Hero Wars tier list: Best heroes & team compositions

Picking the best character in Hero Wars is not an easy task since it’s similar to Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact in terms of the sheer number of playable characters.

If you are unable to climb the leaderboards, it could either be because your team is not balanced or you are not picking the strongest heroes in the meta.

So, here’s a tier list of the heroes in Hero Wars, as well as the best team compositions.

Hero Wars heroes tier list

Tier	Hero Wars characters
S	Aidan, Aurora, Celeste, Chabba, Thea, Astaroth, Astrid & Lucas, Rufus
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, Cleaver, Jorgen, K’arkh, Kayla, Krista, Lars, Martha, Yasmine, Keira
C	Arachne, Avalon, Iris, Kai, Morrigan, Nebula, Satori, Solaris, Tenebris
D	Dante, Heidi, Mojo, Phobos, Ishmael

Best units in Hero Wars

Astaroth, Thea, and Rufus are the best units that you will come across. Astaroth and Rufus are tanks and will absorb most of the damage that’s dealt to them. They can dish out serious damage too, while using their skills to protect the rest of the team.

Thea on the other hand is a healer, who fights from the back of the line. She mainly focuses on healing your team and can target heal heroes with the lowest health during battle.

Rankings explained

• S: The best units in the game, although they can be hard to come by, having even one in your team will help you clear out rounds easily
• A: These units are very good but fall slightly short in terms of damage output.
• B: The units in this tier perform well only if they have a working synergy with the others in the team.
• C: These units are good for the initial few rounds in Hero Wars. But swap them out as soon as you get better characters.
• D: You need to avoid using these units unless you fancy a challenge for yourself.

Best heroes explained

Aidan

Nexters

Aidan is a healer and a magic damage dealer. He can also shield his allies for a brief period. Once this timer expires, the shield explodes, damaging the enemy. The hero that Aidan bonds with shares his health pool with him and any damage that the bonded hero takes is shared amongst the two.

Aurora

Nexters

Aurora is a hybrid between a tank and a DPS hero. Unlike other tanks, she can only shield herself from incoming damage. Most of her attacks deal AoE damage and can eliminate enemies easily. The shield that she creates around herself explodes after a short period of time, which damages the enemies in front of her.

Astaroth

Nexters

Astaroth is a tank character who fights at the front of the line. His active ability forms a barrier around all his allies, making them immune to incoming damage for a brief time. He can also resurrect any fallen ally once in battle.

Astrid & Lucas

Astrid is a Marksman who steps into the battlefield with a pet, which in its rage form dishes out a lot of damage to the enemy. When Lucas is enraged, he’ll make it to the frontlines and attack the enemy, but he won’t take any damage as long as he’s enraged.

Celeste

Celeste is one of the few characters in Hero Wars to have two forms, a light and a dark form. In her Light form, she heals her allies, while in her Dark form, she damages and curses the enemy. Cursed enemies cannot be healed.

Chabba

Nexters

Chabba is a dragon who eats his enemies and deals damage over time. Despite being a tank, he also applies debuffs like “slow” to the enemy, making him a wonderful asset on any team. By swallowing an enemy, Chabba absorbs their health, adding it to his own health pool.

Rufus

Nexters

Rufus is a tank character who will fight at the front of the line. With his active ability, he can shield his team from all incoming magic damage, whereas his final passive makes him immune to all physical damage.

Thea

Thea is a healer who fights from the back of the line. She’s a support character, and can not only heal you but she can also silence the enemy’s attacks with one of her passive abilities. Her active ability grants an overshield to her allies, making them survive longer in battle.

Best Hero Wars team compositions

Jet, Sebastian, Kiera, Andvari, Chabba

This team composition works well because there’s a lot of support here, that’ll allow Chabba to survive and control the enemy while Kiera keeps on dishing out damage.

Jet, Sebastian, Kiera, Galahad, Thea

In this team composition, you have Kiera and Astaroth, who can tank and dispatch the enemy, while relying on Thea and Jet to keep them alive.

Andvari, Rufus, Kiera, Dorian, Chabba

This team composition works well against enemies that deal magic damage. Rufus tanks magic damage nicely, while Chabba keeps controlling the enemy by slowing them. Kiera can use that as an advantage to take down the enemy easily.

Krista, Lars, Astaroth, Nebula, Martha

This is one of the most common setups that you will encounter in the Arena in Hero Wars. Krista and Lars are twins who are a dangerous pair on the battlefield. With Martha, you have an immense amount of healing while Astaroth can shield you from incoming enemy damage.

Since each hero has a different skill set in Hero Wars, picking up random ones will make it difficult for you to complete battles in both PvP and PvE. The character combinations mentioned above are currently the best in the game, so make sure to use them if you’re struggling to clear a level.

Just like Hero Wars, Wuthering Waves and Anime Crossover Defense feature multiple characters that you can use to create devastating team compositions.