In this in-depth guide, we’re diving into Claeg, the Curse-Touched Healer from Empires & Puzzles. Released as the Hero of the Month (HotM) in 2025, Claeg is an Ice-element Sorcerer known for his defensive presence and support-focused playstyle. But is Claeg a must-pull or just another mid-tier support? Let’s find out.
🔹 Hero Overview – Family & Aether Power
Claeg is a 5-star Legendary hero from the Legends 2025 family. While the exact family bonus remains unreleased (as of now), we can already see Claeg’s intended role through his Aether Power and innate strengths.
🔹 Key Info:
- Element: Ice (Blue)
- Class: Sorcerer
- Family: Legends 2025
- Aether Power: +20% Defense for 6 turns at the start of each wave
- Role: Healer / Cleanser / Defensive Buffer
With his natural bulk and defensive edge, Claeg is clearly designed to sustain your team, not to lead the charge.
🔹 Base Stats, Passives & Mana Speed
Claeg’s base stats are strong, especially in Defense and Health, making him naturally tanky and well-suited for long, grindy battles.
🛡️ Passive Skills:
- Innate Resistance to Status Ailment Blockers – Claeg cannot be silenced or blocked from using his Special Skill, making him a reliable cleanser even in tough spots.
- Innate Resistance to Burn Damage – He’s immune to one of the most common and dangerous damage-over-time effects.
These passives are particularly useful when facing heroes like Chester, Desmond, Ray, or Serandite.
⚡ Mana Speed: Fast
His Fast mana speed allows him to activate his healing and cleansing quickly and consistently — essential for clutch moments in PvP or PvE.
🔹 Special Skill – Strength of the Accursed
Claeg’s Special Skill, Strength of the Accursed, provides a unique twist on traditional healing and team support.
🌟 Skill Effects:
- Team Healing:
- Heals all allies for 20% health.
- Gains +5% extra healing for each status ailment the ally has (up to a max of 35%).
- ✅ Great against debuff-heavy teams, and better healing potential than Grazul in many cases.
- Cleansing Debuffs:
- Removes 3 status ailments from all allies.
- Cleanses in the order they were received, removing the most recent ailments first.
- ✅ Situationally useful, though slightly less impactful than full cleansers like Raffaele.
- Elemental Link – Ice Allies Only:
- Grants all Ice allies +30% Defense against Special Skills for 3 turns.
- ✅ Strong synergy in mono-blue or blue-heavy teams, making Claeg more viable in color-specific strategies.
🔹 Performance & Team Synergy
✅ Where Claeg Performs Well:
- Attack Teams: His quick heals and buffs make him a flexible utility pick.
- Grading: ★ Attack – A
- Defense Teams: Claeg is durable and disruptive, ideal for Wing or Flank positions.
- Grading: ★ Overall Defense – A
- Raid Tournaments: Especially effective in Buff Booster formats, where his supportive buffs shine.
- Grading: ★ Raid Tournaments – A-
❌ Where Claeg Falls Short:
- Titan Battles: Claeg doesn’t bring damage buffs, defense debuffs, or high tile damage — all critical for Titans.
- Grading: ★ Titans – B
Despite his Fast speed and flexibility, Claeg lacks the impactful team-wide cleanse or high healing percentages that would elevate him into top-tier status.
🔹 Final Grading & Summary
Claeg brings solid support value to your roster, particularly in defense-heavy setups, mono-blue teams, and ailment-heavy environments. His Fast healing, cleanse, and elemental buff give him tactical edge — but his kit lacks the uniqueness or raw power to make him a game-changer.
🧮 Overall Grading:
| Category | Grade |
|---|---|
| Attack Teams | A |
| Defense Teams | A |
| Raid Tournaments | A− |
| Titans | B |
| Overall Grade | B+ |
🧊 Conclusion – Should You Chase Claeg?
Claeg is a safe, consistent support option, but not essential unless you’re short on healers or building a blue-heavy team. His Fast speed and ailment synergy give him solid value — just don’t expect him to carry your team on his own.
Heroes like Raffaele or even 4-star support like Ana-Belle still outperform Claeg in certain areas, and if his current design remains unchanged post-beta, Claeg will likely remain a solid B+ hero — good, but not a must-have.
💬 What do you think of Claeg? Will you summon him, or skip this month’s Hero of the Month? Let me know in the comments!
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