Mad Inventor
Hero Skill
Deals 890% ATK DMG to all enemy targets in a random area. Also increases their DMG received by 33% (this effect can be removed) for 5s and increases this Hero's Dodge by 62% for 5s. (Cooldown: 7s. This Hero is immune to Silence. This Hero's ATK increases by 4% whenever he performs a Dodge. The ATK gain effect will stack until the Hero uses his skill again.)
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Mad Inventor build analysis
Mad Inventor is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Mad Inventor 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 (Dodge, 33.4%) and the least settled is pet (Grave Assault, only 3.8%), 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. Mad Inventor's top talent, Voidwalker Staff, is picked 17.1% of the time, which is 7.4 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Voidwalker Staff (17.1%) | Dragon's Cover (9.3%) | contested |
| Insignia | Nimble Insignia (17.5%) | Wicked Armor Insignia (9.9%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Chaos Armor Insignia (14.9%) | Inspire Insignia (11.8%) | no consensus |
| Equipment | Energy Surge (10.9%) | Holy Conviction (6.7%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Dodge (33.4%) | Accuracy (22.6%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Grave Assault (3.8%) | Grave Assault (M) (3.4%) | 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 offensive heroes
| Stat | Mad Inventor | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 465 | 415 | 2 / 42 | 4 / 208 |
| Base HP | 10,500 | 12,000 | 36 / 42 | 86 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 19 | 20 | 27 / 42 | 50 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 295 | 300 | 31 / 42 | 82 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,350 ms | 1,400 | 11 / 42 | 113 / 208 |
| Move speed | 340 | 325 | 5 / 42 | 8 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks the 4th-highest (top 10%) and base HP ranks 86th of 208. Its skill has a 7s cooldown.
Where Mad Inventor is a top user
These are options where Mad Inventor 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 Mad Inventor.
- Energy Surge (Equipment): #1 of 6 heroes that use it, picked on 10.9% of Mad Inventor builds
- Nimble Insignia (Insignia): #2 of 28 heroes that use it, picked on 17.5% of Mad Inventor builds
- Voidwalker Staff (Talent): #3 of 13 heroes that use it, picked on 17.1% of Mad Inventor builds
Heroes with similar builds
No other hero uses the same Voidwalker Staff + Nimble Insignia pairing as its top choice, so this build is specific to Mad Inventor.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Mad Inventor's:
- Demon Stalker (epic, crowd control): overlap score 179
- Massacre (epic, offensive): overlap score 177, same top talent (Voidwalker Staff)
- Berserker (legendary, offensive): overlap score 175
- Cosmo (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 170
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.