Amadeus
Destructive Power 25%
[Guide] Kingshot Giant Bear High Score Guide
Plan your Kingshot Bear Hunt setup with separate hero tier lists for rally leaders and joiners. Compare troop priorities, first-slot hero choices, rally selection, and rejoin timing before the event.
1. Giant Bear Basic Mechanics
Giant Bear works differently from normal combat. The bear does not fight back and only takes damage. Because of that, you need a bear-specific troop setup rather than a normal war setup.
Also, in Bear Hunt, the rally you start yourself does not consume one of your march slots. For example, if you have 6 march slots, you can operate a total of 7 marches including your own rally.
Core point: If you are not one of the alliance’s top power players,
joining a strong rally is usually more efficient than opening your own.
2. Giant Bear Troop Priority
The usual damage priority for Giant Bear is the following.
#1
Archers
#2
Cavalry
#3
Infantry
Core
Max Archer Ratio
Rule
Archers → Cavalry → Infantry
Summary: If you want higher bear scores, archer ratio matters the most.
As your total troop count increases, infantry efficiency becomes relatively weaker, and archer-focused setups usually score better.
Extra note: There may be certain periods where cavalry heroes become stronger enough that cavalry briefly feels dominant.
Even then, an archer-focused setup is still the safest and most broadly reliable default choice.
3. Rally Leader Tier List
If you open your own rally, the basic rule is still to place the strongest heroes for each role, and in practice stronger rally leaders tend to produce better overall scores for everyone joining.
Current top-tier rally leader lineup
Amadeus
Yang
Petra
Why this matters:
It is not only the leader’s 3 heroes that matter. Lord gear, lord buffs, research, and other combat-related stats also affect rally joiners. In other words, the stronger the player opening the rally, the higher the group’s score potential.
It is not only the leader’s 3 heroes that matter. Lord gear, lord buffs, research, and other combat-related stats also affect rally joiners. In other words, the stronger the player opening the rally, the higher the group’s score potential.
4. Rally Joiner Tier List
When joining someone else’s rally, the first hero slot is the most important. That is because only the first Expedition skill of the hero in the first slot applies to the full rally.
4-1. Core Attack-Type Joiner Heroes
Chenko
Destructive Power 25%
Yeonwoo
Destructive Power 25%
Amane
Attack 25%
Margot
Attack 25%
Vivian
Damage 25%
Important: Once you understand why joiners want Destructive Power 25% / Attack 25% / Damage 25%,
you can say you truly understand Bear Hunt.
4-2. A / B / C / No-Go Tier List
Recommended: near-mandatory Bear Hunt joiners
Amadeus
Destructive Power 25%
Chenko
Destructive Power 25%
Yeonwoo
Destructive Power 25%
Amane
Attack 25%
Margot
Attack 25%
Vivian
Damage 25%
Conditionally useful depending on comp and timing
Hilde
Attack 15%
Yang
B Tier
Support choices: backup or filler picks
Zoe
Chance Damage
Marlin
Chance Damage
Petra
Chance Damage
Rosa
Chance Damage
Jaeger
Chance Damage
Longfei
C Tier
Thrud
C Tier
Not recommended: lowers rally efficiency
Alcar
Diana
Edwin
Eric
Fahd
Forrest
Gordon
Helga
Howard
Jabel
Olive
Quinn
Saul
Seth
Triton
No-Go
Sophia
Do Not Join
First slot
Always put an attack-type hero here. This slot is the only one that directly affects the whole rally.
Always put an attack-type hero here. This slot is the only one that directly affects the whole rally.
Second and third slots
These are mainly for higher-level heroes to help maximize troop count.
These are mainly for higher-level heroes to help maximize troop count.
5. Giant Bear Troop Setup Core
The core of a proper bear setup is building around archers.
Setup priority
- Put an attack-type hero in the first hero slot
- Make the troop setup as close to 100% archers as possible
- If you lack archers, add cavalry next
- If cavalry is also lacking, only then add infantry last
Practical rule
- The stronger the march, the more archer-heavy it should stay
- Your best archer march should go to the top-tier rally leader
- Weaker marches can be assigned to lower-priority rallies
6. Pre-Bear Preparation
Before the bear starts, prepare the following.
- Recall all gathering marches
- Turn off auto-join rally
- Save troop presets using nearby resource-tile march screens
- Send them out once after saving to avoid duplicated setup mistakes
- Make sure all marches are back before the bear starts
Why it matters:
Doing this makes troop setup faster and reduces mistakes once the event starts. In practice that means faster relaunches = more good rally entries = better scores.
Doing this makes troop setup faster and reduces mistakes once the event starts. In practice that means faster relaunches = more good rally entries = better scores.
7. Rally Participation Priority
Your strongest full-archer march should go to the strongest rally leader.
Check which rally leaders in your alliance produce the best scores, then rank them into first-tier, second-tier, and so on before assigning marches.
Recommended approach
- Main archer march → first-tier rally
- Next march → second-tier rally
- Remaining marches → extra joins depending on situation
What not to do
- Jump into the first open rally you see
- Join based only on open slots without checking strength
- Waste your best archer march on a weak rally
Core idea: Joining the strongest rallies first is usually far better than joining immediately without checking.
8. Rally Rejoin Timing
If you miss the rally you wanted, you do not need to panic-join a weaker one. In many cases, it is better to wait for that same strong rally leader’s next rally.
- Rallies closer to the bear trap often allow faster return and rejoin cycles.
- The better you calculate return timing, the better your repeated participation efficiency becomes.
- Do not look only at raw power. Rally timing and march distance matter too.
Key point:
Rally participation is not only about power numbers.
Return timing, rally creation timing, and fast re-entry matter just as much.
9. Giant Bear High Score Core Summary
1
Maximize archer troop count
2
Put an attack hero in slot one
3
Save troop presets before the event
4
Prioritize stronger rally leaders
5
If you miss one, aim for the next cycle
Final note
Giant Bear is not only about having more troops. The real score gap comes from archer-focused setups, attack hero placement, strong rally priority, and return timing management.
If your bear score is low, start by fixing just these three things first.
- Switch to archer-focused marches
- Lock an attack-type hero into the first slot
- Prioritize stronger rallies
Conclusion: Changing just these three things can make a very noticeable difference in Giant Bear scores.
This is an unofficial guide based on practical experience. Optimal setups may change depending on server environment and future hero generation updates.
Deciding when to replace a hero you already use
Before you can field a recommended lineup, treat obtaining a new hero and putting that hero into your Bear Hunt lineup as separate decisions. A new generation does not automatically give your account the required stars, skills and Exclusive Gear. First decide whether you are replacing a rally leader's hero or the first hero in a joiner's march, then compare candidates for that same role.
Record four things before replacing a hero
- The generations available on your server and the troop type or role you need to fill
- The stars and relevant skill levels of your current hero and the candidate
- Exclusive Gear levels and the effects that apply to this content
- The shards, skill books and Exclusive Gear materials needed to reach your target, plus the stock you want to keep for the next generation
For example, if your current hero has five stars while a new hero has not yet reached the skills you need, keep the current setup available while comparing them. Use the SSR hero comparison to narrow the options, then enter the development stage you actually have. Older Generation 2–4 progression routes are examples from their time, rather than a required investment order for every server today.
What the Helga and Zoe comparison actually shows
In a member's October 2025 comparison, both Helga and Zoe had five stars, but their Exclusive Gear levels were 10 and 5 respectively. The number of rally participants also differed. The record describes the author's experience with those two setups. Since more than the hero changed, the reported score or stat difference does not establish an inherent winner or a hero that should be used forever.
For your own comparison, keep the rally role, other two heroes, equipment, troop counts and ratios, participants and active buffs as similar as possible. Note any differences beside the battle report and compare several rallies. This makes it easier to separate a hero change from differences in participation conditions.
Compare the whole event as well as one march
Another member in an alliance with open rallies described adjusting five marches around a limited archer supply and prioritizing stronger rallies over their own. The useful lesson is how they allocated their available troops, rather than a ratio to copy. Compare your total event score, completed joins and idle troops alongside each march's result. Before spending shards, check whether changing your march allocation or participation pattern already improves your results.
Source: Naver Kingshot Strategy Cafe · Original author: Ten [Operator] (Published: 2025-09-09) · Original author: 킹샷 [Operator] (Published: 2025-03-18) · Original author: 킹샷 [Operator] (Published: 2025-04-23) · Original author: 던져버려요 [Member] (Published: 2026-01-07) · Original author: Tracker [Member] (Published: 2025-10-20) · Source review: 2026-10-12. Member gameplay ideas independently explained.