Ptolemais

How to Use Ptolemais

Slotting Ptolemais into your Age IV advisor slot tells your opponent you're investing in combat; the bonus (toxotai and gastraphetes have 30% more armor against infantry units) is most impactful in extended matches where stat compounding matters.

Map type strongly influences value, open maps with frequent skirmishes reward different advisor archetypes than closed boom-heavy maps.

Most published deck-building guides include Ptolemais or a comparable combat-focused advisor for similar reasons: predictability and clean stacking.

Timing Within Age IV

Age IV is where deep deck-building pays off. Casual rotations underperform here, focused, planned advisor picks like this one consistently outperform.

Ptolemais Synergies

Within the combat archetype, several advisors layer cleanly with Ptolemais. Players running a focused combat build often rotate one of these as a second slot:

• Leonnorios R (Unknown, Age CivReward), Spearmen deal 12% more damage
• Leonnorios (Epic, Age I), Spearmen deal 15% more damage
• Hathor (Epic, Age III), Cavalry units deal 20% bonus damage against Siege and Ranged units

Name Origin

The name Ptolemais is rooted in the Multi-civilization tradition, mixed historical tradition spanning multiple cultures, giving the advisor a thematic identity even when used outside their associated civilization.

Other Epic Advisors to Consider

If you want Epic-tier alternatives that take your build in a different direction than Ptolemais, these advisors offer distinct strategic angles:

• Khaba, Age IV, military focused
• Sekhet, Age IV, military focused
• Weylin, Age I, economy focused
• Minos, Age III, military focused
• Agathon, Age I, economy focused

How to Obtain Ptolemais

Players targeting Ptolemais should focus on the Epic-reward quest sequences in their faction storyline. Random drops also occur but are less reliable.