Ol' Smoky
Hero Skill
Deals 1000% ATK DMG to 1 random enemy Hero and all enemy Heroes near the target. Also inflicts Smoke In The Eyes on them for 2s. (Cooldown: 6s) *Smoke In The Eyes: Ignores all conditions, but greatly reduces target's ACC, and they receive DMG equal to 5% of their Max HP. Whenever an attack performed by a unit inflicted Smoke In The Eyes is dodged by their target, the respective unit's Smoke In The Eyes duration resets. Passive Effects: 1. Immune to Energy Reduction effects 2. Reduces DMG received by 70% 3. When attacked, has a 30% chance to recover HP equal to 10% of Max HP
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Ol' Smoky build analysis
Ol' Smoky is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Ol' Smoky sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 42.0%) and the least settled is pet (Candlelit Aura, only 3.7%), 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. Ol' Smoky's top talent, Revive, is picked 29.4% of the time, which is 4.9 points more settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Revive (29.4%) | Sacred Light (11.0%) | contested |
| Insignia | Empower Insignia (29.9%) | Revitalize Insignia (12.2%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Winged Rebirth Insignia (29.4%) | Fairy Circle Insignia (7.3%) | contested |
| Equipment | Abyss Seal (11.5%) | Holy Conviction (7.3%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (42.0%) | HP (22.6%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Candlelit Aura (3.7%) | Fragmented Time (2.6%) | 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 offensive heroes
| Stat | Ol' Smoky | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 380 | 415 | 35 / 42 | 63 / 208 |
| Base HP | 12,500 | 12,000 | 15 / 42 | 50 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 18 | 20 | 33 / 42 | 64 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 300 | 300 | 15 / 42 | 52 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,400 ms | 1,400 | 13 / 42 | 117 / 208 |
| Move speed | 325 | 325 | 13 / 42 | 20 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 63rd of 208 and base HP ranks 50th of 208. Its skill has a 6s cooldown. It also has passive effects that work without using the skill, listed in the skill description above.
Heroes with similar builds
9 other heroes share Ol' Smoky's core pairing of Revive + Empower Insignia: Celestica, Shysickle, Po, Bloodshed, Machinist, Mystrix, Melody, Puppeteer, and 1 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 Ol' Smoky's:
- Shysickle (epic, offensive): overlap score 256, same top talent (Revive)
- Soul Seeker (epic, offensive): overlap score 246
- Melody (epic, support): overlap score 244, same top talent (Revive)
- Machinist (epic, crowd control): overlap score 240, 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.