Barbarian King - Truppeneinheiten in Clash of Clans

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"Biggest and bravest of all barbarians , this colossal menace soaks up huge amounts of damage and smashes anything in his path with his sword. He guards his territory fiercely when defending."

Basisattribute

Preferred Target None

Attack Type Melee (Ground Only)

Movement Speed 16

Attack Speed 1.2s

Range 1 tile

Search Radius 9 tiles

Level

Level	Damage per second	Damage per hit	Hitpoints	Health recovery	Upgrade cost	Upgrade time	Hero hall level required
1	102	122.4	1,445	200	N/A	N/A	1
2	104	124.8	1,481	200	5,000	2h	1
3	105	126	1,518	200	5,500	4h	1
4	108	129.6	1,556	200	6,000	8h	1
5	110	132	1,595	250	6,500	10h	1
6	112	134.4	1,635	250	7,000	12h	1
7	115	138	1,675	250	7,500	14h	1
8	116	139.2	1,717	250	8,000	16h	1
9	119	142.8	1,760	250	8,500	18h	1
10	122	146.4	1,805	310	10,000	20h	1
11	124	148.8	1,850	310	10,500	22h	2
12	127	152.4	1,896	310	11,000	1d	2
13	129	154.8	1,943	310	11,500	1d	2
14	132	158.4	1,992	310	12,000	1d	2
15	134	160.8	2,042	375	12,500	1d	2
16	137	164.4	2,093	375	13,000	1d	2
17	139	166.8	2,145	375	13,500	1d	2
18	143	171.6	2,198	375	14,000	1d	2
19	145	174	2,253	375	14,500	1d	2
20	148	177.6	2,309	450	15,000	1d	2
21	151	181.2	2,367	450	17,000	1d	3
22	154	184.8	2,427	450	19,000	1d	3
23	157	188.4	2,487	450	21,000	1d	3
24	161	193.2	2,549	450	23,000	1d	3
25	164	196.8	2,613	525	25,000	1d	3
26	167	200.4	2,678	525	27,000	2d	3
27	170	204	2,746	525	29,000	2d	3
28	173	207.6	2,814	525	31,000	2d	3
29	177	212.4	2,885	525	33,000	2d	3
30	181	217.2	2,956	625	35,000	2d	3
31	184	220.8	3,030	625	37,000	2d 6h	4
32	188	225.6	3,107	625	39,000	2d 6h	4
33	192	230.4	3,184	625	41,000	2d 6h	4
34	196	235.2	3,264	625	43,000	2d 6h	4
35	200	240	3,346	725	45,000	2d 6h	4
36	203	243.6	3,429	725	47,000	2d 12h	4
37	207	248.4	3,515	725	49,000	2d 12h	4
38	212	254.4	3,602	725	51,000	2d 12h	4
39	216	259.2	3,692	725	53,000	2d 12h	4
40	220	264	3,785	850	55,000	2d 12h	4
41	234	280.8	3,879	850	58,000	3d	5
42	239	286.8	3,976	850	61,000	3d	5
43	244	292.8	4,076	850	64,000	3d	5
44	249	298.8	4,178	850	67,000	3d	5
45	254	304.8	4,282	980	70,000	3d	5
46	259	310.8	4,389	980	73,000	3d	5
47	265	318	4,499	980	76,000	3d	5
48	270	324	4,611	980	79,000	3d	5
49	276	331.2	4,727	980	82,000	3d	5
50	282	338.4	4,845	1,125	85,000	3d	5
51	288	345.6	4,967	1,125	86,000	3d 12h	6
52	294	352.8	5,092	1,125	87,000	3d 12h	6
53	300	360	5,219	1,125	88,000	3d 12h	6
54	307	368.4	5,350	1,125	89,000	3d 12h	6
55	314	376.8	5,484	1,300	90,000	3d 12h	6
56	320	384	5,622	1,300	93,000	3d 12h	6
57	327	392.4	5,763	1,300	96,000	3d 12h	6
58	334	400.8	5,908	1,300	99,000	3d 12h	6
59	341	409.2	6,055	1,300	102,000	3d 12h	6
60	349	418.8	6,208	1,490	105,000	3d 12h	6
61	355	426	6,363	1,490	107,000	4d	6
62	362	434.4	6,522	1,490	109,000	4d	6
63	370	444	6,685	1,490	111,000	4d	6
64	377	452.4	6,853	1,490	113,000	4d	6
65	385	462	7,024	1,700	115,000	4d	6
66	393	471.6	7,200	1,700	117,000	4d	7
67	400	480	7,378	1,700	119,000	4d	7
68	408	489.6	7,557	1,700	121,000	4d	7
69	417	500.4	7,735	1,700	123,000	4d	7
70	425	510	7,905	1,925	125,000	4d	7
71	434	520.8	8,075	1,925	130,000	4d 12h	7
72	442	530.4	8,245	1,925	135,000	4d 12h	7
73	451	541.2	8,415	1,925	140,000	4d 12h	7
74	459	550.8	8,585	1,925	145,000	4d 12h	7
75	468	561.6	8,755	2,150	150,000	4d 12h	7
76	475	570	8,917	2,150	155,000	5d	8
77	483	579.6	9,078	2,150	160,000	5d	8
78	490	588	9,240	2,150	165,000	5d	8
79	498	597.6	9,401	2,150	170,000	5d	8
80	506	607.2	9,563	2,350	175,000	5d	8
81	513	615.6	9,690	2,350	180,000	6d	8
82	519	622.8	9,818	2,350	190,000	6d	8
83	526	631.2	9,945	2,350	200,000	6d	8
84	533	639.6	10,073	2,350	210,000	6d	8
85	540	648	10,200	2,500	220,000	6d	8
86	547	656.4	10,328	2,500	230,000	7d	9
87	553	663.6	10,455	2,500	240,000	7d	9
88	560	672	10,583	2,500	250,000	7d	9
89	567	680.4	10,710	2,500	260,000	7d	9
90	574	688.8	10,838	2,650	270,000	7d	9
91	581	697.2	10,965	2,650	280,000	7d 12h	10
92	587	704.4	11,093	2,650	290,000	7d 12h	10
93	594	712.8	11,220	2,650	300,000	7d 12h	10
94	601	721.2	11,348	2,650	310,000	7d 12h	10
95	608	729.6	11,475	2,800	320,000	7d 12h	10
96	615	738	11,600	2,800	340,000	8d	11
97	622	746.4	11,725	2,800	350,000	8d	11
98	629	754.8	11,850	2,800	360,000	8d	11
99	636	763.2	11,975	2,800	370,000	8d	11
100	643	771.6	12,100	2,950	380,000	8d	11
101	650	780	12,225	2,950	400,000	8d	12
102	657	788.4	12,350	2,950	410,000	8d	12
103	664	796.8	12,475	2,950	420,000	8d	12
104	671	805.2	12,600	2,950	430,000	8d	12
105	678	813.6	12,725	3,100	450,000	8d	12

Summary

The Barbarian King is the first Hero unlocked in the Home Village at Town Hall level 7 when players finish the construction of the Hero Hall . He is a larger, stronger, meaner, tougher, more aggressive, more impressive, and more powerful version of the Barbarian .
In his default skin, the Barbarian King appears otherwise similar to that of a Barbarian, except being much larger, taller and more muscular man and wearing a brown kilt with a leather belt and a bronze square-shaped buckle, which is held by red straps connected to a golden square buckle with a rounded stub at the center. He has a golden crown on the top of his head, spiked wristbands on both arms, as well as a large, blunt iron sword in his right hand. On his left arm, he has a steel shoulder guard and a brass gauntlet on his hand, and on his feet, he wears a pair of leather sandals.
As a Hero, the Barbarian King can participate in both attack and defense, but will not be available to use if he is being upgraded.
The Barbarian King will defend the village when assigned to a Hero Banner . The Barbarian King only defends his territory around his assigned banner and will retreat if lured too far out. If he locks onto a troop, he will follow that troop until he dies or that troop is killed. Once the troop is killed, and he is outside of his patrol zone, he will return to patrolling around his assigned banner. You do not need to knock out the Barbarian King to three star a base.
The Barbarian King has very high health and a high damage output so he is best used as a tank and a brute force. Deploy him first to distract the defenses then deploy lower health units (like the Archer Queen ) to do the damage behind walls. However, at lower levels, like Town Halls 7 to 9 you might want him inside the base since your Heroes are good damage dealers. Another way to use him is for funneling. He is very clear where to funnel, which can be easier depending on his Equipment.
As a Hero, the Barbarian King has an ability that can be used once per battle which allows him to recover some of his health, and the amount increases at every fifth level. The Hero Equipment that he wields may add additional effects to the ability or a unique passive effect, on top of various passive stats increase. When unlocked, he starts with the Barbarian Puppet and Rage Vial. The Barbarian Puppet allows the Barbarian King to summon a large number of raged Barbarians and an increased health recovery. The level of the Barbarians matches the level researched by the player, while the rage increases their damage and movement speed. It gives a passive increase to max health. The Rage Vial enrages the Barbarian King with his ability, increasing his damage and movement speed, and grants a vastly increased health recovery. It gives a passive increase to damage. When the Blacksmith is constructed and is upgraded to level 3 unlocks the Earthquake Boots and Vampstache respectively. The Earthquake Boots deals damage similar to an Earthquake Spell , except that it destroys walls instantly and damages all ground units in its radius. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health. The Vampstache passively restores a small fraction of the King's health every time he lands an attack. It gives a passive increase to damage and attack speed. Additionally, there is Epic rarity Hero Equipment which can be purchased with event medals during certain events or Gems with the Trader . The Giant Gauntlet makes the King grow gigantic, allowing him to deal splash damage, hit buildings behind Walls , and reduces damage taken for a period of time. It gives a passive increase to damage and grants self healing. The Spiky Ball makes the King kick a ricocheting ball which bounces to a number of buildings, dealing massive damage. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health. The Snake Bracelet passively generates Snakes whenever the King takes damage up to a limit, which can jump over Walls. It gives a passive increase to max health and attack speed.
When unlocked, he starts with the Barbarian Puppet and Rage Vial. The Barbarian Puppet allows the Barbarian King to summon a large number of raged Barbarians and an increased health recovery. The level of the Barbarians matches the level researched by the player, while the rage increases their damage and movement speed. It gives a passive increase to max health. The Rage Vial enrages the Barbarian King with his ability, increasing his damage and movement speed, and grants a vastly increased health recovery. It gives a passive increase to damage.
The Barbarian Puppet allows the Barbarian King to summon a large number of raged Barbarians and an increased health recovery. The level of the Barbarians matches the level researched by the player, while the rage increases their damage and movement speed. It gives a passive increase to max health.
The Rage Vial enrages the Barbarian King with his ability, increasing his damage and movement speed, and grants a vastly increased health recovery. It gives a passive increase to damage.
When the Blacksmith is constructed and is upgraded to level 3 unlocks the Earthquake Boots and Vampstache respectively. The Earthquake Boots deals damage similar to an Earthquake Spell , except that it destroys walls instantly and damages all ground units in its radius. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health. The Vampstache passively restores a small fraction of the King's health every time he lands an attack. It gives a passive increase to damage and attack speed.
The Earthquake Boots deals damage similar to an Earthquake Spell , except that it destroys walls instantly and damages all ground units in its radius. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health.
The Vampstache passively restores a small fraction of the King's health every time he lands an attack. It gives a passive increase to damage and attack speed.
Additionally, there is Epic rarity Hero Equipment which can be purchased with event medals during certain events or Gems with the Trader . The Giant Gauntlet makes the King grow gigantic, allowing him to deal splash damage, hit buildings behind Walls , and reduces damage taken for a period of time. It gives a passive increase to damage and grants self healing. The Spiky Ball makes the King kick a ricocheting ball which bounces to a number of buildings, dealing massive damage. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health. The Snake Bracelet passively generates Snakes whenever the King takes damage up to a limit, which can jump over Walls. It gives a passive increase to max health and attack speed.
The Giant Gauntlet makes the King grow gigantic, allowing him to deal splash damage, hit buildings behind Walls , and reduces damage taken for a period of time. It gives a passive increase to damage and grants self healing.
The Spiky Ball makes the King kick a ricocheting ball which bounces to a number of buildings, dealing massive damage. It gives a passive increase to damage and max health.
The Snake Bracelet passively generates Snakes whenever the King takes damage up to a limit, which can jump over Walls. It gives a passive increase to max health and attack speed.

Strategies

The five Home Village Heroes serve different roles in raids. The Barbarian King is the strength specialist, the Minion Prince is the air specialist, the Archer Queen is the speed specialist, the Grand Warden is the support specialist and the Royal Champion is the offense specialist.
The Barbarian King can often be used to create funnels; if there are no gaps in nearby Walls , he will stay outside the Walls and clear out buildings placed outside. As he is able to tank a lot of damage, he can be used to clear areas covered by high-DPS defenses, like a Hidden Tesla , Scattershot , Firespitter , or an X-Bow farm (where multiple of the same defense type is grouped to provide concentrated damage). However, air troops may be better suited for the funnel if anti-air DPS is lacking in such areas, and one should still be wary of single-target Inferno Towers and Monoliths , which can quickly defeat him and end the funnel. This can also be commonly referred to as a King Walk.
A common way to use the Barbarian King is as a tank as well as the main damage dealer, to distract the defenses to allow troops with low hitpoints to survive. For example, you may use him with the Archer Queen; he tanks the damage and counters them, while the Archer Queen inflicts the secondary damage. This is a common use and starting phase for Heroes in air attacks, where they serve little purpose with the main army, to destroy Air Defenses. The Grand Warden can also be shielded by the Barbarian King at the same time because of his Life Gem or raged up using the Rage Gem, or if you have access to it, an Apprentice Warden for an extra HP boost. This is commonly known as a Hero Dive.
When attacking, he can be deployed just like any other unit . When he is damaged, he must sleep to regenerate health before he can be used again. The regeneration time is directly proportional to how much health he must recover. He can be instantly brought up to full health with Gems .
He is best used with support from ranged troops, such as the Archer , Wizard , Witch , and the Headhunter to kill air troops and to deal damage behind. However, make sure that the ranged troops are protected from strong splash defenses such as the Scattershot , Mortar , and the Eagle Artillery , otherwise they will be taken out quickly.
However, make sure that the ranged troops are protected from strong splash defenses such as the Scattershot , Mortar , and the Eagle Artillery , otherwise they will be taken out quickly.
He is also good for helping to destroy the remaining buildings of a village, after most or all defenses have been destroyed. However, he has a slow movement speed, so you might have to speed him up if you want an effective cleanup procedure, either with his ability or other spells.
However, he has a slow movement speed, so you might have to speed him up if you want an effective cleanup procedure, either with his ability or other spells.
The Barbarian King can be easily swarmed by a group of Archers or Barbarians , as he only attacks one target at a time and has a somewhat slow attack speed against swarms. However, the Giant Gauntlet ability can negate this, since it allows the King to do splash damage and take less damage by himself.
However, the Giant Gauntlet ability can negate this, since it allows the King to do splash damage and take less damage by himself.
As his ability recovers some health, you should let your Barbarian King take some damage before activating this ability to maximize the recovered health provided by activating the ability. The exception is at the end of a successful battle where the Barbarian King survives with taking very little or no damage, because if the ability is not activated after battle he will automatically activate it, recovering his health. Depending on Hero Equipment, his ability can be used to speed up the process of clearing the base, when paired with other Hero Equipment.
The Barbarian King can be healed by Healing Spells , Healers , Druids , and the Healing Tome of the Grand Warden . However, since he is a Hero, this occurs at 55% of the rate of that of normal troops if you are healing it with a Healing Spell or a Healer. However, in the case of the latter two which heal units, both of them instead heal him with the full amount. The healing time's healing is the same for troops and Heroes, with a 0.3s per healing pulse.
The healing time's healing is the same for troops and Heroes, with a 0.3s per healing pulse.
Avoid using the ability when the King approaches a Bomb Tower or an area where you suspect a Giant Bomb or Giga Bomb will be, unless you desperately need to recover health. If you do so, the summoned Barbarians will most likely be wiped out by the resulting explosion. However, this becomes much less of an issue with higher level Barbarian King because when the Bomb explodes, it is likely not all of the Barbarians have spawned in yet so only a few of them die. This is only a problem if you are using either the Barbarian Puppet or if the King is too close to damage dealers, since the Giant Bomb can cripple, or even wipe out your whole line of damage-dealing units!
This is only a problem if you are using either the Barbarian Puppet or if the King is too close to damage dealers, since the Giant Bomb can cripple, or even wipe out your whole line of damage-dealing units!
When you are facing a single-target Inferno Tower , activate the Barbarian King's ability before he is locked on to the Inferno Tower, if you are using the Barbarian Puppet. This way the spawned Barbarians can distract the Inferno Tower and keep the King alive for longer. If you aren't using this equipment, the Earthquake Boots allow the King to access the Inferno Tower, or the Giant Gauntlet can allow him to take reduced damage from it, and to help destroy it quickly with the help of the other Equipment slot.
Enable "Automatically use Hero Abilities on KO" in the settings, as there is no real downside to doing so; his Hero ability enhances his sustainability and boosts his damage output, and it might also reduces the time of healing for the hero to be used again, which is noticeable in higher Town Halls.
If you are using the Barbarian Puppet, since that ability will summon Barbarians which is the current level inside the Laboratory , it is highly recommended to do so if you use this ability often, as they will become stronger and destroy buildings faster, as well as being a greater distraction. However, this equipment is quite weak, so it is not recommended, due to traps that will destroy the spawned Barbarians.
However, this equipment is quite weak, so it is not recommended, due to traps that will destroy the spawned Barbarians.
In terms of Pets , the Barbarian King is most commonly either paired with the Mighty Yak at Town Hall 14 or the Phoenix at Town Hall 15 and above. The Mighty Yak specializes in wall-breaking, which is useful to the Barbarian King as he is the only Hero unable to attack over Walls; the Yak can break open walls enabling the King access to buildings inside, and also being a mini-tank for the King. The Phoenix guarantees his survival in battle for a duration, which can be especially useful since the Barbarian King can potentially be defeated mid-ability. Although defenses generally retarget between the King's first defeat and his revival, he is still able to do considerable damage and tank any defenses that happens to target him, allowing the other units to destroy the defenses before they lock onto them. Other useful choices for Pets include Frosty , which can suppress defenses that the King may not be immediately able to reach, and which can easily stay behind him due to its slow movement speed. The Poison Lizard can also stay safely behind the King and enable him to handily tackle multiple defending Heroes at a time especially when combined with his ability, the Angry Jelly can help in Root Rider attacks, as well as to funnel a high-damage King inside the base with its abilities activated, causing massive damage.
The Mighty Yak specializes in wall-breaking, which is useful to the Barbarian King as he is the only Hero unable to attack over Walls; the Yak can break open walls enabling the King access to buildings inside, and also being a mini-tank for the King.
The Phoenix guarantees his survival in battle for a duration, which can be especially useful since the Barbarian King can potentially be defeated mid-ability. Although defenses generally retarget between the King's first defeat and his revival, he is still able to do considerable damage and tank any defenses that happens to target him, allowing the other units to destroy the defenses before they lock onto them.
Other useful choices for Pets include Frosty , which can suppress defenses that the King may not be immediately able to reach, and which can easily stay behind him due to its slow movement speed. The Poison Lizard can also stay safely behind the King and enable him to handily tackle multiple defending Heroes at a time especially when combined with his ability, the Angry Jelly can help in Root Rider attacks, as well as to funnel a high-damage King inside the base with its abilities activated, causing massive damage.
The Barbarian King generally benefits more from having better levels itself than better equipment levels, so leveling up the Barbarian King should be a priority at all times if you want a good offensive attack. However, higher level equipment is still necessary for an effective attack.
Some good Hero Equipment pairings include: The Giant Gauntlet and Rage Vial, which allows the King to do massive amounts of damage, take less damage, wreck compartments and to improve his tanking potential. The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them. The Rage Vial can also find good synergy with Vampstache, allowing the King to recover health faster and deal more damage at the same time. The Vampstache can also be paired with the Spiky Ball to increase his sustainability on the other perimeters of the base, and to launch the Spiky Ball if necessary to destroy important defenses. Best reserved for air attacks. The Vampstache paired with Snake Bracelet can improve the sustainability of the King extremely well with massive amount of extra max health, Snakes causing distraction, and both equipment giving passive attack speed increase. The Earthquake Boots and Spiky Ball ability combined can destroy most buildings except the Town Hall, which this combo is a great way to destroy the core of a base. When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower . The Spiky Ball and Snake Bracelet can be used together to allow the King to be excellent at clearing the outer Buildings all by himself without any help.
The Giant Gauntlet and Rage Vial, which allows the King to do massive amounts of damage, take less damage, wreck compartments and to improve his tanking potential. The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them.
The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them.
The Rage Vial can also find good synergy with Vampstache, allowing the King to recover health faster and deal more damage at the same time.
The Vampstache can also be paired with the Spiky Ball to increase his sustainability on the other perimeters of the base, and to launch the Spiky Ball if necessary to destroy important defenses. Best reserved for air attacks.
The Vampstache paired with Snake Bracelet can improve the sustainability of the King extremely well with massive amount of extra max health, Snakes causing distraction, and both equipment giving passive attack speed increase.
The Earthquake Boots and Spiky Ball ability combined can destroy most buildings except the Town Hall, which this combo is a great way to destroy the core of a base. When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower .
When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower .
The Spiky Ball and Snake Bracelet can be used together to allow the King to be excellent at clearing the outer Buildings all by himself without any help.

Offensive Strategies

The five Home Village Heroes serve different roles in raids. The Barbarian King is the strength specialist, the Minion Prince is the air specialist, the Archer Queen is the speed specialist, the Grand Warden is the support specialist and the Royal Champion is the offense specialist.
The Barbarian King can often be used to create funnels; if there are no gaps in nearby Walls , he will stay outside the Walls and clear out buildings placed outside. As he is able to tank a lot of damage, he can be used to clear areas covered by high-DPS defenses, like a Hidden Tesla , Scattershot , Firespitter , or an X-Bow farm (where multiple of the same defense type is grouped to provide concentrated damage). However, air troops may be better suited for the funnel if anti-air DPS is lacking in such areas, and one should still be wary of single-target Inferno Towers and Monoliths , which can quickly defeat him and end the funnel. This can also be commonly referred to as a King Walk.
A common way to use the Barbarian King is as a tank as well as the main damage dealer, to distract the defenses to allow troops with low hitpoints to survive. For example, you may use him with the Archer Queen; he tanks the damage and counters them, while the Archer Queen inflicts the secondary damage. This is a common use and starting phase for Heroes in air attacks, where they serve little purpose with the main army, to destroy Air Defenses. The Grand Warden can also be shielded by the Barbarian King at the same time because of his Life Gem or raged up using the Rage Gem, or if you have access to it, an Apprentice Warden for an extra HP boost. This is commonly known as a Hero Dive.
When attacking, he can be deployed just like any other unit . When he is damaged, he must sleep to regenerate health before he can be used again. The regeneration time is directly proportional to how much health he must recover. He can be instantly brought up to full health with Gems .
He is best used with support from ranged troops, such as the Archer , Wizard , Witch , and the Headhunter to kill air troops and to deal damage behind. However, make sure that the ranged troops are protected from strong splash defenses such as the Scattershot , Mortar , and the Eagle Artillery , otherwise they will be taken out quickly.
However, make sure that the ranged troops are protected from strong splash defenses such as the Scattershot , Mortar , and the Eagle Artillery , otherwise they will be taken out quickly.
He is also good for helping to destroy the remaining buildings of a village, after most or all defenses have been destroyed. However, he has a slow movement speed, so you might have to speed him up if you want an effective cleanup procedure, either with his ability or other spells.
However, he has a slow movement speed, so you might have to speed him up if you want an effective cleanup procedure, either with his ability or other spells.
The Barbarian King can be easily swarmed by a group of Archers or Barbarians , as he only attacks one target at a time and has a somewhat slow attack speed against swarms. However, the Giant Gauntlet ability can negate this, since it allows the King to do splash damage and take less damage by himself.
However, the Giant Gauntlet ability can negate this, since it allows the King to do splash damage and take less damage by himself.
As his ability recovers some health, you should let your Barbarian King take some damage before activating this ability to maximize the recovered health provided by activating the ability. The exception is at the end of a successful battle where the Barbarian King survives with taking very little or no damage, because if the ability is not activated after battle he will automatically activate it, recovering his health. Depending on Hero Equipment, his ability can be used to speed up the process of clearing the base, when paired with other Hero Equipment.
The Barbarian King can be healed by Healing Spells , Healers , Druids , and the Healing Tome of the Grand Warden . However, since he is a Hero, this occurs at 55% of the rate of that of normal troops if you are healing it with a Healing Spell or a Healer. However, in the case of the latter two which heal units, both of them instead heal him with the full amount. The healing time's healing is the same for troops and Heroes, with a 0.3s per healing pulse.
The healing time's healing is the same for troops and Heroes, with a 0.3s per healing pulse.
Avoid using the ability when the King approaches a Bomb Tower or an area where you suspect a Giant Bomb or Giga Bomb will be, unless you desperately need to recover health. If you do so, the summoned Barbarians will most likely be wiped out by the resulting explosion. However, this becomes much less of an issue with higher level Barbarian King because when the Bomb explodes, it is likely not all of the Barbarians have spawned in yet so only a few of them die. This is only a problem if you are using either the Barbarian Puppet or if the King is too close to damage dealers, since the Giant Bomb can cripple, or even wipe out your whole line of damage-dealing units!
This is only a problem if you are using either the Barbarian Puppet or if the King is too close to damage dealers, since the Giant Bomb can cripple, or even wipe out your whole line of damage-dealing units!
When you are facing a single-target Inferno Tower , activate the Barbarian King's ability before he is locked on to the Inferno Tower, if you are using the Barbarian Puppet. This way the spawned Barbarians can distract the Inferno Tower and keep the King alive for longer. If you aren't using this equipment, the Earthquake Boots allow the King to access the Inferno Tower, or the Giant Gauntlet can allow him to take reduced damage from it, and to help destroy it quickly with the help of the other Equipment slot.
Enable "Automatically use Hero Abilities on KO" in the settings, as there is no real downside to doing so; his Hero ability enhances his sustainability and boosts his damage output, and it might also reduces the time of healing for the hero to be used again, which is noticeable in higher Town Halls.
If you are using the Barbarian Puppet, since that ability will summon Barbarians which is the current level inside the Laboratory , it is highly recommended to do so if you use this ability often, as they will become stronger and destroy buildings faster, as well as being a greater distraction. However, this equipment is quite weak, so it is not recommended, due to traps that will destroy the spawned Barbarians.
However, this equipment is quite weak, so it is not recommended, due to traps that will destroy the spawned Barbarians.
In terms of Pets , the Barbarian King is most commonly either paired with the Mighty Yak at Town Hall 14 or the Phoenix at Town Hall 15 and above. The Mighty Yak specializes in wall-breaking, which is useful to the Barbarian King as he is the only Hero unable to attack over Walls; the Yak can break open walls enabling the King access to buildings inside, and also being a mini-tank for the King. The Phoenix guarantees his survival in battle for a duration, which can be especially useful since the Barbarian King can potentially be defeated mid-ability. Although defenses generally retarget between the King's first defeat and his revival, he is still able to do considerable damage and tank any defenses that happens to target him, allowing the other units to destroy the defenses before they lock onto them. Other useful choices for Pets include Frosty , which can suppress defenses that the King may not be immediately able to reach, and which can easily stay behind him due to its slow movement speed. The Poison Lizard can also stay safely behind the King and enable him to handily tackle multiple defending Heroes at a time especially when combined with his ability, the Angry Jelly can help in Root Rider attacks, as well as to funnel a high-damage King inside the base with its abilities activated, causing massive damage.
The Mighty Yak specializes in wall-breaking, which is useful to the Barbarian King as he is the only Hero unable to attack over Walls; the Yak can break open walls enabling the King access to buildings inside, and also being a mini-tank for the King.
The Phoenix guarantees his survival in battle for a duration, which can be especially useful since the Barbarian King can potentially be defeated mid-ability. Although defenses generally retarget between the King's first defeat and his revival, he is still able to do considerable damage and tank any defenses that happens to target him, allowing the other units to destroy the defenses before they lock onto them.
Other useful choices for Pets include Frosty , which can suppress defenses that the King may not be immediately able to reach, and which can easily stay behind him due to its slow movement speed. The Poison Lizard can also stay safely behind the King and enable him to handily tackle multiple defending Heroes at a time especially when combined with his ability, the Angry Jelly can help in Root Rider attacks, as well as to funnel a high-damage King inside the base with its abilities activated, causing massive damage.
The Barbarian King generally benefits more from having better levels itself than better equipment levels, so leveling up the Barbarian King should be a priority at all times if you want a good offensive attack. However, higher level equipment is still necessary for an effective attack.
Some good Hero Equipment pairings include: The Giant Gauntlet and Rage Vial, which allows the King to do massive amounts of damage, take less damage, wreck compartments and to improve his tanking potential. The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them. The Rage Vial can also find good synergy with Vampstache, allowing the King to recover health faster and deal more damage at the same time. The Vampstache can also be paired with the Spiky Ball to increase his sustainability on the other perimeters of the base, and to launch the Spiky Ball if necessary to destroy important defenses. Best reserved for air attacks. The Vampstache paired with Snake Bracelet can improve the sustainability of the King extremely well with massive amount of extra max health, Snakes causing distraction, and both equipment giving passive attack speed increase. The Earthquake Boots and Spiky Ball ability combined can destroy most buildings except the Town Hall, which this combo is a great way to destroy the core of a base. When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower . The Spiky Ball and Snake Bracelet can be used together to allow the King to be excellent at clearing the outer Buildings all by himself without any help.
The Giant Gauntlet and Rage Vial, which allows the King to do massive amounts of damage, take less damage, wreck compartments and to improve his tanking potential. The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them.
The Spiky Ball is usually an upgrade to Rage Vial in most situations. Spiky Ball give a huge increase in maximum health and damage passively while also crippling nearby defenses and buildings on its way, if not destroy them.
The Rage Vial can also find good synergy with Vampstache, allowing the King to recover health faster and deal more damage at the same time.
The Vampstache can also be paired with the Spiky Ball to increase his sustainability on the other perimeters of the base, and to launch the Spiky Ball if necessary to destroy important defenses. Best reserved for air attacks.
The Vampstache paired with Snake Bracelet can improve the sustainability of the King extremely well with massive amount of extra max health, Snakes causing distraction, and both equipment giving passive attack speed increase.
The Earthquake Boots and Spiky Ball ability combined can destroy most buildings except the Town Hall, which this combo is a great way to destroy the core of a base. When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower .
When paired with a sufficiently-leveled Fireball , this combo can also destroy the Town Hall, which may apply on Hard Mode. However, some defenses as of the February 10, 2025 update can survive this combo, such as Ricochet Cannons , Monolith , and the Multi-Archer Tower .
The Spiky Ball and Snake Bracelet can be used together to allow the King to be excellent at clearing the outer Buildings all by himself without any help.

Defensive Strategies

Though he is very strong on offense, he only attacks one target at a time on defense which makes him easy to defeat with multiple units, so protect him with splash-damaging defenses.
It is a good idea to place the Altar in the middle of a group of storage or other areas that you wish to protect, such as he will patrol around them.
The Barbarian King is the only Hero that cannot target aerial units. Despite this, he can still stall air units that do not have a preferred target such as Dragons , because such air units will target him even though he poses no threat to them.
Unlike troops in the Clan Castle , the Barbarian King cannot be lured to the edge of the map and then defeated out of range of the defenses (unless his altar is near the edge). If his target moves out of his patrol area, he will retreat and engage another enemy inside his patrol area. If no enemies remain in his patrol area, he will resume patrolling.
Although the Barbarian King cannot be lured outside of his patrol range, he will lure attacking troops towards him, sometimes ignoring the structure they were originally targeting. This may be a problem in some cases; if you put the Barbarian King near your Town Hall , the attacking troops can be lured toward the Barbarian King, and consequently get closer to the Town Hall. In other cases, this could be beneficial as it draws enemies in the line of fire.
Witches in the Clan Castle make good potential defenders to defeat the Barbarian King, because their summoned Skeletons will distract the King for a period of time. However, using a Poison Spell on the defending Witch(es) or when the Barbarian King has his Giant Gauntlet ability activated or is supported by units with area damage such as Wizards will destroy the summoned Skeletons, rendering them useless.
However, using a Poison Spell on the defending Witch(es) or when the Barbarian King has his Giant Gauntlet ability activated or is supported by units with area damage such as Wizards will destroy the summoned Skeletons, rendering them useless.

Against a Barbarian King

If a defensive King is causing trouble to your troops, use some small troops, such as Barbarians , Archers , or Wizards behind a tanking troop. This will ensure the King is defeated with minimal loss in troops.
If the base has no Archer Queen , or if she is far enough away from the Barbarian King, then attack with air troops, away from buildings that target air troops. You may have to deploy ground troops periodically in order to keep the Barbarian King in an area where your aerial troops may safely attack the King, so this strategy may not always be effective.
The Minion Prince is able to defeat the Barbarian King, as the latter cannot target the former due to being an air unit, provided that if there are no anti-air defenses and traps nearby.
Single-target Inferno Towers and Monoliths (if you have them) are excellent countermeasures against the Barbarian King, as they are able to tear through his health quickly once they reach maximum damage. This usually forces the opponent to use a Freeze Spell or Overgrowth Spell to save their King, however, whether or not the opponent chooses to do so, the summoned Barbarians from the King's Barbarian Puppet's ability will usually overwhelm the Inferno Tower. Consequently, the Inferno Tower itself should be protected by splash damage defenses or Traps such as the Bomb Tower or a Giant Bomb, even if he is enlarged by the Giant Gauntlet.
Aerial units such as Balloons and Minions have little to worry from a Barbarian King; he can usually be ignored in such cases. While the Barbarian King cannot retaliate against air troops, he can still distract them away from other valuable targets, such as the Town Hall.
Although swarms of troops are effective against the Barbarian King, the P.E.K.K.A is also effective for taking down low level Barbarian Kings.
The Barbarian King will never go farther than 7 tiles from his Banner so troops placed over 7 tiles away can attack him without retaliation. In particular, the Grand Warden can snipe him in this way if he is properly placed. If the Barbarian King moves, the troops may come into range of the Barbarian King's tile and be attacked. You can negate his damage by using the Eternal Tome ability of the Grand Warden, but he is generally not considered to be a major threat at higher levels and you may find it more useful to save the ability for tackling a more heavily-defended section of the base or for negating a powerful threat (such as the Giga Tesla , Giga Inferno , or the Giga Bomb 's explosion).
If the Barbarian King moves, the troops may come into range of the Barbarian King's tile and be attacked.
You can negate his damage by using the Eternal Tome ability of the Grand Warden, but he is generally not considered to be a major threat at higher levels and you may find it more useful to save the ability for tackling a more heavily-defended section of the base or for negating a powerful threat (such as the Giga Tesla , Giga Inferno , or the Giga Bomb 's explosion).

Statistics

When attacking, the Barbarian King can use two of the below pieces of Hero Equipment, which change the abilities he has and grants additional stat bonuses.
The Barbarian King does not use any Hero Equipment when defending.
Select the equipment below to learn more about the abilities and stat bonuses that each piece gives.

Hero Equipment

When attacking, the Barbarian King can use two of the below pieces of Hero Equipment, which change the abilities he has and grants additional stat bonuses.
The Barbarian King does not use any Hero Equipment when defending.
Select the equipment below to learn more about the abilities and stat bonuses that each piece gives.

History

Reduced regeneration time at all levels: Level 1: 4h -> 1h Level 2: 4h 14m -> 1h 6m Level 3: 4h 30m -> 1h 12m Level 4: 4h 46m -> 1h 18 Level 5: 5h 3m -> 1h 24m Level 6: 5h 21m -> 1h 30m Level 7: 5h 40m -> 1h 36m Level 8: 6h 1m -> 1h 42m Level 9: 6h 23m -> 1h 48m Level 10: 6h 45m -> 1h 54m Level 11: 7h 10m -> 2h Level 12: 7h 36m -> 2h 6h Level 13: 8h 3m -> 2h 12m Level 14: 8h 32m -> 2h 18m Level 15: 9h 3m -> 2h 24m Level 16: 9h 35m -> 2h 30m Level 17: 10h 10m -> 2h 36m Level 18: 10h 46m -> 2h 42m Level 19: 11h 25m -> 2h 48m Level 20: 12h 6m -> 2h 54m Level 21: 12h 50m -> 3h Level 22: 13h 36m -> 3h 6m Level 23: 14h 25m -> 3h 12m Level 24: 15h 17m -> 3h 18m Level 25: 16h 12m -> 3h 24m Level 26: 17h 10m -> 3h 30m Level 27: 18h 12m -> 3h 36m Level 28: 19h 17m -> 3h 42m Level 29: 20h 27m -> 3h 48m Level 30: 21h 40m -> 3h 54m
Level 1: 4h -> 1h
Level 2: 4h 14m -> 1h 6m
Level 3: 4h 30m -> 1h 12m
Level 4: 4h 46m -> 1h 18
Level 5: 5h 3m -> 1h 24m
Level 6: 5h 21m -> 1h 30m
Level 7: 5h 40m -> 1h 36m
Level 8: 6h 1m -> 1h 42m
Level 9: 6h 23m -> 1h 48m
Level 10: 6h 45m -> 1h 54m
Level 11: 7h 10m -> 2h
Level 12: 7h 36m -> 2h 6h
Level 13: 8h 3m -> 2h 12m
Level 14: 8h 32m -> 2h 18m
Level 15: 9h 3m -> 2h 24m
Level 16: 9h 35m -> 2h 30m
Level 17: 10h 10m -> 2h 36m
Level 18: 10h 46m -> 2h 42m
Level 19: 11h 25m -> 2h 48m
Level 20: 12h 6m -> 2h 54m
Level 21: 12h 50m -> 3h
Level 22: 13h 36m -> 3h 6m
Level 23: 14h 25m -> 3h 12m
Level 24: 15h 17m -> 3h 18m
Level 25: 16h 12m -> 3h 24m
Level 26: 17h 10m -> 3h 30m
Level 27: 18h 12m -> 3h 36m
Level 28: 19h 17m -> 3h 42m
Level 29: 20h 27m -> 3h 48m
Level 30: 21h 40m -> 3h 54m
The Barbarian King's level and stats are now displayed correctly when visiting villages.
The Barbarian King now patrol a larger area and show guard radius when tapped.

Hero Skins

Gold denotes a skin that was featured as a Gold Pass skin in Season Challenges . All Hero Skins from the Gold Pass since April 2023 have been available as the first reward on the Gold track. Prior to this, they have all been the last reward on the Gold track unless specified. All Gold skins are available permanently for purchase at a price of 1,500 Gems exactly a year after the skin was originally offered in the Gold Pass.
All Hero Skins from the Gold Pass since April 2023 have been available as the first reward on the Gold track.
Prior to this, they have all been the last reward on the Gold track unless specified.
All Gold skins are available permanently for purchase at a price of 1,500 Gems exactly a year after the skin was originally offered in the Gold Pass.
Standard and Legendary denotes skins not available from the Gold Pass that were available only through a special offer or event. Unless otherwise stated in the notes, these skins' special offers were available in the season listed, and cost the equivalent of $3.99 USD for Standard skins, or $9.99 USD for Legendary skins. The notes section may also include additional context of an offer.
Unless otherwise stated in the notes, these skins' special offers were available in the season listed, and cost the equivalent of $3.99 USD for Standard skins, or $9.99 USD for Legendary skins. The notes section may also include additional context of an offer.
Skin from collaboration are not available for re-purchase in the Cosmetics tab.

Skin Availability

Gold denotes a skin that was featured as a Gold Pass skin in Season Challenges . All Hero Skins from the Gold Pass since April 2023 have been available as the first reward on the Gold track. Prior to this, they have all been the last reward on the Gold track unless specified. All Gold skins are available permanently for purchase at a price of 1,500 Gems exactly a year after the skin was originally offered in the Gold Pass.
All Hero Skins from the Gold Pass since April 2023 have been available as the first reward on the Gold track.
Prior to this, they have all been the last reward on the Gold track unless specified.
All Gold skins are available permanently for purchase at a price of 1,500 Gems exactly a year after the skin was originally offered in the Gold Pass.
Standard and Legendary denotes skins not available from the Gold Pass that were available only through a special offer or event. Unless otherwise stated in the notes, these skins' special offers were available in the season listed, and cost the equivalent of $3.99 USD for Standard skins, or $9.99 USD for Legendary skins. The notes section may also include additional context of an offer.
Unless otherwise stated in the notes, these skins' special offers were available in the season listed, and cost the equivalent of $3.99 USD for Standard skins, or $9.99 USD for Legendary skins. The notes section may also include additional context of an offer.
Skin from collaboration are not available for re-purchase in the Cosmetics tab.

Barbarian King Skins

Yes: Feature is fully customized from the original
Partial: Feature is subtly customized from the original
No: Feature is not customized from the original

Barbarian King Skin Features

Yes: Feature is fully customized from the original
Partial: Feature is subtly customized from the original
No: Feature is not customized from the original

Notes

The Gladiator King, P.E.K.K.A King, Primal King, and Champion King skins have four fingered hands, while the other skins, including the default one after the Town Hall 14 update introduced a new model for the default Barbarian King skin, have five fingered hands. The four-fingered model for the Barbarian King prior to the Town Hall 14 update contradicts newer artwork of him in 2019 and 2020, which feature him with five-fingered hands. However, the 2020 loading screen image shows the Barbarian King holding his sword with four-fingered hands. This is the same case for the Jolly King skin and Skeleton King skin where they are shown with five-fingered hands in battle and picture but are shown with four fingers in the 2020 Halloween loading screen and 2020 Winter loading screen .
The four-fingered model for the Barbarian King prior to the Town Hall 14 update contradicts newer artwork of him in 2019 and 2020, which feature him with five-fingered hands. However, the 2020 loading screen image shows the Barbarian King holding his sword with four-fingered hands. This is the same case for the Jolly King skin and Skeleton King skin where they are shown with five-fingered hands in battle and picture but are shown with four fingers in the 2020 Halloween loading screen and 2020 Winter loading screen .
This is the same case for the Jolly King skin and Skeleton King skin where they are shown with five-fingered hands in battle and picture but are shown with four fingers in the 2020 Halloween loading screen and 2020 Winter loading screen .
The Fierce King, A.K.A Savage King, was created by oni on Supercell Make.
The Barbarian King is the first Hero to have a skin, which is the Gladiator King, when Season Challenges were first added as part of the April 2, 2019 update.
The P.E.K.K.A King, Jolly King, and Champion King are the only skins for the Barbarian King that wield a glowing sword.
Many of the Barbarian King's skins feature him holding different weapons instead of a sword: With the Pirate King skin, he holds a cutlass. With the Primal King skin, he holds a large bone. With the Party King skin, he uses a guitar. With the Jungle King skin, he holds a macuahuitl , a wooden spiked club that was used by various Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Aztecs . With the Fierce King, Shadow King, Beast King, King of the North and Barbarian Orc skins, he wields a large axe. With the Egypt King skin, he holds a khopesh , an Egyptian sickle-shaped sword. With the Summer King skin, he uses a surfboard. With the Painter King skin, he holds a large paintbrush. With the Gingerbread King skin, he uses an orange popsicle. With the King Haaland and Football King skins, he uses a football. With the Wild West King skin, he uses a toy horse. With the Clash Games King skin, he uses boxing gloves. With the Dark Minion King skin, he holds a curved sword similar in appearance to a shamshir or shotel . With the Judgment King skin, he uses a spiked hammer. With the Robo King skin, he uses an electric sword. With the Fire King skin; he uses a jagged sword with a fiery blade. With the Snake King skin, he wields a spiked club similar in appearance to the Kanabō , a war club that was used by samurai in feudal Japan. With the Combat King skin, he uses a combat knife. With the King Cody skin, he uses a golden chair. With the Samurai King skin, he wields a katana. With the Barbarian Butcher skin, he holds a large meat cleaver. With the Renegade King skin, he uses robotic arms.
With the Pirate King skin, he holds a cutlass.
With the Primal King skin, he holds a large bone.
With the Party King skin, he uses a guitar.
With the Jungle King skin, he holds a macuahuitl , a wooden spiked club that was used by various Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Aztecs .
With the Fierce King, Shadow King, Beast King, King of the North and Barbarian Orc skins, he wields a large axe.
With the Egypt King skin, he holds a khopesh , an Egyptian sickle-shaped sword.
With the Summer King skin, he uses a surfboard.
With the Painter King skin, he holds a large paintbrush.
With the Gingerbread King skin, he uses an orange popsicle.
With the King Haaland and Football King skins, he uses a football.
With the Wild West King skin, he uses a toy horse.
With the Clash Games King skin, he uses boxing gloves.
With the Dark Minion King skin, he holds a curved sword similar in appearance to a shamshir or shotel .
With the Judgment King skin, he uses a spiked hammer.
With the Robo King skin, he uses an electric sword.
With the Fire King skin; he uses a jagged sword with a fiery blade.
With the Snake King skin, he wields a spiked club similar in appearance to the Kanabō , a war club that was used by samurai in feudal Japan.
With the Combat King skin, he uses a combat knife.
With the King Cody skin, he uses a golden chair.
With the Samurai King skin, he wields a katana.
With the Barbarian Butcher skin, he holds a large meat cleaver.
With the Renegade King skin, he uses robotic arms.
With most of his skins, the Barbarian King will alternate between hitting the building with the sword and his fist. However, both types of strikes do equal damage. In the case of the Rogue King, he has two types of attacks using his fist (either doing a chop or a backslap), and only has one sword attack animation. An exception is the Party King skin, where all of his attacks involve his guitar (which he attacks with in two different ways, either by slamming the guitar's body at the target or doing a stabbing motion with the guitar's body as a blade). The Pirate King skin uses his sword in both his attack animations, slicing the target in two different ways.
In the case of the Rogue King, he has two types of attacks using his fist (either doing a chop or a backslap), and only has one sword attack animation.
An exception is the Party King skin, where all of his attacks involve his guitar (which he attacks with in two different ways, either by slamming the guitar's body at the target or doing a stabbing motion with the guitar's body as a blade).
The Pirate King skin uses his sword in both his attack animations, slicing the target in two different ways.
The Barbarian King has the most current skins of any Hero, which is currently 36.
The King Haaland Skin is the first skin to be based on a real person in Clash of Clans. Another skin based on a real person is King Cody, who is based on Cody Rhodes , an American professional wrestler.
Another skin based on a real person is King Cody, who is based on Cody Rhodes , an American professional wrestler.
The Super Squad King was released for free in the shop in celebration of Squad Busters reaching 30 million pre-registrations on the App Store. It was available until May 29, 2024. However, this skin is rereleased and can be obtained using Supercell ID Points for 5,000 Points.
However, this skin is rereleased and can be obtained using Supercell ID Points for 5,000 Points.
The Combat King skin has a unique animation which features the Barbarian King crawling along the ground.
The Barbarian King's appearance was redesigned twice. Before Hero Skins were added, the original Barbarian King pre-rendered texture had visual changes at levels 10, 20 and 41. Initially, the Barbarian King used to appear similar to a giant Barbarian , with vegas gold hair, a steel crown, steel gauntlet, and steel shoulder guard. He used a blunt sword with a stone hilt. At level 10, his gauntlet changed from steel to gold. At level 20, his shoulder guard's edge turned to gold, and the central spike turned gold as well. At level 41, his crown turned gold.
Initially, the Barbarian King used to appear similar to a giant Barbarian , with vegas gold hair, a steel crown, steel gauntlet, and steel shoulder guard. He used a blunt sword with a stone hilt.
At level 10, his gauntlet changed from steel to gold.
At level 20, his shoulder guard's edge turned to gold, and the central spike turned gold as well.
At level 41, his crown turned gold.

Trivia

Every time he lands an attack on a building or unit creates a tiny explosion. The same occurs with the Giant or Golem as well.
The Barbarian King lives in the Town Hall according to a tweet by Supercell . The Barbarian King likely moved to Hero Hall after its addition.
The Barbarian King likely moved to Hero Hall after its addition.
When the Barbarian King "falls", or gets knocked out in a battle, an explosion occurs and a bright beam of light is sent up into the sky temporarily. He is then seen standing dazed with stars flying around his head for the remainder of the battle.
The Barbarian King is shown to be smaller than the Giants in the Clash-A-Rama! series, which contradicts a Heroes trailer saying that he is bigger than a Giant.
The first person to max out the Barbarian King and Archer Queen was a player named jessiebrar (during the initial release of Heroes , the maximum level for both Heroes was 30).
Prior to the January 29, 2014 update that introduced Hero abilities, and prior to the October 12, 2020 update that removed Guard button for all Heroes and made Heroes heal automatically after the raid, the original description for the Barbarian King and the Archer Queen were " Heroes can attack enemy villages or guard your village. Heroes can be injured, but are immortal. Heal them by letting them sleep or using the Heal button. Heroes won't defend the village while sleeping. "
The Barbarian King's hair used to be vegas gold that contrasts with the Barbarian 's hair color. In his new appearance, however, his hair color is now yellow like regular Barbarians.
The Barbarian King is featured as a character skin for Bull in Brawl Stars .
The Barbarian King is one of three units to appear as a Hero in Squad Busters . The other being the Archer Queen and P.E.K.K.A .
The Skeleton King from Clash Royale shares a name with one of the Barbarian King's skins. They share a similar summoning ability, but the Skeleton King summons Skeletons instead of Barbarians.
His crown is tilting when he is defeated in battle in his default skin, however this is barely noticeable and he must be at a certain position in order to see it.
Despite the March 27, 2025 maintenance break that removed training times in the Home Village, the "regeneration time" statistic is still visible in Hero info screens, although it does not have an effect on gameplay. The regeneration time used to start at 10 minutes and increases by 2 minutes at every 5th level to a maximum of 48 minutes at level 95 onwards.
The regeneration time used to start at 10 minutes and increases by 2 minutes at every 5th level to a maximum of 48 minutes at level 95 onwards.

Comparisons

The Barbarian King is the only Hero in the Home Village whose attack type is melee and can only attack ground units.
The Barbarian King deals the highest damage out of all the Heroes in the game, however, in terms of Damage per Second, he ranks third among them, including most of the troops .
The highest stats that the Barbarian King can achieve with combinations of equipment are: The highest hitpoints are 19,516 by equiping the maximum level Barbarian Puppet and Snake Bracelet. The highest health recovery is 6,226 by equiping the maximum level Barbarian Puppet and Rage Vial. The highest self healing per second is 40 by equiping the maximum level Giant Gauntlet with any other equipment. The highest damage is 1,230 by equiping the maximum level Giant Gauntlet and Spiky Ball. The shortest attack speed is 0.909 seconds by equiping the maximum level Vampstache and Snake Bracelet. This also gives him a DPS of 1106.
The highest hitpoints are 19,516 by equiping the maximum level Barbarian Puppet and Snake Bracelet.
The highest health recovery is 6,226 by equiping the maximum level Barbarian Puppet and Rage Vial.
The highest self healing per second is 40 by equiping the maximum level Giant Gauntlet with any other equipment.
The highest damage is 1,230 by equiping the maximum level Giant Gauntlet and Spiky Ball.
The shortest attack speed is 0.909 seconds by equiping the maximum level Vampstache and Snake Bracelet. This also gives him a DPS of 1106.
At max level, the Barbarian King has the second most HP out of any unit in the Home Village, if he equips both max-leveled Snake Bracelet and the Barbarian Puppet. The Barbarian King has the third most hitpoints if he equips both these Hero Equipments above, beating the Flying Fortress ' 18,000 HP at level 5 and placing it third, the Meteor Golem surpasses him by having 19,000 HP at level 3, with the Mountain Golem being the unit with the highest hitpoints, with up 44,000 HP at level 5. If boss troops are counted, then the Barbarian King has the sixth most hitpoints in the game, as the M.E.G.A C.O.O.K.I.E would be in fourth place with 25,000 HP, the Giant Dragon comes third with 33,000 HP, while the M.O.M.M.A is the unit with the highest hitpoints in the entire game with 55,000 HP.
The Barbarian King has the third most hitpoints if he equips both these Hero Equipments above, beating the Flying Fortress ' 18,000 HP at level 5 and placing it third, the Meteor Golem surpasses him by having 19,000 HP at level 3, with the Mountain Golem being the unit with the highest hitpoints, with up 44,000 HP at level 5. If boss troops are counted, then the Barbarian King has the sixth most hitpoints in the game, as the M.E.G.A C.O.O.K.I.E would be in fourth place with 25,000 HP, the Giant Dragon comes third with 33,000 HP, while the M.O.M.M.A is the unit with the highest hitpoints in the entire game with 55,000 HP.
If boss troops are counted, then the Barbarian King has the sixth most hitpoints in the game, as the M.E.G.A C.O.O.K.I.E would be in fourth place with 25,000 HP, the Giant Dragon comes third with 33,000 HP, while the M.O.M.M.A is the unit with the highest hitpoints in the entire game with 55,000 HP.
The Barbarian King and the Archer Queen were the first Heroes added to the game.
He and the Archer Queen have the highest levels out of all the Heroes and Troops. Likewise, they are also the only Heroes to have 3-digit levels, which is 100.
Likewise, they are also the only Heroes to have 3-digit levels, which is 100.
He is the only ground Hero who can defeat a P.E.K.K.A in a one-on-one battle without using his ability.
He's the only Hero who's Mash-A-Rama skin based on a Pet instead of a troop.