Hot Shot
Hero Skill
Deals True DMG totaling 1500% ATK to enemy targets within an arc. (This damage can spread across a max of 3 targets within range). Also removes buffs from the targets that received damage from this skill. For the next 3.5s, deals True DMG equal to 100% ATK to 3 random enemy targets within an arc every 0.25s. (Cooldown: 4s. This Hero takes 65% less DMG and is immune to Paralyze and Stun. When Hero attacks, he inflicts Paralyze for 1.5s and deals 400% ATK DMG to his target, and recovers HP equal to 45% of the DMG dealt. (Cooldown: 2s.))
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Hot Shot build analysis
Hot Shot is a legendary offensive hero. Compared with the other 28 legendary offensive heroes in the database, Hot Shot 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, 31.2%) and the least settled is pet (Pumpkin Puppetry, 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. Hot Shot's top talent, Flame Guard, is picked 23.6% of the time, which is about the same as the typical hero.
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Flame Guard (23.6%) | Sacred Light (8.7%) | contested |
| Insignia | Zealous Drive Insignia (16.6%) | Sacred Light Insignia (8.5%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Tyranny Insignia (15.0%) | Inspire Insignia (9.9%) | no consensus |
| Equipment | Malaise (8.9%) | Healing Ritual (7.5%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (31.2%) | Dodge (25.9%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Pumpkin Puppetry (3.2%) | Wild Motivation (3.1%) | 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 legendary offensive heroes
| Stat | Hot Shot | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 240 | 226 | 5 / 29 | 115 / 208 |
| Base HP | 3,000 | 2,700 | 14 / 29 | 143 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 14 | 13 | 10 / 29 | 118 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 150 | 150 | 15 / 29 | 149 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 400 ms | 1,000 | 1 / 29 | 1 / 208 |
| Move speed | 235 | 255 | 19 / 29 | 148 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 115th of 208 and base HP ranks 143rd of 208. Its skill has a 4s cooldown.
Where Hot Shot is a top user
These are options where Hot Shot 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 Hot Shot.
- Zealous Drive Insignia (Insignia): #1 of 31 heroes that use it, picked on 16.6% of Hot Shot builds
- Flame Guard (Talent): #5 of 96 heroes that use it, picked on 23.6% of Hot Shot builds
Heroes with similar builds
No other hero uses the same Flame Guard + Zealous Drive Insignia pairing as its top choice, so this build is specific to Hot Shot.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Hot Shot's:
- Ice Lady (legendary, support): overlap score 185, same top talent (Flame Guard)
- Alphamech (legendary, defensive): overlap score 184, same top talent (Flame Guard)
- Dark Mage (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 184
- Wordless Zealot (legendary, offensive): overlap score 177
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.