Kunoichi
Hero Skill
Hero removes conditions from herself and becomes Elusive for 3s, during which she cannot move nor perform basic attacks. Deals a total of 1300% ATK DMG to nearby enemy units every 0.5s for 3s. (This damage can spread across a max of 5 nearby enemy units. If target unit is immune to Stun, this deals extra 4x DMG.) Also recovers HP equal to 46% of DMG received every 0.5s for 3s. (Cooldown: 5s.) (This Hero is immune to Stun and reduces DMG received by 60%. When attacked, inflicts Stun on 3 nearby enemy Heroes for 4s. Cooldown: 7s.)
Best Build
Kunoichi build analysis
Kunoichi is an epic defensive hero. Compared with the other 8 epic defensive heroes in the database, Kunoichi 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, 43.7%) and the least settled is pet (Soul Ferry, only 2.8%), 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. Kunoichi's top talent, Dragon's Cover, is picked 24.6% of the time, which is about the same as the typical hero.
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Dragon's Cover (24.6%) | Orderbound Bow (8.1%) | contested |
| Insignia | Wicked Armor Insignia (22.4%) | Sacred Light Insignia (11.9%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Lawful Shield Insignia (21.0%) | Zero In Insignia (9.8%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (16.5%) | Malaise (5.2%) | contested |
| Trait | Accuracy (43.7%) | ATK (16.8%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Soul Ferry (2.8%) | Frozen Moonlight (2.4%) | 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 | Kunoichi | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 440 | 400 | 1 / 9 | 9 / 208 |
| Base HP | 10,000 | 14,000 | 9 / 9 | 94 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 20 | 18 | 2 / 9 | 25 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 300 | 320 | 8 / 9 | 52 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,500 ms | 1,500 | 5 / 9 | 157 / 208 |
| Move speed | 335 | 320 | 1 / 9 | 10 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks the 9th-highest (top 10%) and base HP ranks 94th of 208. Its skill has a 5s cooldown.
Where Kunoichi is a top user
These are options where Kunoichi 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 Kunoichi.
- Dragon's Cover (Talent): #3 of 66 heroes that use it, picked on 24.6% of Kunoichi builds
Heroes with similar builds
One other hero shares Kunoichi's core pairing of Dragon's Cover + Wicked Armor Insignia: Cosmic Pugilist. 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 Kunoichi's:
- Catty Spirit (epic, offensive): overlap score 248
- Stormwing (epic, crowd control): overlap score 227, same top talent (Dragon's Cover)
- Spartan Spearman (epic, offensive): overlap score 221
- Inquisitess (epic, offensive): overlap score 221
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.