Pit Fighter

Thorns fighter — reflects 30% of incoming damage back at the attacker.

"Every wound I take is a wound you earned."

What Changes at Level 10

When a Gladiator reaches level 10 and you select Pit Fighter, three things change permanently:

1. Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
2. Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant.
3. Passive effect is unlocked and becomes active in all future runs.

Ability: Gladiator Base Ability

This subclass uses the base Gladiator class ability unchanged.

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Pit Fighter grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Gladiator base scores:

• +2 Toughness — adds to the Gladiator base toughness score
• +1 Vitality — adds to the Gladiator base vitality score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Passive Effect

Reflects 30% of incoming damage back to the attacker.

This passive is always active during combat — no gear or skill tree investment required to trigger it.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Defense (Living Fortress, Immovable, Iron Wall), Vitality (Juggernaut, Resilience).

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 120-node reference and routing advice, or the Gladiator build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Pit Fighter vs. Iron Titan

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.

Applying via Archetype

Set an Archetype with Pit Fighter as the guild standard for Gladiator — all future recruits of that class will automatically receive this subclass at level 10 without any manual selection.