When picking heroes in Heroes vs. Hordes, there are two many things to keep in mind – one is the passive traits they apply when you level them up for all heroes and the other one is how well do they actually perform in combat?
Below you find a list how well the heroes perform – and some are strong in the earlier stages of Heroes vs. Hordes while other will become stronger later. Also, I have some recommendations for players that don’t spend money on the game which hero they should pick and focus on as well.
Sounds good? Let’s start.
What are the best heroes to use in Heroes vs. Hordes?
Important before we start with the list! Just because a hero is low on the list doesn’t mean you should ignore it! Every hero has bonuses when leveling up that apply to all other heroes as well so it’s important to level each hero you unlocked up to get those bonuses.
The list below will show you the ones you should be running. Also, use the ‘Details’ button to see a short description that justify the ranking + also my recommended build(s) for that hero what gear you should equip on them and what weapons/tomes you should pick in battle with them to get the best out of them.
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Tier NEWHonestly I really like his kit so far. It's nothing crazy or meta-relevant but it works through the whole pack so if you#re a newer player he can actually be an interesting gap-bridger for the more late-game heroes.
Tier NEWLucky spin hero so quite paywalled but honestly really packs a punch. Straightforward mechanics that work really well and do what they should do.
Tier S+Let's not get crazy and for most players it will take quite a couple of season to get the token to actually unlock this hero, not even starting to talk about building it. So, this is only a theoretical evaluation at this point since nobody can play him so far - he looks pretty crazy. The stats are wild and the skill kit as well. I think he is for sure worth it and will dominate a lot in 2025!.
Tier S+Actually the best hero in Heroes vs Hordes right now and can handle everything. The highest scores in the game are done with players using the Barbarian.
Tier S+Good overall but be prepared to invest some money to actually build him up since the plain one isn't really getting that far and he needs some levels in to really perform.
Tier S+Pretty strong hero finally, a great option.
Tier SNew wheel hero and she is really strong honestly. A lot of damage and easy/versatile.
Tier SI love the way they get more creative with heroes recently and this one is also a nice one, where you literally summon your minions that will do your work. Feels a little funky at start but so far works good. Will need more testing but I found this to be actually a fun heroso far.
Tier SIs no just looking super cool, is also able to handle pretty much everything as well.
Tier SNot as strong as the Barbarian but still one of the strongest heroes in Heroes vs Hordes and able to get you very far.
Tier SSimilar to Clockwork Mage and Reaper, this hero will work really well and can do a lot without any major disadvantages.
Tier SPretty good damage and high sustain overall. Could technically compete with Monk overall.
Tier A+Pretty cool actually and free to get for everyone. Will not change or define the meta at all but he is not terrible.
Tier A+I do revise my initial statement and her snowballing kit actually is realiable and good and after quite some dust-collector heroes we had in the previous months, she is actually a good one to build.
Tier A+Really good and probably the best choice for average players that don't invest too much in the game. He has some flaws compared to the other top heroes in the game but his insta-kills make up for a lot.
Tier A+Basically Dark Ranger with auto aim but he is solid, I really like him so far. He will not own the meta but for newer players or those whe snipe only good new heroes absolutely worth a shot on the pass in my opinion - on top, has pretty good global traits that all heroes benefit from.
Tier A+She is alright overall but feels very slow and takes a while to build up but then she really becomes strong.
Tier A+While more testing needs to be done I am sure that AStral Mage will not take over the meta although has some fun mechanics and is for sure on the stronger side of the heroes.
Tier A+Overall more or less a better Warden with a much more complicated way to build to 2-Star.
Tier A+Hard to evaluate since Sentry is incredibly valuable against certain bosses but overall you should have your roaster in order to think about him.
Tier AGood once built and espcially if you are a newer player a hero worth picking up and investing into.
Tier AOne that is worth the effort if you like his playstyle of chaining his thrown stones and his auto aim is pretty nice but is not a mandatory hero to build.
Tier ASeriously not bad and quite easy to play. Not overpowered but solid and if you compare with. hero like BM you will see that the easy playstyle is making up for some ideal percentage at the end but also as yourself, if you have a fully built BM or oder top hero do you want to invest here for a hero that will do a little less but is easier to play for the same relut at the end?.
Tier AUltimate stacks fast enough to make him good in high forge levels and is overall great accross the board. If he's 'worth' it is something you have to decide for yourself but he is a good hero.
Tier ADoes exactly what the name says, nuke until there is no tomorrow.
Tier ALooks all in place for now and like ahero that can be useful actually. Wouldn't tag him as meta relevant but if you#re looking for a good addition, he is actually nice with stun and shield and AoE damage.
Tier APretty strong one here in my first tests and although I don't want to jump the gun here and call him really strong, he did quite some auto-farming here if you want to do the invest to get and build him!.
Tier AActually not bad but the invest is utopic for 99% of the players and he is quite random.
Tier ABetter than artificer and pretty alright but misses some control for sure to really shine.
Tier AGood damage kit.
Tier AActually quite a lot of fun and effective hero.
Tier AHere's the fun - an easy and effective damage dealing hero without much fuss.
Tier AGreat execution effect and damage area. Really like him so far!.
Tier ASurprised to see a starter hero so high? Well, he is simply good and can carry you a long way, espcially when you forge his special weapon.
Tier ATakes some time but is a little easier to handle than Blademaster. You need Guild Coins to unlock him in Heroes vs Hordes but looking for a solid guild pays off with him at the end of the day.
Tier AI was prepared for the worst here since Lionheart was so overpowered upon release but this one here is actually quite mediocre so if you don't know where to invest your coins, Lionheart is still the way to go.
Tier ASeasonal event hero with a themed kit but more like every season hero. Has some potential but nothing that ever will be important.
Tier AHe is fun and has potential to be a good hero in general, espcially when compared with other new heroes that we saw recently. Still, while he is solid quite everywhere, he is not really good anywhere.
Tier AI don't really see the point in getting him. If you play for a while you already have better heroes and if you just started out, you can still skip him easily, save the resources and then get one of the better heroes like Blademaster. He is not bad, just not worth getting for anyone honestly.
Tier B+Looks nice so far with the skill kit but the numbers will matter at the end of the day. No matter what, always get the season heroes for the global skills.
Tier B+Fun and all and works but also super static in gameplay and I personally haven't had much fun playing him so far. Will test more but looks a awful lot like another collector hero from season adventure for the global passives.
Tier B+Honestly most of me want to say Slime Sage is just the worse version of Plague Keeper and we can get lost in semantics here and negotiate around but he (it?) is not relevant. Also, with the Avatar stuff launchin in a few days I rather recommend to wait everything out.
Tier B+Don't listed to all the he-is-a-supercharged-assassin stuff you hear about him, he is not. He was super bugged from the start, then got buffed and now is still not great. In a perfectly scenario, but you will almost never have this, he works great with his kit but in reality most cases his kit simply will not really work out the way it should so he is more like a very niche use hero or for collection reasons.
Tier B+First of all he is bugged on release so he throws his mugs sometimes after enemies that are taken out already while others are closer, which makes him unusable. But even without that false feature, he is rather meh and unless you feel super attracted to the design (no judgment here) you can easily skip him and live a happy life.
Tier B+Seasonal event hero with a themed kit but more like every season hero, build for the passive not for active use unless your roaster is really thin.
Tier B+He is not bad and if you want to make the effort you can go for it but he is not in the top range of the strong heroes in the game honestly.
Tier B+Looks pretty good but needs more testing and I also don't see this hero becoming relevant for meta, although the flying aspect is pretty fresh and shakes things up.
Tier B+Fun in terms of his poison spreading around like crazy, I like the idea and how they turned that around. But also collecting his poison drops all the time I hate that when they put some self-buff with that mechanic in. I doubt he will run the top meta show but seems fun.
Tier B+Someone took it a little bit too literally with the more creative hero designs as this is just a mix of RNG and different status effects. Can't really recommend so far and even after testing more I am not a fan.
Tier B+Good early- and mid-game hero in Heroes vs. Hordes, not more but also not less so interesting for newer players.
Tier B+Good alternative to assassin if you missed him. If not, think twice if he is worth it!.
Tier B+Has good damage output overall and a tanky setup as well which makes him good but not overall shining anywhere.
Tier B+When I was reading the skills forst I though holy moly this is going to wreck but after testing a lot, I actually feel her more mediocre and missing something.
Tier B+Can do well in dungeon and GE, but she can't do late and end game content in Heroes vs Hordes. Just not strong enough.
Tier B+Great Boss Brawl damage output but that's about it with him.
Tier B+In terms of performance actually a little better but as seasonal hero I am not a big fan of those kinds of things.
Tier B+Honestly he is alright although nothing special. Has a broken Level 140 buff but building him there is absolutely unrealistic (unless you are the crazy people like us that do that for testing). In all reality, have some fun with him, I like the design and he is not bad but don#t invest crazy in him since he is not the carry you want for the future.
Tier B+Fun and all to mess around but no hero that has any relevant impact on the meta or should be invested in unless, for whatever strange reason, you like the kit. Event unlock is nothing and building to the point where to actually use him is expensive so rather wait for a better season hero.
Tier B+Like all season pass heroes more for the global passives than for the active playstyle.
Tier BMore of a fun limited event hero than actually a hero that you need to build, but you can from the event and the global passive is not the worst.
Tier BUnlike Egon available outside the pass but still needs to be built throughout the event so doN#t expect any freebies. Also globals seem worst than the Avatar ones and he is more of a hero for powercreeping global stats than one you would benefit from having hoenstly.
Tier BOnly available through the pass and as limited hero you need to build him through the event or you won't have any other chance (maybe in the Part II in 2026 who knows). I honestly hate limited hero structure like this and already have writte a whole paragraph on the Avatar event about that. I won't tell you what to do with your money but unless you are a real Ghostbusters fan and really want the character I personally think you are better off without.
Tier BI am really not convinced. Hard to build, horrible global skill, just overall for 99% of the players not worth it in my opinion.
Tier BThe question how good this hero is is something I think is not relevant here for multiple reasons... and the main reason is you can only unlock this hero and build it with material FROM THE EVENT. Yes, no other universal resources work here! Collabs like this in other games are the same and Heroes VS Hordes didn't do it differently and that means unless you spend like up north of 3-digit amounts there you will either have a useless hero that you only unlocked but already paid money for and that's useless more or less since you didn't build the hero. And if do build the hero you need to do it during the event (which likely gets multiple re-runs over the years) which makes it extremely expensive. I am an ATLA fan but I honestly don't get the collab events like that... So my rec is build Appa as pet for free and you have something nice and there heroes of the event, well, I won't tell you what to do with your money but if you spend and want to actually use the hero prepare yourself to spend in the region of a new Playstation.
Tier BThe question how good this hero is is something I think is not relevant here for multiple reasons... and the main reason is you can only unlock this hero and build it with material FROM THE EVENT. Yes, no other universal resources work here! Collabs like this in other games are the same and Heroes VS Hordes didn't do it differently and that means unless you spend like up north of 3-digit amounts there you will either have a useless hero that you only unlocked but already paid money for and that's useless more or less since you didn't build the hero. And if do build the hero you need to do it during the event (which likely gets multiple re-runs over the years) which makes it extremely expensive. I am an ATLA fan but I honestly don't get the collab events like that... So my rec is build Appa as pet for free and you have something nice and there heroes of the event, well, I won't tell you what to do with your money but if you spend and want to actually use the hero prepare yourself to spend in the region of a new Playstation.
Tier BThe question how good this hero is is something I think is not relevant here for multiple reasons... and the main reason is you can only unlock this hero and build it with material FROM THE EVENT. Yes, no other universal resources work here! Collabs like this in other games are the same and Heroes VS Hordes didn't do it differently and that means unless you spend like up north of 3-digit amounts there you will either have a useless hero that you only unlocked but already paid money for and that's useless more or less since you didn't build the hero. And if do build the hero you need to do it during the event (which likely gets multiple re-runs over the years) which makes it extremely expensive. I am an ATLA fan but I honestly don't get the collab events like that... So my rec is build Appa as pet for free and you have something nice and there heroes of the event, well, I won't tell you what to do with your money but if you spend and want to actually use the hero prepare yourself to spend in the region of a new Playstation.
Tier BIs designed as a hybrid between damage and defense and since the rework of his shield mechanics he has lost quite some value so wouldn't put too much into him.
Tier BAfter testing her for quite a while I am now safe to say that she is just not enough.
Tier BWould actually rank her lower here but you can use her to farm Hard Mode 1 afk with her which is a really nice thing.
Tier BGood in dungeons, not going to lie, but otherwise just mediocre.
Tier BIf you unlock him early you think holy cow what's that hero he is goooood. But as strong as he comes around, he falls off pretty heavily.
Tier BNot bad as she is, but also nothing good overall so I don't see much point in running her actively.
Tier BEarly game pretty nice but falls off heavily in mid-game in Heroes vs Hordes.
Tier BThe effect don't go well against mobs at all. Not bad but there are so many better choices in the game.
Tier CNot really good and only worth leveling for the passive boost for all heroes.
Tier CNot really good and only worth leveling for the passive boost for all heroes.
Tier CNot really good and only worth leveling for the passive boost for all heroes.
Tier CNot really good and only worth leveling for the passive boost for all heroes.
Tier DAmazingly bad and not useful for endgame content and even when with fully ascended gear only useful in GE. Long story short, don't use her at all.
Conclusion
I hope this list gives you a good overview of the heroes that are worth running and building well in Heroes vs. Hordes and if you have any further questions or think I should add something, plese comment below and I will be happy to reply.
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Explain to me why warlord is an A tier hero when he’s literally one of the best heroes to clear the entire game and is known as one of the only heroes to clear NMM 220.