Why you must do rebel leaders! Full guide for Rebels F2P, P2P and beginner tips

All of you have seen those Rebel Leaders running around our hives, and know that killing them provides you with a chest for the alliance. But have you thought deeper about why they are so important?

In this guide I will cover that and how to improve your damage on them, as well as some general information about Rebel Leaders. The damage part will be mainly focused on Levels 4 and 5, if it helps for lower levels, I will mention that as well. I will divide the guide into a F2P and a P2P part (P2P is further down below). This is the first part and it will focus on F2P and the general ideas as to what Rebel Leaders are good for, each individually, and why killing, or at least attacking them, is important.

First off, I will start with why they are important:

• The most important reason should be no stranger to anyone as it is also mentioned above, the rebels give you an alliance chest once they are killed, which everyone in the alliance can open, including yourself, to receive either resources, speed-ups, diamonds, alliance coins, etc. This means that killing them helps everyone, the more gifts you have, the better the chances someone gets some good drops that end up benefitting the alliance in the long run. In addition to this, the gifts opened give alliance tokens which can be used as funds for Alliance Conquest and Siege of Winterfell, alongside being able to build new buildings like the alliance warehouse, or alliance defense tower which can help you stay bubbled from invaders.
• Another reason is that if you are under level 60, you receive experience for your Lord. With the experience you are going to level it up, after it levels up, you can add points to your talent tree and improve your commanders, dealing even more damage to rebel leaders and helping you in Weirwood, events, and PvP, making this all connected.
• When you attack them you can also get good drops in form of diamonds, speed-ups, precise transfers, equipment items, and lastly, once you reach level 6 rebels, you can receive fantastic dust and battle diamond.
• Sometimes they are needed in events, these are singular events like using motivation in weapon depot, commissions or recruitment pass, meaning it is only for yourself to do, but the rewards can be very nice and if you finish your research, you can have a higher recovery rate to finish the events quest faster.
• Alliances have minimum rebel leader kill requirements. This is what alliances often ask of their players after they reach a certain level.
• The last reason was mentioned briefly above as well, but it is the most important for your account itself, and that is the drop of equipment parts. With these drops, you can level your equipment up and improve drastically, in what you want to do with the account, be it maxing the gathering speed, research speed, construction speed, or maxing your equipment for fights, especially later on, when you will need only battle diamonds and fantastic dust.

What are commanders good for when attacking rebel leaders?

They are good for increasing your damage against the Rebel Leader that they are effective against. For example, using Arya against a Greenblood Warrior will deal more damage than if you used her against an Oldtown Student because the counters apply to rebel leaders as well.

What are the most essential commanders to have?

The most essential commander for everyone to have, has to be Jeane for F2P, she will be in quite a lot of the formations mentioned, but there will be some commanders that you will need to reach and have, which are P2P, but obtainable through F2P events.

I will start off with the completely F2P ones which should be the main damage dealers in most cases, and also Jeane as support, the order they are in is random:

• Jeane
• Sheila
• Arya Stark
• Merrel Peake
• Arslan
• Soren
• Mengo

From the F2P commanders, it's best to first focus on Jeane and Sheila to golden quality, then based on what kind of rebel leader you want to improve your damage against, or depending on your PvP formation, focus on that and it will all come with time. Of course tanks like Chris, Gorrell, and Robb are always good to have as well. Honorable mentions for this would be Tyrion and Sabrina, they are also very important commanders, but they are harder to obtain.

Then we have the semi-F2P ones, which are harder to obtain for F2P but still obtainable to gold quality and awakening for extra damage. The important ones from those are:

• Barret
• Egbert
• Lareo

The first commander to focus on would be Lareo to green or blue, afterward, Barret in case you do not have Enzo at all, if you do have Enzo, focus on Egbert as he is complementing him nicely.

The next commanders are all P2P that are useful, however, they are obtainable for free through events, you only need them to be grey or green at most for them to work against a lot of the rebels. These will be ranked on importance from left (most important) to right (least important).

• Enzo
• Theon Greyjoy
• Julien
• Rhea
• Annie
• Margaery Tyrell

What are ways to obtain every Commander that is useful?

Commander: Way to obtain:

Arya Stark- Weirwood Tree

Sheila- Weirwood Tree

Merrel Peake- Weirwood Tree

Arslan- Weirwood Tree

Jeane- Weirwood Tree

Soren- Weirwood Tree

Mengo- AC/SoW Valor Shop

Tyrion Lannister- Elite daily events, Elite trials

Sabrina- Lord of Lords, Best effort

Barret- Recruitment Pass/ Weirwood memories

Egbert- Recruitment Pass/ Weirwood memories

Lareo- Recruitment Pass

Enzo- Summer dance Event

Theon Greyjoy- Summer dance Event

Julien- Summer dance Event

Rhea- Summer dance Event

Annie- Summer dance Event

Margaery- Summer dance Event

What equipment is necessary for me to start doing more damage to the rebel leaders and how can I get it?

The mountain clan set is the equipment that you have to use to be able to deal more damage to any kind of rebel leader.

It is obtainable by playing in KvK and finishing the following requirements for the rewards: (solo rewards)

Your alliance can also help you get more chests by reaching this amount of points:

Alliance rankings during KvK also influence the amount of Mountain Clan chests you get:

In total you can get at least 210 Mountain Clan chests just by completing your solo rewards and if your alliance reaches 47 million points. With a maximum of 300 chests reachable if you finish on the first spot. Now let's continue with the Rebel Leader types to understand each of them better.

Does it matter who I have equipped as lord?

Short answer, YES! The lord influences the equipment that you have on you, meaning the Mountain Clan set will not be used without the lord there. And it also stops being used when the Lord dies against the Rebel Leader, so be careful who you choose, most people opt for Enzo as he is in a lot of formations, but it can happen that he dies due to being the tank. I personally opt for Theon, since he is safer and leads to less varying of my damage in general.

What other ways can I increase my damage?

You can improve more than just damage by completing the expedition tree under the Maester Tower, which gives you more motivation limit, increased damage, reduces motivation cost, increases motivation recovery rate, and more. The total stats of what you can get is:

Chivalry 1+2

Increase Motivation limit by 4450

Military Discipline 1+2

Reduce Expedition Motivation Cost by 39%

Tactical Planning 1+2

Increase Expedition Combo Cap by 20

Double Time March 1

Increase Expedition Marching-speed by 28%

Weakness analysis 1+2+3

Increase Expedition Damage by 75%

Morale 1+2

Increase Expedition Max Health by 45%

Battlefield Medicine 1+2

Increase Expedition Healing by 45%

Inspiring Speech 1

Increase Expedition Army Initial Might by 650

Pacification strategies 1-5

Unlock level 1-5 Rebel Leaders

Logistics 1+2

Increase motivation recovery rate by 51.5%

What types of Rebel Leaders are there?

Here I will start off with what I like the call PvE Rebel Leaders, they are those that increase your account's stats and are not directed to fighting, such as Oldtown Students, Riverlands Poacher, Westerlands Ore Thief, and Crownlands Rioter. These are all obtainable through attacking the rebels and BD packs, as well as events.

PvE Rebels:

Oldtown Students:

They drop just research equipment parts and are weak against cavalry commanders. With the equipment, you can reduce the time that one research takes in the Maester Tower for you to complete.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Riverlands Poacher:

They drop only gathering equipment parts and are weak against bow commanders.

With the equipment, you decrease the time you need to collect resources on the map, which should be a high priority for events where the gathering of resources is needed, KvK for example but also for daily use. Gathering also helps finish the Champion Set.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Westerlands Ore Thief and Crownlands Rioter:

Both of them drop equipment parts needed for faster building. Westerlands Ore Thief is needed for the armor and weapon, and the Crownlands Rioter for the other 3. Gathering and Research should be prioritized over this one when possible after you reach Castle level 25.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

PvP Rebels:

Next, I'd want to continue with the category of Rebel Leaders, which are the PvP ones, they are those that increase strictly your fighting PvP. They are quite a bit more than the PvE ones and they're also the most popular as people want to fight and have fun that way.

Here I will start off with what I like the call PvE Rebel Leaders, they are those that increase your account's stats and are not directed to fighting, such as Oldtown Students, Riverlands Poacher, Westerlands Ore Thief, and Crownlands Rioter. These are all obtainable through attacking the rebels and through BD packs as well as events.

Black Ears and Stormland Insurgent:

Both of these are weak against cavalry commanders, the armor from the set gives training speed, the others are good for infantry and cavalry overall, both for the Storm's rage set.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Narrow Sea Raider and Greenblood Warrior:

This set gives some infantry and spear attack, best to mix it with others, both for the Sunspear Set.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Northern Rebel and Bolton Boys:

Both in the Frost Set, they give spear and cavalry attack.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Stoneway Claimant and Hedge Knight:

Both are good for training speed and bow players, training speed is universally good, so keep an eye on it, both in the Oath Set.

A couple of F2P formations for Level 4 are (the commander's quality in the screenshots is irrelevant, all of the formations are 2 to 3 shots with the required commanders.):

F2P for Level 5:

Some entirely F2P formations that you can use for lower-level rebels and can 3-shot level 4 as well later on:

For Narrow Sea, Hedge Knight and Westerlands Rioter: (you can swap Soren for Theon and Julien for Varys too if you have them)

For Greendblood Warrior, Northern Rebel and Stone Way Claimant: (Soren can be swapped for Theon, Chris can be swapped for Lareo and then its a 2 shot on level 4)

For Bolton Boy and Riverlands Rioter: (Soren can be swapped for Theon, Chris can be swapped for Lareo or Enzo)

For Crownlands Rioter, Oldtown Student, Stormlands Insurgent and Black Ears: (Soren can be swapped for Theon, Robb can be swapped for Enzo)

The daily rotation of rebel leaders:

There is also a daily rotation which is as follows:

It was also added into the game with the last updates, which makes it easier to keep track, so keep an eye on that, this way you will know what to prepare for ahead of time.

In conclusion for the F2P part, there are quite a few good options for F2P players when it comes to the higher-level rebel leaders as well. It makes it possible for you to keep up as much as possible with the people that pay.

P2P part (the beginning has some tips for F2P players as well, it's just easier to reach for P2P)

What are ways to kill more rebel leaders?

Increase motivation recovery

The main way to increase your motivation recovery is to change your refinement to that, you can get up to 240% extra motivation recovery just by putting that on (recommended for F2P players especially).

The easiest and safest way to change it is to change your defense or health stats to motivation recovery, or anything that has nothing to do with troop attack, especially not total attack or reduction because they are harder to come by, the same concept applies for army size.

Other ways would be to get Kingdom Elite, which is a marching animation, it also has motivation recovery which is great, other skins that have recovery are High Keep and City of Wisdom.

You can obtain High Keep by Rare Exterior Selection chest, and City of Wisdom via Limited Sales.

Increase motivation limit

You can also increase your motivation limit to be able to do more attacks and not use motivation items as often. Upgrading Haley also increases your motivation limit.

Other ways are by getting Kingdom Elite as a marching animation or Last Hearth and Mint Disguise. You can get Mind Disguise from the 100 BD recruitment pass. For Kingdom Elite and Last Hearth I have written it down below.

What skins can I use for extra damage and how can I obtain them?

There is a bit of variety in the castle skins you can use for expeditions, this includes 3 skins total and one marching skin.

The way to obtain each of them is as follows:

Watcher's Oath, this one was given for free at an anniversary event, you won't be able to get it from other sources now.

Dunes Fort is a Recruitment Pass castle skin, it can be obtained by buying the 100 BD option of the Pass. It is not acquirable through the 200 BD version which you use to get commanders.

Last Hearth is obtainable in limited sales for 500 BD.

Kingdom Elite is obtainable in recharge events through the exterior selection chest. Also obtainable in limited sales and for free in Return to Westeros.

this will solely be aimed at P2P players, and more specifically, the mid-spenders. A Mid-spender is someone that has only specific cheaper commanders gold, or maybe even all of them and doesn't have very expensive stuff on their account. I will also be explaining more about the events mentioned in the previous guide and expanding on that as we go.

First off, what commanders will you need? Which ones are the important ones to get?

I covered some of them in the F2P guide, however, in this one, I will include some more, alongside ways to get them cheaper. You will only need time.

The commanders you need are down below in the order of their importance. Note that in the picture, the screenshots were taken from an account focused on PvP, the guide is solely focused on rebel leaders, and thus why the quality may differ.

• Theon Greyjoy - Important vs all types of RL
• Enzo - Important vs all types of RL
• Annie - Important vs all types of RL
• Julien - Important vs Cav, Bow, and some Inf RL
• Leila Mormont - Important vs Inf RL
• Sinara - Important vs Spear RL
• Latz Karin - Important vs Spear RL
• Jaime - Important vs Cavalry and some Bow RL

What events can give you cheaper commander medals?

The best one, in my opinion, is the Recruitment pass, you can pick any of the commanders down below in it and get 60 medals + other rewards for just 200 BD. Once you reach level 100, you can also get extra chests with medals, granted it does take 1 month to finish it, but quality-wise, this is one of the best you can get out there. You will need a total of 5.5 Recruitment passes to get a commander to gold, after you get 30 medals from the 6th Recruitment pass, you can swap to the next commander.

The second best is limited sales, you can get 45 medals for the most important commanders that you will need, such as Enzo, Latz, etc., and also 60 medals for other commanders that may end up being useful, like Meranda or Hector.

To get these medals you will have to buy a chest with either 15 or 20 medals, worth 50 BD, you can only purchase a maximum of 3 of them.

The next event is a more expensive one, and that is Lairs of Flame, in this event, you can get 10 commander selection chests (the one including Annie, and Enzo) and 15 Outstanding Commander selection chests (the one including Meranda and Hector). The downside to this is that it's dependent on luck, if you don't want any of the other rewards, you will end up spending more black diamonds on things you may not need. But if you get lucky, you spend around 10 BD for the chests.

The next one is Kingdom Celebration, on this one you only get commander medal chests if you recharge up to 300 BD. The rewards are less good in that regard as the event is focused on dragon skills and commander medals aren't the main focus on it.

Another one is Summer Dance Event, in this one you can get dice with packs as well and get more corolla to buy medals.

The next event where you can get medals is the Archery Contest, the main focus of this event are weapon chests, with commander medal chests being a byproduct of what drops you can get.

It also aligns with the Weapon Depot which is a recharge event where you can get extra arrows.

What formations should you use for level 4?

Each formation is going to be aimed at 1 or 2 shots at most given that you have at least blue-purple, research finished but without marching and castle skins.

Against Spear rebels:

Against cavalry rebels:

Against Bow Rebels:

Against Inf Rebels:

What formations should you use for level 5?

Each formation is aimed to kill level 5 in around 3 or a maximum of 4 hits. Given that you have at least blue-purple, research finished but without marching and castle skins. A lot of these formations require certain commanders to be awakened at 4 stars for them to work perfectly at their maximum potential (Theon for every rebel leader, Leila for Inf, Enzo in some cases, and Annie).

Against Spear Rebels:

Against Cavalry rebels:

Against Bow rebels:

Against Infantry rebels: (the 2nd formation has a nice crit, it does not happen all the time, however)

In conclusion, killing rebel leaders is very important for both F2P and P2P players, it helps everyone grow. The P2P players have more options when it comes to improving their damage and recovery as well as the motivation limit, which increases what everyone in the alliance would get from their chests if everyone does things right.

This concludes my guide, for any questions do not hesitate to write in the comments or direct message me, I will make sure to answer everything. I hope this helped!