Kusunoki

Kusunoki
Bushido Spirit

Rarity: Epic

Talents: Archer, Garrison, Skill

Civilization: Japan

Video Guide

Commander Details

How to get Kusunoki in Rise of Kingdoms:

  • Tavern: Gold Keys, Silver Keys (sculptures)
  • Expedition Medal Store: Uncommon
  • Universal Sculptures
  • Japan Starting Commander
  • “Japan” Civilization Event

Skills

Kusunoki
Shichisei Hōkoku
Active Skill		Rage Requirement: 1000
Removes all Control, Slow-down, Poison, Exhaust, and other debuffs from troops led by this commander. At the same time, deals massive damage to up to 3 targets in a fan-shaped area, as well as additional damage per second for the next 2 seconds.
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Direct Damage Factor: 150 / 180 / 210 / 250 / 300
Additional Damage Factor: 100 / 130 / 160 / 200 / 250
Kusunoki
The Worthy Man
Passive Skill		While this commander is leading the garrison of your own city, garrison troops gain increased counterattack damage.
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Garrison Counterattack Damage Bonus: 1% / 2% / 3% / 5% / 7%
Kusunoki
Bravery and Wisdom
Passive Skill		Archers led by this commander gain increased attack and increased defense.
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Archer Attack Bonus: 4% / 5% / 6% / 8% / 10%
Archer Defense Bonus: 4% / 5% / 6% / 8% / 10%
Kusunoki
Tragedy’s End
Passive Skill		The normal attacks of troops led by this commander have a 10% chance to cause the target to take extra damage per second for 2 seconds.
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Additional damage factor: 150 / 200 / 250 / 350 / 450
Kusunoki
Soul of the Samurai
Enhanced:
Bravery and Wisdom		Archers led by this commander gain 15% increased attack and 15% increased defense.

History

Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War, the attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty. His origin has not been validated and it was merely six years between the start of his military campaign in 1331 and his demise in 1336. He received the highest decoration from the Meiji government of Japan in 1880. Legend has it that Emperor Go-Daigo had a dream in which he was sheltering under a camphor tree (“kusunoki”), and that this dream led him to the surname of the warrior who would support him. Kusunoki Masashige is a hero because he “stands in the history of his country as the ideal figure of a warrior, compact of civil and military virtues in a high degree.”