Tim
There are heroes and hero setups in Hero Wars that are nasty to play against because they are either very strong or have strong synergy – but the cool thing in Hero Wars is that you can beat anything, so I wanted to write this guide as the counterpart of my team synergy guide where I have the strongest hero combos. In this guide, we talk about the counters to them so you have a good overview how to beat any setup in Hero Wars.
Countering In Hero Wars
There are several different ways to counter in Hero Wars, either you have a hard counter or a soft counter.
A hard counter is basically a hero that can shut down another hero or works really effective against a certain hero.
A soft counter is a hero that will take away the benefits of a certain hero or hero combo, like preventing them to build their synergies or targeting backline heroes.
I wanted to make a good overview so you can find your counters fast and reliable here in this guide, so you will see a counter for most heroes (I only took the strong ones that you need to be able to counter) and give you hard counters and soft counters depending how they are possible so you can get the option you need.
Hero Counter List
So, here’s the list. On the left side you see the hero you want to counter and on the right side you see the options you have to counter that hero.
| Hero | Hard Counter | Soft Counter |
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 Asteroth |
 Celeste will hard counter Asteroth as she can deny his resurrection ability so he will not be able to revive efficiently. |
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| Celeste |
 Cornelius directly damages intelligence heroes with insane amount of damage and can basically one-shot Celeste |
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 Cleaver |
 Andvari protects his allies against Cleaver’s skill with his shielding. |
 Dorian heals the whole team against Cleaver’s ability with his Vampiric Aura. Cleaver will basically heal more of the enemy team than dealing damage with Dorian in place |
| Dorian |
Celeste can not only block the healing from Dorian’s Vampiric Aura, she also converts it into magical damage that will really hurt the enemy team. |
 Jorgen redirects damage to the backline so he can help the team to directly attack Dorian early in the battle and take him down faster. |
 Helios |
Cleaver can soft counter Helios as he can directly attack backline heroes with his active skill. |
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 Ishmael |
Celeste can will block healing and turn it as magical damage against Ishmael. |
Helios soft counters whenever Ishmael crits will deal damage wich accumulates fast. |
 Jet |
Helios soft counters whenever Ishmael crits will deal damage wich accumulates fast. |
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 Jhu |
 Martha prevents Jhu snowballing through her allies and her high healthpool and area healing prevents Jhu cutting through her team. |
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| Jorgen |
 Satori will hard counter as he will add his mark and one-shot Jorgen at a point whenever Jorgen gains extra energy. |
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 Keira |
 Lian is a hard counter as she will directly charm Keira whenever she receives damage from her. |
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 Khar’h |
Andvari protects his team by using his shield protection.
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Jorgen with his energy manipulation will drain a lot of energy from Khar’h. |
 Twins (Krista/Lars) |
Andvari can deny Lars’ active skill directly.
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Cleaver can soft counter twins as he can directly attack backline heroes with his active skill.
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 Markus |
Celeste can will block healing and turn it as magical damage against Markus. |
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| Martha |
Celeste can will block healing and turn it as magical damage against Martha. |
Cleaver can soft counter twins as he can directly attack backline heroes with his active skill.
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 Orion |
Satori will hard counter as he will add his mark and one-shot Orion whenever Orion gain extra energy. |
Jorgen with his energy manipulation will drain a lot of energy from Orion. |
| Satori |
Cornelius directly damages intelligence heroes with insane amount of damage and can basically one-shot Satori |
Nebula & Celeste |
 Thea |
Cleaver can soft counter twins as he can directly attack backline heroes with his active skill. |
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 Yasmine |
Celeste can purity her allies and remove Yasmine’s poison so she is a hard counter.
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Luther is able to jump to the backline and directly attack Martha.Please mind that I only included the main meta setups you will frequently run into and not every single hero out there. If you have problems with a certain setup, please leave a commment below and I will give you a recommendation.
How to counter Dante?
He is an awesome hero these days. Why don’t u use him instead? If u have Martha then make sure to use her with Danate.
all right thank you
I have two teams that kill me, corvus, keria, neb, orion, dorian
aurora, donte, celeste, faceless, lian
any suggestions
Qing Lao
Galahad
Celeste
Arachne
Jorgen
Faceless and Lian are both hard counters to Luther, Faceless will levitate and drop him back onto his team-mates, Lian will keep him charmed so he cannot attack her while she pummels him with her attacks.
In my opinion Yasmine’s hard counter is also Corvus and his totem. Killing her within seconds. Works much better than Celeste’s purify.
Please extend this list for other heroes. Eg. what about Deante after lifting? He become annoying hero recently.
Dante has become very annoying, I agree. Suggestions I have seen include magic dealers, but no real supporting evidence for this.
I am glad you find him annoying. He is on my strongest team. He deals a lot of damage, but not as much as Yasmine.
Corvus’ Altar of Souls looks pretty hard against Helios
I had to counter lillith – any suggestions?
Any chance you’ll be expanding on this list? Been looking for something like this for a long time now! Thanks!
Sure, happy to helped you 🙂
Morrigan is also a hard counter against Astaroth because she also denies his revival ability