Boudica · Sakura Blossom · Elk
Archer #258
Boudica
Sakura Blossom
ElkBest comboTop ranked
BoudicaSakura BlossomElkElk — what the skills grant
Totalled from Elk'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.
Counter Effect
+250% friendly squads
Resistance
+65% hero's squad
Might
+65% hero's squad
+40% hero's legion
+55% friendly squads
Damage Taken
+15% enemy squads
Damage
+15% hero's squad
Skill damage. Damage these skills deal when they land — listed, not totalled, because each is a separate hit: skill 5 — +220%.
About Elk
Elk is an Archer hero in Rise of Castles. On ROCMeta, Elk appears in 1 ranked combo in Archer lineups. Elk's highest-ranked appearance is Boudica · Sakura Blossom · Elk, which currently sits at Archer #258.
Across Elk's skills, the hero's own squad gains +65% Resistance, +65% Might, and +15% Damage. The wider legion gains +40% Might.
Elk's strongest recorded skill hits for 220% damage.
Elk is most often ranked alongside Boudica and Sakura Blossom — the heroes that share the most ranked combos with Elk. The full list of partners is further down the page.
Why Elk ranks where it does
Elk is built around team buffs — stronger there than 91% of the roster.
Pairs best with Geraint, Gustav and Hannibal. Geraint's Undying Will supplies the taunts; Elk's Look Sharp! feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Read from Elk's eight skills and compared against every other published hero — not an editorial opinion.
Most often ranked with Elk
Counted from the published lists: the partners who appear beside Elk in the most ranked lineups.
Proven synergies
A different question from the grid above: not who Elk is listed with, but whose kit the skill text says Elk 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.
Thorven
Not yet listedElk supplies the combat-skill casts; Thorven's Spiral Edge feeds on them. Thorven's Spiral Edge supplies the taunts; Elk's Look Sharp! feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Genghis Khan
Not yet listedElk supplies the combat-skill casts; Genghis Khan's Fortune's Favor feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Poison Master completing it) scores 68.90, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Wind Walker
Not yet listedWind Walker's Kick their !@$%! supplies the taunts; Elk's Look Sharp! feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Hellfire completing it) scores 71.98, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Poison Master
Not yet listedElk supplies the combat-skill casts; Poison Master's Spreading Poison feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Warden completing it) scores 72.94, below the last ranked seat in its tier (79.26).
Ashoka
Not yet listedElk supplies the combat-skill casts; Ashoka's Bloodthirsty Ashoka feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Clovis I completing it) scores 74.49, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Fortuneteller
Not yet listedElk supplies the combat-skill casts; Fortuneteller's Soul Sacrifice feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Warden completing it) scores 73.74, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Best Archer combos with Elk
Elk appears in 1 ranked Archer combo.
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B Boudica · Sakura Blossom · Elk developer pick Mid progression Beats 4 of 8 reference lineups 58.26/100 out of 100 Boudica (X01 · paid), Sakura Blossom (X01) and Elk (X01) score 58.26 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
Boudica is the win condition, bringing 57% of the lineup's expected damage: Celtic Alliance puts 200% x3 into one enemy squad on a 70% roll, and takes the front as the sturdiest of the three. Sakura Blossom is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 70% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Elk is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 58% of damage amplification across its kit, and stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-5 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Sakura Blossom’s Senbon Sakura produces tempo, the exact trigger Boudica’s Song of Uprising waits on; Sakura Blossom raises Boudica’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: Boudica holds the front, but nothing here heals; Boudica (X01) is the era weak point -- the enemy will aim at the oldest squad. This is one of the lineups recommended in-game by the developers -- the score above is what that classic core is still worth against the current roster.
Elk — skills
All 8 recorded skills for Elk, straight from the hero's game card.
1 Dictator
The soldier amount cap of the hero's squad is increased by 23,100.
2 Look Sharp!
First 3 turns, the front row archers squad has 70% chance to enter counterattack state, which deals 250% return damage to the source when basic attacked.
3 Archer Defensive Formation II
Archers in the hero's squad have 50% more Resistance.
4 Archer Offensive Formation II
Archers in the hero's squad have 50% more Might.
5 Volley!
In round 1/3/5, 100% chance to deal 220% damage to 3 random enemy squad(s) within the valid range and apply the vulnerability status to the target(s), making the target(s) take 15% more damage than the previous round, lasting 1 round(s).
6 Archer Awakened
Archer in Hero's squad has +15% Might and Resistance, and +15% Damage. 250% bonus to the skill "Dictator".
7 Discipline - Archer
Archer's Might in the hero's legion is increased by 40%.
8 Fix Bayonets!
In the first thee turns, 2 random friendly squads have 70% chance to be sober, immune to silence, disarm, suppress, confuse, and 55% increased might.
Which Elk lineups can you field?
Select the heroes you own and the generator returns every ranked Elk lineup you can field today, the ones you are one hero short of, and the single unlock that opens the most.
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