#1
Any mode
Most voted build
1
vote
- Pet
- Crow Earl
- Armor
- Conquest
- Accessory
- Duelist Set
Skull Knight
LegendaryOffensive Heroes
ATK240
HP3,200
ATK SPD600
Move SPD310
Range3
ATK/Lv+12
HP/Lv+160
Hero Skill
Vengeful SwordLv.10
Increases Skull Knight's ATK by 800% and limits DMG taken to 3,000 per hit for 10s. Has Lv 8 Revive. CD: 12s.
Best Build
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Community builds for Skull Knight
Submitted, reviewed and voted on by players in the Clasher Codex. These are recommendations from experienced players, often for a specific game mode, and are separate from the IGG top-player data above.
#2
Expedition
0
votes
- Pet
- Punching Box
- Armor
- Oath
- Accessory
- Fang Set
#3
Immortal Ghoul
0
votes
- Pet
- Jolly Bunny
- Armor
- Oath
- Accessory
- Pinion Set
Skull Knight build analysis
Skull Knight is a legendary offensive hero. Compared with the other 28 legendary offensive heroes in the database, Skull Knight 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 (ATK, 29.8%) and the least settled is pet (Devil's Fire, only 7.2%), 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. Skull Knight's top talent, Life Drain, is picked 20.1% of the time, which is 4.4 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Life Drain (20.1%) | Scatter (7.1%) | contested |
| Insignia | Unholy Pact Insignia (15.0%) | Brawler's Favor Insignia (11.5%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Tyranny Insignia (15.0%) | Zero In Insignia (11.8%) | contested |
| Equipment | Burning Plate (13.8%) | Malaise (6.4%) | no consensus |
| Trait | ATK (29.8%) | Accuracy (22.1%) | contested |
| Pet | Devil's Fire (7.2%) | Rainbow Flash (4.9%) | 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 | Skull Knight | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 240 | 226 | 5 / 29 | 115 / 208 |
| Base HP | 3,200 | 2,700 | 10 / 29 | 133 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 12 | 13 | 20 / 29 | 147 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 160 | 150 | 13 / 29 | 142 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 600 ms | 1,000 | 2 / 29 | 2 / 208 |
| Move speed | 310 | 255 | 2 / 29 | 82 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 115th of 208 and base HP ranks 133rd of 208.
Where Skull Knight is a top user
These are options where Skull Knight 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 Skull Knight.
- Burning Plate (Equipment): #1 of 24 heroes that use it, picked on 13.8% of Skull Knight builds
- Unholy Pact Insignia (Insignia): #5 of 80 heroes that use it, picked on 15.0% of Skull Knight builds
Heroes with similar builds
No other hero uses the same Life Drain + Unholy Pact Insignia pairing as its top choice, so this build is specific to Skull Knight.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Skull Knight's:
- Grimfiend (legendary, offensive): overlap score 170
- Ninja (legendary, offensive): overlap score 160
- Ma Hatma (legendary, offensive): overlap score 153, same top talent (Life Drain)
- Mechtessa (legendary, defensive): overlap score 152
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.