Silverpaw: The Pirate Fox Who Steals Your Loot And Your Heals

Overview

Silverpaw is a Legendary Holy hero from the Covenant Summon, introduced in early 2025. Belonging to the crafty Fox Family, he brings a swashbuckling pirate theme to the game, complete with a peg leg and a treasure chest. His role is primarily that of a disruptor and controller, designed to dismantle the heavy minion and healing metas that have dominated high-level play. While he operates at Average speed, his kit is packed with utility that can completely shut down opposing teams if used strategically.

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Hero Art & Visuals

The visual design of Silverpaw is a delightful mix of cunning and charm. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic Fennec Fox dressed in pirate attire, sitting atop a treasure chest overflowing with gold. The details are sharp, from the cockatoo on his shoulder (a classic pirate trope) to the mischievous grin that suggests he knows exactly which buffs he is about to steal. The warm autumnal colors of the background contrast well with his white fur and yellow vest.

General Info

Hero Stats

Silverpaw enters the arena with stats that are very much in line with the modern power creep of 2025. His base power is impressive, and his stat distribution is quite balanced, though leaning slightly towards health and attack.

• Attack: 1238
• Defense: 1215
• Health: 1833

Compared to the current benchmarks, Silverpaw sits comfortably in the upper echelon. His health pool is particularly robust, which is essential for a hero who wants to stay alive long enough to let his Curse damage and Greed mechanic whittle down the enemy. While not the absolute highest in raw defense, his survivability is heavily augmented by his family bonus and aether power.

Special Skill: Greed And Bribery

This special skill is a tactical masterpiece. It does three distinct things, each powerful in its own right:

1. Minion Larceny: He steals Minions and Mega Minions from the target. This is a hard counter to the Mega Minion meta. Instead of just destroying them, he turns the enemy's strength into his own meat shield.
2. Lasting Greed: This is the core control mechanic. The target gets "Greed," and only that target can receive friendly effects (buffs, heals, growth) from their team. This effectively isolates the rest of the enemy team from their support heroes. If you hit a sniper with Greed, the enemy healer will only heal that sniper, leaving the other three or four heroes to rot.
3. Curse Damage: A significant Damage over Time (DoT) to all enemies that ramps up. It provides inevitable pressure that pairs perfectly with the healing denial from his passive.

By the Numbers

• Mana Speed: Average. With his Monk class (4% mana gen talent) and a level 29 mana troop or bard bonus, he can be functionally faster, but he generally requires 10 tiles to charge.
• Damage Calculation:
  • The card states roughly 975 damage over 4 turns at base levels.
  • With Limit Breaks and emblems (Attack path), this can scale significantly, reportedly reaching around 1600-1700 total damage across the enemy team over the duration.
  • Since it is DoT, it bypasses defense stats, ensuring consistent output regardless of the enemy's armor.
• Greed Impact: Infinite duration until cleansed. This shuts down 80% of the enemy team's sustain potential if the cleanser is not the one targeted (or if they have no cleanser).

Family Bonus, Passives, Aether Power & Unique Abilities

Silverpaw's kit is heavily reinforced by his Fox heritage, making him slippery and annoying to kill.

Family Bonus

The Fox Family bonus summons a Sly Fox Minion at the start of battle. While it has low HP (2%), it has a massive 100% Attack and, crucially, an 80% Dodge chance. When it dodges, it steals a buff. This provides early game mitigation and potential buff stripping without lifting a finger.

Passives

Decreased Healing: This passive is a game-changer. All enemies suffer -50% healing for the entire battle. This is a passive effect, meaning it is always on and cannot be dispelled. Combined with Lasting Greed, it makes recovering health a nightmare for the opponent.

Aether Power

Dodge: At the start of the battle, Silverpaw has a chance to dodge special skills for 6 turns. This stacks with his minion's dodge, adding another layer of survivability against early snipers or rush attacks.

Legacy & Modern Relevance

• Historical Context: Released in early 2025, Silverpaw represents the evolution of "anti-meta" heroes. Where previous heroes simply dispelled or blocked buffs, Silverpaw steals resources (Mega Minions) and fundamentally alters how the enemy team interacts with itself (Greed).
• Power Creep Analysis: His stats are top-tier. His mechanics specifically target the bloat of HP and Minions that characterized the 2024 meta. The "Lasting" nature of his ailment is a modern mechanic designed to punish passive play.
• Modern Viability Verdict: Highly Viable. He is a premier offense hero. In the current landscape of Mega Minions and overhealing, Silverpaw acts as a scalpel. He is not a brute-force nuke, so he might feel slow in lower-tier raids, but in Diamond arena and high-level Wars, his utility is unmatched.

Emblem Path Analysis

Silverpaw is a Monk, which allows him to withstand status ailments—a vital trait for a hero who needs to cast his skill to be effective.

The Survivor (Recommended)

• Path: Defense > Health > Attack
• Pros: Keeps him alive longer to let the DoT tick and to cast Greed multiple times. Maximizes the value of his high base health.
• Cons: Lowers the total output of his Curse damage slightly.

The Greedy Pirate

• Path: Attack > Defense > Health
• Pros: Maximizes the Curse DoT, which scales with his Attack stat. Makes the DoT a lethal threat rather than just pressure.
• Cons: Makes him squishier, risking him dying before he can steal a Mega Minion.

Final Recommendation

For most players, the Survivor (Defense/Health) path is recommended. Silverpaw's primary value is control and disruption. The longer he stays on the field, the more miserable the enemy team becomes due to the healing reduction and blocked buffs. The DoT is strong enough at base to be effective.

Strengths

• Mega Minion Thief: One of the few hard counters to Mega Minions, turning an enemy asset into a liability.
• Support Shut-Down: Lasting Greed completely neuters team-wide buffers and healers.
• Healing Nerf: The passive -50% healing to enemies is devastating in prolonged fights.
• Survivability: High dodge chance from Family minion and Aether power makes him frustratingly hard to snipe early.

Weaknesses

• Cleansers: Lasting Greed can be cleansed. If the enemy has a Cleric or Monk who resists the ailment, or a consistent cleanser, his effectiveness drops.
• Passive Damage: He lacks immediate burst damage. If you need to kill a target now, Silverpaw won't do it.
• Targeting Complexity: Requires careful targeting. You usually don't want to hit the tank with Greed; you want to hit a corner hero to isolate the center supports.

Best Game Modes

• PvP Offense: His best role. You can pick your target for Greed and dismantle specific defenses.
• Bloody Battle: Excellent. He steals minions (meat shields) and deals heavy DoT, and his healing reduction ensures no regeneration from other sources (like minions or passives).
• Rush Attack: Very strong. Firing Greed at Very Fast speed can lock down a team before they even start.
• War Depth: A fantastic tool for breaking stall teams or heavy healer defenses.

Advanced Strategy & Team Compositions

Silverpaw is a "thinking player's hero." He rewards strategy over button mashing.

Sample Team Ideas

• The Dot Rot: Silverpaw + Rayne + Kullervo. Stack immense DoT/Poison while Silverpaw prevents them from healing it back up.
• The Anti-Support: Silverpaw + c.Perseus (or other healing blockers). Combine -50% healing with 100% healing reduction for total denial.
• The Minion Munchers: Silverpaw + Grimsteel or Topaz. Control the minion game completely.

Counters & Anti-Synergies

• Toons & Monks: Enemies with high resistance to ailments can shrug off Greed, leaving Silverpaw with just a mediocre DoT.
• Taunt Heroes: If a Taunt hero activates, you are forced to target them. If you Greed the Taunter, the Taunter still gets all the buffs, which might be exactly what the enemy wants.
• Cleansers: Rigard, Vivica, or other cleansers can remove Greed, resetting your progress.

Advice for New Players

If you are lucky enough to pull Silverpaw early, he is a fantastic asset. Focus on keeping him alive. In map stages, his DoT will clear waves efficiently. In raids, use him to steal minions from annoying heroes like the Christmas family or Mega Minion summoners. Learn to target the least important enemy with his special so the most important enemies (healers/tanks) get blocked from receiving buffs.

Advice for Veterans

Silverpaw is a luxury key for specific locks. He solves the "Astrid/Rosalind/Mega Minion" problem. While he doesn't fit into a mindless "defense down + swipe" speed team, he is invaluable for high-level war attacks where you need to dissect a complex defense. He is worth the tonics and emblems, and arguably the Limit Break if you struggle against Mega Minions.

Community Corner: Hot Takes & History

The community reaction to Silverpaw was a mix of hype and skepticism.

• The "Neutered" Debate: Early beta leaks suggested he might have been even stronger, leading some players to call him "Neuterpaw" on release. However, as players tested him, the consensus shifted.
• The Anubis Comparison: Many compared him to Anubis (Season 5) due to the Greed mechanic. The consensus is that Silverpaw is "Anubis on steroids" due to the Lasting nature of the effect and the added utility of Minion stealing.
• Strategy Tip: One player noted, "He is exactly what the game needed to counter the OP Mega Minions... Lasting Greed will deny all other enemies from spawning their own Mega Minions."

Final Thoughts

Silverpaw is a cunning addition to the Holy roster. He brings a unique solution to the modern problems of Mega Minions and overhealing. While he demands a bit of finesse to use effectively, the payoff is immense. Watching an enemy healer fire their special only to see "Blocked" pop up on four of their allies is a pirate's true treasure.

He is not a hammer; he is a scalpel. And in the right hands, he is absolutely deadly.

Note: This review is based on the hero's state as of January 2026. Game balance is subject to change.