Investing in your heroes in Whiteout Survival 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 Whiteout Survival.
Please also check out my new recommended priority for pets in Whiteout Survival here.
The Best Heroes in Whiteout Survival
Before we get into the list, please undertand some fundamental things about heroes and servers in Whiteout Survival. 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
- 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 360 days
- 7th generation server are older than 440 days
- 8th generation server are older than 520 days
- 9th generation server are older than 600 days
- 10th generation server are older than 680 days
- 11th generation server are older than 760 days
- 12th generation server are older than 840 days
- 13th generation server are older than 920 days
- 14th generation server are older than 1000 days
- 15th generation server are older than 1080 days
- 16th generation server are older than 1160 days
- 16th generation server are older than 1240 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 Whiteout Survival 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 3 hero to see how many generations that hero will actually be viable in Whiteout Survival.
Update! Gen 17 heroes are updated in the list + also in the best main march (per generation) in Whiteout Survival here and also the best arena teams here
Generation 17
Generation 17 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 1240 days
Tier A+Super important for Arena with his whole way of AoE damage and damage reduction.
Tier A+The Lathality buffs make her very much strong for Bear Hunt but also has her potential for Arena and Exploration with her high-damage skill and healing.
Tier SReally strong for Bear Hunt and her dog summon can be useful in Exploration and Arena as well.
Generation 16
Generation 16 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 1160 days
Tier S+Absolutely strong just with the way his damage reflect works give the enemy such a hard time without preventing it and his overall damage mitigation and reduction is so strong. If you feel you want to replace some older generation hero, he is a good swap no matter what.
Tier S+Realls strong support in pretty much all setups.
Tier SHigh and consistent damage output throughout the board.
Generation 15
Generation 15 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 1080 days
Tier SPretty good combination of support and survivability and honestly if you skipped Elif, he is for sure an incredible improvement to your roaster.
Tier S+Absolutely crucial enemy debuffing makes her incredibly valuable, also for the future.
Tier A+Straight damage. Not beating around the bush here.
Generation 14
Generation 14 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 1000 days
Tier S+With a lot of confusiong status, she eleates the infantry game for sure.
Tier S+Area damage, survivability and also buffs are in his pack, making him an outstanding lancer.
Tier SA lot of damage output as it looks like with AoE but also quite some utility as well.
Generation 13
Generation 13 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 920 days
Tier A+I do like her kit but she is not standing out enough to be a hero to actively build this season unless you are really going for it each season.
Tier SVery strong but if you just upgraded to Karol in the previous season not that much of a jump honestly.
Tier S+Absolutely wild kit that brings so much havoc over anything, leaves all older generation marksman in the dust.
Generation 12
Generation 12 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 840 days
Tier SA lot of damage reduction along smaller team support. Looks really strong and unless you are sitting on a maxed Eleonora or Gregory for sure a hero to replace an older gen infantry with.
Tier S+Despite one of the coolest character designs, he really provides so much and takes over the crown for lancer by far. By far. His kit is just phenomenal.
Tier AGeneration 11
Generation 11 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 760 days
Tier S+Not just amazing infantry in terms of defense, also has reflect which will bring the whole archetype on a whole new level.
Tier A
Tier A+Generation 10
Generation 10 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 680 days
Tier AAbsolutely wild infantry hero with great tanking ability but also has stun and buffs in his kit and if you build his special weapon, well, buckle up for a wild ride with him. Absolutely worth building unless you have a maxed Magnus or Gatot sitting in your roaster.
Tier A+Crazy sscaling base stats, incredible damage and support in the kit. Unless you have maxed Gen 8 or 9 heroes you want to build her.
Tier S+Best damage dealing hero in the game right now, nothing else to say about her. She is a beast.
Generation 9
Generation 9 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 600 days
Tier AAbsolutely wild infantry hero with quite some damage, good buffs for your squad and nice debuffs. Overall, the cool thing is that most of what he does (except the damage) scales percentage-wise, so I can see him viable for a couple additional generations in Whiteout Survival.
Tier S+Nice kit overall and the way he can buff and deal with shields is nice, but if you have already strong lancer heroes from the later generations, I think you might also be able to skip him. Depends alla bit on what your server is doing, of course.
Tier AActually a very interesting marksman kit and I love the versatility she brings into so many setups and situations.
Generation 8
Generation 8 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 520 days
Tier S+
Tier S
Tier A+Might not be the craziest damage dealer out there in terms of raw DPS, although he deals a ton of damage, but he can snowball and the stun in his kit also is helpful.
Generation 7
Generation 7 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 440 days
Tier AOverall crazy what Mr Tin 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 AThe 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 B+Incredibly strong in Exploration as infantry hero that gains invincibility and his Expedition skills are crazy enabler.
Tier A+Outputs a lot of damage in Exploration but also is somewhat proc depending. His damage dealing capabilities in Expedition are even better.
Tier S+Wild damage and crowd control in Exporation and Expedition and helps focus targets down well.
Generation 5
Generation 5 heroes, available on Servers that are older than 280 days
Tier AAmazing trageting in Exploration with a ton of damage make her one of the best heroes in Whiteout there. Also in Expedition actually.
Tier A+Nice damage and stun in Exploration and has great ofense and defense buffs in Expedition.
Tier S+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 AGood tank in Exploration and a sturdy infantry hero in WHiteout that also sustain well in Expedition.
Tier AGreat assassin kit for Exploration but unless maxed her dodging in Expedition can soometimes be quite annoying.
Tier S+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 Whiteout Survival.
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 S+I 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 Exploration and great damage enabler in Expedition.
Tier ACrazy AoE damage in Exporation and crowd control on top of that, in Expedition quite RNG with the proc chances to be honest.
Tier AA healer in Exploration 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
Tier S+Rally starter in Whiteout Survival from the start throughout later generations so building him right from the start will be valuable. One of the most useful heroes to have in the game but not available to every player, espcially early on.
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.
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 Exploration only useful as meatshield tank and in Expedition you can use him for his damage reduction.
Tier A+Pretty nice self-scaling and the passive training speed buff is also good. She is one of the best epics and one to build actually in Whiteout Survival.
Tier A+Great damage in Exploration but except very early Expedition on early server he is not too viable.
Tier B+Alright for Exploration early in the game and well-rounded for that, but obviously later her stats and skill simply aren't enough anymore.
Tier B+He is alright in Exploration but his main cause to Awaken and build him is for the long-term construction boosts of his Expedition skills.
Tier B+Actually pretty alright as damage dealer in Exploration for what he is, for Expedition you ony want his passive research speed skill.
Tier B+Fast march speed in Expedition to get away and alright in Exploration until you unlock the better legendary heroes in Whiteout Survival. But Awaken her to get her Stamina Cost reduction from her passive skill.
Tier B+Buffs in Exploration alright but for Expedition not really useful and is more there for the passive healing speed increase of the Infirmary.
Tier B+Not really great in Exploration as his 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 Sergey in Exploration 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 Lancer but when you would use him in Exploration as rare hero in Whiteout Survival, you don't need his kit and when you actually need it he is simply not strong enough anymore.
Tier BNot really useful in Exploration 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 Coal 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.
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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what do the letter scores mean?
Important game update! The servers have been sped up! Both my states in the 3300s and 3700s got heroes and pets early. Gen 3 was on day 100. Gen 4 day 180.
Really important game update! The servers have been sped up! Both my states in the 3300s and 3700s got heroes and pets early. Gen 3 was on day 100. Gen 4 day 180.
we just got our gen 7 heroes. my wayne gen 6 is what I used to use as my leader for bear rallies. my question is can I use him as a joiner?
I’m in general and having Reina, Ahomos and Lynn, what are the other best heroes would recommend me to mix with the 3 please
I’m not familiar with the acronym’s being used, if you could use long words first then abbreviate, it would be helpful.
Alonso: “Crazy AoE damage in Exporation and crowd control on top of that, in Expedition quite RNG with the proc chances to be honest.”
The bars are gone, now it’s just a list of heroes and in which gen they are, but no comparison or a tier list, i don’t get it.
Have you tried to click the button next to each character that says “Details”? If you do, there is the full description showing like it used to be, nothing is gone 🙂
Alonso is not infantry
Love what you did with the bars relative respective Generation you are playing in.
Two improvements I would like to suggest.
1) include percentage number for easier comparison.
2) separate bars for exploration and expedition.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Your feedback made my day, thank you so much! I will see how we can incorporate this into the list!
Would still be good to know which Heros come out in which Gen release