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.