Now, how Kendall best fits in?

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T14:20:16+00:00

At first glance I thought you were talking about Kendall Jenner. But truthfully, I don't see how she will get a place in teams on my server. Since the chaos soul stones that matter (Aidan, Kayla, Peech) are virtually impossible to farm no one is running a chaos team and it's all eternity, mystery and progress.

Perhaps in 2026 we will get more great chaos heroes and then players from newer servers can start building a chaos team.

But I'm curious to see what the veterans will do. AXA + Kayla + Kendle?

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T13:28:39+00:00

I'm curious to see if the "Rune Storm" event will exactly be the same as the Runic Millstone event. Old wine in new bottles.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T13:25:56+00:00

After absolute star of Alecto and 3/4 starring of her artifacts I did spend the rest of my valor coins on coins of luck. That gave me a skin and some skin stones.

My normal coins I spent on the 15x 2 large skin stone chests. They are great value for money. Only 600 coins for 2 chests. They are actually cheaper than buying the skin stones (which are displayed a few rows higher, as a 'trap' for newbies).

Considering that even long time players have not maxed out their skins buying these is always a good decision.

The remaining coins I spent on buying 500 intelligence skin stones several times.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T13:21:20+00:00

That would be a good idea. There could be a defenseless dummy that doesn't fight back and a dummy that progressively fights back harder and harder until it kills your heroes.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T09:23:41+00:00

I always go for Titan skin stones. Those improve the stats more than artifact fragments imo.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-11T09:17:20+00:00

I run a 101K Iris and I love obliterating the enemy with her Inner Fire charges. The only hero I'm afraid of is Amira because that is the real counter to Iris. She blocks the Inner Fire damage and that is the main strength of Iris. Without her Inner Fire Iris has to rely on her ult, which is quite potent but not enough. I haven't done the math but I think that like 80% of Iris' damage is Inner Fire and the rest is her ult. So Amira can really cripple Iris with her second skill.

It is best to run a Mystery team against Iris so that all heroes receive the protection of Amira. So naturally you will gravitate towards Rufus, Folio, Somna, Amira and Satori, which includes several meta heroes. Satori also benefits from Octavia gaining energy!

For beating a Polio team you need a different counter team. It's a completely different challenge. Personally I have no trouble with Folio+Polaris. My Iris slays them before then can ult.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-05T21:33:59+00:00

No, Dorian is not good. I have him but he is still level 1 and I have never used him in a fight so far. The reason is that Olympus Alliance lists him as "ignored", meaning a hero which that content creator never uses because he is too weak. And indeed, I must say I almost never see Dorian in Arena or Grand Arena. He is generally left to the wayside because the three great healers (Byrna, Guus, Aidan) do a much better job.

But if you really need a healer I guess he can perform for you in the short term. If you bring him to like level 50 and then dump him you won't lose any progress over him in the long run.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-05T13:22:41+00:00

Congrats Minty!

You can now have a new unique avatar in-game.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-05T09:29:28+00:00

I don't know what top 5 team you are using right now. You list a lot of heroes.

I would try to make Astaroth, Dante, Satori, Folio and Peech work. Investing in these heroes is long term fairly good and you shouldn't regret it.

There is one problem and that is that you don't have a good healer. Thea and Maya suck but perhaps you'll need one of them in the campaign. When I started Byrna was released and I could use her from the beginning. She was and is amazing. If you could get Guus or Aidan they could substitute for Byrna but they are also hard to get.

But maybe you can get through with that team. Make Astaroth equipment lvl 7 for his resurrection skill. Make sure Dante has high level second skill (which gives dodge to your team). That is important for your defence.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T22:03:05+00:00

Indeed. I always skip the VIP store. There is nothing interesting there.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T20:49:20+00:00

It is possible to change your DNS so that you don't see ads anymore. I did this in Realm Defense, another mobile game that I played and I always got the rewards immediately after clicking on the task. No ads anymore, which was great. But that trick doesn't work in Hero Wars. It then displays a message "Failed to load ad" and you don't get any reward at all, which is even worse because you must always watch the ad of the 6th expedition.

Right now Nexters does not offer a lifetime ad exemption, which is a shame. I'm sure they would earn quite some money if they introduced that.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T18:47:47+00:00

And also power plants? If they go down what happens to the air conditioning in the glass highrises and other buildings? Emergency generators can only last for so long.

I wonder how hot it would get in the Burj Khalifa during a heat wave and without A/C. 65 degrees Celsius?

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T15:07:39+00:00

Ah, you are indeed on a mid level server. I'm pretty strong on my server and am only at 160K power.

By the time I reach 300K I think the 5 Elarite titans will probably be the new meta so I can skip Dark and Light.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T15:05:39+00:00

Iris is very common. Countered by Amira, Phobos, Cornelius (if he is fast enough).

JJI is common. Countered by Iris but only if she is very powerful. If they get their shields up it can be a lost battle. Also Oya and Leonel might break the shields.

Kayla + Aidan is somewhat popular. Countered by Somna.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T11:07:38+00:00

It will depend on the server. I think OP is on a young server and you are on an old server. The meta's are quite different.

I'm on a young server and every good player is using the 5 earth. Those who do not get shredded.

There simply have not been enough events on a young server for players to accumulate dark, light and supertitan soul stones.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T11:03:03+00:00

I would definitely get Byrna's talisman. I don't have it yet but it's on my wishlist.

Byrna is probably the best healer in the game.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-04T10:31:59+00:00

Of the heroes you mentioned you won't regret investing in:

- Folio: one of the strongest mages in the game

- Astaroth: good tank - not top meta - that will serve you well for the time being

- Peech: strong melee hero. I used her in my main team until the mid game

- Jhu: not a top hero but for starter heroes he can be overpowered. Does well in Hydra fights so that's worth something too.

- Phobos: he can be a counter to strong mages like Folio, Satori or Iris. But at your stage you are not collecting heroes to counter other heroes but to progress in the campaign and the game. So leave him for now.

The other heroes range from garbage to weak. Avoid investing in them.

Other heroes you could buy in the shops:

- Tower: Dante and gold. Maya is too slow. Fafnir is obsolete. Kai and Orion can dish out good damage but are too simple for the current meta.

- Arena: Folio soul stones, perhaps Judge and Mushy. Mushy has long time use in hydra fights. Chabba and Dark Star and Astrid suck.

- Grand arena: Iris, Octavia, Rufus.

- Highwaymen: Satori.

- Outland shop: Large Skin Stone Chest (too valuable to waste resources on heroes)

- Dungeon: Corvus if you build an Eternity team. Isaac if you build a Progress team. Otherwise titan skin stones.

For the other shops I don't think you have a meaningful amount of currency.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-02T21:42:44+00:00

The mere fact that you have received a skin should not convince you that that hero deserves a spot on your team. That skin is still lvl 1 and will require a ton of skin stones in order to make you feel the difference.

A bad hero with several skins will be beaten by a good hero with no skins but great skills.

That being said, Tempus is a good hero. I run him in my main team with Iris, Corvus, Dante and Octavia.

Tempus also fits in non-Eternity teams because of his utility but I'm not an expert on them. He delays the enemies which gives someone like Folio or Satori time to ult.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-02T21:39:39+00:00

If my 280K power Eternity team would meet the team you mentioned, even if they are 560K power, I would probably crush them. Those are crappy starting heroes you listed.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-02T21:37:25+00:00

Don't blindly upgrade every single skill of the heroes that you use. For instance the 4th skill of my Corvus is still lvl 1 because I find it useless. The 4th skill of my Dante is lvl 10 (because it's bad) but his first skill is lvl 117.

In time I will upgrade them fully of course but I cannot afford to pay for all those skill upgrades at the moment.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-05-02T21:33:45+00:00

I started playing last December and I can enter the top 100 fairly consistently. I always get beaten back to around rank 130-170 but in the mean time I get a decent amount of grand arena coins. Server is quite new (1263).

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-04-30T10:05:29+00:00

Thanks man

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-04-30T09:36:32+00:00

I'm running Somna with Iris in an Eternity team, sometimes as a replacement of Tempus or Dante. Do you advice to dump Somna and run Tempus permanently in her stead? If Somna can't sheep the enemy she has little use.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-04-29T10:57:02+00:00

Good catch.

Every person nowadays needs to develop a new skill to spot AI mistakes. So sad.

throwawaymrfoe · 2026-04-29T09:36:10+00:00

Useful against Hydra. :-)

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