Talents

Gathering Mastery (Wood): Increases wood gathering speed by 30%.
Gathering Mastery (Food): Increases food gathering speed by 30%.
Gathering Mastery (Stone): Increases stone gathering speed by 30%.
Gathering Mastery (Gold): Increases gold gathering speed by 30%.
Modified Axle: Increases march speed of siege units by 30%. By commanding siege, we will have extra speed when it comes to reaching resource points or escaping from an enemy that is chasing us.
The More The Better: Troops led by this commander receive an additional 6% resources upon completion of gathering. When we finish a resource point we will earn an extra 6% of that same resource and of the total when we return home.
Armed Convoy: Increases troops by 15% while gathering resources on the map. This talent increases Matilda’s maximum troop capacity when we send her to collect resources on the map. Great talent!
Superior Tools: Increases gathering speed of all kinds of resources by 25%. The best talent for any gathering commander, Excellent!

Important: Matilda is a “Gathering” commander we can only develop her Gathering talents if we prefer, in turn only raise her to level 40 where she can reach all her skills to the maximum and obtain her fundamental gathering talents, the other talents are optional.

Defense Talents

Spiked Armor: Increases counterattack damage dealt by 1.5%. We cause a greater impact to any enemy that attacks us.
No Weaknesses: Reduces damage taken by 1.5%. Excellent, Matilda gains more Resistance to damage skill from any commander who attacks us.
Burning Blood: Grants an additional 6 rage every time this commander’s troop are attacked. Good talent for the reuse of our active skill.
Master Armorer: When troops led by this commander enter battle, increases defense by (1.5% Commander Star Level) %. Multiplying the maximum possible star, 6 x 1.5 = 9% Defense for our troops. Excellent!
Loose Formation: Reduces skill damage taken by 9%. “Loose Formation” + “No Weaknesses” = 10.5% Skill damage reduction.
Balance: Reduces damage taken by 3%, but also reduces damage dealt by 1.5%. Our objective when collecting on the map is not to cause damage, on the contrary we must have much more resistance in case of suffering any attack, this talent is excellent if we add: “Balance” + “Loose Formation” + “No Weaknesses” = 13.5% Skill damage reduction.

Integration Talents

Defensive Formation: When the army led by this commander has been reduced to less than 50% strength, increases defense of siege units by 15%. Much more resistance to the troops when we are attacked.

Talent Tree for Maxed Matilda of Flanders

This unique build is guided to the collection of resources on the map, Matilda is an epic commander exclusively for this work in Rise of Kingdoms, with the extra talents we can gain resistances for our troops while they are on the map, something that makes her a fairly safe collector with a very good defense to face any attack without suffering a certain amount of casualties as we are used to seeing in other gathering commanders.

Best Commanders Pairings for Matilda

	Cleopatra will be your best partner to collect resources on the map, mainly Stone, both increase the speed of collecting this type of resources and become excellent commanders for any gathering task in Rise of Kingdoms.
	Ishida Mitsunari a gathering commander just like Matilda, the combination of both on the map is great thanks to her troop capacity and gathering speed.
	Another legendary commander of importance to our increased resources. Her skills and talents are focused, like Matilda, in gathering resources on the map. They are both great at this job.
	One of the most important F2P commanders in the game due to her versatility, she even has skills and talents for gathering that make her an excellent option, together with Matilda they will be the best F2P duo for gathering on the map..

Recommended Equipment for Matilda.

Equipment	Delay time	Stats
	28 Days	Gathering Speed +8% Siege Unit Attack + 4% Infantry Attack +4%
	28 Days	Gathering Speed +8% Siege Unit Attack + 4% Archer Attack +4%
	28 days	Gathering Speed +10% Siege Unit Defense + 6% Cavalry Attack + 6%
	28 Days	Gathering Speed +6% Siege Unit Defense + 2% Siege Unit Attack + 2%
Total	112 Days	Gathering Speed +32% Siege Unit Attack +10% Siege Unit Defense +8% Forest Guardian Set 2 Pieces: Troop Load + 20% 4 Pieces: Get extra resources from gathering +5%