Barbarian Rider
Hero Skill
Deals 600% ATK DMG to all enemy targets in front. (This damage ignores DMG limits of targets.) In the next 4s, this Hero increases her ATK SPD by 72% and reflects 36% of DMG received. (Cooldown: 6s. This Hero's ATK increases by 20% every time she performs a basic attack. This effect will stack until the Hero uses her skill again and cannot be removed. This Hero is immune to Stun, Silence, and Energy reduction effects.)
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Barbarian Rider build analysis
Barbarian Rider is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Barbarian Rider leans offensive, with base ATK near the top of its class while HP sits lower. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 46.9%) and the least settled is pet (Euphoric Ritual, only 3.4%), so the pet slot is where you have the most freedom to adapt.
How settled is each slot?
The pick rate of the most popular option shows how much top players agree. Barbarian Rider's top talent, Orderbound Bow, is picked 18.3% of the time, which is 6.2 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Orderbound Bow (18.3%) | Dragon's Cover (12.8%) | contested |
| Insignia | Wicked Armor Insignia (22.7%) | Sacred Light Insignia (12.8%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Lawful Shield Insignia (23.0%) | Winged Rebirth Insignia (9.5%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (11.3%) | Lethal Blow (8.4%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (46.9%) | ATK (19.0%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Euphoric Ritual (3.4%) | Euphoric Ritual (M) (3.0%) | no consensus |
Near-universal is 50% or more, clear favourite 30–50%, contested 15–30%, no consensus under 15%. When a slot is contested, the runner-up is usually a reasonable substitute if you don't own the top pick.
Stats compared with other epic offensive heroes
| Stat | Barbarian Rider | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 425 | 415 | 9 / 42 | 17 / 208 |
| Base HP | 11,000 | 12,000 | 30 / 42 | 78 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 19 | 20 | 27 / 42 | 50 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 300 | 300 | 15 / 42 | 52 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,450 ms | 1,400 | 26 / 42 | 152 / 208 |
| Move speed | 325 | 325 | 13 / 42 | 20 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks the 17th-highest (top 10%) and base HP ranks 78th of 208. Its skill has a 6s cooldown.
Where Barbarian Rider is a top user
These are options where Barbarian Rider is one of the five heroes most likely to run them. If you're deciding which hero should get a scarce item, these are strong candidates for Barbarian Rider.
- Orderbound Bow (Talent): #2 of 14 heroes that use it, picked on 18.3% of Barbarian Rider builds
- Lawful Shield Insignia (Square Insignia): #4 of 65 heroes that use it, picked on 23.0% of Barbarian Rider builds
Heroes with similar builds
One other hero shares Barbarian Rider's core pairing of Orderbound Bow + Wicked Armor Insignia: Catty Spirit. If you're rebuilding one of them, the same talent and insignia usually carry over.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Barbarian Rider's:
- Catty Spirit (epic, offensive): overlap score 225, same top talent (Orderbound Bow)
- Kunoichi (epic, defensive): overlap score 214
- Inquisitess (epic, offensive): overlap score 213
- Spartan Spearman (epic, offensive): overlap score 204
Overlap score adds up the shared pick rate across all six slots. 0 means nothing in common, and 600 would mean identical builds.
Data source: base stats, skill text and pick rates come from IGG's official Castle Clash hero data, which reports what top players equip. The rankings, consensus ratings and similarity scores above are calculated by CastleClash Builds. See the methodology for details.