Rise of Kingdoms: Dido Talent Tree Build and Guide Update 2025

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Dido History:

Dido, also known as Elissa, was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. She was queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (in present-day Lebanon), who fled tyranny to found her own city-state in northwestern Africa.

Dido was an intelligent and enterprising woman who fled her cruel and tyrannical brother, Pygmalion, after discovering that he was responsible for the death of her husband. Through her wisdom and leadership, the city of Carthage was founded and became prosperous.

Dido has remained a perennial figure in Western culture and art since the early Renaissance until the 21st century. In the early 20th century, she was also chosen as a national symbol in Tunisian nationalism and so Tunisian women could be poetically referred to as “Dido’s Daughters”.

Commander Dido Review:

Dido is a very useful anti-swarm garrison commander for defending buildings that are facing multiple rallies and/or swarms. However, to maximize the benefits you get from all of her skills, her army should consist of only Archer units. This can happen, for example in Ark of Osiris, when you are defending a building in enemy territory.

Dido's second skill is to counter Infantry gatherings. The current Infantry gathering meta is Tariq/Sargon.

Dido Command Skills

Active Skills:

Rage Required: 1000

Deals direct damage to target troops (Damage Factor 1200). If the target is a grouped troop, this skill also reduces the skill damage of up to 5 enemy troops near this commander's troops by 10% for 3 seconds.

Direct damage coefficient: 1200/1400/1600/1800/2000

Skill damage reduction: 10%/15%/20%/25%/30%

Passive skill:

Archer units commanded by this commander gain 10% increased Defense and deal 1% increased damage to infantry. If this commander's army contains only archer units, normal attack damage is reduced by 2%.

Archer Defense Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Archers deal extra damage to infantry: 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%

Normal attack damage reduction: 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%

Passive skill:

Archer units commanded by this commander gain 10% Attack. While stationed in your Fortress or city, this commander's troops' basic attacks have a 5% chance to inflict Ambush on the target troops for 3 seconds, preventing the target troops from benefiting from effects triggered by being surrounded. This effect can trigger every 8 seconds.

Archer attack bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Probability: 5%/8%/11%/15%/20%

Passive skill:

While stationed in your Fortress or city, archer units commanded by this commander gain 10% increased Health and can take 5% reduced skill damage every 10 seconds.

Archer's Health Bonus: 10%/12%/14%/16%/20%

Skill damage reduction: 5%/7%/9%/12%/15%

Expertise:

Before awakening:

Archer units commanded by this commander gain 20% Attack. While stationed in your Fortress or city, this commander's troops' basic attacks have a 20% chance to inflict Ambush on the target troops for 3 seconds, preventing the target troops from benefiting from effects triggered by being surrounded. This effect can trigger every 8 seconds.

Specialization After Awakening:

Archer units commanded by this commander gain 40% Attack. While stationed in your Fortress or city, this commander's troops' normal attacks have a 30% chance to reduce the target troops' Defense by 40% and apply Ambush for 3 seconds, preventing the target troops from benefiting from effects triggered by Surrounded. This effect can trigger every 8 seconds.