It seems a challenger has finally emerged to rattle 'Cheolgeo', the guild that has been sitting comfortably at the top of the Seven Knights Re:BIRTH (SKRB) siege warfare rankings. 'Cheongya', the guild that has been perpetually stuck in second place, has finally made their move. While they haven't managed to snatch the overall integrated score crown just yet, they did secure the top spots in the Guardian's Castle and Death's Castle. It looks like they have finally put the brakes on Cheolgeo's unstoppable dominance.

Cheongya is breathing down their necks

Here are the integrated score rankings for the SKRB siege warfare in the fourth week of January. Cheolgeo is still clinging to the top spot by the skin of their teeth, showing incremental score gains. But trailing them, and closing the gap rapidly, is Cheongya. They’ve managed to pile on about 120 million points compared to last week, hitting the 1.3 billion mark, matching Cheolgeo. The margin between the two now sits at a mere 48 million points. Considering that no other guild outside the top two has even cracked the 1.2 billion barrier, this is nothing short of a massive surge.

There has been a bit of musical chairs in the rankings below third place as well. 'Storm', 'Teenieping', and 'Thank You' have slipped out of the spotlight, replaced by 'Dopamine', 'Co-op', and 'Night Star' breaking into the Top 10. For context, Dopamine was 12th last week, Co-op was 14th, and Night Star sat at 11th. They’ve climbed 6th, 8th, and 10th respectively—a solid leap up the ladder. We shall see if they have the stamina to hold these positions next week.

Daeral holds the throne for two consecutive weeks

The crown for the individual integrated score in the SKRB siege warfare for the fourth week of January goes to Daeral from the 'Umigwan' guild. This marks two weeks on the trot at the summit. In second place, we have 'League of Their Own's' Junsurf, and taking the third spot is Yong from the 'Moonlight' guild, who made a significant jump from seventh last week.

Rounding out the rest of the pack: 4th place goes to TingdongTV from Storm, 5th to Hibeol from 'Drawing Daily', 6th to Aklim from 'Lannister', and 7th to Jjukttang from Thank You. 8th is Doljaengi from 'New Moon', 9th is King of Users from 'Chest', and 10th is Eomeoni from 'Yukhwa'. It’s the first time we’ve seen a member of Yukhwa in the Top 10 since the rankings began. Interestingly, only three guilds—Thank You, New Moon, and Umigwan—boast members in the Top 10. It seems the trend of 'one-man armies' dominating the individual charts will persist well into 2026.

Siege warfare results by day for the 4th week of January

As for the daily breakdown, Cheongya successfully swiped the lead in the Guardian's Castle on Monday and Death's Castle on Thursday. Cheolgeo’s 'perfect run' has officially been shattered. That said, Cheolgeo remains the overall integrated leader; Cheongya just didn't quite manage to generate enough of a point gap to flip the total leaderboard just yet.

One interesting development is the rise of 'Hwasanpa', who started turning heads from Friday's siege. They appeared out of nowhere to snag 3rd place and held that position all the way through to the Hell Castle on Sunday. It’s safe to call them the new dark horse of the scene.

This week's siege warfare picks

The key to conquering the Frozen Castle is stripping away the 'Cold Heart' buff to dampen Spike’s firepower. Because you need freeze immunity, the current go-to setup is a locked-in roster of 'Pungyeon - Ryan - Biscuit - Taka - Rachel'. If you're a regular SKRB player, you’ve likely noticed there’s not a single healer in that bunch.

As long as you time your buff dispels correctly, Spike’s damage output isn't all that terrifying. Furthermore, high-end players have optimized their hero specs so much that they’ve swapped Lina for Rachel to push their damage ceiling higher. Rachel also helps by debuffing Spike’s attack and damage stats. It’s a classic glass-cannon strategy: forgo healing and focus on mitigating the damage you take. If a specialized freeze-immune hero arrives to replace Pungyeon, I suspect we’ll see scores explode, much like we saw with the Ancient Dragon's Castle.