Heroes that pair well with Thrud based on role synergy and community tier lists.
Thrud requires premium investment to reach full potential. Typically needs purchased packs or significant event participation for enough shards.
For F2P players: this hero is not recommended as a primary investment unless you receive shards through special circumstances.
Thrud is the Cavalry multiplier of Gen 5 — a Legendary Cavalry hero whose kit pushes Cavalry-heavy rally compositions harder than any other hero. Her Conquest tree is a Viking-themed axe barrage: Axe Flurry hurls five axes for up to Attack × 84% AOE each, Brutal Throw adds a spinning axe with a 1.5-second stun, and Feast of the Pack grants a squad-wide +5% Attack howl. Her Expedition tree is where she earns the 'multiplier' label: Battle Hunger gives Infantry and Archer units a bidirectional +15% damage/defense swing, Reckless Charge gives Cavalry a 20% chance to deal up to +100% extra damage on attack, and Ancestral Guidance triggers every 4 Cavalry attacks to grant all squads +25% damage and -25% damage taken for 2 turns. Her exclusive gear Bloodfang adds +999 Attack, +999 Defense, +9990 Health, +111% Lethality, +111% Health, and unlocks Berserker's Edge (up to 35% chance to stun targets for 1 second) and Wolf-Kissed (+15% Rally Troops' Lethality). Her tier ratings: S Rally, A Garrison, B Bear. heroes.js marks her premium (single access method: Strongest Governor event). Her lore is not surfaced in any consulted source due to the Gen 5 kingshotwiki 404 issue — personality inferred from her skill names (wolf, pack, howl, berserker) reads as a Norse berserker huntress archetype.
Rally — S. Cavalry multiplier rally lead.
Garrison — A. Solid with Battle Hunger defense buffs.
Bear Hunt — B. Adequate.
Joiner — —. Not typically.
Axe Flurry. Hurls five axes at random targets (heroes first), dealing AOE damage. Scaling by level (percent of attack aoe per axe): 60, 66, 72, 78, 84.
Brutal Throw. Throws a spinning axe, dealing damage to enemies within range and stunning them for 1.5 seconds. Scaling by level (percent of attack): 50, 55, 60, 65, 70.
Feast of the Pack. Lets out a primal howl, increasing the Attack of all squads. Scaling by level (percent squad attack): 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.
Battle Hunger. Reduces damage taken and increases damage dealt for Infantry and Archer troops.
Reckless Charge. Cavalry has 20% chance of dealing extra damage to all enemies on attack. Scaling by level (percent extra damage on proc): 20, 40, 60, 80, 100.
Ancestral Guidance. For every 4 cavalry attacks, damage increases and damage taken reduces for all squads for 2 turns.
Confidence: VERIFIED community consensus. Sources: allclash.com build guides via Perplexity, kingshotguide.org, lootbar.gg, heaven-guardian.com
Conquest bonuses: attack 999, defense 999, health 9990.
Expedition bonuses: lethality % 111.0, health % 111.0.
Unlocks: Berserker's Edge, Wolf-Kissed.
Confidence: 9x3x3 VERIFIED 2 sources kingshot data plus lootbar. Sources: kingshot-data, lootbar.gg/blog/en/kingshot-gen-5-heroes-guide.html
Stat focus by piece: helmet → cavalry lethality · gloves → cavalry health · chest → cavalry health · boots → cavalry lethality
Minimum build: helmet Cavalry Rare Lv 40, gloves Cavalry Epic Lv 32, chest Cavalry Epic Lv 32, boots Cavalry Rare Lv 40.
Standard cavalry archetype at legendary tier. The piece split is the same for all three archetypes — chest and gloves for health, helmet and boots for lethality — with only the troop-type prefix changing; allclash.com's Zoe guide is the canonical worked example, and Zoe is an infantry hero. Confirmed across allclash, heaven-guardian and kingshothandbook build guides.
Confidence: VERIFIED community template. Sources: allclash.com Zoe build guide (canonical infantry template), community consensus, Perplexity cross-verification
Thrud, Vivian, Long Fei. Source: ldshop.gg Gen 5 guide
No public source documents explicit hero-vs-hero counter matchups for Kingshot. Community discussions reference troop-type rock-paper-scissors (Infantry > Cavalry > Archer > Infantry) and formation-based counters but not specific hero counters. Check Discord/Reddit for player-tested matchups.
Checked 9 public sources for this and found nothing published.
Free-to-play viable: no.
Obtainable from: Strongest Governor event.
Shards to unlock: 10.
Shards per star: 0 star to 1 star 2, 1 star to 2 star 5, 2 star to 3 star 15, 3 star to 4 star 40, 4 star to 5 star 100, total shards from unlock to 5 star 172.
Confidence: VERIFIED 3 independent sources. Sources: kingshot.fandom.com/wiki/Hero_Star_Upgrade_Requirements, kingshotdata.com/database/hero-shards/, kingshot.net/hero-shard-calculator
heroes.js f2p=false. Single access method (event). Premium investment tier.
Attack: 4,928 · Defense: 4,928 · Health: 49,284 · Expedition attack %: 444.35 · Expedition defense %: 444.35
Confidence: 9x3x3 VERIFIED 3 sources kingshot data plus lootbar on mechanics plus kingshotdata. Sources: kingshot-data, lootbar.gg/blog/en/kingshot-gen-5-heroes-guide.html, kingshotdata.com/heroes/thrud, kingshotguide.org/heroes/thrud
Hero research verified 2026-04-14. Figures are community-sourced and cross-checked; where no public source documents a value, this page says so rather than estimating.