Dragon Scholar
Hero Skill
Deals DMG equal to 1150% ATK + 5% of the target's Max HP to surrounding enemies. For every friendly Hero remaining in battle, Dragon Scholar's ATK increases by 40% (up to 200%) for 6s. (Cooldown: 5s.) (For every friendly Hero remaining in battle, this Hero's DMG Reflection increases by 10%, up to 50%.)
Best Build
Dragon Scholar build analysis
Dragon Scholar is an epic support hero. Compared with the other 28 epic support heroes in the database, Dragon Scholar 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, 39.7%) and the least settled is pet (Neurotoxin, only 3.5%), 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. Dragon Scholar's top talent, Sacred Light, is picked 24.4% of the time, which is about the same as the typical hero.
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Sacred Light (24.4%) | Devourer's Chalice (6.3%) | contested |
| Insignia | Empower Insignia (23.4%) | Sacred Light Insignia (14.7%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Winged Rebirth Insignia (17.8%) | Blood Barrier Insignia (16.1%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (10.1%) | Malaise (5.9%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (39.7%) | HP (19.3%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Neurotoxin (3.5%) | Cool Touch (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 support heroes
| Stat | Dragon Scholar | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 400 | 380 | 4 / 29 | 41 / 208 |
| Base HP | 13,000 | 13,000 | 14 / 29 | 37 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 20 | 18 | 3 / 29 | 25 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 300 | 310 | 19 / 29 | 52 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,500 ms | 1,400 | 17 / 29 | 157 / 208 |
| Move speed | 335 | 315 | 2 / 29 | 10 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 41st of 208 and base HP ranks 37th of 208. Its skill has a 5s cooldown.
Where Dragon Scholar is a top user
These are options where Dragon Scholar 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 Dragon Scholar.
- Blood Barrier Insignia (Square Insignia): #5 of 183 heroes that use it, picked on 16.1% of Dragon Scholar builds
Heroes with similar builds
21 other heroes share Dragon Scholar's core pairing of Sacred Light + Empower Insignia: Ripper, Grief Harpist, Jewellee, Lightchaser, Soul Seeker, Abyss Apostle, Electroranger, Michael, and 13 more. 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 Dragon Scholar's:
- Lightchaser (epic, offensive): overlap score 247, same top talent (Sacred Light)
- Jewellee (epic, offensive): overlap score 241, same top talent (Sacred Light)
- Flutterelle (epic, support): overlap score 237, same top talent (Sacred Light)
- Lunar Hunter (epic, support): overlap score 234, same top talent (Sacred Light)
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.