ADVANCED GUIDE - Hero's Hour - Tips / Tricks / Strategies

Thanks this was pretty helpful

This damn game is so hard even on easy

You are the lockpicking loyer! Wonderfull.

when are you 100% siralim ultimate?

My hero was at level 14 ..Feeling good..looking like I may build up a little then move about a bit more. Then two army's come in and take me out with no effort..
This was on easy...was having fun tho...
Maybe have a build up elite army in town for a massive elite army for when the game cheats.

the best tips i can give is: 1 use all units, everything can be powerfull even if it doesnt look like. 2 allways have ranged units, even if they miss you still need them. leave a hero to defend the city in each city, preferable with higher level so it can boost your units

Park a hero by a resource generator, and you get two additional of that type every turn, as long as he's stationed nearby.

What map size is great for starters? I tried a tiny and it was not great cause all nearby camps were impossible for the first week or two.

I'll follow these tips and see if I can win a campaign. So far it's been just defeat. =)

You didn't mention the champion statue or the bodyguards skill. Get that ASAP. The champion statue will let you recruit better heroes, and the bodyguards ability gives them FREE UNITS. EVERY FIGHT. Bodyguards gives the hero a free army equal to half the power of your main hero's army. And they get it every fight. For free. They respawn every fight. For free. Considering how cheap it is to make heroes, this allows you to assault enemies with wave after wave of free units, and if your main army gets strong enough, even these half-power armies can be free-winning most battles.

Have questions: Don't have game so want to know some stuff.
How many settlements you start? How many NPC settlements on map? Can you chose how many they will be?

The perfect video about the perfect game; the only thing I doubt is pixel graphics

Thanks

Feels like a very simple guide rather than anything advanced.

Diesel faction is fun

mhm, i'm not sure this could be called "tricks", since there's nothing a person couldn't figure after first couple tries

biggest problem is that there is no mentioning of "late game" at all - people gonna listen to "magic is cool" or "try to create faction-centred builds", and then they'll see neutral stacks of 300 mobs or dozen elite unites at week 5-7 and lose the game : )

Biggest "tricks" that weren't mentioned are
- creating efficient "hero trains" to deliver units through the map;
- checking 0-level spells that each faction has - like free "Town Portal" or "Free Map Movement" that Order provides; keeping them in mind can win games
- ability to convert towns to your own faction and ability to move units without heroes, as well as freely swapping type of unit that building makes (some people can miss this)
- levelling several heroes if playing vs more than one faction; one uber stack not gonna win vs 6 towns
- utilizing low-tier trash units through things like Bloodmorphing and skills that trigger on death
- aaand, ofc, selling your excessive resources instead of piling them up for no reason : )

also, would be nice to see your favorite builds if you are still playing it

One thing to watch out for when upgrading the fort building line is that if you buy all the unit buildings first you won't necessarily get to choose your favorite units when upgrading the fort. If there are units that are absolute trash in your setup doubling their recruitment rate isn't all that helpful considering the investment. Just be aware that the second one can't give you more T1 units so you'd better have some other unit buildings even if you're focusing on the T1 unit.

If you want to try something OP I suggest Pyre Consume hero. It is a snowballing hero that starts out pretty weak but if you manage to get him to level 11-15 ish he starts to snowball with his bloodwarping and consume. Once each turn you sac your most powerful units with consume then bloodwarping upgrades other random units in you army after the battle to the highest tier units to up to equal the amount sacrificed (don't sac too good units before you get level 3 bloodwarping). When it snowballs you get like 20 attack/ 20 Defense permanent stat boost EACH TURN which is a 60% boost to base attack and base heath .

Magic is powerful, but so is a well developed Might Hero - developing lets say, a Bane Decay hero with Bane + Combat + Devour turns your hero into a line breaker, a flanker, or whatever you need them to be. Devouring your skeletons or low tier mass units that tend to die whenever they meet the enemy may not give massive stats every time but it adds up. I've broken entire armies with JUST my hero and a single Thanatos - using buffing magic such as Haste / Bloodlust / Shield to make them tankier and hit harder - when you have a hero that is cleaving down multiple high tier units with 800+ damage swings, bringing back the units he kills as undead to create chaos in their back line, and if he is defeated he just runs to the back and regenerates - ready to do it again if your army can survive without him.

Great video man! Just started to play this game today and I already have some hours into it. Really cool advices and you explain everything you want to talk about flawlessly. 11/10 dude.

Summoning.

thanks for this! very helpful!

What are the best maps for this game?

I recommend figuring out which skills and abilities get permanent troops (necromancy, creation, Bloodwarping) and focusing those skills to help make your armies snowball.

Btw you can send your weekly forces around the map to your heroes on their own. You don´t need to get them with a hero.

What about mana? Ive tryed to park my hero at the base for replenishing mana but it doesn’t work. Any tips on this?

So get everything as soon as possible. Good tip.

so if i have a mage that does stuff when casting spells with like 60 mana, is it better to cast like 3 big spells or 30 small ones?

Btw the only way to beat 1vs6(i think is max enemies on same team possible) on hardcore difficulty is by choosing a hero with the devour skill

Wild: Deadeye for snipe and Deers for Elite assassination.
Order: Spam arbalists, dragonslayer, and idol if possible with inspire + archery + fortune. Morale is op once you have the slayer set as well.
Delirium: Fear based units and crowd control.
Decay: Kill, resurrect, pray you don’t lose more than you gain, rinse and repeat.
Lament: Play safe and prepare accordingly, very squishy but can snowball once unlock shadowhand.
Tide: cannons + golems(phoenix too squishy).
Pyre: focus on winning by overwhelming the enemy with sheer numbers + portal, play the long attrition game.

The Tide pyromamcers summon build with mesmer set is busted and great fun