Quick Guide to Hero Build Priority
This is based on my opinions and it’s mainly meant for f2p and low spenders. This is not a strict order. Heroes can be switched around a bit depending on what you get or need. Low priority and trash heroes can be used as fodder to upgrade other heroes.
Wishlist:
- Have Napoleon, Julius and Hecate on wishlist and focus Empire for race cards.
- Napo and Julius should stay there till legacy 4 or 5.
- Replace Hecate with one of the day 8 heroes after Legacy.
- All backline supports are usable at low tier
Empire
- Julius – Legacy
Good early and okay late game damage. Strong survivability late, pairs well with Eleanor (day 22).
- Sironi – Perfect+ should be enough
Good tank healer early but starts to fall off in mid game.
- Napoleon – Legacy
Good frontline buffer and cc but a bit squishy. Use block grains (day 12) on him and keep him away from intelligence heroes. May need to retry some stages for rng but it’s worth it.
- Maria – Day 8 – Eternal+
Damage Mitigation hero. Preferred with EX.
- Atalanta – She’s good but can be skipped until later
Good damage and some cc but needs to protected.
- Marco, Watt, Hohenheim – Eternal
Marco – Cc and buffs.
Watt – Bonus damage especially for bosses. Niche in some stages.
Hohenheim – Energy battery.
- Isabella, Nightingale
Isabella – Traps highest atk enemy to make fight 5v4 and some debuffs.
Nightingale – Single target energy battery and some utility.
- Margaret, Joan – Low Priority
- Michelin – Trash
Sylvan
- Boggart
She’s a fodder hero but she’s the strongest Sylvan early and easy to upgrade. She has good heal, shield and stun. Get her to perfect+.
- Hathway
Heal ban, buffs and okay damage
- Anemea – Day 8
Good damage and buffs for boss. Needs EX.
- Carrie
Heal and silence, Crit res at later levels.
- Naga
Decent tank. Heals and aoe cc
- Zuke
Damage amp and team damage share. Can get your backline insta killed if enemy is too strong. Atk, Haste buff with EX.
- Nefertari, Achilles – Low Priority
- Nome, Poppy – Trash
Beastkin
- Serqet
Stable aoe damage, some buffs and cc.
- Medusa – Day 8
Great cc and crit buffs. Good at low tier.
- Andvari
Good tank and cc.
- Pan
Good heals and utility.
- Akali (day 8)
She’s good but needs her EX and levels. Good damage, survivability and heal ban.
- Low Priority – Caucasian
- Trash? – Adug, Callisto, Fenrir, Minotaur
Nether
- Hecate
Strong aoe damage and tanky. Starts to fall off late game.
- Makiko – Day 8
Good damage and shield breaking. Needs EX
- Melinoe
Energy reduction and heal+atk reduction (with EX)
- Anubis
Okay tank with debuffs and some rebound damage. (OP xeno unit at moon 3, end game).
- Macaria
Heal, shield and energy steal
- Osiris – Low Priority
- Emily, Ebulon, Erebus – Trash
Exclusive Advance Event
Available in Merchant Inn. You get rewards when you tier up a hero (max legacy 5).
Week 1
- Hecate is the better option
- Atalanta if you get many copies and no Hecate
Week 2
- Get any of the 4, Sironi, Zuke, Nightingale, Hohenheim to Eternal or Eternal+
- Not worth going too high this week
Week 3
- Akali and Anemea are good but getting them to legacy 3 is not easy at this point.
- Build any of them (or Isabella, Melinoe) according to what you get.
Week 4
- Napoleon is the only viable option
- Try and get him to legacy 4 or 5
Week 5
- Julius is the only viable option
- Try and get him to legacy 4 or 5
Week 6
- Anubis is the only one good here but you don’t need to hard focus him.
Hopefully this guide helped you!
Guides like this seem useful, but rarely does anyone compiling them say why a character is worth putting resources into. I have Akali at Legacy and she often dies first, so I honestly haven’t been very impressed by her, but people sing her praises so I guess I’m just missing something.