| Hannibal Barca | ||
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| Title: | Carthage’s Guardian | |
| Civilization: | Other | |
| Base Power: | 1,100 | |
| Rarity: | Legendary | |
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Introduction
Welcome to our in-depth Rise of Kingdoms guide for Hannibal Barca. This informative guide was created to help provide an overview of Hannibal Barca 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 Hannibal Barca right and maximize strategic advantages.
Hannibal Barca is a legendary commander and one of the best commander for leading mixed army. If you are a fan of having more than 3 type of troops in an army, you definitely will love Hannibal Barca as one of your primary commander. He is outfitted with some of the most powerful offensive skills and features several strong talent builds that focuses on conquering, PvP battles and providing support as well.
To unlock Hannibal Barca, you will need to gather 10 Hannibal Barca sculptures. Which can be done via unlocking sliver and golden chests, through the events and VIP shop. Once you have the required materials, you can go to the Commander selection tab to summon him. So, without further ado let’s dive deep to learn more about Hannibal Barca skills, talent builds, roles and pairs.
Overview
Best Hannibal Barca Skills
Getting to know Hannibal Barca skills is the most important part in this commander guide. In this section, we will explain each skill and how you can use them to maximize to your advantage during the battles. That being said, let’s find out what his skills are. Scroll down to learn more:
| War Elephants | |
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| Rage Requirement: 1000 Deals direct damage to a single target then decreases target’s damage and defense for the next 5 seconds. Upgrade Preview: | |
War Elephants is a staple of Hannibal Barca’s active skill. It is one of the most powerful skill that deals direct damage and reduces the enemy damage and defense by 25% for 5 seconds. This skill cripples their defense which will allow your troops to deal more damage. At the same time, the enemy deals reduced damage which actually serves as a double-edged sword.
| Envelopment Tactics | |
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| When Hannibal’s army contains 2 different unit types, all damage is increased. If this army contains 3 different types, all damage is even further increased. (Warriors and swordsmen are the same unit type, while warriors and slingers are different unit types.) Upgrade Preview: | |
Envelopment Tactics is actually a very important passive skill and something that you really should take advantage if you want to play Hannibal Barca as an effective commander. By doing a mixed army, all troops gain 10% damage bonus at the same time, they can cover each other weakness by providing counter against enemy troops.
| Siege | |
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| When attacking other Goverrnors’ garrisons, Hannibal has a 10% chance to heal some of his slightly wounded units. Upgrade Preview: | |
Siege puts Hannibal Barca as a very powerful conqueror when you use him to attack enemy cities. This passive skill helps offset your causalities under Hannibal Barca’s leadership. The 1,000 healing effect that he does when attacking enemy garrison is big enough to mitigate some of the damage. Plus, this passive skill has no restriction which means he can trigger it as often as he can. A very strong passive skill.
| Expedition | |
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| Increases troop capacity. When battling outside of alliance territory, increases the damage of all Hannibal’s troops for 3 seconds after using a skill. Upgrade Preview: | |
Expedition adds an interesting twist in Rise of Kingdoms because this passive skill encourages you to play Hannibal Barca outside of your alliance territory in order to gain that 15% damage bonus. Plus, the size of troop capacity is increased by 10% which supports larger troops.
| War Elephant Trample | |
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| Deals direct damage (Damage Factor 400) to a single target then deals additional damage (Damage Factor 300) to 3 targets in a forward direction on the next turn and decreases damage of the 3 targets by 25% and defense by 25% for 3 seconds. | |
Finally, this is an enhanced skill which improves Hannibal Barca’s active skill. While it deals the same amount of direct damage towards single target. He now deals up to 3 targets on the next turn for 300 damage and reduces their damage + defense by 25% for 3 seconds. This enhanced skill isn’t only useful but incredible powerful when battling against three or more enemy targets.
Best Hannibal Barca Talent Trees
In this part of our best Hannibal Barca commander guide for beginners, we will share our recommended talent builds. Resetting the talent points can be very costly if you are too far ahead with the current build. So to make the most of these recommended talent builds for Hannibal Barca, I suggest starting fresh and invest talent points from there. Below is our top 3 preferred talent builds for this legendary commander.
Conqueror Talent Build
This talent build is the most popular choice for Hannibal Barca. Mainly because it enriches his ability to deal significant amount of damage towards enemy cities and clearing the defense for pillaging the resources. Additionally, the talent points are invested into building the rage fast enough to help Hannibal Barca maintain his active skill uptime. A solid talent build for avid conquerors.
PvP Talent Build
One of the best talent build for players who wants to PvP with Hannibal Barca. This talent build solidifies his role as multi-type army commander. At the same time, he gain 3% bonus to both attack and defense when leading 3 or more army types. Likewise, the speed of rage generation is improved and he gain damage reduction whenever he uses a skill. A must-have talent build for PvP battles.
Field Talent Build
This talent build continues to latch on the 3% attack and defense bonuses when leading 3 or more army type. However, this build focuses more on delivering sustained damage with troops’ normal attacks. Hannibal Barca is able to reach his troops to fullest potential when fighting for more than 10 seconds thanks to ramp up damage modifier. Plus, the speed of rage generation is improved with this talent build that helps a lot with Hannibal Barca’s ability to cast his active skill often.
Best Recommended Roles (Primary / Secondary)
This part is where we talk about recommended roles for Hannibal Barca. Because he has already solidified his role as the best multi-purpose commander. He is an excellent commander for leading various troops and fits in the primary role.
Mixed Armies
- Balanced DPS (Primary / Secondary)
- Tank (Primary / Secondary)
- Budget Siege (Primary / Secondary)
Pure Infantry
- Balanced DPS (Secondary)
- Tank (Secondary)
- Budget Siege (Secondary)
Pure Cavalry
- Balanced DPS (Secondary)
- Tank (Secondary)
- Budget Siege (Secondary)
Pure Archers
- Balanced DPS (Secondary)
- Tank (Secondary)
- Budget Siege (Secondary)
Best Secondary Commander Pairs
Believe it or not, there’s quite a few commanders who also specializes in multi-army build, which is also dependent on their skills and talent builds you are using. In this part, we are sharing some of the best secondary commanders to pair with Hannibal Barca. Here they are:
Aethelflaed
Aethelflaed is an amazing commander who excels at killing barbarians quickly thanks to her high damage modifier and splash damage active skill. Hannibal Barca and Aethelflaed stands to benefit the most from each other since Aethelflaed excels at multi-army.
Both are incredible flexible and will have no issues working out well together. If you are looking for a solid barbarian killer pair, Aethelflaed will definitely work well with the damage and defense reduction modifier from Hannibal Barca.
If you don’t have Aethelflaed yet, your best alternative options are Lohar and Boudica as they are flexible enough.
Osman I
If you are looking for a good direct damage dealer to pair with Hannibal Barca, Osman I is a solid choice. He comes with skills which increases the damage dealt by troops, causes additional damage after using active skill and increases the size of troop capacity.
Likewise, Osman I is flexible and will easily work with Hannibal Barca’s focus of being a multi-army commander. If you are looking to upgrade from Osman I in terms of damage, power and flexibility, Mehmed II is the next pick in the line.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar is a powerful debuffer and pairs extremely well with Hannibal Barca. Even though Rome and Carthage had a history of being at war during the ancient times, there’s no wonder why Julius Caesar and Hannibal Barca works together well due to their passive skills benefiting each other.
Julius Caesar is able to reduce their defense and increase your troops damage, allowing your army to dish out major blows. At the same time, he gives additional bonuses toward fighting enemy cities and expands troop capacity size.
If you don’t have Julius Caesar yet, roll with Scipio Africanus.
