Searing Slayer
Hero Skill
Deals 2000% ATK DMG to the nearest enemy target. For the next 4s, every basic attack from this Hero deals an additional 100,000 Fixed DMG to and removes 30 Energy from the target. (Cooldown: 5s.) (This Hero is immune to Disarm and reduces DMG received by 70%. When his basic attack targets an enemy Hero, he marks the target for 10s. Searing Slayer gains 30% more ATK SPD for 10s when he performs a basic attack against the marked target. This effect can stack and cannot be removed.)
Best Build
Searing Slayer build analysis
Searing Slayer is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Searing Slayer has modest base numbers for its class, so its value comes mostly from its skill rather than raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 40.9%) and the least settled is pet (Euphoric Ritual, only 2.6%), 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. Searing Slayer's top talent, Voidwalker Staff, is picked 15.0% of the time, which is 9.5 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Voidwalker Staff (15.0%) | Dragon's Cover (10.2%) | contested |
| Insignia | Wicked Armor Insignia (20.0%) | Sacred Light Insignia (10.1%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Chaos Armor Insignia (16.0%) | Tyranny Insignia (13.7%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (9.7%) | Malaise (5.9%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (40.9%) | ATK (19.0%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Euphoric Ritual (2.6%) | Frozen Moonlight (2.2%) | 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 | Searing Slayer | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 320 | 415 | 42 / 42 | 95 / 208 |
| Base HP | 10,500 | 12,000 | 36 / 42 | 86 / 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) | 1,300 ms | 1,400 | 9 / 42 | 110 / 208 |
| Move speed | 325 | 325 | 13 / 42 | 20 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 95th of 208 and base HP ranks 86th of 208. Its skill has a 5s cooldown.
Where Searing Slayer is a top user
These are options where Searing Slayer 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 Searing Slayer.
- Voidwalker Staff (Talent): #4 of 13 heroes that use it, picked on 15.0% of Searing Slayer builds
Heroes with similar builds
2 other heroes share Searing Slayer's core pairing of Voidwalker Staff + Wicked Armor Insignia: Massacre, Lady Weldcore. 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 Searing Slayer's:
- Primeval Golem (epic, multiclass): overlap score 199
- Gravedigger (epic, offensive): overlap score 192
- Lady Weldcore (epic, offensive): overlap score 191, same top talent (Voidwalker Staff)
- Merksha (epic, offensive): overlap score 188
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.