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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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Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier A+Hunting down marksmen and mages with his is not a chore, it's a blast the way he generates shield and damage resistance through frontal damage despite being a cavalry unit.
Tier AAmazing for garrisoning espcially thanks to her aoe capabilities and defensive utility.
Tier B+A powerful but high-skill hero who might perform best as a solo unit because his movement and damage mechanics don't easily align with traditional march compositions and honestly new players are better investing in the prooven ones (like Seluna for example), mid-game players should have their resources rather target to artifacts and pets and end-game players as they have the high-performing heroes mentioned at the beginning of the sentence that do better. I honestly think piling up for the G6 mages is a better move here although he is not bad, he is just in a weird spot.
Tier SPvP-focused marksman who excels in dealing massive AoE damage. His skills revolve around his stacks, which trigger diffused piercing attacks against multiple enemy legions setting quite a high mark for the new hero generation off the bat honestly.
Tier ADesigned for rallying, she offers a mix of high single-target physical damage and survivability. Her kit includes healing capabilities and defensive buffs that trigger during rallies, making her a tankier option for marksman legions and that will be something that can re-shape the landscape of legion types in Generation 6.
GENERATION 5
Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier A+Generation 5 mage with interesting rune mechanics. Everyone calls the end of infantry right now but honestly first of all you need to fully awaken him and then there are still other factors. If you're in the middle of building your infantry-focused setup I wouldn't stop and switch just because there is a new potential hard-counter in the room. There could potentially be a hard counter to the def-ignore mages in the next round of heroes before enough player built him. If you are into mages though this is a jackpot right now.
Tier B+Designed to work along Vardun and debuff infantry. If you want to go all-in on that go ahead but be ready to fully build these two heroes with uncertain future. If you're a heavy spender you will but as a normal player I would rather sit that round out.
Tier A+She has amazing PvP potential and is not just fun but has the burst and PvP tree that will make so much fun.
Tier SReally a open-field monster for G5 and with the parry mechanics actually also not the glass cannon I expected him to be.
Tier S+Makes infantry more durable and works well with the older generation infantry as well.
Tier AMassive with incredible defense reduction and has potential to overrun every other march we have right now.
Tier A+A little bit more contradictive than Agnar but I am sure she will be apired with him run the show for a few months.
Tier AFlying universal epic pvp hero. Will not turn the tides anywhere in the meta but makes a great addition to most flying roasters since you can pair her literally with any flying hero and she brings something to the table.
Tier S+A new era has come and while the last generation of marksman have not taken the marksman meta over, Ruby is with a new era of damage and utility that is so much more than any marksman ever has done.
Tier B+Not just with Ruby a new era of damage, also compatible with some cavalry setups which gives him the versatility that some secondary heroes miss on release. But he is no primary commander and heavily relies on you having his strong pairings, upmost Ruby, well-built.
GENERATION 4
Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier BNew epic gathering hero and she has quite some tricks up her sleeve when contesting a Resource Point. She is not changing the game but looks fun and will for sure find a good spot in your gathering marches. She has 2 Holistic Skills that will give global gathering boost so building her is something you should really do.
Tier SAbsolutely powerful and along a strong pairing and with the war pet the magic is on the table again and stronger than ever! The most powerful magic hero in Call of Dragons with the way he nukes through his passive.
Tier B+Don't be too confused about the magic garrison part, I am sure they just gave her that tag to not make her too powerful in terms of skill tree options. She is crazy much designed to work along Yun-Ming since she casts that massive magic skill bonus that will get reset when a rage skill is cast, but since Yun Ming doesn't have an active but a passive primary skill, this is active all the time. Without him she is not really that outstanding hence that synergy and for garrison I just don't see her anyway.
Tier BThere is like so much about this hero that it is hard to crack it down without writing a full essay here so please know that this is a very simplified description. The hero steals Gold and is universal and while many players blink through the funky pairing options here, the most interesting part of the hero is having 2 global skills (called holistic skills) that will increase gathering outcome passively for all heroes even if you never actively use Flynt. So this is Skill 4 and the Awaken Skill. Other than that, you can use Flynt to mess around a tad but he is honestly no hero to use actively unless you are short in your gathering marches but one to max out to have the passive.
Tier B+Not too much happened to infantry in a long time and although Lei Kuan has some great stuff in his kit, he also is a rally commander and parts of his kit does exactly that. Now he also works in open field combat when you can build the marches for it and this is also an invest point that depends heavily on your roaster and if you got any of the more recent infantry heroes.
Tier SIf you seek to get infantry back on track, he is the hero that will get that doen with a lot of cool stuff in his kit. Needs some high-end infantry pairings but if you can make them happen, you will have a literal beast in your squad.
Tier S+I admit I thought this is a joke that I don't understand. This is a new epic cavalry hero that is insanely strong and even strongen than quite a tad of legendaries in the game with incredible utility. And since you are likely sitting on enough resources a hero you can easily build now. He has quite some damage but the incredible one is his defense break and utility he has. If you want a good addition for your cavalry line, he is the hero to build without exception.
Tier SGeneration 4 cavalry with camouflage and crazy hunting down skills, bypassing HP and built-in rage engine. Tough invest, espcially since cavalry has the role it has in the game but she is incredibly strong and fun if you have the wallet for her. Most players won't, so that is why the ranking should be taken with the grain of salt, but since I am only ranking based on what a hero does and not how much it costs to build that hero we have her in a good rank.
Tier B+There is two things you will build him for. Option 1 is the most viable for players reading this and that's using him along Neya for an incredibly strong ambush cavaly legion to hunt down whatever there is on the map. The other option is for the garrison part that is only viable for a handful of players on each server and they will max out and whale everything so I doubt any of them are reading this. So only invest in him if you plan to build Neya all the way.
Tier SAbsolutely 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.
Tier ATop 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.
Tier 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.
GENERATION 3
Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier BCan 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.
Tier AIncredible 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.
Tier BPlease 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!.
Tier SDethroing 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.
Tier SThe 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.
Tier 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.
Tier BUsually 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.
GENERATION 2
Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier SSuper 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier AHis 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.
Tier BI 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.
Tier AAs 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.
Tier AHis 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.
GENERATION 1
Here are all heroes of this generation
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier SSimilar 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.
Tier 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.
Tier AVery 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier BHosk 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.
Tier BThrough 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.
Tier BHi 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.
Tier BWorks 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.
Tier BYou 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.
Tier 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.
Tier 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.
Tier CUnfortunately 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.
Tier CNever 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.
Tier CNice 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.
Tier CJust 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.
Tier COkay 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.
Tier CChakcha is a pure gather hero and you will pretty much max her out from the tokens you get from Silver Chests easily.
Tier CKella is a pure gather hero and you will pretty much max her out from the tokens you get from Silver Chests easily.
Tier CYou'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.
Tier DThe 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.
Tier DLet 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.
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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Could you please update the tier ratings for the G5 infrantry as they are no longer the new G5?
Little confused what you mean by G5 is not G5 anymore. The hero generation doesn’t change. I assume you mean the impact of the G5 mages on how the infantry dominates the meta. If so, yes that rating will be slightly adjusted once we’re finished testing and just because there is a hard-counter like the G5 mages that are just designed to deal with infantry doesn’t mean out of a sudden everyone will run them and there is more to consider for us to make a ranking make sense in the total picture. Also, please understand that the way this list is build with the timeline of release, changing a rank later offers big issues for newer players. The ranks reflect how strong a hero is on release (strength + how long it will be viable) and not a current “today” snapshot of the meta. A new player just getting access to G2 or G3 heroes doesn’t need to know that his G2 hero is useless in 2 years, he wants to know how strong it is when he can get access to it and if it is relevant to build or not. If I totally misunderstood your comment please let me know as I was not sure what you wanted to point out.
Please revert the design to what it was a week ago. It’s hard to read the site like this.
Strange, there must be some wrong informations.. i played Season 2 already in 605 and there is no Skogul or Goresh. And then i heard in Season 3 there will be Zayda with Maggrat too and not Falgrim with Sybil…
Can you add Bahorn too please?
The pet tier ranking list you mention above takes you to a pet tier list for the wrong game (Hero Wars, Not Call of Dragons)
Thanks for letting me know, I updated the link
Please re-visit the talent trees for all the heroes and expand them to a level 60 build. With the latest patch, all heroes were restored to their highest historical level, so now most will hit level 60, and many of the AllClash trees are not fully level 60 builds. Also, they adjusted some of the weapons and pet skills, so some of them need to be re-evaluated. I am a Patreon subscriber again. Thank you for your latest updates.
Will do and update them!