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[Guide] Kingshot Giant Bear High Score Guide

A practical guide covering archer setups, rally participation priority, hero placement, troop preset prep, rejoin timing, and both rally leader and rally joiner tier lists in one page.

Rally Leader Tier List Rally Joiner Tier List Archer-Focused Setup Attack Hero First Slot Rejoin Timing

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.

Best
Current top-tier rally leader lineup
Amadeus
Amadeus
Yang
Yang
Petra
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.

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

Amadeus
Amadeus
Destructive Power 25%
Chenko
Chenko
Destructive Power 25%
Yeonwoo
Yeonwoo
Destructive Power 25%
Amane
Amane
Attack 25%
Margot
Margot
Attack 25%
Vivian
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

A Tier
Recommended: near-mandatory Bear Hunt joiners
Amadeus
Amadeus
Destructive Power 25%
Chenko
Chenko
Destructive Power 25%
Yeonwoo
Yeonwoo
Destructive Power 25%
Amane
Amane
Attack 25%
Margot
Margot
Attack 25%
Vivian
Vivian
Damage 25%
B Tier
Conditionally useful depending on comp and timing
Hilde
Hilde
Attack 15%
Yang
Yang
B Tier
C Tier
Support choices: backup or filler picks
Zoe
Zoe
Chance Damage
Marlin
Marlin
Chance Damage
Petra
Petra
Chance Damage
Rosa
Rosa
Chance Damage
Jaeger
Jaeger
Chance Damage
Longfei
Longfei
C Tier
Thrud
Thrud
C Tier
Do Not Put in the Rally
Not recommended: lowers rally efficiency
Alcar
Alcar
Diana
Diana
Edwin
Edwin
Eric
Eric
Fahd
Fahd
Forrest
Forrest
Gordon
Gordon
Helga
Helga
Howard
Howard
Jabel
Jabel
Olive
Olive
Quinn
Quinn
Saul
Saul
Seth
Seth
Triton
Triton
No-Go
Sophia
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.
Second and third slots
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.

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.