Heroes are an essential part of Hero Wars because they are needed for nearly all game modes. By default, all Heroes are summoned at Level 1, Promotion Rank White, and the lowest Evolution Rank (depending on the Hero). These three major indicators of the Hero's power can be found on the Hero's Avatar:
- The Level is found at the top
- The Promotion Rank is indicated by the border type and colour (an overview of all borders is found here)
- The Evolution Rank is at the bottom, represented by stars
To level up a Hero, he needs to earn enough Experience through the Campaign or by receiving EXP Potions. Each level grants a stats bonus depending on the current Evolution Rank. If the Hero is equipped enough Items he can be promoted, increasing his Promotion Rank and granting him a small stats bonus. The Evolution Rank can be increased by collecting Hero Soul Stones.
Besides their Equipment, Heroes can be improved by Skins, Glyphs, Gift of the Elements, Artifacts, Ascension, and Pet Patronage.
Skills[]
Each Hero has 4 different skills:
- White - Unlocked from the start
- Green - Unlocked with Promotion Rank Green
- Blue - Unlocked with Promotion Rank Blue
- Violet - Unlocked with Promotion Rank Violet
By default, the Hero uses their skills automatically between basic attacks except for the active part of their white skill that can be activated by collecting enough Energy in Battle. The other skills, with active components, have a skill timeout which determines the time between each usage.
Roles (and Classes)[]
Heroes have different Roles in a team and these Roles might be different for the same Hero between the Web/FB and Mobile versions of the game. In fact, in Web/FB they are still called Roles and some Heroes may belong to two or three different Roles (1 Primary or Main Role and up to 2 Secondary Roles) while Heroes in the Mobile version belong to exactly one Class (formerly Role).
Currently there are 7 Roles and Classes (regardless of the version of the game):
- Tank - a Tank's primary function is to fight in the front line and absorbing damage to protect the other heroes in the players team
- Warrior - a Warrior's primary function is dealing melee damage to the opposing team
- Marksman - a Marksman's primary function is to deal damage to the opposing team by using range projectiles
- Support - a Support's function is to support the players team with different protective skills like barriers, shields, removing debuffs etc
- Control - a Control's function is to control units from the opposing team with different skills like paralyzing, putting to sleep, stunning, silencing, pulling enemies towards the front line etc.
- Mage - a Mage's primary function is to attack the opposing team with range magic attacks
- Healer - a Healer's primary function is to heal the other heroes in the players team
Factions and Specials[]
In the Mobile version of the game all Heroes are divided into Factions (before called Special). If Heroes of the same Faction are used together some of their skills are enhanced. Currently there are 6 Factions:
In the Web and Facebook versions of the game this is still called Special but only a limited number of Heroes have a special and the advantages are limited. Currently there are 5 Specials:
Order[]
Lower-numbered Heroes in Order Rank will always stand in front of higher-numbered Heroes at the very beginning of a battle and in general throughout the duration of the entire battle, however, some Heroes may change their position (and/or direction) due to the effects of certain skills (either their own or the enemy's).
Browser[]
Augustus and Polaris are currently only available in the Web/FB version and not in the Mobile version of the game.
Hero | Role | Special | Main Stat | Attack Type | Artifact Team Buff | Stone Source | Order Rank |
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Tank Control |
Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Arena Shop | 1 | ||
Tank | Strength | Magic | Dodge | Campaign Heroic Chest |
2 | ||
Tank Control |
Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Heroic Chest | 3 | ||
Tank | Undead | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Heroic Chest | 4 | |
Tank Control |
Blessed | Strength | Physical | Armor | Outland Shop | 5 | |
Tank | Strength | Physical | Armor | Guild War Shop | 6 | ||
Tank | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Grand Arena Shop | 7 | ||
Tank | Strength | Physical | Crit hit chance | Special Events | 8 | ||
Tank Support |
Strength | Physical | Armor | Campaign Heroic Chest |
9 | ||
Tank | Strength | Magic | Armor | Special Events | 10 | ||
Tank Warrior |
Blessed | Strength | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
11 | |
Warrior | Fire Herald | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Special Events | 12 | |
Warrior | Blessed | Strength | Physical | Armor penetration | Special Events | 13 | |
Warrior | Agility | Physical | Crit hit chance | Grand Arena Shop | 14 | ||
Warrior | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Elemental Tournament Shop | 15 | ||
Healer Support |
Blessed | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Grand Arena Shop | 16 | |
Support Control |
Strength | Physical | Armor | Elemental Tournament Shop | 17 | ||
Warrior | Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Special Events | 18 | ||
Warrior | Agility | Physical Pure |
Crit hit chance | Guild War Shop | 19 | ||
Warrior Marksman |
Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Outland Shop | 20 | ||
Warrior | Agility | Physical Pure |
Armor penetration | Outland Shop | 21 | ||
Mage | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Heroic Chest | 22 | ||
Support Mage |
Grove Keeper | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Special Events | 23 | |
Healer Mage |
Intelligence | Pure | Magic defense | Arena Shop Heroic Chest |
24 | ||
Control Warrior |
Agility | Magic Pure |
Magic penetration | Guild War Shop Soul Atrium |
25 | ||
Marksman | Agility | Physical | Dodge | Tower Shop | 26 | ||
Mage | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
27 | ||
Marksman | Agility | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
28 | ||
Mage Control Support |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Arena Shop | 29 | ||
Support Healer |
Undead | Intelligence | Physical | Armor penetration | Soul Atrium | 30 | |
Mage Healer |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
31 | ||
Support Mage |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Clash of Worlds Shop | 32 | ||
Mage | Grove Keeper | Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Magic attack | Tower Shop | 33 | |
Support Control |
Engineer | Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Special Events | 34 | |
Marksman | Strength | Physical Pure |
Crit hit chance | Guild War Shop | 35 | ||
Support Healer |
Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Elemental Tournament Shop | 36 | ||
Support | Agility | Physical Pure |
Crit hit chance | Elemental Tournament Shop | 37 | ||
Mage Support |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
38 | ||
Mage | Intelligence | Pure | Dodge | Campaign Heroic Chest |
39 | ||
Control Support |
Strength | Magic | Magic attack | Outland Shop | 40 | ||
Mage | Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Tower Shop | 41 | ||
Marksman | Engineer | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
42 | |
Marksman | Agility | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
43 | ||
Marksman | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Special Events | 44 | ||
Control Marksman |
Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Arena Shop | 45 | ||
Mage Control |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
46 | ||
Mage | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Special Events | 47 | ||
Marksman Warrior |
Agility | Physical | Armor | Campaign | 48 | ||
Healer Mage |
Fire Herald | Intelligence | Magic | Armor | Special Events | 49 | |
Mage | Intelligence | Physical Pure |
Magic attack | Clash of Worlds Shop | 50 | ||
Support Mage |
Intelligence | Physical | Magic defense | Friendship Shop | 51 | ||
Mage Control |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Friendship Shop | 52 | ||
Marksman | Engineer | Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
53 | |
Control Mage |
Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Magic attack | Grand Arena Shop | 54 | ||
Control Mage |
Undead | Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
55 | |
Marksman | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Campaign | 56 | ||
Healer Support |
Intelligence | Magic | Physical attack | Heroic Chest | 57 | ||
Control Mage |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Special Events | 58 | ||
Mage Support |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
59 | ||
Healer Support |
Intelligence | Physical | Armor | Soul Shop | 60 | ||
Healer Support |
Grove Keeper | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
61 | |
Support Control |
Strength | Physical | Armor | Special Events Heroic Chest |
62 | ||
Mage Support |
Intelligence | Magic | Armor | Campaign Heroic Chest |
63 | ||
Mage Control |
Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Tower Shop Heroic Chest |
64 | ||
Healer Support |
Intelligence | Physical | Armor | Heroic Chest | 65 |
Mobile[]
The following Heroes are currently only available in the Mobile version and not in the Web/FB version of the game: Cascade, Folio, Octavia, Oya, Soleil, Tempus and Xe'Sha.
Hero | Class (Role) |
Faction | Main Stat | Attack Type | Artifact Team Buff | Stone Source | Order Rank |
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Tank | Way of Nature | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Arena Shop | 1 | |
Tank | Way of Nature | Strength | Magic | Dodge | Campaign | 2 | |
Tank | Way of Chaos | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Heroic Chest | 3 | |
Tank | Way of Honor | Strength | Physical | Armor | Outland Shop | 4 | |
Tank | Way of Eternity | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Special Events Dungeon Shop |
5 | |
Tank | Way of Mystery | Strength | Physical | Armor | Guild War Shop | 6 | |
Tank | Way of Mystery | Strength | Physical Pure |
Armor | Grand Arena Shop | 7 | |
Tank | Way of Progress | Strength | Physical | Crit hit chance | Special Events | 8 | |
Tank | Way of Chaos | Strength | Physical | Armor | Campaign Heroic Chest |
9 | |
Warrior | Way of Honor | Strength | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
10 | |
Warrior | Way of Honor | Strength | Physical | Armor penetration | Special Events | 11 | |
Warrior | Way of Nature | Strength | Physical | Crit hit chance | Special Events | 12 | |
Warrior | Way of Honor | Agility | Physical | Crit hit chance | Grand Arena Shop | 13 | |
Warrior | Way of Eternity | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Guild War Shop | 14 | |
Healer | Way of Honor | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Grand Arena Shop | 15 | |
Warrior | Way of Nature | Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Outland Shop | 16 | |
Control | Way of Mystery | Strength | Physical | Armor | Special Events | 17 | |
Warrior | Way of Chaos | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Special Events | 18 | |
Warrior | Way of Nature | Agility | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Hydra Shop | 19 | |
Warrior | Way of Honor | Agility | Physical Pure |
Armor penetration | Outland Shop | 20 | |
Mage | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Highwayman Shop Heroic Chest |
21 | |
Tank | Way of Nature | Intelligence | Magic | Armor | Special Events | 22 | |
Support | Way of Nature | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Special Events Dungeon Shop |
23 | |
Healer | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Pure | Magic defense | Tower Shop Heroic Chest |
24 | |
Control | Way of Progress | Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Armor | Heroic Chest | 25 | |
Marksman | Way of Eternity | Agility | Physical | Dodge | Tower Shop | 26 | |
Support | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
27 | |
Marksman | Way of Eternity | Agility | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
28 | |
Control | Way of Progress | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Arena Shop | 29
Heroes/Tempus | |
Healer | Way of Eternity | Intelligence | Physical | Armor penetration | Hydra Shop | 31 | |
Support | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Heroic Chest | 32 | |
Mage | Way of Nature | Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Magic attack | Tower Shop | 33 | |
Marksman | Way of Nature | Strength | Physical | Crit hit chance | Guild War Shop | 34 | |
Support | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical Pure |
Physical attack | Special Events | 35 | |
Support | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Guild War Shop | 36 | |
Mage | Way of Nature | Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
37 | |
Mage | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Pure | Dodge | Campaign Heroic Chest |
38 | |
Control | Way of Chaos | Strength | Magic | Magic attack | Outland Shop | 39
Heroes/Soleil | |
Mage | Way of Eternity | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Special Events | 41 | |
Mage | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Magic attack | Special Events | 42 | |
Support | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Special Events | 43
Heroes/Folio | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Magic defense | Special Events | 45 | |
Marksman | Way of Mystery | Agility | Physical | Special Events | 46 | ||
Mage | Way of Progress | Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Tower Shop | 47 | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
48 | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
49 | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Special Events | 50 | |
Marksman | Way of Nature | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Arena Shop | 51 | |
Mage | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
52 | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Armor | Arena Shop Heroic Chest |
53 | |
Mage | Way of Honor | Intelligence | Physical | Magic defense | Highwayman Shop | 54 | |
Control | Way of Eternity | Intelligence | Magic | Magic penetration | Highwayman Shop | 55 | |
Marksman | Way of Progress | Agility | Physical | Armor penetration | Campaign Heroic Chest |
56 | |
Control | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Magic Pure |
Magic attack | Grand Arena Shop | 57 | |
Control | Way of Eternity | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
58 | |
Marksman | Way of Honor | Agility | Physical | Physical attack | Campaign Heroic Chest |
59 | |
Healer | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Physical attack | Town Shop Heroic Chest |
60 | |
Control | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
61 | |
Healer | Way of Chaos | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Special Events | 62 | |
Support | Way of Progress | Intelligence | Physical | Armor | Soul Shop | 63 | |
Healer | Way of Nature | Intelligence | Magic | Magic defense | Campaign Heroic Chest |
64 | |
Support | Way of Honor | Strength | Physical | Physical attack | Special Events | 65 | |
Support | Way of Honor | Intelligence | Magic | Armor | Campaign Heroic Chest |
66 | |
Mage | Way of Chaos | Strength | Magic | Magic penetration | Highwayman Shop Heroic Chest |
67 | |
Healer | Way of Mystery | Intelligence | Physical | Armor | Special Events | 68 | |
Support | Way of Eternity | Agility | Physical | Dodge | Special Events | 69 |
History and Introduction[]
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The following information and dates are based on the actual game files, however, the games itself was officially released on 23 March 2016 (instead of 1 March 2016).
All dates are listed in "yyyy-mm-dd" format.
Hero | Date added | Event | Name changes |
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Arachne | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Artemis | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Astaroth | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Aurora | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Chabba | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Dante | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Daredevil | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Dark Star | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Faceless | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Fox | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Galahad | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Ginger | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Heidi | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Judge | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Kai | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Keira | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Mojo | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Orion | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch | - |
Phobos | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Thea | 2016-03-01 | Game Launch |
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Lian | 2016-06-01 | - | - |
Markus | 2016-06-01 | - | - |
Ishmael | 2016-08-16 | - | - |
Lilith | 2016-08-16 | - | - |
Cleaver | 2016-08-30 | - | - |
Peppy | 2016-10-04 | - | - |
Luther | 2016-10-27 | - | - |
Qing Mao | 2016-10-27 | - | - |
Dorian | 2016-11-01 | - | - |
Cornelius | 2016-12-13 | - | - |
Jet | 2016-12-20 | added with the Soul Shop | - |
Helios | 2017-02-08 | - | - |
Krista | 2017-02-08 | - | - |
Lars | 2017-02-08 | - | - |
Jorgen | 2017-03-29 | - | - |
Maya | 2017-05-10 | - | - |
Jhu | 2017-06-27 | Champion of the Tribe |
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Elmir | 2017-08-21 | Desert Assassin | - |
Ziri | 2017-11-10 | Mother of Scorpions | - |
Nebula | 2017-12-21 | Winterfest | - |
K'arkh | 2018-02-08 | Negator of Matter | - |
Rufus | 2018-03-15 | Incurable Optimist | - |
Celeste | 2018-07-12 | The Two-Faced Comes | - |
Astrid and Lucas | 2018-08-20 | Mutual Devotion | - |
Satori | 2018-12-24 | Winterfest | - |
Martha | 2019-04-11 | Foremother's Pledge | - |
Andvari | 2019-08-01 | Earth Tremors | - |
Sebastian | 2019-12-24 | Winterfest | - |
Yasmine | 2020-05-14 | Dance of Shadows | - |
Corvus | 2020-07-23 | Darkness Falls | - |
Morrigan | 2020-07-23 | Darkness Falls | - |
Isaac | 2020-12-24 | Winterfest | - |
Alvanor | 2021-04-15 | Alvanor's Awakening | - |
Tristan | 2021-09-09 | Path of the Light | - |
Iris | 2021-12-23 | Winterfest | - |
Amira | 2022-04-06 | The Mystery of Golden Sands | - |
Fafnir | 2022-09-15 | The Secrets of the Dragon Mountains | - |
Kayla | 2022-12-01 | Advent Calendar | - |
Aidan | 2022-12-16 | Winterfest | - |
Mushy and Shroom | 2023-02-17 | Mind of the Old Grove | - |
Julius | 2023-04-24 | Interplanetary Travel | - |
Polaris | 2023-12-21 | The Stranger from Frigid Space |Winterfest |
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Lara Croft | 2024-05-13 | The Mystery of Dominion | - |
Augustus | 2024-10-14 | Fall of the Avissians' City | - |