General Information About Heroes

Heroes are an essential part of Hero Wars: Alliance gameplay. You need them to participate in various game modes, such as Arena, Tower, Guild Wars, etc. Heroes are automatically positioned on the battlefield based on their auto-attack range. You cannot manually adjust their positions.

Each hero has special traits — level, skills, stats, Glyphs, Classes, Factions, etc. — that determine their stats and impact in battle. This article explains the basics of these traits; read on to learn more.

Heroes Menu

You can learn the hero's background, position, main and secondary stats, class, and faction in the Heroes menu. To open it:

1. Tap the Heroes button at the bottom of the screen.

   

2. Select the required hero.

3. Tap the hero's name or their power in the Hero tab.

   

4. You will see the hero's stats.

   

Level

Hero level determines a hero's strength. The maximum hero level is 120. The higher the level, the more experience you need to raise it.

To gain hero experience:

• complete Campaign missions using heroes you wish to upgrade;
• use EXP potions.

You can buy EXP potions at the Town Shop or receive them by raiding missions.

The game has two different level systems: team level and character level.

Up to team level 28, your heroes’ level can be higher than your team level. Your heroes might be of level 20 when your team level is still 16. So if you cannot level up your heroes further, increase your team level first.

Press your avatar in the upper-left corner of the main screen to check what is the maximum level of your heroes.

Starting from team level 28, the hero level cap is equal to your current team level and cannot be higher than it. For example, if your team level is 28, you can upgrade your heroes up to level 28 at most. To level up your heroes further, increase your team level.

Skills

Each hero has four unique skills that they can apply in battle. You can learn more about hero skills in this article.

Rank and Equipment

There are 16 ranks in the game: White, Green, Green +1, Blue, Blue +1, Blue +2, Violet, Violet +1, Violet +2, Violet +3, Orange, Orange +1, Orange +2, Orange +3, Orange +4, and Red.

When you level up a hero's rank, you unlock skills and Glyphs. To upgrade your hero to the next rank, you need to collect and craft items. You gather items and their fragments by completing Campaign missions. The rarer the item, the lower its drop chance.

Evolution and Soul Stones

You can evolve heroes up to six stars by using gold and Soul Stones. With each upgrade, the hero's main stats will increase. The number of Soul Stones required for an upgrade:

• 1st star — 10 Soul Stones;
• 2nd star — 20 Soul Stones (or 30 Soul Stones if you summon the hero for the first time);
• 3rd star — 50 Soul Stones (or 80 Soul Stones if you summon the hero for the first time);
• 4th star — 100 Soul Stones;
• 5th star — 150 Soul Stones;
• 6th star — 300 Soul Stones.

The first heroes you get are Galahad, Astaroth, Thea, Phobos, and Aurora. You can obtain other heroes and their Soul Stones by:

• completing heroic missions;
• opening Heroic Chests;
• completing event tasks;
• watching Boxy videos;
• getting as a part of a bundle;
• buying in one of the game Shops.

Skins

Skins increase hero stats and change their appearance. You can learn more about hero skins in this article.

Glyphs and Class Runes

Every hero has five Glyphs. Each Glyph boosts main or secondary stats. When all Glyphs of a hero reach level 40, the Class Rune feature unlocks. It gives access to the class ability — a passive skill that all heroes of the same class have. You can learn more about Glyphs and Class Runes in this article.

Classes

Each hero in the game belongs to a specific class. Currently, there are seven classes in total. Press Hero Classes below to open a full list of classes.

When all Glyphs of a hero reach level 40, the Class Rune feature unlocks. It gives access to the class ability — a passive skill that all heroes of the same class have. The ability works even for those heroes whose Glyphs have not reached level 40 yet.

To read the descriptions of all passive skills, press Class Abilities.

Class Abilities

Every 10 seconds, a tank hero increases the armor and magic defense of an ally with the lowest health. The stats are boosted for 5 seconds according to this formula: 1% tank's health + 50 * Class Rune level. The tank hero can also apply this skill to themself.

Whenever a warrior deals damage with their regular attack, their own physical attack stat increases according to this formula: 8% warrior's physical attack + 45 * Class Rune level. The duration of the effect is calculated according to this formula: 0,02 * Class Rune level + 5. A warrior cannot increase their physical attack more than six times simultaneously.

If a marksman's target has less than a certain percentage of health, marksman's next attack will deal more damage. The percentage of target's health is calculated according to this formula: 0,1 * Class Rune level + 20; the amount of damage dealt — according to this formula: 10% of marksman's physical attack + 90 * Class Rune level. Marksman can use this skill once every four seconds for each target.

A mage starts a battle with more energy. The amount of additional energy is calculated according to this formula: Class Rune level * 0.6 + 50. When a mage uses their second, third, or fourth skills, they gain more energy that is calculated according to this formula: 0.2 * Class Rune level.

When a healer restores an ally's health, they also apply a buff on them for five seconds. This buff converts any incoming damage into healing according to this formula: 30% healer's magic attack + 220 * Class Rune level. A healer can apply the buff on an ally once every 10 seconds.

When a support hero deals damage to an opponent or applies a buff on allies, they reduce the armor and magic defense of all the opponents. Depending on which stat of the support hero is higher, the armor and magic defense are reduced according to either of these formulas: 1% support's physical attack + 5 * Class Rune level OR 1% support's magical attack + 5 * Class Rune level. The debuff lasts four seconds. A hero cannot have more than five debuffs at the same time.

When a control effect ends, a control hero slows the affected opponent down by 30% and reduces their total physical damage for four seconds. Depending on which stat of the control hero is higher, the damage is reduced according to either of these formulas: 1% magic attack + 20 * Class Rune level OR 1% physical attack + 20 * Class Rune level. A control hero can use this skill on an opponent once every 10 seconds.

Factions

Each hero in the game belongs to a specific faction. There are six factions in the game. Tap Hero Factions below to open a full list of factions.

Each faction has heroes with special skills. These abilities grant certain bonuses to all characters from the same faction. For example, Corvus and Morrigan belong to the Way of Eternity faction. Thus, their skills give a boost to the Way of Eternity heroes.

Tap Faction Special Skills below to open a list of such heroes and their skills.

Talismans

Talismans are special items that improve your heroes' stats. To wear a Talisman, a hero has to reach level 120. You can learn more about Talismans in this article.

Spark of Power

Spark of Power allows you to upgrade three main stats of a hero. You can improve it with gold and Sparks of Power (you get Sparks for upgrading titans).

At the maximum level, Spark of Power grants 720 bonus points to the hero's primary stat and 360 points to the other two stats.