Grog Chaser
Hero Skill
Deals 1000% Piercing DMG to 1 enemy unit and all enemy units near that target. For 4s, also reduces these units' healing received by 45% and greatly reduces their ACC (ignores immunity to all conditions). During this 4s, restores HP equal to 10% of Max HP to 5 nearby friendly Heroes every second. (Cooldown: 6s.) Passive Effects: 1. For every 15 attacks received, Grog Chaser gains a Secure Armor that lasts for 3s equal to 30% of Max HP. 2. Sturdy - cannot receive DMG per hit that exceeds 20% of their HP. 3. Reduce DMG taken by 70%. 4. Immune to damage converted from healing.
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Grog Chaser build analysis
Grog Chaser is an epic defensive hero. Compared with the other 8 epic defensive heroes in the database, Grog Chaser sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 51.9%) and the least settled is pet (Crystal Snowflake (M), only 5.2%), 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. Grog Chaser's top talent, Revive, is picked 29.4% of the time, which is 5.0 points more settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Revive (29.4%) | Sacred Light (8.6%) | contested |
| Insignia | Survival Insignia (23.0%) | Empower Insignia (12.4%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Winged Rebirth Insignia (36.3%) | Chaos Armor Insignia (9.7%) | clear favourite |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (16.0%) | Malaise (6.1%) | contested |
| Trait | Accuracy (51.9%) | HP (16.3%) | near-universal |
| Pet | Crystal Snowflake (M) (5.2%) | Crystal Snowflake (4.6%) | 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 defensive heroes
| Stat | Grog Chaser | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 400 | 400 | 5 / 9 | 41 / 208 |
| Base HP | 14,000 | 14,000 | 5 / 9 | 23 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 18 | 18 | 4 / 9 | 64 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 315 | 320 | 6 / 9 | 28 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,400 ms | 1,500 | 2 / 9 | 117 / 208 |
| Move speed | 315 | 320 | 6 / 9 | 56 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 41st of 208 and base HP ranks 23rd of 208. Its skill has a 6s cooldown. Part of its skill ignores immunity, so enemies that are normally immune to conditions can still be affected. It also has passive effects that work without using the skill, listed in the skill description above.
Heroes with similar builds
19 other heroes share Grog Chaser's core pairing of Revive + Survival Insignia: Flame Darklord, Rosespecter, Tempestia, Tai Lung, Fang Huntress, Evil Harbinger, Bone Bride, Infernal Jailer, and 11 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 Grog Chaser's:
- Origamist (epic, support): overlap score 278, same top talent (Revive)
- Fang Huntress (epic, offensive): overlap score 269, same top talent (Revive)
- Treasure Merchant (epic, crowd control): overlap score 268, same top talent (Revive)
- Bloodshed (epic, defensive): overlap score 267, same top talent (Revive)
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.