Investing in your heroes in Kingshot is crucial but there are some pitfalls that you have to know about or you can end up slowing your progress down by a lot – with every generation your server grows, new heroes will be added and investing in Exclusive Gear of a hero that becomes less useful might be a huge mistake.
For this reason, I have created a tier list below that helps you understand what heroes you’re aiming for to max out and which ones you will probably replace sooner or later in Kingshot.
The Best Heroes in Kingshot
Before we get into the list, please undertand some fundamental things about heroes and servers in Kingshot. The age of your server determines what heroes are available to you, so you will see the heroes in the tier list below ordered by generations.
A rough overview of the generations is:
- 1st generation server are younger than 40 days
- 2nd generation server are older than 40 days rolling out on the earliest servers
- 3rd generation server are older than 120 days
- 4th generation server are older than 200 days
- 5th generation server are older than 280 days
- 6th generation server are older than 1 year
- 7th generation server are older than 1 year and 80 days
This means, new heroes become available to your server after about 5-6 Lucky Wheels (every 80 days) and that means that the newer heroes normally will change the roaster of heroes. To read the tier list below correctly, you have to check what heroes are available on your server and what generation your server is and then look at the section to see the correct ranking of the heroes. Amazing heroes on 1st generation servers in Kingshot aren’t that great on 5th generation servers anymore and so on…
But that also means that it is hard to say “this is the best hero” or “build this hero” since newer heroes are typically stronger but you can’t just wait it out until they are available. For this reason our list below is sorted by the Generation a hero is released in but also showing how a hero performs in a later generation. So if you build a Generation 2 hero to see how many generations that hero will actually be viable in Kingshot.
Please also check out our new main march guides for all generations here and also check here the guide for the new arena teams in Kingshot for the full picture and the synergies. Also if you like to dip into quite a similar experience with less comic but more realistic graphics, Century Game released Lordrush which is pretty much the same game with different graphics.
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Generation 7
Generation 7 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 440 days
Tier SOverall crazy what Charles does on work on the battlefield with shielding damage, damage reduction and a final blast if there is too much damage. Crazy hero when you enter this generation on your server, for sure.
Tier SThe way he deals damage over time is massive, like really massive + on top you gain the debuff on the target which scales altogether even more.
Tier S+
Generation 6
Generation 6 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 360 days
Tier S+Incredibly strong in Conquest as infantry hero that gains invincibility and his Expedition skills are crazy enabler.
Tier SOutputs a lot of damage in Conquest but also is somewhat proc depending. His damage dealing capabilities in Expedition are even better.
Tier SWild damage and crowd control in Exporation and Expedition and helps focus targets down well.
Generation 5
Generation 4 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 280 days
Tier S+Amazing trageting in Exploration with a ton of damage make her one of the best heroes in Whiteout there. Also in Expedition actually.
Tier SNice damage and stun in Exploration and has great ofense and defense buffs in Expedition.
Tier A+Great against control effects in Exploration but also needs more infantry to sustain. Shines more in Expedition.
Generation 4
Generation 4 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 200 days
Tier S+Good tank in Exploration and a sturdy infantry hero in Kingshot that also sustain well in Expedition.
Tier SGreat assassin kit for Exploration but unless maxed her dodging in Expedition can soometimes be quite annoying.
Tier A+Nice debuff and control clearing for Exploration when you need it but not too much in Expeiditon actually as there re other heroes in Whiteout Survival that excel there.
Generation 3
Generation 3 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 120 days
Tier A+In Exploration the archetype of a defender who is really sturdy and also in Expedition very good if you need a sutainable hero in Kingshot, espcialy if you did not build too much here in Generation 2.
Tier AStun and AoE always works in Exploration and he does fine there. For Expedition I really only like his Health buff as there others are so relying on proc chance.
Tier AI love her kit in Expolration but the RNG will take it down so many times since her scalers range from 5-600% randomly. Also her Expedition skills are proc-heavy.
Generation 2
Generation 2 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 40 days
Tier S+Wild damage tank in Conquest and great damage enabler in Expedition.
Tier S+Crazy AoE damage in Conquest and crowd control on top of that, in Expedition quite RNG with the proc chances to be honest.
Tier SA healer in Conquest which you not always but often enough later needs but in Expedition she can be quite RNG with her proc chances.
Generation 1
These heroes here are available right away when you start the game and will gradually be replaced by stronger heroes in following generations
Tier S+The VIP hero early on and will stay relevant but building him requires a high VIP level and invest so do not fall for the cheap pack with him offered, unlocking is not getting you that far with him and to get his shards to level him up will be a lot more expensive.
Tier S+Very solid at start and as you get her through the 7-day login event a hero you will use a lot on 1. Generation server but she has a versatile kit with the stuns and the damage buffing but will be replaced soon-ish since her stats will simply not scale enough with future-generations heroes in Kingshot.
Tier S+If you want to get her through the first purchase reward you will get a nice boost on the fresh server with her as she is good but keep in mind she will fall off in later generations so don't think get her, max her and be settled for good here.
Tier A+For Suuppression only useful as meatshield tank and in Expedition you can use him for his damage reduction.
Tier A+Great damage in Suuppression but except very early Expedition on early server he is not too viable. Still, compared to how easy you build him when looking over to Quinn, he is worth the effort early on.
Tier B+Pretty cool effect actually. If you don't have too many legendaries and are F2P a good hero to actively use and if not, the passive research speed buff is amazing.
Tier B+Pretty cool effect actually. If you don't have too many legendaries and are F2P a good hero to actively use and if not, the passive healing speed buff is amazing.
Tier B+He is alright in Suuppression but his main cause to Awaken and build him is for the long-term construction boosts of his Expedition skills.
Tier B+Fast march speed in Expedition to get away and alright in Suuppression until you unlock the better legendary heroes in Kingshot. But Awaken her to get her Stamina Cost reduction from her passive skill.
Tier B+Not really great in Suuppression as her kit won't scale well and also not really in Expedition. Super early maybe, but that's it.
Tier BMore like the rare version of Howard in Suuppression and in Expedition only for the passive Iron Mine income buff.
Tier BCan deal some damage early in Expolration but has only 2 skills and for Expedition only usefull for her Hunting Income buff that works passively.
Tier BHealing Cavalry but when you would use him in Suuppression as rare hero in Kingshot, you don't need his kit and when you actually need it he is simply not strong enough anymore.
Tier BNot really useful in Suuppression as you have better heroes unlocked but you can fill and his stun and area damage are not early on in the first days. At the end of the day only interesting for the Stone Mine income passive skill.
Tier BIn Expedition even early you get randomly better heroes and his only interesting part is his Logging Income passive skill overall.
Tier C+
Conclusion
I hope this overview helped you and I will try to add more info to it, please comment below what you think would be helpful. If you have any further questions, please also post a comment and someone from our team will be happy to reply.
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Your hero tiers are very skewed by being a rally host, and using one tier for all attributes is kind of counter productive. For example chenko is S+ as a rally joiner, but since she only has 3 skills B as host, arena performance is a bit random but can sometimes turn the tide because she hits so wide B+. Marlin is S+ arena, S as a rally host but D as a joiner since his skills dont stack. Since we have three entirely different modes of gameplay your scores should reflect that. Way too many people dont build Chenko, but we need her for bears and attacks and all kinds of other events.
Is there a larger chart that shows A+ down to D?