Barbarian Puppet

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"Summons a pack of raged Barbarians"

Summary

• The Barbarian Puppet is a piece of Hero Equipment for the Barbarian King. It is one of the two Hero Equipment that he starts with, the other being the Rage Vial.
• The Barbarian Puppet enables the Barbarian King to summon a large number of enraged Barbarians when using his ability. These Barbarians do extra damage and move faster while enraged.
• The Barbarians spawned by the ability are equal in level to the level of Barbarians that the player has researched in the Laboratory. For example, if the player has upgraded Barbarians to level 5 in the Laboratory, the ability will spawn level 5 Barbarians.
• In addition to the ability, the Barbarian Puppet grants additional hitpoints to the Barbarian King, and increases the amount of health he recovers when using the ability.

Strategies

Offensive Strategies

• The spawned Barbarians can distract defenses, and can be vital when the Barbarian King is going against an Inferno Tower or a Monolith. Due to their large numbers, they can help to destroy defenses for the King.
  • Note that spawning in the Barbarians does not force defenses to retarget, so a spell such as a Freeze Spell should be used to get defenses to stop attacking the King (otherwise, they will remain locked on until the King is defeated or goes out of range).
• It is not advised to use the ability near empty spaces, unless the health regeneration is desperately needed. Such spaces could conceal Giant Bombs or other harmful traps that could wipe out the summoned Barbarians.
  • Likewise, it is not recommended to activate the ability against a Bomb Tower or defensive Town Hall weapon (except at TH12 if the weapon is not level 5). Both explode upon their destruction, and can similarly destroy the Barbarians.
• To maximize the effectiveness of the ability, it is recommended that Barbarians are upgraded as much as possible in the Laboratory, even if they are not used elsewhere in the army, as the level of Barbarians Spawned correspond to the level or Barbarians you have in your Laboratory.
• You can use this equipment in a smash-style attack and the Barbarians can have a lot of purposes, from distracting defenses, to destroying single-targeting defenses with enough Barbarians, to trigger traps, or to even help with cleanup if you activate the ability early.

Defensive Strategies

• The summoned Barbarians are weak to splash defenses such as Mortars, Wizard Towers, Bomb Towers, Eagle Artillery, and Scattershots, since they will destroy them in a few hits (Scattershots and Eagle Artillery can one-shot Barbarians at any level, however). These defenses should be guarded by Walls, since the raged Barbarians can rush to wipe out any defense extremely quickly.
  • Defenses that do not do splash damage but can target multiple units, such as multi-target Inferno Towers, Multi-Archer Towers, and Firespitters can work against the spawns to a limited extent, but can potentially be overrun by the Barbarians' sheer numbers.

Statistics

Statistic Modifiers

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User	Ability Type	Rarity	Unlock Requirement
Barbarian King	Active	Common	Available by default

Level	Ability Attributes			Hero Boosts		Upgrade Cost		Blacksmith Level Required
	Summoned Barbarians	Barbarian Damage Increase	Barbarian Speed Increase	Hitpoint Increase	HP Recovery Increase	Shiny Ore	Glowy Ore
1	8	+100%	9.5	309	110	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	8	+100%	9.5	385	165	120	-	1
3	16	+120%	12.7	467	220	240	20	1
4	16	+120%	12.7	564	275	400	-	1
5	16	+120%	12.7	649	330	600	-	1
6	20	+140%	16.0	734	385	840	100	1
7	20	+140%	16.0	836	440	1,120	-	1
8	20	+140%	16.0	940	495	1,440	-	1
9	30	+160%	19.1	1,045	572	1,800	200	1
10	30	+160%	19.1	1,155	660	1,900	-	3
11	30	+160%	19.1	1,265	748	2,000	-	3
12	36	+180%	22.3	1,445	847	2,100	400	3
13	36	+180%	22.3	1,755	946	2,200	-	5
14	36	+180%	22.3	2,087	1,034	2,300	-	5
15	40	+200%	25.5	2,444	1,166	2,400	600	5
16	40	+200%	25.5	2,703	1,243	2,500	-	7
17	40	+200%	25.5	3,093	1,320	2,600	-	7
18	44	+220%	28.7	3,366	1,386	2,700	600	7

Barbarian Rage Duration
20 seconds

Equipment Migration

When the Hero Equipment update was released, players' starting Hero Equipment was leveled up for free, without requiring the appropriate Blacksmith level, so that Heroes' capabilities remained roughly the same before and after the update. The level of Hero Equipment obtained from this process depended on the player's Hero level, and is archived in this table below.

Barbarian King Level	Barbarian Puppet Level
1-10	1
11-20	2
21-25	3
26-30	4
31-35	5
36-40	6
41-45	7
46-50	8
51-55	9
56-60	10
61-65	11
66-70	12
71-75	13
76-80	14
81-90	15

History

Date	Description
December 12, 2023	Added the Barbarian Puppet, separated from the original Iron Fist ability of the Barbarian King.
September 9, 2024	Doubled the rage duration of Barbarians from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. Changed the spawn rate to spawn 5 Barbarians every half-second. Increased passive hitpoint increase at levels 13 to 18: Level 13: 1,520 -> 1,596 Level 14: 1,726 -> 1,898 Level 15: 1,932 -> 2,222 Level 16: 2,138 -> 2,458 Level 17: 2,344 -> 2,812 Level 18: 2,550 -> 3,060
February 10, 2025	Increased passive hitpoint increase at all levels by 10%: Level 1: 281 -> 309 Level 2: 350 -> 385 Level 3: 425 -> 467 Level 4: 513 -> 564 Level 5: 590 -> 649 Level 6: 668 -> 734 Level 7: 760 -> 836 Level 8: 855 -> 940 Level 9: 950 -> 1,045 Level 10: 1,050 -> 1,155 Level 11: 1,150 -> 1,265 Level 12: 1,314 -> 1,445 Level 13: 1,596 -> 1,755 Level 14: 1,898 -> 2,087 Level 15: 2,222 -> 2,444 Level 16: 2,458 -> 2,703 Level 17: 2,812 -> 3,093 Level 18: 3,060 -> 3,366 Increased health recovery at all levels by 10%: Level 1: 100 -> 110 Level 2: 150 -> 165 Level 3: 200 -> 220 Level 4: 250 -> 270 Level 5: 300 -> 330 Level 6: 350 -> 385 Level 7: 400 -> 440 Level 8: 450 -> 495 Level 9: 520 -> 572 Level 10: 600 -> 660 Level 11: 680 -> 748 Level 12: 770 -> 847 Level 13: 860 -> 946 Level 14: 940 -> 1,034 Level 15: 1,060 -> 1,166 Level 16: 1,130 -> 1,243 Level 17: 1,200 -> 1,320 Level 18: 1,260 -> 1,386