Hero Wars tier list: Best heroes & team compositions

❘ Updated: 2024-03-05T15:52:13

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Hero Wars is loaded with unique characters and if you’re struggling to make a powerful team, check out this tier list revealing the best heroes and team compositions in the game.

Hero Wars is similar to Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact in terms of offering a huge roster of playable characters, but the gameplay is mostly idle like RAID Shadow Legends and Mythic Heroes.

If you’re struggling to progress and take down bosses, it could be because of an unbalanced team composition and not picking the strongest heroes in the meta. To help you avoid these mistakes, here’s a Hero Wars tier list revealing the best heroes and team compositions.

A screengrab of Heroes fighting enemies in Hero Wars

Each Hero has 4 different skills, namely white, green, blue, and violet.

Best heroes in Hero Wars ranked from best to worst

In the table below, we’ve assigned every hero in Hero Wars a tier ranging from S to D. The characters in the S tier are the strongest while the ones in the D tier are the weakest.

Tier	Hero Wars characters
S	Aidan, Aurora, Celeste, Chabba, Cleaver, Jorgen, K’arkh, Kayla, Krista, Lars, Martha, Nebula, Satori, Solaris, Tenebris, Yasmine, Keira, Thea, Astaroth, Astrid & Lucas
A	Alvanor, Andvari, Brustar, Cornelius, Fafnir, Galahad, Julius, Lilith, Luther, Markus, Maya, Orion, Qing Mao, Artemis, Polaris, Mushy, Shroom, Elmir, Daredevil, Ziri, Oya, Judge
B	Corvus, Fox, Helios, Isaac, Jet, Lian, Peppy, Sebastian, Tristan, Dark Star, Ginger, Dorian
C	Arachne, Avalon, Iris, Kai, Morrigan, Rufus
D	Dante, Heidi,Mojo, Phobos, Ishmael

We recommend using characters placed in the S and A tiers for best results. Fortunately, you’ll get a lot of them for free. But even if you’re willing to try out the game’s gacha system, only these characters are worth the investment.

Here’s a brief rundown of the best heroes in the game and how you can make the most of them;

Astaroth – A tanky unit who should help you absorb tons of incoming damage.
Cleaver – This is another tank character that you’d benefit greatly by adding to your team. However, unlocking him could be a bit of a task.
Fafnir – A great hero who isn’t too strong individually but drastically improves your team through shields and attack boosts.
Artemis – A ranged sniper attacker who works brilliantly with Tristain and Fafnir. Her high critical attack also matches well with heroes like Cornelius who grant magical defense.
Judge – Judge protects your tank and the backline character while dealing magical damage to opponents and slowing them down. He’s very versatile and most teams can utilize him.
Astrid & Lucas – Astrid and Lucas look adorable together but are actually rage-filled teammates. The major highlight of their kit is the ability to stun opponents and while in the rage form, Lucas deals a lot more damage with each attack.
Isaac -Progress faction teams are incomplete without Isaac. As a support, it grants shields and physical attack buffs to teammates and all the Progress allies also get heals as well as Armor Penetration boosts. Isaac’s only downside is his limited effectiveness as non-Progress allies don’t get anything substantial from him.
Ginger – Ginger is another brilliant unit that you’d want to use in a Progress team. Put her in the backline with a shield from Judge and you’ll be dealing unreal amounts of damage to the opponents.
Orion – Orion is the quickest to get his Ultimate in Hero Wars, which alone makes him a very useful character. You constantly get a Magic Penetration boost and the overall magic damage of the team is increased drastically.
Peppy – From shielding all allies to dealing magic damage to stunning, , opponents and buffing damage, Peppy serves many purposes in Hero Wars making it worthwhile to add her to your team.

Team formations play a major role in Hero Wars. For instance, Elmir and Dorian aren’t great as individual characters, but when paired with someone like Daredevil, the outcome is entirely different.

Every Hero plays a different role in the team such as marksman, support, and healer.

Best team compositions in Hero Wars

To excel in Hero Wars, you not only need the best characters but also need to form teams with them. From synergy and damage output to support abilities and heals, there are many elements that make a good team.

These are the best and most balanced team compositions in Hero Wars:

Lilith, Phobos, Corvus, Morrigan, Alvanor
Krista, Lars, Nebula, Astaroth, Martha
Satori, Thea, Jorgen, Maya, Astaroth
Dorian, Orion, Helios, Clever, Peppy
Andvari, Rufus, Keira, Dorian, Martha
Kai, Maya, Lian, Phobos, Judge
Julius, Judge, Isaac, Ginger
Ginger, Isaac, Astrid & Lucas, Sebastian, Aurora
Elmir, Dorian, Daredevil, Celste
Ziri, Martha, Aidan, Chabba
Julius, Maya, Keira, Andvari
Qing Mao, Alvanor, Luther, Markus

Well, this was everything to know about the best heroes in Hero Wars and how you can make the most of them in various team compositions. If you are looking for more RPG content, check out: