Rise of Kingdoms: Stephen III Talent Tree Build and Guide

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Stephen III Review

In Rise of Kingdoms, Stephen III is a Legendary Engineering commander. He has the Engineering, Versatility, and Skill talent trees.
Even though Stephen III is not a bad commander, we still do not recommend investing in him. The reason we do not recommend him is because Stephen III is a ranged commander who uses siege units for long-range attacks. You need other sub-commanders, equipment, and micromanagement to play ranged units. So do not invest in him unless you are someone who enjoys long-range gameplay with siege units. In that case, feel free to invest and get him.

Stephen III's Skills

Proactive Skills
Winner at Vaslui

Target Type:
Single Rage Request: 1,000
This commander's current target:
Takes direct ranged damage (Damage factor 800, 1500 if the target is in melee range).
- Takes additional ranged damage every second for 2 seconds (Damage factor 200, 350 if the target is in melee range). Becomes
affected by the Reveal effect for 2 seconds.
Whenever this commander's unit launches a ranged basic attack on a Revealed unit, it will Boost Heal a large portion of its lightly wounded units (Heal factor 300).
Upgrade Overview
Ranged Direct Damage Multiplier (Range): 400/500/600/700/800
Ranged Direct Damage Multiplier (Melee): 700/900/1100/1300/1500
Ranged Bonus Damage Multiplier (Range): 100/100/150/150/200
Ranged Bonus Damage Multiplier (Melee): 150/150/250/250/350
Enhanced Healing Multiplier: 100/150/200/250/300

Passive Skill 1
No Rest for the Just

This commander's Siege Units gain 35% Defense. When not in battle, their Siege Units also gain 20% march speed.
Upgrade Overview
Siege Defense Bonus: 15%/20%/25%/30%/35%
Siege March Speed Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Passive Skill 2
Lipnic Guardians

This commander's troops take 15% reduced ranged counterattack damage.
Whenever the troop launches a ranged basic attack, there is a 10% chance to receive a bonus of 25% of the ranged normal damage dealt, lasting 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 seconds.
Includes ranged basic attack damage, ranged counterattack damage, ranged smite damage, and ranged combo damage. Normal damage buffs/decreases do not affect non-ranged normal damage.
Upgrade Overview
Ranged Counterattack Damage Reduction: 5%/7%/9%/12%/15%
Ranged Normal Damage Bonus: 10%/13%/16%/20%/25%

Passive Skill 3
All Must Serve

Whenever this commander's army launches a ranged basic attack, there is a 40% chance of gaining 2% Attack and losing 0.5% Defense, lasting 15 seconds. This effect can stack up to 15 times, with each stack resetting the duration.
Upgrade Overview
Probability: 20%/25%/30%/35%/40%
How long: 5/7/9/12/15
Max stacks: 5/7/9/12/15

Cosmin Forest Expertise

This commander's troops deal 10% more ranged skill damage. Every time their troops deal ranged skill damage, there is a 20% chance to deal ranged direct damage to up to 3 enemy troops near the target (damage coefficient 500, for each additional target, the damage to each target is reduced by 15%). Cooldown: 10 seconds. ①: Includes "ranged direct damage" and "ranged additional damage".