Gravedigger
Hero Skill
Deals 900% ATK DMG to all enemy targets in front within an arc. (If target is Entangled, this deals extra 3x DMG.) Recovers HP equal to 7% of Max HP every second for the next 4s. (Cooldown: 6s.) (This Hero is immune to Disarm and reduces DMG received by 70%. When this Hero performs a basic attack on an enemy unit, he inflicts Entangle on the target for 4s. Cooldown: 6s.)
Best Build
Gravedigger build analysis
Gravedigger is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Gravedigger sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 39.0%) and the least settled is pet (Frozen Moonlight, only 3.2%), 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. Gravedigger's top talent, Tight Bind, is picked 15.4% of the time, which is 9.1 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Tight Bind (15.4%) | Sacred Light (8.6%) | contested |
| Insignia | Sacred Light Insignia (22.0%) | Wicked Armor Insignia (10.5%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Chaos Armor Insignia (20.2%) | Blood Barrier Insignia (10.6%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (10.2%) | Malaise (5.9%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (39.0%) | ATK (18.4%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Frozen Moonlight (3.2%) | Soul Ferry (2.7%) | 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 | Gravedigger | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 385 | 415 | 34 / 42 | 61 / 208 |
| Base HP | 11,000 | 12,000 | 30 / 42 | 78 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 18 | 20 | 33 / 42 | 64 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 340 | 300 | 1 / 42 | 3 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,700 ms | 1,400 | 41 / 42 | 202 / 208 |
| Move speed | 315 | 325 | 28 / 42 | 56 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 61st of 208 and base HP ranks 78th of 208. Its skill has a 6s cooldown.
Heroes with similar builds
No other hero uses the same Tight Bind + Sacred Light Insignia pairing as its top choice, so this build is specific to Gravedigger.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Gravedigger's:
- Primeval Golem (epic, multiclass): overlap score 212
- Searing Slayer (epic, offensive): overlap score 192
- Stormwing (epic, crowd control): overlap score 191
- Grief Harpist (epic, offensive): overlap score 186
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.