Call of Dragons Best Heroes Tier List (Big 2025 Rework) – Season 3

Investing into a hero in Call of Dragons is not only a very long-term project, it also costs a lot of resources and you absolutely don’t want to end up having done all of this just for a hero that is not that good, right? For that reason I have below a frequently updated tier list of all the heroes in Call of Dragons to help you decide which heroes you invest your time in.

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Also find here the full artifact tier list and the Tier List for the War Pets and the best hero pairings with a priority in what order to build them for each unit type. Looking for the ideal hero pairings for your legions? Find the marksman hero pairings here, the mage pairing here and the infantry pairing here.

The Best Heroes in Call of Dragons

Before we start a few important notes to how to use the tier list + why pretty much all tier lists out there are useless:

• Heroes here are sorted by release (newest top, release heroes at the bottom)
• Each hero has two rankings (you see it when using the “details” button) – one is the straight when the hero is released on your server, the higher that value the more impactful that hero changes the meta and dominates. The second one shows how long that hero is working. The higher that rank the longer that hero will be useful. Some heroes are strong but only quite short and other are used in following seasons
• Why did we do this? Well, frankly, every tier list out there is trash. Ranking a release hero versus a hero that is released 2 years later is just not making sense. What if you started out? You are not interested what heroes are good in 18 months on your server, right? And if you are in the game for years you want to know if you need to get the new heroes. That’s why we reworked the tier list below to be actually helpful and not make a tier list because everyone has a tier list

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SEASON 3

1.0.37 - Fabulous Festival

Bahorn

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

Super strong with good pairing and useful at 5511 already. For sure worth getting and building, espcially if you're able to pair him wiht a well-built Mu Hsiang.

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

1.0.35 - Rise of the Dragon

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Sibyl

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

Absolutely strong. Will be the more powerful Maggrat and you remember how she dominated on release and since you can pair her with the powerful marksman from Nico to Maggrat she is also viable without also maxing out Falgrim right away. You can even pair her with Nico and have a solid up-to-date marksman setup if you haven't invested a whole lot into marksman so far. Or just use the legendary Mu Hsiang with her. She is worth the invest.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.35 - Rise of the Dragon

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Falgrim

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

Top with Sibyl if you want a top-of-the line early S3 march but lacks compatibility with other heroes other than Kinnara. If you want to spend and top it out, max him and run him with Sibyl and you will be a powerhouse but if you have to decide between him and Sibyl where your juice goes, Sibyl is a lot more flexible by herself with other heroes than Falgrim..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.35 - Rise of the Dragon

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

A

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Mu Hsiang

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

⁺

Absolutely good and worth building. Makes almost all marches better and can work so well with so many setups. Early in S3, she will give the magic marches areound Thundelyn and Thaleia another big boost so if you want to dominate early in S3, she is your target.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.35 - Rise of the Dragon

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Mu Hsiang (Epic)

ⓘ Details

C

Not really that great but needs to be maxed out in order to get her legandry version that is actually really good.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.35 - Rise of the Dragon

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S

SEASON 2

1.033 - Dragonfall

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Thundelyn

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

⁺

Such a beast with aoe damage, incredible buffs and debuffs and the way she puts mages back on the map where the action is makes her incredibly strong and shakes up quite some things with her release and since you can also pair her with Theia for some meta fun, there is even moderate spender value with her.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.33 - Dragonfall

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

A

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Thaleia

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

She is really strong and when she is maxed along Thundelyn the meta is set for a while. But there is one detail that puts a hair in her soup and that is the fact that Thundelyn as the main meta hero here also works well without being maxed with Theia so that makes building Thaleia a bit of a powercreep overall and for most players 5111 Thundelyn with maxed Theia makes a lot more sense than 5555 Thundelyn and Thaleia. She is for sure spender material.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.33 - Dragonfall

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

C+

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

1.0.30 - Depths of Winter

Danfel

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

⁺

Quite infantry heavy invest and worth it if you want to do it but for most players I don't really see it. Still, if you do infantry and have a solid raoster you can even pair him with Madeline or Garwood and run a new god march with that.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.30 - Depths of Winter

Strength on Release:

A+

Duration of Relevance:

B

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Mogro

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Can do nasty stuff with his kit but not so much a hero for every player and needs the specific artifacts, Danfel maxed and all together more a powercreep than an universal hero to use..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.30 - Depths of Winter

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

D+

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

1.0.27 - Calling of Courage

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Urag

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

Incredible kit overall, really crazy stuff. But also needs some survivability. Still, we know how new heroes are introduced in the game and this is just a straightforward damage-dealing monster cavalry commander but also that makes him for most players not feasible. He is no long-lasting invest, he is a bright supernova. A lot of impact but out of the meta again quickly enough unless you are a wholehearted cavalry player.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.27 - Calling of Courage

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

C

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

Tobin

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Please mind, he is designed to run with Urag and this is when he really performs well. If you don't build Urag, there is no real reason to even think about Tobin!.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.27 - Calling of Courage

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

D+

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

1.0.24 - Frozen Fury

Zayda

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

Dethroing Ffraegar and Syndrion in terms of DPS with Maggrat - but she is an amazing marksman hero that goes well with pretty much all marksman heroes in the game.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.24 - Frozen Fury

Strength on Release:

A+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Maggrat

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

The new hero you want to garrison OR you can use along Zayda for the highest DPS legion to run - which obviously puts her that high on the list. Incredible hero overall.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.24 - Frozen Fury

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

1.0.22 - Rage of Dragons

Bertrand

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

Usually new heroes a super strong but take some time and magic flying archetype is new. But, right now there is nothing else to do with Bertrand to pair with Tohar as this is the only real pairing that makes sense and the current flying and magic marches do a good job already. I see them a lot more used and valuable in a couple months but on release I would recommend playing them slow. Not because they are weak, just because the invest versus what you get is pretty bad. I am certain this will change and if you feel adventerous and invest the money to build them you probably will have them at the point when they do really well ready, but for most players I don't want to recommend them on speculations as you really don't need them right now..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.22 - Rage of Dragons

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

S+

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Tohar

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Usually new heroes a super strong but take some time and magic flying archetype is new. But, right now there is nothing else to do with Bertrand to pair with Tohar as this is the only real pairing that makes sense and the current flying and magic marches do a good job already. I see them a lot more used and valuable in a couple months but on release I would recommend playing them slow. Not because they are weak, just because the invest versus what you get is pretty bad. I am certain this will change and if you feel adventerous and invest the money to build them you probably will have them at the point when they do really well ready, but for most players I don't want to recommend them on speculations as you really don't need them right now..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.22 - Rage of Dragons

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

S+

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

1.0.20 - Hearts of Ice

Skogul

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

⁺

So far infantry was used for meatshielding and now you have Goresh and Skogul that can force enemies to attack them and melt them with counterattack which had a huge impact on the meta and they are quite a mandatory infantry march to have in the endgame in Call of Dragons.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.20 - Hearts of Ice

Season 2:

S+

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Goresh

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

⁺

So far infantry was used for meatshielding and now you have Goresh and Skogul that can force enemies to attack them and melt them with counterattack which had a huge impact on the meta and they are quite a mandatory infantry march to have in the endgame in Call of Dragons.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.20 - Hearts of Ice

Season 2:

S+

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

1.0.18 - The Icebound Oath

Forondil

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

His kit is super interesting and extremely anti-makrsman so this could actually elevate the cavalry into the meta and he also has the control tree along his control-heavy active skill. He is also useful in later seasons and if you think about investing and cav is your thing, he is a good value hero.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.18 - The Icebound Oath

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

A

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

Theodore

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

I like the skill tree combination with garrison and cavalry and his skills have extra defense what cavalry really needs. I feel paired right so you can make sue of the extra skill damage through a secondary hero that debuffs can make him a strong option as well. I see him running the show with Forondil as pairing towards end of Season 2 but for the average player a invest hardly to justify and also in later seasons you won't see much return value in building him. He is a very strong, momentarily spender hero in Call of Dragons.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.18 - The Icebound Oath

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

C

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

SEASON 1

1.0.16 - Song of Summer

Ffraegar

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

As a marksman hero she has very far range with her active skill (while all other marksman heroes in Call of Dragons have medium range, so she is the nail in the coffin for your marksman server release hero generation). After all, she along Syndrion do mark the highest-DPS-march title up until Zayda/Maggrat come along so there is long-term value here if you're willing to build both of them..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.16 - Song of Summer

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

A+

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Syndrion

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

His synergy and value in Season 2 when paired with Ffraegar secondary is pretty good and they make one of the best pairings in Call of Dragons right now for all kinds of situations, espcially with the new artifacts and now war pets as well. After all, she along Syndrion do mark the highest-DPS-march title up until Zayda/Maggrat come along so there is long-term value here if you're willing to build both of them..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.16 - Song of Summer

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

A+

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

1.0.00 - Server Release

Liliya

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

⁺

Liliya has really nice area damage from her active skill. Her passive skills only buffs damage against Darklings and Dark Creatures and the other one only buffs magic units but especially with the release of the game and how (comparable) cheap you can obtain her compared to some other legendary heroes in Call of Dragons. Great damage and probably THE hero you will see brawling around most right now for a reason. You need to invest some money but .still today a year after release she is the one hero you see for magic marches all the time which makes me rank her on the very top (still) and I am willing to die on that hill in 2024.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S+

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Kinnara

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

⁺

Kinnara is a very strong open field hero and all of her skills are about debuffing her target legion, dealing damage and locking the target in, making her one of the best PvP heroes in Call of Dragons. I love her but the way to obtain her through the wheel is quite expensive so I ranked her here slightly lower but she is an amazing marksman hero and with the war pet that deals damage on DEF break even better..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Velyn

Best Build

ⓘ Details

S

Similar to Liliya and works with freeze and magic damage but has overall a great kit and is a great hero to run in the open field. Why not ranked above Liliya? I really like his control kit but Liliya can overall deal a lot more damage and although they make a amazing apir together, Liliya is just a small tick better because of the damage she deals and also she's easier to build with a small invest compared to Velyn. Still Velyn can be build quite well through the Daily Packs and with the Season 1 Stones you got and is overall just an incredible hero in Call of Dragons right now. He will still be meta in Season 2 for mage legions along Liliya.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

A+

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Waldyr

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

⁺

Waldyr is the highest-ranked epic hero in Call of Dragons as his kit is just extremely great and he will shred early on. The first epic to max and run, either with Lilya or Velyn. Amazingly strong for starting but then he will become irrelevant so the faster you build him, the longer you can enjoy him..

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

C

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Madeline

Best Build

ⓘ Details

A

Very early in server relase you will not find all too much interesting stuff for her to do (unless you are the whale in your alliance). But she is really universal in terms of making infantry more sturdy and even later season infantry heroes can make good use of being paired with her. Build her slowly but steady and you will have a good time with her, but no need to actually rush building her right on server start..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

A

Duration of Relevance:

S+

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Kregg

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

Fun at first and later works in combination of flying marches to build. He is never on top of the meta but useful for a long time in certain situations.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Emrys

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

Emrys has a great active skill that deals a lot of damage to the target + paired with his extra rage accumulation when entering a battle makes him a real threat all the time when he's out there in Call of Dragons. He's that damage dealer you want to run with cavalry legions but he has a similar fate like Bakshi that cavalry is just not that great and new cavalry commanders don't really improve his situation and I feel that flying cavalry will come more into meta in Season 2 and beyond but cavalry is getting more and more used to get flags that are far away so he still maintins a solid spot here..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S+

Duration of Relevance:

B+

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

Bakshi

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

Bakshi's buffs and skill damage is simply powerful and on point - his only downside is that multiple targets are simply not working well with him as everything he does is for single-target damage. You can get him through Gold Chest but building his skills can become quite a bottleneck but if you're into cavalry you should have him on the list. He is not the best cavalry hero anymore but since cavalry is used more and more to capture flags he still remains important enough..

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

S

Duration of Relevance:

B+

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

Theia

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

⁺

Shielding and buffing makes her a gereat support hero to run along but on her own she really has trouble as attacks can literally go forever with her not dealing damage but also barely taking damage. She is alright early, also because she is epic and easy to build and makes a small meta comback at the very end of Season 2 before SEason 3 with Thundelyn. So there is use early and use late for her and she can do a lot since she is not bound to a certaint roops type that makes her a good longer-term invest.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

S+

Best Build

Hosk

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Hosk is an absolutely pay-tons-whale hero in a new server. Even if you would invest all the money to get him and build him, you would have to invest more to make him viable. 99.99% of the players will not build or ever need to build him and those who do, they won't read this because they will max out everything anyways.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

C

Best Build

Garwood

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Through the healing he opens up interesting infantry pairings later but he is not a hero you should build early when your server opens but like Madeline, in later seasons with infantry he start doing good stuff.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

A

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Nico

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Hi is alright early on server open but since marksmen in later season tends to use different archetypes and have different ranges, he is not really used after Season 1 so invest carefully here if you're into Call of Dragons for the long run.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

A

Duration of Relevance:

C+

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Nika

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

Works early but the way infantry as archetype develops in the following seasons is absolutely not working with her so fully building her has very little return value since new servers are dominated by magic and once infantry has the turn, Nika will not be a hero to use with them since they all go counterattack or super beefcake.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

D+

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Indis

Best Build

ⓘ Details

B

You get built for free and she is not really a hero you would actively sent to combat but you gather and she does that well and can fit in several niche parts, just don't invest any universals.

Rarity:Legendary

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

A+

Best Build

Atheus

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

⁺

Cool for flying early but not really in the position on new servers to actually do all too much and by the time flying comes into play, other heroes run the show. I like him all the way, but in terms of meta relevance he never has a point where you will actually be able to use him.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

C

Best Build

Alwyn

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

⁺

Actually a cool control magic unit hero but his big flaw is that ice and the other magic heroes right at server start are so strong and then there is no relevance for him anymore. As a complete F2P you can attempt maxing him but there are so many players with well-built Liliya's around that will show you your limits quickly that I can't honestly recommend building him.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B+

Duration of Relevance:

D

Best Build

Best Magic Marches

Gwanwyn

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

Unfortunately not worth much. Marksman due to Nico are on new servers basically worthless against magic and once marksmen gets their turn towards end of Season 1, marksmen get longer range. YOu can twist and turn and as an epic you build her long-term anyway, but don't actively invest in her.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

C

Duration of Relevance:

D

Best Build

Best Marksman Marches

Bakhar

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

Never really kicks off honestly since if you do new server cavalry to raid, you run Makshi and Emrys and if not, there is no reason to run him since he gets his rear kicked. And after that cavalry goes into a way where he is even more useless.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

C+

Duration of Relevance:

D

Best Build

Best Infantry Marches

Alistair

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

Nice idea here but epic cav is not working, not early server, not later. Alistair has some niche pairings later as gap filler but by that time you organically got enough of stuff from chest to fully build him anyways.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

C

Duration of Relevance:

C+

Best Build

Best Cavalry Marches

Naernin

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

Just like Tarra, don't try to make something funky here. She is a great gathering hero and that's what she does. No universals to build her and you will be good to go.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Tarra

Best Build

ⓘ Details

C

Okay before everyone gets too excited about the new F2P epics in Call of Dragons. Yes, Tarra heals and has the support tree but at the end of the day the mechanics in the game are the mechanics in the game and there is no real secret way to pair her up. She is an epic gathering hero and this is what she should be used for - and this is what she does great as well..

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Build

Chakcha

ⓘ Details

C

Chakcha is a pure gather hero and you will pretty much max her out from the tokens you get from Silver Chests easily..

Rarity:Rare

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

S

Kella

Best Builds & Pairings

ⓘ Details

C

Kella is a pure gather hero and you will pretty much max her out from the tokens you get from Silver Chests easily..

Rarity:Rare

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Builds & Pairings

Ordo

Best Builds & Pairings

ⓘ Details

C

You'll probably max him out and not use him after a few days, so no reason to dive too deep into him. He is good for engineering so either something on a very new server or something not too interesting for most players anyway.

Rarity:Rare

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

B

Duration of Relevance:

S

Best Builds & Pairings

Eliana

Best Build

ⓘ Details

D

The event at start make her appear stronger than she is, there is literally never any relevance in building and using her in Call of Dragons.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

C+

Duration of Relevance:

D

Best Build

Pan

ⓘ Details

D

Let me put it like this... if they wouldn't have put her into the game, nobodyy would have noticed her missing. There is literally not a single use-case for her.

Rarity:Epic

Release:1.0.00 - Server Release

Strength on Release:

D+

Duration of Relevance:

D

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Conclusion

I hope this list helps you and I will try to update it whenever there’s a new update or balancing that changes the meta in Call of Dragons. If you have further questions or anything else you want to share, please post a comment below and I’ll be happy to reply.

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