Kariyan portrait

Imperial · Adeptus Custodes

Kariyan

Blade Champion

Overall hero rating 9.50 / 10

Score updated: Nov 3, 2026

Overall Hero Rating

How scoring works
9.50 / 10 Rank 1

A powerhouse against bosses and hordes, with the damage to carry a team.

Guild Raid 10.0 / 10

A core damage dealer in Laviscus teams, with top-team value across most main bosses and strong support from the replay library.

Guild War 9.0 / 10

Teams featuring Kariyan clear 78.2% of Meds Up attacks across equally weighted battlefields, with established attack and defense Meta bonuses.

Horde 9.0 / 10

Repeated area attacks and scaling active damage make Kariyan an exceptional wave clearer, especially behind dependable healing and armour support.

Popularity 10.00 / 10

Planner investment: 86.0% at Gold I or higher, 70.9% at Diamond I or higher and 28.1% at Adamantine II.

Hero Stats

Game 1.43.130
Health
12,684
Armor
3,204
Damage
2,804

Movement

3hexes

Melee

Power
Hits
3
Range
1
Pierce
40%

Traits

Martial Ka'tah

Takes reduced damage from normal attacks and deals extra damage against Summons.

Beast Slayer

Deals extra melee damage to Big Targets and Vehicles. Has an additional chance to block damage equal to its current Armour.

Rapid Assault

Has +1 Movement until it makes a melee or ranged attack. Its first attack each battle, and subsequent attacks that turn, deal extra damage.

Parry

Reduces the number of hits from incoming melee multi-hit attacks, to a minimum of one hit.

Resilient

If this unit is not already at 1 Health and would be defeated, its Health is instead reduced to 1 Health, unless Overkilled.

Abilities

active ability

Martial Inspiration

Deals 3x 3916-4698 Eviscerating Damage to an adjacent enemy. This attack and attacks from Legacy of Combat this turn deal +33% Damage for each turn in which Kariyan performed an attack this battle. This ability can be used multiple times per battle but has a cooldown of 2 rounds.

passive ability

Legacy Of Combat

After performing his first attack each turn, Kariyan performs an additional attack. If he is adjacent to an enemy Big Target, this attack deals 1x 6264-7830 Piercing Damage to it. If there is no adjacent enemy Big Target, Kariyan deals 3x 1566-1958 Power Damage to each adjacent enemy instead.

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