G5 · Cavalry · intelligence
Thrud
Thrud is a Mythic cavalry hero in Generation 5. This dossier separates recorded skills from the effects currently supported in Bear simulation.
- Generation
- G5
- Troop
- Cavalry
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Primary role
- Combat
Investment decision
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Previous Generation
Margot
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Next Generation
Sophia
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Combat brief
How Thrud creates value
Supported evidence · Reliability Medium · Reviewed 2026-08-21
Recorded strengths
- Battle Hunger provides 15% damage reduction to hero's squad at skill level 5 (Skill: Battle Hunger).
- Battle Hunger provides 15% damage dealt to hero's squad at skill level 5 (Skill: Battle Hunger).
- Reckless Charge provides 100% additional damage to hero's squad at skill level 5 (Skill: Reckless Charge).
- Ancestral Guidance provides 25% damage dealt to all friendly squads at skill level 5 (Skill: Ancestral Guidance).
Limitations
- Reckless Charge depends on a 20% activation roll per eligible event; battle-long attempt count, duration, and stacking are not assumed (Skill: Reckless Charge).
- Wolf-Kissed applies only when: Hero must lead the rally (Skill: Wolf-Kissed).
Bear Hunt
Rally Leader: Partial Coverage. Rally Joiner: Partial Coverage. Only effects listed in role coverage execute numerically.
PvP attack / rally
At least one source-recorded, classified mechanic is relevant to this mode.
PvP defense / garrison
At least one source-recorded, classified mechanic is relevant to this mode.
Arena
Exploration mechanics come from a public fan-maintained reference. They may inform provisional Arena evidence, but cannot drive a definitive investment recommendation.
General Expedition / PvE
At least one source-recorded, classified mechanic is relevant to this mode.
Bear Hunt
Current simulation coverage
Both roles use the same canonical skill and applicability rules as Generation Upgrade comparisons.
Rally Leader
Supported in the current model
- Exclusive Gear Expedition LethalityExclusive Gear progression
- Battle HungerExpedition skill
- Reckless ChargeExpedition skill
- Ancestral GuidanceExpedition skill
- Feast of the PackOther supported hero skill
Not modeled or excluded (7)
- Battle Hunger · Damage Reduction PercentNot yet modeled · Defensive-only for the current Bear damage scenario
- Ancestral Guidance · Damage Reduction PercentNot yet modeled · Defensive-only for the current Bear damage scenario
- Axe FlurryNot yet modeled · Bear impact not yet verified
- Brutal ThrowNot yet modeled · Bear impact not yet verified
- Wolf-KissedNot yet modeled · Potentially material to Bear damage
- Berserker's EdgeNot yet modeled · Defensive-only for the current Bear damage scenario
- Exclusive Gear statNot yet modeled · Bear impact not yet verified
Simulation coverage details
- Progression
- INCLUDEDVerified star and star-tier scaling.
- Expedition Skills
- PARTIAL3 of 5 canonical effects execute; 0 are validated exclusions.
- Other hero skills
- PARTIAL1 of 3 canonical effects have executable Bear mappings.
- Exclusive Gear
- PARTIALEG5 contributes canonical Expedition Lethality; unverified or unsupported EG entries are excluded (Wolf-Kissed, Berserker's Edge, ATK, DEF, …).
Rally Joiner
Supported in the current model
- Battle HungerExpedition skill
- Reckless ChargeExpedition skill
- Ancestral GuidanceExpedition skill
Exclusive Gear: Not applicable to Rally Joiner.
Not modeled or excluded (2)
- Battle Hunger · Damage Reduction PercentNot yet modeled · Defensive-only for the current Bear damage scenario
- Ancestral Guidance · Damage Reduction PercentNot yet modeled · Defensive-only for the current Bear damage scenario
Simulation coverage details
- Progression
- INCLUDEDVerified star and star-tier scaling.
- Expedition Skills
- PARTIAL3 of 5 canonical effects execute; 0 are validated exclusions.
- Other hero skills
- EXCLUDED BY ROLEJoiner execution excludes non-Expedition skills.
- Exclusive Gear
- EXCLUDED BY ROLERally Joiner ignores all Exclusive Gear stats and skills.
Expedition skills
Mechanics and practical impact
Battle Hunger
Thrud's battle fever inspires her Infantry and Archers, reducing their damage taken by 15% and increasing their damage dealt by 15%.
- Recorded effect
- 15% Damage reduction
- Target
- Hero's squad
- Trigger / cadence
- passive · Continuous
- Chance
- No supported chance roll
- Duration
- Not recorded
- Condition
- None recorded
- Stacking
- Unclassified
- Modes
- Garrison Defense, Expedition Pve
DIRECT · RELIABLE keeps this effect distinct from permanent bonuses. Evidence: Canonical Expedition skill data.
- Recorded effect
- 15% Damage dealt
- Target
- Hero's squad
- Trigger / cadence
- passive · Continuous
- Chance
- No supported chance roll
- Duration
- Not recorded
- Condition
- None recorded
- Stacking
- Unclassified
- Modes
- Rally Attack, Expedition Pve
DIRECT · RELIABLE keeps this effect distinct from permanent bonuses. Evidence: Canonical Expedition skill data.
Reckless Charge
No plans. No finesse. Just brutally charging into battle. Thrud's Cavalry has a 20% chance of dealing 100% extra damage to all enemies on attack.
- Recorded effect
- 100% Additional damage
- Target
- Hero's squad
- Trigger / cadence
- proc · Eligible event count not recorded
- Chance
- 20%
- Duration
- Not recorded
- Condition
- None recorded
- Stacking
- Unclassified
- Modes
- Rally Attack, Expedition Pve
CHANCE-BASED keeps this effect distinct from permanent bonuses. Evidence: Canonical Expedition skill data.
Ancestral Guidance
Ancestral spirits guide the brave to Valhalla. For every 4 attacks made by Cavalry, all squads' damage dealt is increased by 25% and damage taken is reduced by 25% for 2 turns.
- Recorded effect
- 25% Damage dealt
- Target
- All friendly squads
- Trigger / cadence
- periodic · After every 4 Cavalry attacks
- Chance
- No supported chance roll
- Duration
- 2 turns
- Condition
- None recorded
- Stacking
- Unclassified
- Modes
- Rally Attack, Expedition Pve
SCHEDULED · GUARANTEED CADENCE keeps this effect distinct from permanent bonuses. Evidence: Canonical Expedition skill data.
- Recorded effect
- 25% Damage reduction
- Target
- All friendly squads
- Trigger / cadence
- periodic · After every 4 Cavalry attacks
- Chance
- No supported chance roll
- Duration
- 2 turns
- Condition
- None recorded
- Stacking
- Unclassified
- Modes
- Garrison Defense, Expedition Pve
SCHEDULED · GUARANTEED CADENCE keeps this effect distinct from permanent bonuses. Evidence: Canonical Expedition skill data.
Exploration / Arena skills
Arena evidence
These mechanics come from a public fan-maintained skill reference. They remain provisional, never substitute Expedition skills, and do not drive a definitive investment recommendation.
Axe Flurry
Thrud hurls five axes at random targets (heroes first), dealing Attack* Area of Effect damage. 60–84%
- Recorded effect
- 84% area of effect damage up
- Target
- Target interpretation not yet verified
- Chance
- No source-recorded chance roll
- Duration
- Not recorded
- Cadence
- Not recorded
- Stacking
- unknown
Evidence: Public skill reference. Status: provisional.
Brutal Throw
Thrud throws a spinning axe, dealing Attack* damage to enemies within range and stunning them for 1.5s. 50–70%
- Recorded effect
- 70% damage up
- Target
- Target interpretation not yet verified
- Chance
- No source-recorded chance roll
- Duration
- 1.5 seconds
- Cadence
- Not recorded
- Stacking
- unknown
Evidence: Public skill reference. Status: provisional.
Feast of the Pack
At skill level 5, Feast of the Pack records Attack Up: 5%. The source sentence is incomplete, so only structured values are shown.
- Recorded effect
- 5% attack up
- Target
- All friendly squads
- Chance
- No source-recorded chance roll
- Duration
- Not recorded
- Cadence
- Not recorded
- Stacking
- unknown
Evidence: Public skill reference. Status: provisional.
Exclusive Gear
Exclusive Gear effect analysis
Canonical Exclusive Gear progression is available. Bear usage depends on the selected level, role, and supported effect mapping shown in Bear coverage.
Exclusive GearWolf-Kissed
Thrud lives up to her title, "Wolf-Kissed." Increases rally squads' lethality by 15%.
CONDITIONAL · VERIFIED REQUIREMENT · recorded range up to 15% lethality · All friendly squads.
Role dependency: Role-specific. Rally Joiner excludes all Exclusive Gear contributions.
Evidence limits
Unknown and unclassified mechanics
- Combat examples use recorded skill level 5; no verified star-to-skill-level mapping is inferred.
- Exploration / Arena records are provisional public evidence until directly verified in game; Arena conclusions remain non-definitive.
- Stacking behavior and caps are not recorded for the catalogued effects.
Availability
Acquisition evidence
Hero Rally
Availability can vary with kingdom age and live game events.
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