Part of the Commanders Series:
- Commanders Guide: How skills and talents work (Start Here).
- Barbarian Forts Guide: Lohar's entire career.
- Lohar's Trial: How to get his sculptures free.
Quick Answer
Lohar is a PvE-only healer and half of the most durable commander pairing in the game. Build Peacekeeping first — take Insight before anything else, because reducing action point cost per attack is what compounds over months. Then add Support talents for rage and sustain. His hidden strength is Rejuvenate: it returns 150 rage when his skill fires and 150 when his partner's does, meaning a pair generates around 300 rage per cycle.
Never Take Him to a Real Fight
Stating this plainly because people try: Lohar is a barbarian and neutral-unit specialist. He has no place in open-field PvP, no place in a rally, and no place in a garrison. His entire value is making barbarian and fort farming close to lossless, which is what converts your action points into commander XP efficiently.
That is not a small job. Barbarian farming funds your whole commander economy, and it is the one activity that has never fallen out of meta.
Talent Build
Peacekeeping first:
- Insight — highest priority. Reduces the action points each barbarian attack costs, which over months means substantially more clears from the same regenerating pool.
- Quick Study
- Trophy Hunter
- Domination
- Thoroughbreds
- Curing Chant
Then Support:
- Burning Blood
- Rejuvenate
One Peacekeeping talent grants notably more resources from defeating neutral units, which quietly adds up alongside the XP.
The Rejuvenate Trick
This is the detail most guides skip. Rejuvenate returns 150 rage when Lohar's primary skill fires — and another 150 when his secondary commander's skill fires. That is 300 rage per cycle, roughly 30% of what you need for the next cast.
The practical consequence: a Lohar pair keeps both commanders' skills firing far more often than either would alone. That is why Cao Cao plus Lohar clears barbarians so much faster than the raw damage numbers suggest.
See the talent trees guide.
Best Pairings
- Aethelflaed — one of the best. She debuffs enemy health, attack and defence, and carries a passive granting bonus damage to barbarians. Excellent for chain-farming.
- Boudica — her passive restores rage and heals troops simultaneously, and she gets bonus damage to barbarians. The healing stacks with Lohar's, making the pair almost lossless.
- Cao Cao — the classic. Speed plus healing, and the standard answer for years.
Is Lohar Worth Building?
Yes, for essentially every account, and early. He is cheap, his sculptures come free from the monthly Lohar's Trial event, and he accelerates every other commander you own by making farming efficient.
Stop levelling him once his tree is functional. He does not need to be maxed — he needs to be built, and then put to work.
FAQ
Is Lohar good in Rise of Kingdoms?
Excellent for PvE barbarian farming, useless in PvP. Build him for the job he does.
What is the best Lohar talent build?
Peacekeeping first — Insight, Quick Study, Trophy Hunter, Domination, Thoroughbreds, Curing Chant — then Support for Burning Blood and Rejuvenate.
Why is Insight the first talent?
It reduces action points spent per barbarian attack, so you get more clears from the same pool every single day.
How much rage does Rejuvenate give?
150 when Lohar's skill fires and 150 when his partner's does — around 300 per cycle for the pair.
Who pairs best with Lohar?
Aethelflaed and Boudica for chain-farming, or Cao Cao for the classic fast farming pair.
How do I get Lohar sculptures?
Lohar's Trial, which runs roughly monthly. See the event guide.
Key Takeaways
- PvE only. Never bring him to PvP, rallies or garrison.
- Insight first — the action point discount compounds for months.
- Rejuvenate gives ~300 rage per cycle across a pair.
- Aethelflaed, Boudica and Cao Cao are the farming partners.
- Build him functional, then stop and let him work.