Spartan Spearman
Hero Skill
Deals 850% ATK DMG each to all nearby enemy targets. Every enemy Hero who receives this DMG provides Spartan Spearman one stack of Battle Thirst effect that lasts 5s. During this effect, Spartan Spearman gains 50% more ATK and ATK SPD (can stack), and ignores DMG limits of targets. (Cooldown: 8s.) (This Hero reduces DMG received by 60% and is immune to Disarm and Silence. When he performs a basic attack, he deals 80% ATK DMG each to 2 other enemy targets and recovers HP equal to a certain percentage of this DMG.)
Best Build
Spartan Spearman build analysis
Spartan Spearman is an epic offensive hero. Compared with the other 41 epic offensive heroes in the database, Spartan Spearman sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 42.4%) and the least settled is pet (Soul Ferry, only 2.8%), 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. Spartan Spearman's top talent, Sacred Light, is picked 18.3% of the time, which is 6.2 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Sacred Light (18.3%) | Dragon's Cover (13.6%) | contested |
| Insignia | Wicked Armor Insignia (22.4%) | Sacred Light Insignia (11.4%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Lawful Shield Insignia (18.9%) | Blood Barrier Insignia (10.9%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (13.4%) | Bold Ambition (5.5%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (42.4%) | ATK (19.5%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Soul Ferry (2.8%) | Frozen Moonlight (2.5%) | 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 | Spartan Spearman | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 390 | 415 | 31 / 42 | 58 / 208 |
| Base HP | 12,000 | 12,000 | 20 / 42 | 59 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 19 | 20 | 27 / 42 | 50 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 300 | 300 | 15 / 42 | 52 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,550 ms | 1,400 | 36 / 42 | 188 / 208 |
| Move speed | 305 | 325 | 39 / 42 | 90 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 58th of 208 and base HP ranks 59th of 208. Its skill has a 8s cooldown.
Heroes with similar builds
4 other heroes share Spartan Spearman's core pairing of Sacred Light + Wicked Armor Insignia: Berserker, Inquisitess, Merksha, Drunken Simian. 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 Spartan Spearman's:
- Kunoichi (epic, defensive): overlap score 221
- Stormwing (epic, crowd control): overlap score 218
- Catty Spirit (epic, offensive): overlap score 214
- Inquisitess (epic, offensive): overlap score 208, same top talent (Sacred Light)
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.