Heroes are deployed in squads of 8 heroes by a Warlord to battle against other Warlords. There are 408 unique heroes, each with various traits and Skills. Hero traits can generally be described by the following terms: Faction, Type, Gender, Rarity, and finally availability of their Souls.
A list of all heroes can be found here.
Faction[]
Heroes belong to a faction, each of which have certain themes it will generally follow regarding the heroes' stats and skills. The current factions are:
Order - Balanced stats, support skills
Nature - High health, defensive skills
Chaos - High attack, offensive skills
Type[]
Hero types determine the restrictions imposed on where they can be placed on the field or what actions can be performed. The current types are:
Melee - restricted to the front two columns, cannot attack if a friendly hero is in front of them
Ranged - restricted to the back two columns, can attack through friendly heroes in front of them
Building - can be placed anywhere, but does not attack
Gender[]
Hero gender has an affect on certain skills which will affect only that gender. Current genders are:
Rarity[]
Hero rarity affects the stats, skills, difficulty in obtaining the hero, and improvements available to the hero. Current rarities are:
Hero Category Numbers[]
The table below shows the total number of heroes for each category listed above.
| Total Heroes 408 |
233 |
156 |
19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51 |
182 |
97 |
59 |
19 | ||
142 | ||||||
11 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
44 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | |
44 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | |
43 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 23 | 52 | 42 | 42 | 9 | |
141 | ||||||
6 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 68 | 26 | 26 | 3 | |
125 | ||||||
5 |
0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
40 |
2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | |
41 |
2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
39 |
2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 62 | 29 | 29 | 7 | |
Soul Availability[]
A Hero must first be unlocked before additional Souls can be obtained. Excluding special methods such as Shops, Heroes are generally unlocked in one of two ways:
- League Locked Heroes - unlocked by advancing in League within the Hall of Fame
- Event Locked Heroes - unlocked through Global Events
Once a hero has been unlocked, additional souls are always available as a possible drop from Chests, Summons, and Evolution. Some Heroes can also appear in Global Events which reward a large amount of souls:
- Basic Souls - Additional souls are available from Evolution, Summons, and Chests
- Event Souls - Additional souls are available from Global Events, Evolution, Summons, and Chests
A full list of Heroes and their availability can be found on the Hero Event List