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:
- Common - 22 heroes in total
- Rare - 115 heroes in total
- Epic - 117 heroes in total
- Legendary - 114 heroes in total
Hero Table by Numbers
The table below shows the total number of heroes for each category listed above.
All Heroes 408 |
Melee 233 |
Ranged 156 |
Building 19 | |||
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Female 51 |
Male 182 |
Female 97 |
Male 59 |
Sexless 19 | ||
Order 142 | ||||||
Common 11 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Rare 44 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | |
Epic 44 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | |
Legendary 43 |
7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | |
Total | 23 | 52 | 42 | 42 | 9 | |
Nature 141 | ||||||
Common 6 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Rare 45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
Epic 45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
Legendary 45 |
7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
Total | 22 | 68 | 26 | 26 | 3 | |
Chaos 125 | ||||||
Common 5 |
0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Rare 40 |
2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | |
Epic 41 |
2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
Legendary 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