Bane: Infantry Hero Guide

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Bane is a foundational infantry hero for Expedition mode, primarily serving as a defensive specialist for your Lordrush army. His priority expedition skill, Defender’s Edge, provides a consistent army-wide 20% damage reduction, which makes him a decent early game choice for the first hero slot when joining defensive rallies or conducting solo wilderness marches. While he is often the best infantry option for free-to-play rally leaders during the early game, his damage reduction is to be considered secondary to Flint’s health-improving bonus in highly coordinated alliance garrisons. This is confirmed by more recent research and testing of Lordrush's combat formula which has shown that 20% bonus is treated the same way as Flint's 25% bonus, making it provably inferior. Nevertheless, Bane is still considered a mandatory build for being the best free-to-play infantry available at the game start and for adding some degree of versatility in protecting your troops from significant losses during Castle Battles as a joiner, until more hero options arrive later in the game. For Conquest and Arena mode, Bane is widely regarded as the premier purple rarity infantry hero due to his elite damage mitigation and crowd control capabilities. His signature ability, Shielded Strike, deals area damage and provides a crucial knockback effect that physically displaces the enemy front line, briefly interrupting their attacks and increasing Bane’s own uptime as a tank. He further empowers the entire team through Joint Defense, which is the only passive stat buff among purple heroes that increases the defense of every hero on your field. Because he excels at the most important function of an infantry hero, which is keeping your backline damage dealers alive, Bane remains a staple in tactical formations for most players.

In-Game Skills

Stats at 5-Star Max

Hero Story

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