Lil' Nick
Hero Skill
Increases own ATK by 500% and CRIT Rate by 90% for 9s. Cooldown: 12s. Also has Frostbite Talent, which deals 100% ATK DMG to 15 targets every 6s, freezing them for 1s.
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Lil' Nick build analysis
Lil' Nick is a legendary offensive hero. Compared with the other 28 legendary offensive heroes in the database, Lil' Nick sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (ATK, 29.1%) and the least settled is pet (Fowl Play, only 6.5%), 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. Lil' Nick's top talent, War God, is picked 16.4% of the time, which is 8.0 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | War God (16.4%) | Revive (8.9%) | contested |
| Insignia | Unholy Pact Insignia (15.9%) | Revitalize Insignia (13.7%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Inspire Insignia (11.0%) | Mana Void Insignia (10.8%) | no consensus |
| Equipment | Victory Lunge (9.0%) | Malaise (7.7%) | no consensus |
| Trait | ATK (29.1%) | Accuracy (25.5%) | contested |
| Pet | Fowl Play (6.5%) | Furrocity (5.9%) | 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 | Lil' Nick | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 215 | 226 | 19 / 29 | 155 / 208 |
| Base HP | 2,000 | 2,700 | 23 / 29 | 166 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 13 | 13 | 15 / 29 | 134 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 105 | 150 | 23 / 29 | 171 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,200 ms | 1,000 | 24 / 29 | 72 / 208 |
| Move speed | 240 | 255 | 18 / 29 | 146 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 155th of 208 and base HP ranks 166th of 208. Its skill has a 12s cooldown.
Where Lil' Nick is a top user
These are options where Lil' Nick 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 Lil' Nick.
- War God (Talent): #2 of 30 heroes that use it, picked on 16.4% of Lil' Nick builds
- Unholy Pact Insignia (Insignia): #4 of 80 heroes that use it, picked on 15.9% of Lil' Nick builds
Heroes with similar builds
One other hero shares Lil' Nick's core pairing of War God + Unholy Pact Insignia: Vlad Dracula. 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 Lil' Nick's:
- Warlock (legendary, support): overlap score 214
- Santa Boom (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 202, same top talent (War God)
- Vlad Dracula (legendary, support): overlap score 188, same top talent (War God)
- Thunder God (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 187, same top talent (War God)
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.