Absorbs 50% of Back-row damage while giving Back-row prep skills an 80% prep skip and +1 target.
Commander's Tactical Evaluation
Reviewed by Don“Roland is an Sx18 Cavalry frontline bodyguard and prep-skill accelerator. His Skill 2 (Paladins) gives your Back-row carry an 80% chance to skip 1 round of prep on prep skills and a 65% chance to hit +1 additional target. Skill 5 (Oath of Loyalty) transfers 50% of all damage taken by the Back row onto Roland, and every 7 hits Roland takes heals all 3 friendly squads (180% recovery rate) while granting a -30% damage shield for the next 2 hits. Skill 8 (Song of Roland) boosts all friendly Cavalry active skill trigger rates by +5% and skill damage by +40% for 2 rounds (stackable twice).”
Deployment Summary: Roland is a Support commander introduced in Sx18 (rated High Tier). Commands Cavalries in the Front row (with secondary flexibility in the Middle row), following an unlock priority of 6th - 8th - 7th.
Hero Skills Inspector (1–8)
Skills 2, 5 & 8 (★) are main combat skills; Skills 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7 are passive stat/troop multipliers.
Lead a squad of troop; Dictator +90%
[Paladins] When your back row squad casts a prep skill, 80% chance to skip one round of prep, with 65% chance to hit +1 target with the skill this time.
Might +30%
Resist +30%
[Oath of Loyalty] For every 7 time(s) of incoming damage taken by the hero's squad, restores some troop power for all friendly squads (recovery rate: 180%) and bestows a shield to them, shielding -30% damage in the next 2 attack(s). When the back-row squad takes damage, 50% of the damage it takes will be transferred to the hero's squad.
Might +20%; Resist +20%, Dictator +250%, Combat Speed +20
Might +40%, Combat Speed +100
[Song of Roland] 55% chance to make all your Cavalry squads have 5% more chance to cast active skills and increase their Skill Damage by 40% for 2 round(s); the effect can be stacked for up to 2 time(s).
Lead a squad of troop; Dictator +90%
[Paladins] When your back row squad casts a prep skill, 80% chance to skip one round of prep, with 65% chance to hit +1 target with the skill this time.
Might +30%
Resist +30%
[Oath of Loyalty] For every 7 time(s) of incoming damage taken by the hero's squad, restores some troop power for all friendly squads (recovery rate: 180%) and bestows a shield to them, shielding -30% damage in the next 2 attack(s). When the back-row squad takes damage, 50% of the damage it takes will be transferred to the hero's squad.
Might +20%; Resist +20%, Dictator +250%, Combat Speed +20
Might +40%, Combat Speed +100
[Song of Roland] 55% chance to make all your Cavalry squads have 5% more chance to cast active skills and increase their Skill Damage by 40% for 2 round(s); the effect can be stacked for up to 2 time(s).
Standard: Classic hero development requiring 3 duplicate medals to max.
Exclusive: Modern/SX hero tree requiring 34 duplicate medals to fully max.
Standard: Recruited via Super/Seasonal Banners.
Paid / Royal: Special bundle or Royal Prestige store commanders.