Demon Stalker
Hero Skill
Deals 420% ATK DMG to 10 random enemy Heroes. Also reduces their ATK by 27% for 15s. (Cooldown: 8s. This Hero takes 40% less DMG. When this Hero is attacked, he has an 80% chance to Inhibit nearby enemy Heroes for 4s. Cooldown: 7s. This Inhibit condition cannot be removed.)
Best Build
Demon Stalker build analysis
Demon Stalker is an epic crowd control hero. Compared with the other 11 epic crowd control heroes in the database, Demon Stalker 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, 36.5%) and the least settled is pet (Injurious Tail (M), only 3.6%), 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. Demon Stalker's top talent, Dragon's Cover, is picked 23.0% of the time, which is about the same as the typical hero.
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Dragon's Cover (23.0%) | Sacred Light (8.7%) | contested |
| Insignia | Sacred Light Insignia (14.3%) | Wicked Armor Insignia (11.4%) | no consensus |
| Square Insignia | Chaos Armor Insignia (18.3%) | Blood Barrier Insignia (11.5%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (12.4%) | Spectral Hold (5.8%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (36.5%) | Dodge (19.5%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Injurious Tail (M) (3.6%) | Injurious Tail (3.3%) | 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 crowd control heroes
| Stat | Demon Stalker | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 450 | 400 | 1 / 12 | 5 / 208 |
| Base HP | 10,500 | 13,500 | 12 / 12 | 86 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 19 | 20 | 8 / 12 | 50 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 320 | 310 | 1 / 12 | 16 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,200 ms | 1,400 | 4 / 12 | 72 / 208 |
| Move speed | 315 | 315 | 5 / 12 | 56 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks the 5th-highest (top 10%) and base HP ranks 86th of 208. Its skill has a 8s cooldown.
Where Demon Stalker is a top user
These are options where Demon Stalker 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 Demon Stalker.
- Dragon's Cover (Talent): #4 of 66 heroes that use it, picked on 23.0% of Demon Stalker builds
Heroes with similar builds
5 other heroes share Demon Stalker's core pairing of Dragon's Cover + Sacred Light Insignia: Young Spark, Vermilica, Stormwing, Despotic Maestro, Primeval Golem. 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 Demon Stalker's:
- Vermilica (epic, defensive): overlap score 201, same top talent (Dragon's Cover)
- Royal Mummy (epic, defensive): overlap score 200
- Primeval Golem (epic, multiclass): overlap score 198, same top talent (Dragon's Cover)
- Cold Conjuress (epic, support): overlap score 187
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.