Heroes are deployed in squads of 8 heroes by a Warlord to battle against other Warlords. There are over 400 unique heroes, each which have various traits and Skills. Hero traits can generally be described by the following terms: Alignment, Type, Gender, Rarity, and finally availability of their Souls.
A list of all heroes can be found here.
Alignment
Heroes have an alignment, each of which have certain themes it will generally follow regarding the heroes' stats and skills. The current alignments 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:
Soul Availability
Heroes Souls must first be unlocked before additional souls for leveling can be obtained through chests. Excluding special methods such as Shops, Heroes are generally unlocked in one of two ways:
- League Heroes - unlocked by advancing in League within the Battle Chamber
- Event Heroes - unlocked through Global Events