Note: These tips may help you in battle but do not guarantee victory. Various factors can influence the outcome of a fight: hero level, main and secondary stats, opponent power, game mode, and control effects.
Due to the variety of opponent teams you may face in the game, no single party will win every battle. While gathering a team, pay attention to the opponent heroes, the skills they use, and their weaknesses. Finding effective counter-heroes will surely affect the battle outcome.
1. Pay attention to the class of your heroes. To increase the chances of winning a battle, your team should have one tank, at least one support or healer, and a couple of warriors/mages/marksmen. A tank defends the team, a support or healer restores health and applies buffs, and warriors/mages/marksmen deal damage. There are some exceptions to this rule, but a team of five healers would hardly be able to fight efficiently.
2. Consider the synergy of your team. Some heroes are designed to boost each other. One of the most well-known combinations is Lars and Krista. Krista uses her Frozen Needles skill to create ice thorns that cause damage to any rival moving through them. Lars uses the Lord of the Storm skill and drags opponents through the thorns. Thus, they effectively damage rivals. You can find other combination tips in this article.
Also, each hero belongs to a specific faction. Each faction has heroes with special skills that grant bonuses to all characters from the same faction. Thus, heroes of the same faction have better synergy with each other.
3. Check the opponent's team composition. You should pay particular attention to the damage type they inflict and are resistant to. For example, if your opponent is immune to magic damage, try gathering a team that deals physical or pure damage.
In most game modes, you can view the details about an opponent's hero while gathering your team. Just long-press the hero to open the information window:
Here you can check:
- Level.
- Power.
- Class.
- Faction.
- Main stat.
- Skills (tap a skill icon to view its description).
- Bonus stat of the Artifact Weapon.
- Hero effectiveness in damage, defense, support, and healing.
You can also view detailed information about the heroes of your team. Besides you will see a tip about hero synergy:
4. Inspect the opponent's skills and see if there are any control effects. For example, if the opposing heroes have skills that can displace characters, take a hero who protects others from displacement.
5. Make sure that your opponent does not have resistance to your characters' skills. For example, Faceless will be of little use in a battle with an opponent that cannot be thrown in the air (like Brog the Conqueror in the Outland).
6. Use filters. They make finding a necessary hero easier. The filter button is on the left side of the team gathering window. You can filter your heroes by:
- Bonus stat of the hero's Artifact Weapon.
- Faction.
- Class.
You can long-press an icon to view its description:
Each parameter allows you to choose only one option. Combine them to find the required hero.
You can press All in the filter pop-up or press the selected filters to reset them:
You can also filter your characters in the hero list. You can filter them by class:
Or faction: