Scarlet Reaver — Rise of Castles Combos

Most often ranked with Scarlet Reaver

Counted from the published lists: the partners who appear beside Scarlet Reaver in the most ranked lineups.

Isabella I

3 shared combos

Pepin

2 shared combos

Arslan

1 shared combo

Healer

1 shared combo

Ashoka

1 shared combo

Liberator

1 shared combo

Vikram

1 shared combo

King Arthur

1 shared combo

Proven synergies

A different question from the grid above: not who Scarlet Reaver is listed with, but whose kit the skill text says Scarlet Reaver 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

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Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Scarlet Reaver's Debilitating Explosions feeds on them. Scarlet Reaver 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 listed

Cyrus's Tolerance supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Scarlet Reaver's Debilitating Explosions feeds on them. Scarlet Reaver supplies the combat-skill casts; Cyrus's Strategy to Victory feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.

Roland

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Roland's Song of Roland supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Scarlet Reaver's Debilitating Explosions feeds on them. Scarlet Reaver supplies the combat-skill casts; Roland's Paladins feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.

Frederick I

Not yet listed

Scarlet Reaver supplies the combat-skill casts; Frederick I's Frenzy War feeds on them. Scarlet Reaver's Flames of Truth supplies the burns; Frederick I's Frenzy War feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.

Isabella I

3 shared lineups

Scarlet Reaver's Flames of Truth supplies the burns; Isabella I's Everlasting Flame feeds on them.

Pepin

2 shared lineups

Scarlet Reaver supplies the combat-skill casts; Pepin's Power of Staff feeds on them.

Best Footmen combos with Scarlet Reaver

Scarlet Reaver appears in 6 ranked Footmen combos.

1. 13 FMB Arslan · Healer · Scarlet Reaver developer pick Mid progression Beats 3 of 8 reference lineups 64.38/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Arslan (X11), Healer (X10) and Scarlet Reaver (X07) score 64.38 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Arslan is the win condition, bringing 55% of the lineup's expected damage: Ice and Fire puts 350% into 2 enemy squads every time it fires, and takes the front on purpose: this kit feeds on being attacked, and the front is where the attacks are. Healer is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 20% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, the deepest row those range-2 skills still fire from. Scarlet Reaver is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 70% 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 Scarlet Reaver’s Debilitating Explosions applies Disarm and takes a squad out of the fight, so Arslan swings into a line that cannot answer; Scarlet Reaver raises Arslan’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: no hero here feeds another one's trigger; attacks converge on the same squads, with no spread pressure across the line. Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending. 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.

2. 35 FMB Ashoka · Scarlet Reaver · Isabella I Mid progression Beats 1 of 8 reference lineups 78.94/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Ashoka (X14), Scarlet Reaver (X07) and Isabella I (S01) score 78.94 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Ashoka is the win condition, bringing 54% of the lineup's expected damage: Bloodthirsty Ashoka puts 210% x5 into one enemy squad on a 60% roll, and takes the front, able to both absorb the opening rounds and heal through them. Scarlet Reaver 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. Isabella I is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Queen of the Storm applies Suppress on a 70% roll, and stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-4 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Scarlet Reaver’s Flames of Truth produces burns, the exact trigger Isabella I’s Everlasting Flame waits on; Scarlet Reaver produces combat-skill casts, the exact trigger Ashoka’s Bloodthirsty Ashoka waits on; Scarlet Reaver’s Debilitating Explosions applies Disarm and takes a squad out of the fight, so Ashoka swings into a line that cannot answer. What you give up: a mid-era lineup anchored by Ashoka (X14); raw damage reaches only about 36% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster. Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending.

3. 54 FMB Liberator · Vikram · Scarlet Reaver developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 70.43/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Liberator (X05), Vikram (X04) and Scarlet Reaver (X07) score 70.43 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Liberator is the shield: the damage reduction and staying power buy the rounds the plan needs — carries 97% of damage reduction across its kit, and takes the front on purpose: this kit feeds on being attacked, and the front is where the attacks are. Vikram is the second layer of armour -- when the first wall bends, this one is already set: carries 164% of recovery across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Scarlet Reaver 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 stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-5 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Vikram’s Alluring Arm applies Suppress and takes a squad out of the fight, so Scarlet Reaver swings into a line that cannot answer. What you give up: no hero here feeds another one's trigger; a mid-era lineup anchored by Vikram (X04). Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending. 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.

4. 55 FMB King Arthur · La Hire · Scarlet Reaver developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 73.20/100 out of 100 ⇗
   King Arthur (SP · paid), La Hire (X22) and Scarlet Reaver (X07) score 73.20 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   King Arthur is the shield: the damage reduction and staying power buy the rounds the plan needs — carries 164% of damage reduction across its kit, and takes the front on purpose: this kit feeds on being attacked, and the front is where the attacks are. La Hire is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 20% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Scarlet Reaver is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 70% 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 La Hire’s Tenacity produces trigger-rate boosts, the exact trigger King Arthur’s Sword in the Stone and Scarlet Reaver’s Debilitating Explosions both wait on; La Hire produces combat-skill casts, the exact trigger King Arthur’s Sword in the Stone waits on; La Hire’s Shield Breaker applies Disarm and takes a squad out of the fight for 1 round, so Scarlet Reaver swings into a line that cannot answer. What you give up: the damage runs off different engines, so the three do not compound; no one hero clearly carries, so the damage is easier to interrupt. This is one of the lineups recommended in-game by the developers, and the scorecard shows why it earns the recommendation.

5. 59 FMB Pepin · Scarlet Reaver · Isabella I Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 80.41/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Pepin (X12), Scarlet Reaver (X07) and Isabella I (S01) score 80.41 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Pepin is the saboteur, stripping the enemy's stats before the blows land: strips 169% of enemy Might, Resistance and damage across its kit, and takes the front, able to both absorb the opening rounds and heal through them. Scarlet Reaver 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. Isabella I is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Queen of the Storm applies Suppress on a 70% roll, and stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-4 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Scarlet Reaver’s Flames of Truth produces burns, the exact trigger Isabella I’s Everlasting Flame waits on; Scarlet Reaver produces combat-skill casts, the exact trigger Pepin’s Power of Staff waits on; Isabella I’s Queen of the Storm applies Suppress and takes a squad out of the fight, so Scarlet Reaver swings into a line that cannot answer. What you give up: a mid-era lineup anchored by Pepin (X12); raw damage reaches only about 20% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster. Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending.

6. 62 FMB Jiguang Qi · Scarlet Reaver · Isabella I Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 78.33/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Jiguang Qi (S01), Scarlet Reaver (X07) and Isabella I (S01) score 78.33 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Jiguang Qi is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 20% of damage amplification across its kit, and takes the front as the sturdiest of the three. Scarlet Reaver is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 70% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Isabella I is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Queen of the Storm applies Suppress on a 70% roll, and stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-4 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Scarlet Reaver’s Flames of Truth produces burns, the exact trigger Isabella I’s Everlasting Flame waits on; Scarlet Reaver produces combat-skill casts, the exact trigger Jiguang Qi’s Unyelding waits on; Isabella I’s Queen of the Storm applies Suppress and takes a squad out of the fight, so Scarlet Reaver swings into a line that cannot answer. What you give up: Jiguang Qi (S01) is the era weak point -- the enemy will aim at the oldest squad; raw damage reaches only about 19% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster. Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending.

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Best Mixed combos with Scarlet Reaver

Scarlet Reaver appears in 1 ranked Mixed combo.

1. 42 FMB Pepin · Warden · Scarlet Reaver Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 78.65/100 out of 100 ⇗
   Pepin (footmen · X12), Warden (archer · X06) and Scarlet Reaver (footmen · X07) score 78.65 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.

   Pepin is the saboteur, stripping the enemy's stats before the blows land: strips 169% of enemy Might, Resistance and damage across its kit, and takes the front, able to both absorb the opening rounds and heal through them. Warden is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 65% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Scarlet Reaver is the second amplifier -- with two heroes raising the output, the carry hits far above its own numbers: carries 70% 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 Warden’s Aspect of the Eagle produces trigger-rate boosts, the exact trigger Pepin’s Thunderstruck and Scarlet Reaver’s Debilitating Explosions both wait on; Scarlet Reaver produces combat-skill casts, the exact trigger Pepin’s Power of Staff waits on; Pepin raises Scarlet Reaver’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: raw damage reaches only about 9% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster; a mid-era lineup anchored by Pepin (X12). Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending.

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