The invention discloses a high-difficulty steel core wire electrode and a manufacturing method thereof. The high-difficulty steel core wire electrode comprises a core material, a middle clad layer and an outer clad layer. The core material is prepared from raw materials including, by weight, 30-54 parts of iron, 30-55 parts of carbon, 1.5-2.4 parts of tin, 4-9 parts of chromium, 1-3 parts of manganese, 2-5 parts of molybdenum, 1.3-5.1 parts of nickel, 2.3-5.4 parts of silicon, 3-6 parts of tungsten, 3-4 parts of vanadium, 2-6 parts of phosphorus, 5-10 parts of sulphur and 12-15 parts of heat conducting filler. The steel core wire electrode is a composite wire and is composed of the steel core, the middle red copper clad layer and the outer brass clad layer. At the normal temperature, the steel core and a brass wire almost have the same tensile strength, but with the increase of temperature, the tensile strength of the brass wire is rapidly reduced, and the tensile strength of the steel is higher than that of the brass wire. The red copper layer is wrapped outside the steel core to improve the electric conductivity, and the outer brass layer plays a role in improving the washing performance.