John I · Bjorn · El Cid
Cavalry #318
John I
Bjorn
El CidBest comboTop ranked
John IBjornEl CidBjorn — what the skills grant
Totalled from Bjorn's own skill descriptions. Squad buffs apply to the hero's own squad; legion buffs apply to the whole legion — they stack differently in game, so they are counted separately.
Resistance
+65% hero's squad
Might
+65% hero's squad
+40% hero's legion
Damage
+70% friendly squads
+15% hero's squad
-30% enemy squads
Skill damage. Damage these skills deal when they land — listed, not totalled, because each is a separate hit: skill 2 — +348% x2 (+696% total).
About Bjorn
Bjorn is a Cavalry hero in Rise of Castles. On ROCMeta, Bjorn appears in 1 ranked combo in Cavalry lineups. Bjorn's highest-ranked appearance is John I · Bjorn · El Cid, which currently sits at Cavalry #318.
Across Bjorn's skills, the hero's own squad gains +65% Resistance, +65% Might, and +15% Damage. The wider legion gains +40% Might.
Bjorn's strongest recorded skill hits for 348% damage.
Bjorn is most often ranked alongside John I and El Cid — the heroes that share the most ranked combos with Bjorn. The full list of partners is further down the page.
Why Bjorn ranks where it does
Bjorn is built around team buffs and enemy debuffs — stronger there than 92% of the roster.
Pairs best with Al-Hawra, Cyrus and El Cid. Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them. Bjorn supplies the combat-skill casts; Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Read from Bjorn's eight skills and compared against every other published hero — not an editorial opinion.
Most often ranked with Bjorn
Counted from the published lists: the partners who appear beside Bjorn in the most ranked lineups.
Proven synergies
A different question from the grid above: not who Bjorn is listed with, but whose kit the skill text says Bjorn actually feeds — or feeds on. Each claim names the effect and, wherever the card records one, the skill producing it, so you can check it against the cards further down. Some of these pairs share no ranked lineup at all; each one says why.
Al-Hawra
Not yet listedAl-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them. Bjorn supplies the combat-skill casts; Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Cyrus
Not yet listedBjorn supplies the combat-skill casts; Cyrus's Strategy to Victory feeds on them. Cyrus's Tolerance supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Roland
Not yet listedBjorn supplies the combat-skill casts; Roland's Paladins feeds on them. Roland's Song of Roland supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
El Cid
1 shared lineupEl Cid's Song of El Cid supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them.
Ashoka
Not yet listedBjorn supplies the combat-skill casts; Ashoka's Bloodthirsty Ashoka feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (El Cid completing it) scores 79.09 — list-worthy, but the selection spent those seats on more varied lineups.
Warden
Not yet listedWarden's Aspect of the Eagle supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Bjorn's Raging Flurry feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Sundiata completing it) scores 76.76, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Best Cavalry combos with Bjorn
Bjorn appears in 1 ranked Cavalry combo.
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MB John I · Bjorn · El Cid Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 79.87/100 out of 100 John I (X13), Bjorn (X04) and El Cid (X12) score 79.87 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
John I is the win condition, bringing 67% of the lineup's expected damage: Lord of the Sea puts 421% into 2 enemy squads on a 40% roll, and takes the front as the one built to survive the opening exchange. Bjorn is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 90% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. El Cid is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 20% of damage amplification across its kit, and stays in the back, where the range-3 skills still touch the enemy front line. The lineup works because El Cid’s Song of El Cid produces trigger-rate boosts, the exact trigger Bjorn’s Raging Flurry and John I’s Lord of the Sea both wait on; Bjorn’s Exploit Weakness applies Silence and takes a squad out of the fight, so John I swings into a line that cannot answer; Bjorn raises John I’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: raw damage reaches only about 17% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster; a mid-era lineup anchored by John I (X13). Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending.
Bjorn — skills
All 8 recorded skills for Bjorn, straight from the hero's game card.
1 Dictator
The soldier amount cap of the hero's squad is increased by 23,100.
2 Raging Flurry
40% Chance to attack 1 random enemy squad within range 2 times, each time dealing 348% damage , randomly target on every attack.
3 Cavalry Defensive Formation II
Cavalry in the hero's squad has 50% more Resistance.
4 Cavalry Offensive Formation II
Cavalry in the hero's squad has 50% more Might.
5 Exploit Weakness
All friendly squads deal +70% damage to silenced, disarmed, suppressed, and confused enemy squads, Enemy squads have 30% chance to extend 1 turn duration Control Debuff (Silenced, Disarmed, Suppressed, and Confused).
6 Cavalry Awakened
Hero's squad gains 15% Cavalry Might and Resistance, 15% increased cavalry damage, 250% bonus to the skill "Dictator".
7 Discipline - Cavalry
Cavalry's Might in the hero's legion is increased by 40%.
8 Intimidating Presence
On first 3 turns, 2 random enemy squads within range damage -30% , on turn 4, these squads become confused (attack and cast skills on random targets) for 2 turns.
Which Bjorn lineups can you field?
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