Defender · Ramses II · Spectral Reaper
Archer #276
Defender
Ramses II
Spectral ReaperBest comboTop ranked
DefenderRamses IISpectral ReaperSpectral Reaper — what the skills grant
Totalled from Spectral Reaper'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
+115% hero's squad
Skill damage. Damage these skills deal when they land — listed, not totalled, because each is a separate hit: skill 2 — +742%, skill 5 — +455%.
About Spectral Reaper
Spectral Reaper is an Archer hero in Rise of Castles. On ROCMeta, Spectral Reaper appears in 4 ranked combos in Archer lineups. Spectral Reaper's highest-ranked appearance is Defender · Ramses II · Spectral Reaper, which currently sits at Archer #276.
Across Spectral Reaper's skills, the hero's own squad gains +65% Resistance, +65% Might, and +115% Damage. The wider legion gains +40% Might.
Spectral Reaper's strongest recorded skill hits for 742% damage.
Spectral Reaper is most often ranked alongside Ramses II, Ashen Verdict, and Defender — the heroes that share the most ranked combos with Spectral Reaper. The full list of partners is further down the page.
Why Spectral Reaper ranks where it does
Spectral Reaper is built around burst damage — stronger there than 87% of the roster.
Pairs best with Al-Hawra, Cyrus and Defender. Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Spectral Reaper's Tamashi-kusari feeds on them. Spectral Reaper supplies the combat-skill casts; Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Adds little alongside Alfred, Arslan and Attila. both are carrys — the second adds little the first does not
Read from Spectral Reaper's eight skills and compared against every other published hero — not an editorial opinion.
Most often ranked with Spectral Reaper
Counted from the published lists: the partners who appear beside Spectral Reaper in the most ranked lineups.
Proven synergies
A different question from the grid above: not who Spectral Reaper is listed with, but whose kit the skill text says Spectral Reaper 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.
Warden
1 shared lineupWarden's Aspect of the Eagle supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Spectral Reaper's Tamashi-kusari feeds on them. Warden's Aspect of the Tiger supplies the extra basic attacks; Spectral Reaper feeds on them.
Al-Hawra
Not yet listedAl-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Spectral Reaper's Tamashi-kusari feeds on them. Spectral Reaper 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 listedCyrus's Tolerance supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Spectral Reaper's Tamashi-kusari feeds on them. Spectral Reaper 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
Not yet listedRoland's Song of Roland supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Spectral Reaper's Tamashi-kusari feeds on them. Spectral Reaper supplies the combat-skill casts; Roland's Paladins feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Hannibal
Not yet listedHannibal's Dual Strike supplies the extra basic attacks; Spectral Reaper feeds on them. Spectral Reaper supplies the follow-up attacks; Hannibal's Dual Strike feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Ramses II
3 shared lineupsRamses II's Peace of Silver Plate supplies the extra basic attacks; Spectral Reaper feeds on them.
Best Archer combos with Spectral Reaper
Spectral Reaper appears in 4 ranked Archer combos.
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B Defender · Ramses II · Spectral Reaper developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 77.68/100 out of 100 Defender (X03), Ramses II (SP · paid) and Spectral Reaper (X03) score 77.68 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
Defender is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 30% of damage amplification across its kit, and takes the front, able to both absorb the opening rounds and heal through them. Ramses II is the lifeline: that healing decides whether this lineup is still standing in round five — carries 238% of recovery across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Spectral Reaper is the win condition, bringing 80% of the lineup's expected damage: Tamashi-kusari puts 742% into one enemy squad on a 35% 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 Ramses II’s Peace of Silver Plate produces extra basic attacks, the exact trigger Defender waits on; Defender’s Heavenly Smite produces extra basic attacks, the exact trigger Spectral Reaper waits on; Spectral Reaper shuts off enemy recovery, so what Spectral Reaper deals stays dealt. What you give up: Spectral Reaper (X03) is the era weak point -- the enemy will aim at the oldest squad; raw damage reaches only about 8% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster. 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.
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MB Eidolon · Ashen Verdict · Spectral Reaper developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 56.94/100 out of 100 Eidolon (X07), Ashen Verdict (X05) and Spectral Reaper (X03) score 56.94 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
Eidolon is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 140% of damage amplification across its kit, and takes the front on purpose: this kit feeds on being attacked, and the front is where the attacks are. Ashen Verdict is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Righteous Fervor applies Disarm on a 35% roll, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Spectral Reaper is the win condition, bringing 42% of the lineup's expected damage: Tamashi-kusari puts 742% into one enemy squad on a 35% 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 Ashen Verdict’s Righteous Fervor applies Disarm and takes a squad out of the fight, so Spectral Reaper swings into a line that cannot answer; Spectral Reaper shuts off enemy recovery, so what Spectral Reaper deals stays dealt; Eidolon raises Spectral Reaper’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: no hero here feeds another one's trigger; no one hero clearly carries, so the damage is easier to interrupt. 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.
- 35 FMB Warden · Ramses II · Spectral Reaper developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 75.65/100 out of 100
Warden (X06), Ramses II (SP · paid) and Spectral Reaper (X03) score 75.65 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
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 takes the front as the one built to survive the opening exchange. Ramses II is the lifeline: that healing decides whether this lineup is still standing in round five — carries 238% of recovery across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Spectral Reaper is the win condition, bringing 79% of the lineup's expected damage: Tamashi-kusari puts 742% into one enemy squad on a 35% 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 Warden’s Aspect of the Eagle produces trigger-rate boosts, the exact trigger Spectral Reaper’s Tamashi-kusari waits on; Warden’s Aspect of the Tiger produces extra basic attacks, the exact trigger Spectral Reaper waits on; Spectral Reaper shuts off enemy recovery, so what Spectral Reaper deals stays dealt. What you give up: little here disrupts the enemy plan, so the fight is decided on raw output; Spectral Reaper (X03) 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.
- 36 FMB Ramses II · Ashen Verdict · Spectral Reaper developer pick Mid progression Beats 0 of 8 reference lineups 72.28/100 out of 100
Ramses II (SP · paid), Ashen Verdict (X05) and Spectral Reaper (X03) score 72.28 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
Ramses II is the lifeline: that healing decides whether this lineup is still standing in round five — carries 238% of recovery across its kit, and takes the front, able to both absorb the opening rounds and heal through them. Ashen Verdict is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Righteous Fervor applies Disarm on a 35% roll, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Spectral Reaper is the win condition, bringing 54% of the lineup's expected damage: Tamashi-kusari puts 742% into one enemy squad on a 35% 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 Ramses II’s Peace of Silver Plate produces extra basic attacks, the exact trigger Ashen Verdict and Spectral Reaper both wait on; Ashen Verdict’s Righteous Fervor applies Disarm and takes a squad out of the fight, so Spectral Reaper swings into a line that cannot answer; Spectral Reaper shuts off enemy recovery, so what Spectral Reaper deals stays dealt. What you give up: Spectral Reaper (X03) is the era weak point -- the enemy will aim at the oldest squad; raw damage reaches only about 12% of the hardest-hitting trio in the roster. 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.
Spectral Reaper — skills
All 8 recorded skills for Spectral Reaper, straight from the hero's game card.
1 Dictator
The soldier amount cap of the hero's squad is increased by 23,100.
2 Tamashi-kusari
35% chance to attack again after basic attacks to the same target dealing 742% damage, making them unable to recover troops for 1 turns.
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 Jibaku
40% chance to deal 455% damage to 1 random enemy squad within the valid range, 90% chance to increase the normal attack attempts of the hero's squad by 1 per round, lasting 1 rounds.
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 Jakuoshingon
The hero's squad deals 100% more damage in normal attacks; after each combat skill is cast, the hero's squad gains +40% chance to launch an Additional Attack, lasting 1 round(s). When the skill cast by the enemy needs to calculate its effective range, the hero's squad will be considered +1 in distance from the enemy.
Which Spectral Reaper lineups can you field?
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